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Attorney General Eric Holder is before the U.S. Sentencing Commission to support changes in sentencing for drug offenses, which could shave time off prison terms and reduce federal prison populations.

As President Obama spends his first 100 days in office, NPR is launching a project called "100 Days: On the Road in Troubled Times." NPR's David Greene will spend most of the next hundred days roaming the U.S. and, with help from listeners, relaying stories about the recession. Greene kicks off the tour in frigid northern Michigan.

The State Department and the Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab release new information about Belarus's "complicity in and support for" Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children.

The State Department and the Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab release new information about Belarus' "complicity in and support for" Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children.

Normal Community’s run to the state championship came up short Saturday night, as the Ironmen fell, 60-48, to Homewood-Flossmoor in the Class 4A title game.

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, but policymakers signaled they still expect to start cutting rates later this year. The stock market jumped in response.

The jobless rate in the Bloomington-Normal area ticked up to 4.4% in January, up from 3.9% a year ago, the Illinois Department of Employment Security said Wednesday. That increase comes despite the Twin City economy has 3,600 more jobs in January than it had a year ago, according to state data.

The European Union has charged Elon Musk’s X with violating new regulations for social media platforms. Musk faces hefty fines over delivering misinformation.

Paige Olsen calls the ears on her coonhound "extravagantly long." Each ear measures more than 13 inches. Her coonhound tops the Guinness World Record list for longest ears on any living dog.

In the top of the ninth with two runners on base — and the entire state of California holding its collective breath —Dodger Cody Bellinger stepped up to the plate