SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House on Thursday approved development of new nuclear reactors, reversing a 1987 moratorium and sending to Gov. J.B. Pritzker a plan that addresses the Democrat’s safety concerns over the proposal. The 98-8 vote to allow construction of so-called small modular reactors beginning in 2026 […]

The city of Los Angeles will pay $8 million to a man who spent 12 years in prison for a series of armed robberies he didn’t commit, his lawyers announced. The criminal case against Ruben Martinez Jr. was thrown out in 2019 after prosecutors agreed he had been wrongly convicted. […]

A western Illinois judge could face removal from office after a judicial oversight body considered allegations this week that he circumvented the law when he decided to reverse a rape conviction. The move sparked outrage in the victim’s hometown of Quincy, Illinois, and beyond. The Illinois Courts Commission, which rules […]

What was initially thought to be food poisoning among more than 30 MLB executives at the GM meetings in Scottsdale turned out to be a virus. So, Major League Baseball reportedly decided to cancel the remainder of its meetings. According to Sports Illustrated, out of an abundance of caution, the […]

Blake Shelton recalls Billy Ray Cyrus giving him a tough love pep talk before he made his first TV appearance more than 20 years ago.  The “God’s Country” singer said he was “scared to death” in 2001 when he was asked by CMA Awards organizers if he would appear on […]

Authorities found 123 Central and South American migrants trapped in a trailer in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico’s immigration agency said Thursday. Officials from the state attorney general’s office found the migrants in Matehuala, a city on the border of Nuevo León, on Wednesday after a […]

A 5-year-old girl was found dead in a public pond Thursday morning after going missing the night before. The girl had last been seen at her home in south Providence on Wednesday night around 11:15 p.m., according to police. WEST VIRGINIA MAN INDICTED ON MURDER CHARGE IN ALEX CARTER’S 2000 […]

A jury on Thursday rejected an insanity defense for a man convicted of shooting and wounding a bishop and assaulting the bride and groom at a church wedding ceremony in New Hampshire. Dale Holloway, 41, who acted as his own attorney, had pleaded not guilty to the charges stemming from […]

A Florida man intentionally drove into two sheriff’s deputies on Thursday, badly injuring them before a third deputy arrested him, authorities said. The Hillsborough County deputies were answering a call from a woman who said her adult son was acting irrationally and she was afraid of him, Sheriff Chad Chronister […]

The family of Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker and Chicago Bears legend Dick Butkus confirmed last month that the NFL icon died in his sleep at his home in Malibu, but his official cause of death was revealed this week.  Butkus, who was 80, died froma “cerebrovascular accident,” or […]