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Sisters Shanita Baraka Akintonde and Danielle Tavon Bishop remember their mother, Mary Catherine Bishop, and their final moments with her.

The CEO of a U.S. tech company, who partnered with a Russian firm and began hiring staff in Russia a decade ago, is scrambling to book flights in a bid to get her colleagues out of the country.

Starting May 1, the Tazewell County Clerk's Office will offer certified marriage license copies online.

Prior to the Civil War, some free black people owned slaves. Author Edward P. Jones picked up on that little-known fact and has written a vivid first novel that looks at slavery through a different lens. On Morning Edition, hear an interview with Jones and a review of The Known World. Read an excerpt of the book.

The Peoria area economy has only added back about half the jobs it lost over the spring when the pandemic hit, new state data show.

A group of eight Illinois transgender women with criminal records say a state law violates their First Amendment rights.

Stern says tells Terry Gross he's not the raunchy shock jock he once was. Fleabag and Killing Eve creator Waller-Bridge writes female characters who are flawed and unpredictable

Today is National Voter Registration Day, an annual reminder to register for the first time or update your voter information.

And a new AP-NORC poll says less than a fourth of Americans trust the president to deliver accurate information about the pandemic. What does that mean for our national response to an unprecedented threat?

McLean County reached its worst point in the pandemic yet on Monday, with the testing positivity rate and active case numbers reaching record highs. Two…