Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 3:47 PM CST
|By Associated Press
The shortage of doses comes as the United States marks more than 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2021 at 12:22 PM CST
|By MARC LEVY, THOMAS BEAUMONT and NICHOLAS RICCARDI
Party-switchers offer an early sign of the volatility ahead for the GOP as the party braces for political fallout of the riots that Trump incited.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2020 at 11:58 AM CST
|By JULIE CARR SMYTH
Virus-related laws include those offering help to essential workers, boosting unemployment benefits and requiring time off for sick employees.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2020 at 11:33 PM CST
|By Associated Press
Governors and state lawmakers are racing to get pandemic relief to small-business owners, the unemployed, renters and others whose livelihoods have been upended by the widening coronavirus outbreak.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2020 at 9:46 PM CST
|By DEE-ANN DURBIN and DAVID KOENIG
New cases of the virus in the U.S. have rocketed to all-time highs, averaging more than 170,000 per day, and deaths have soared to over 1,500 a day, the highest level since the spring.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2020 at 6:17 AM CDT
|By LAURIE KELLMAN
After months filled with disease, disruption and unrest, Americans are worried that Election Day could become a flashpoint.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2020 at 9:03 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
While gun rights advocates say fears of violence at the polls are unfounded, the toxic political atmosphere and the prospect of armed poll monitors have some worried.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 at 5:19 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Confirmed virus cases and COVID-19 deaths are on the rise in the swing states of Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2020 at 4:27 PM CDT
|By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
With about 240,000 ballots mailed, that meant one in five voters received a wrong ballot.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2020 at 10:50 PM CDT
|By JANIE HAR
Northern California’s wine country was on fire again Monday as strong winds fanned flames in the already badly scorched region, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes in the dark of night.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2020 at 3:24 PM CDT
|By NOMAAN MERCHANT
An Associated Press review of medical records for four women and interviews with lawyers revealed growing allegations that Dr. Mahendra Amin performed surgeries and other procedures on detained immigrants that they never sought or didn’t fully understand.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2020 at 3:10 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Organizers of a group called Let Mississippi Vote said they are starting an initiative to put the retired flag and three other flag designs on the statewide ballot.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2020 at 4:33 AM CDT
|By Adam Carr
Rockford Police detectives believe this was a targeted attack and not a random incident.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2020 at 6:44 PM CDT
|By Kristin Camiliere
A Freeport native is using his talents to create special water equipment to help those who suffer from a life altering disability.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2020 at 6:27 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Kemp and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, in a suit filed in state court late Thursday in Atlanta.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 3:51 PM CDT
|By JEFF AMY
A federal judge is permanently blocking Georgia’s 2019 “heartbeat" abortion law, finding that it violates the U.S. Constitution.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 9:18 AM CDT
|By JULIE CARR SMYTH
Governors who ordered shutdowns as their states responded to the coronavirus pandemic were among millions of beneficiaries of the loan program created to help small businesses weather COVID-19′s effect on the economy, data released Monday show.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2020 at 12:46 AM CDT
Collectively, it was perhaps the largest one-day mobilization since George Floyd died 12 days ago.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2019 at 1:24 PM CST
|By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated about 36,000 Americans died from drug-resistant infections in 2017.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2019 at 11:48 PM CDT
|By JEFF AMY and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press
America’s eighth graders are falling behind in math and reading, while fourth graders are doing slightly better in reading, according to the latest results from the Nation’s Report Card .
Updated: Oct. 24, 2019 at 7:30 PM CDT
|By WBRC Staff
Two suspects have been charged with capital murder after Birmingham Police found the body of kidnapped 3-year-old Kamille McKinney in a dumpster at a landfill Tuesday.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2019 at 4:20 PM CDT
|By JOHN SEEWER and KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press
The shooter who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, had expressed a desire to commit a mass shooting and showed an interest in violent ideology, investigators said Tuesday as the FBI announced it is opening an investigation.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2019 at 5:07 AM CDT
Garner’s family and friends expressed disappointment with the Department of Justice after federal prosecutors decided Tuesday they wouldn’t bring criminal charges against New York Police Department Officer Daniel Pantaleo.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2019 at 10:53 PM CDT
|By JOHN ANTCZAK, DAISY NGUYEN and MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ Associated Press
A quake with a magnitude of 7.1 jolted much of California, cracking buildings, setting fires, breaking roads and causing several injuries while seismologists warned that large aftershocks were expected to continue for days, if not weeks.
