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SPRINGFIELD — Mary Jane Theis became a judge in 1983, a few weeks before the biggest, most sweeping judicial corruption scandal in Cook County history came to a head.

Operation Greylord resulted in about 100 indictments...Read more

Audience members at the all-ages Minneapolis rock venue Pilllar Forum tussled with ICE agents on the street outside the club on Sunday — prompting that night’s show to be canceled.

The owner of Pilllar Forum, Corey ...Read more

NEW YORK — A New York City Council employee from Venezuela was detained by ICE agents Monday — even though he has status to be in the U.S. legally, according to Council Speaker Julie Menin.

The employee, whose name is...Read more

Australia’s ambassador to the U.S., Kevin Rudd, will step down a year earlier than planned after his tenure was clouded by past criticism of Donald Trump that had drawn the ire of the U.S. president.

A successor has not...Read more

Two more Caribbean countries have entered into agreements with the Trump administration to accept asylum seekers deported from the United States, with one leader explicitly saying Haitians are not welcome.

St. Kitts and ...Read more

With only four months before nominating conventions, Republican candidate for governor Ryan Fazio said Monday that he has passed the threshold needed to qualify for public financing.

Fazio said he has raised $272,000 so ...Read more

Kit Harington was "genuinely angered" by a fan petition calling for the final season of Game of Thrones to be remade.

The 39-year-old actor was shocked by its negative backlash and the almost two million people who signed...Read more

Matt Damon's wife thought Ben Affleck was "the cute one" in Good Will Hunting long before the couple met.

Actor Matt, 55, and Luciana, 49, met in a bar in Miami, Florida, in 2003, and months into their relationship, he ...Read more

Rihanna has joked she might have a fourth child.

The singer already has sons RZA, three, Riot, two, and daughter Rocki, four months, with her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky, both 37.

But Rihanna playfully teased she could ...Read more

MIAMI — As commuters headed home during Monday evening’s rush hour on U.S. 1 in Coconut Grove, high above them on a pedestrian bridge protesters demonstrating against the Trump administration’s immigration policies ...Read more

Meta Platforms Inc. has appointed a former top adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump to a newly created senior management role focused on partnering with governments and investors on AI.

Dina Powell McCormick, a former ...Read more

Moderna Inc.’s chairman says the Trump administration’s vaccine policy changes are part of a broader attack on science that may have only just begun.

“Today it may be childhood vaccines or mRNA, but tomorrow it’s ...Read more

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will seek closer ties with South Korea at a summit Tuesday, as Tokyo moves to contain a deepening diplomatic and trade dispute with China and counter Beijing’s efforts to drive a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Jeanine Pirro didn’t seek sign-off from her bosses at the Justice Department before subpoenaing the Federal Reserve and has no plans to back down from an investigation into Chairman Jerome Powell, ...Read more

A Minnesota state representative said two Richfield Target employees detained by U.S. Border Patrol on Jan. 8 were U.S. citizens and were both injured in the incident.

Rep. Michael Howard, a Democrat who represents Wards ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A former executive of a nonprofit camp for children with serious medical conditions is accused of embezzling more than $5 million from the organization and tampering with computer records to hide his crimes...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, who has increasingly waded into statewide issues in recent years, is reconsidering his political future and could be preparing to enter California’s crowded race for ...Read more

Illinois is giving residents more time to shop for health insurance on the state’s Affordable Care Act exchange, as Congress continues to tussle over whether to extend subsidies that reduce the cost of coverage.

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MINNEAPOLIS — The state of Minnesota and cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are suing to stop a “federal invasion” of the Twin Cities by immigration enforcement officials whose operation has killed one woman and ...Read more

DENVER — The Denver City Council will soon consider banning law enforcement officers — including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — from covering their faces during arrest and detention operations.

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