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The captain and a crew member are among the boat's 28 survivors; the U.N. says more than 800 would-be migrants died after cramming themselves onto the 66-foot boat.

Kane CountyWith 10,000 residents moving into Kane County each year, farmers like Randy Klein wonder how much longer there will be room for them amid the…

We weren't alone in predicting that the big issues in this spring's legislative session might be rewriting telecommunications law, doling out education…

SHIFTS AT THE TOPDemocratic Rep. Douglas Scott of Rockford was set to take the oath of office as mayor of that city late last month. Scott planned to…

A flu strain deadly to chickens and turkeys is striking farms in the West and Midwest. This week, it hit an Iowa facility with millions of egg-laying hens. No one knows how it's entering houses.

The fatal shooting of a suspect by a volunteer deputy in Tulsa, Okla., raises the question that some have already been asking: Why are nonprofessionals allowed to wear badges and carry guns?

A jury is now deciding whether Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be put to death.

A Chicago community organization is questioning why a House resolution is calling for a probe of how it uses state money. Lawmakers have asserted that the…