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A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday halting further expansion and ordering the winding down of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades. -
This is the latest shakeup since Trump took over the cultural center. "We will have an exciting announcement about the new direction for Dance programming soon," said a Kennedy Center spokesperson. -
But the court, in its emergency-docket order, left in place by a 5-4 order a lower court ruling that threw out National Institutes of Health memos that enforced the administration's policies. -
The vice president spoke about the administration's domestic agenda enacted in a sweeping bill last month that will shift resources from social safety programs to immigration enforcement and tax cuts.
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Pete Peterson pays homage to this summer’s NubAbility Camp in Du Quoin by looking at some of baseball’s limb-different players over the years. -
For those of you experiencing sticker shock when you open your utility bill from Ameren this summer, the company says there are two main factors for the increase. -
Amid Republican party efforts to gain congressional seats through off-cycle redistricting in Texas, there's an effort to revive a push for an Illinois state constitutional amendment to make political redistricting less, well, political. -
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Business owners from southern Illinois met in Marion on Thursday to hear from area legislators.WSIU's Brian Sapp reports how the lunch helps businesses and legislators meet the needs of the region. -
Teachers union President Stacy Davis Gates cited the failures of JB Pritzker and the Democratic Legislature after Pritzker said more Chicago Public Schools funding from Springfield is “just not going to happen.” -
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A company that provides autism and mental health services has opened its first Peoria County clinic in Bartonville. Lifelong Access, which has operated in McLean County for nearly 70 years, celebrated its expansion into the Tri-County region Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. -
Pritzker called for legislation following State Farm’s 27% homeowners rate hike -
The full force of Saluki maroon will be everywhere starting next week as SIU showcases its programs and services at the 2025 Du Quoin State Fair. -
More than 100,000 patients are on the national kidney transplant list and around 30 people are taken off the lists everyday because they either became too sick for a transplant, or died.
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Hamas has endorsed a new proposal for a ceasefire deal with Israel in Gaza, as it faces pressure from Arab countries and seeks to ensure its own survival. -
California and Texas, the country's two most populous states, are getting closer to redrawing their congressional districts in a political fight sparked by President Trump. -
President Trump thanked National Guard soldiers and police officers involved in his crackdown on what he has described as rampant crime in Washington, D.C. -
Millions of audio recordings of hundreds of bird species have revealed that artificial light is making the birds wake up earlier and go to bed later. -
The Fed chair will speak Friday at an annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo. The speech comes as the central bank is under mounting pressure from the White House to lower interest rates. -
Trump, in a social media post, claimed "total victory" after the ruling, which spares him from a potential half-billion-dollar fine for decades of exaggerating his wealth. -
The storm flooded parts of North Carolina's Outer Banks, including a section of the main highway. Another round of overwash was happening during the evening's high tide. -
The Economist podcast "Scam Inc." tells the story of the global online scam industry, which is growing larger and more sophisticated all the time.
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The world's largest retailer — like many others — has been absorbing most of the increased costs, but raising prices of some goods. -
In low-income countries, medical interventions like antimalarial drugs or vaccines can lower the mortality rate. But new research suggests there’s another powerful, but simple tool.
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The United States Department of Agriculture once helped disadvantaged farmers earn a fair wage growing healthy food and distribute it to underserved communities.
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Hundreds more National Guard troops are expected in Washington within the next few days as President Trump makes requests of Republican governors to lend him their state's soldiers.
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