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Twenty-one crosses stand outside Robb Elementary School where a gunman committed a massacre. Each cross honors a life taken. NPR profiles some of the victims of Tuesday's mass shooting.

The tornado that struck the town of Gaylord also left more than 40 people injured. The governor has declared a state of emergency.

A new report from a non-profit group finds that goods imported from the Xinjiang region in China could be the result of policies that coerce the Uyghur ethnic minority into factory jobs.

As presidential candidates deliver their messages across the nation, the author of "Born in the U.S.A." and "The Rising" is traveling the country delivering one of his own. The touring rocker talks about mixing music and politics.

The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved a new College of Engineering at Illinois State University on Tuesday.

"We have to show that we are not afraid," Dillard University President Walter Kimbrough says. The FBI is probing the threats as racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism and hate crimes.

Several people around the country explain how the shutdown of the federal government has touched their lives.

Museveni claims victory in Uganda's contested election as opposition leader Bobi Wine goes into hiding amid chaos, violence and accusations of fraud.

Why that unassuming museum art — which you'll find behind taxidermic bison and birds — deserves a closer look.

Illinois Wesleyan University’s nursing school has received a blow to its reputation, and its accreditation could come into question. For the second year in a row, IWU has fallen below the minimum 75% passage rate on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX). Passage last year was 63%.