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The two owners of a Chicago nightclub where 21 people were crushed to death in a stairwell in 2003 have been sentenced to two years of probation. Cook…

A central Illinois man will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to torturing his girlfriend's cat. The cat died.24-year-old Nathan Sitter of…

Illinois prisons officials say six employees who were assaulted by five inmates have been released from the hospital.Illinois Department of Corrections…

Some 32,000 students from the for-profit Kaplan University will join Purdue University in Indiana as part of a deal announced recently.

Harvey is finally out of the picture — but the storm's devastating effects on Houston and other parts of Texas and Louisiana are still coming into focus.

Two people were reported dead, and several others injured on Saturday. Rainfall could reach 40 inches and "cause life-threatening flooding," said Mike Brennan of the National Hurricane Center.

Authorities in Houston said the victims range in age from 14 to 27, with one unknown. A criminal homicide and narcotics investigation is now underway.

U.S. authorities have identified at least six suspicious packages that were mailed to leading Democratic figures and CNN since Monday. Some of them appear to be similar.

They're called "serodiscordant" couples. One is HIV positive, the other negative. Aid from the U.S. enabled them to obtain medicines and condoms for protection — until this year.