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Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal state, is one of Narendra Modi's fiercest critics. She's especially beloved by women and the impoverished. But gaining national traction may be tough.

Satellite imagery shows a steady increase in the number of buildings destroyed in middle and southern Gaza. Most damage appeared after Oct. 13, when Israel's military urged evacuation from the north.

Neighbors told Preeti Pal's parents she'd never marry because she was born with cerebral palsy. She just won two bronzes and is now a hero in India. Oh, and she has no interest in marriage.

There have been touching moments — sometimes away from the headlines, and the front lines — that have moved the world this year.

On Memorial Day weekend in 1970 an estimated 60,000 mostly hippies and college-age students invaded the village of Heyworth, Illinois. They descended on…

From virtually the time he emerged from his mother’s womb, Dennis Mackrel was exposed to a steady diet of jazz.“I can’t understate the importance of…

A state representative wants to ban violent video games. He says they contribute to increased carjacking in Chicago. It’s far from the first time state…

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Joe Borbely said creating the debut album for the Bloomington-based Progressive Space rock outfit CAPS LOCK was almost…

The huge gap between the capacity at the University of Illinois and the capacity at Illinois State University to test for the virus that causes COVID-19…

An exotic gift from a kind stranger...an eccentric and formidable grandparent...the jaw-dropping riches of another culture... These are the memories that…