Jackie White, a native of Centralia, Illinois, in 1968 became the first Black person to officiate an NBA game.

U.S. Steel mines iron ore in Minnesota and sends it across Lake Superior on freighters a thousand feet long. At Sault Ste.

In 1904, two Americans boarded the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II and set off for Africa. One was Kent J. Loomis, brother to the ...

Along with where to dine for Valentine's Day, the online restaurant-reservation service company has released findings on how ...

President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a joint news conference as the two leaders work toward a ...

Gabbard advances: Senators voted on party lines to push forward the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic member ...

Located across the Chicago River from the northwest corner of the Loop (and directly west of The Magnificent Mile), the River North district was ... Near the southern edge of Andersonville is ...

The church, with its Spanish-style white stucco steeple, stands at the heart of Old Town Pasadena — once a thriving Black commercial district that has since been supplanted by an upscale shopping ...

The return of President Donald Trump to the White House has raised the ... said it shot down 17 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea, Crimea and several Russian regions. Veniamin Kondratyev, the ...

An armadillo in southern Illinois and the quickest sturgeon season on Black Lake in northern Michigan are among the notes ...

The family of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who was fatally shot by police in Illinois in July 2024, will receive $10 million ...

Southern Illinois plays the Belmont Bruins after Ali Abdou Dibba scored 29 points in Southern Illinois' 78-64 loss to the Bradley Braves.