Updated: May. 20, 2019 at 6:17 PM CDT
|By Brittany Karlin
The Shawnee Street project was supposed to be finished by now. But all the rain has kept work from getting done.
Updated: May. 17, 2019 at 3:00 PM CDT
|By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press
City officials said the investigation could not prove that the officer, John Smyly, acted because of Zayd Atkinson's race. Investigators found Smyly violated two department policies: police authority and public trust and conduct, the city attorney said.
Updated: May. 12, 2019 at 2:10 PM CDT
Gwen Carr's first born succumbed to cardiac arrest after a white officer wearing plainclothes, Daniel Pantaleo, restrained her 34-year-old son with what she contends is an illegal chokehold and what Pantaleo's lawyer argues is an approved technique.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2019 at 4:13 PM CDT
|By Jonathan Raymond
Robert Mueller has submitted his final report on the Russia investigation to the Justice Department, according to reports.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2019 at 6:11 PM CDT
|By By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press
The Democratic-backed resolution comes as special counsel Robert Mueller appears to be nearing an end to his investigation.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2018 at 10:02 AM CDT
|By CHAD DAY, Associated Press
The judge in one of Paul Manafort's criminal cases is throwing a wrench into special counsel Robert Mueller's plans for the former Trump campaign chairman's cooperation.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2018 at 2:15 PM CDT
|By GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press
A handful of Republican governors facing re-election in left-leaning states called on the U.S. Senate Thursday to delay a confirmation vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to allow time for an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2018 at 9:01 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Community members and activists plan to gather at Sacramento City Hall to protest the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2018 at 12:02 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
A federal judge is temporarily blocking a new Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks, the most restrictive abortion law in the United States.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2018 at 11:42 AM CST
|By Associated Press
A Democratic candidate for the Georgia governor's office says the state's lieutenant governor may have broken anti-corruption laws when he threatened to block a proposed airline tax cut after Delta Air Lines ended its travel discount program with the National Rifle Association.
Updated: May. 23, 2017 at 10:16 AM CDT
Library Runway! With Peach Carr
Updated: Dec. 20, 2015 at 7:35 PM CST
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Aaron Rodgers threw a touchdown pass and Damarious Randall returned an interception for another score to help the Green Bay Packers beat the Oakland Raiders 30-20 on Sunday after clinching their franchise-record seventh straight playoff berth.
Updated: May. 17, 2014 at 9:26 PM CDT
The Beloit Fire Department is celebrating an important part of its life-saving history.
Updated: May. 17, 2014 at 9:23 PM CDT
The Beloit Fire Department is celebrating an important part of its life-saving history.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2013 at 5:19 PM CDT
The clock is ticking on implementation of Obamacare. Many provisions begin in January and for most folks there are far more questions than answers to what this means especially for families and small businesses.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2011 at 10:38 PM CDT
|By Stephen Johnson
Irene's havoc may be over, but the aftermath is what is sending hundreds of volunteers from the Stateline -- to the East Coast.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2011 at 7:50 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
The man who led Milwaukee police to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer 20 years ago has been ordered held on $10,000 bail in the drowning death of a man.
Updated: May. 24, 2010 at 10:46 PM CDT
An amber alert has been cancelled after the recovery of eight year-old Kendall Carr and two-year-old Kenni Carr from Harvey, Illinois.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2010 at 9:24 PM CST
Kraft Foods is expected to sweeten its offer for British confectioner Cadbury PLC.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2010 at 8:27 AM CST
(AP) -- Cadbury today stepped up its defense against a hostile takeover bid from Northfield, Ill.-based Kraft Foods.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2010 at 9:42 AM CST
(AP) -- A bidding war could be brewing for British candy maker Cadbury.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2009 at 10:30 AM CST
LONDON (AP) -- Cadbury has revealed that it received approaches from The Hershey Co. and Italy's Ferrero International as it launched a defense against a hostile $16.3 billion bid from Kraft.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2009 at 11:39 AM CST
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Top achievers from more than 700 state high schools have been named Illinois State Scholars.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2009 at 10:14 PM CDT
Cross Country Class 1A Regionals