The bobcat was hunted to near extinction. But protections allowed the population to rise. Now, hunting and trapping is legal in many states, including Illinois. But some conservationists think that goes too far.

Sinema's move is unlikely to change the power balance in the Senate, as it comes days after Sen. Raphael Warnock won the Georgia runoff election to give Democrats a 51-49 majority.

UIS professor Yona Stamatis interviewed Illinois Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Trevor Orthmann and Assistant Conductor Jacobsen Woollen about the Holiday Pops in the Heartland concert and the various holiday musical selections which will be featured. The concert takes place at the UIS Performing Arts Center on Dec. 16 and at the ISU Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 17.

The concern comes as the holiday season is here and people are gathering for events.

After weeks of protests, officials in China are loosening the country's notoriously strict anti-COVID measures. How did protestors succeed despite heavy online censorship?

A Ukrainian chorus first performed Shchedryk in the U.S. in 1922. A century later, during another fight for freedom, Ukrainian singers performed the folk song at the site of its North American debut.