By Mark Memmott
As Tuesday dawned, the official death toll from the monster tornado that roared through Moore, Okla., on Monday stood at 51.
By The British Broadcasting Corporation
Guatemala's top court has thrown out the conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity of former military leader Efrain Rios Montt.
By Amanda Vinicky, with additional reporting from The Associated Press
The Illinois Senate's Executive Committee voted 12-3 Monday to advance legislation banning magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
By Jeff Bossert
The Urbana city council is expected to take its first vote next week on a resolution opposing Carle Foundation Hospital’s tax-exempt status.
By Brian Mackey
The Illinois House has voted to require that high schools carry insurance in case student athletes are injured.
By Chris Slaby
Illinois Republicans are crying foul over the governor’s appointment of a state health official.
By Krishnadev Calamur
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and a founding member of The Doors, died Monday in Germany. He was 74.
A statement from publicist Heidi Ellen Robinson-Fitzgerald said Manzarek died in Rosenheim, Germany, after a long battle with bile duct cancer.
Manzarek and Jim Morrison founded the iconic band after meeting in California. The Doors went on to become one of the most successful rock 'n' roll acts of the 1960s — and continues to have an impact decades after Morrison's death in 1971.
In an interview with NPR in 2000, Manzarek recalled the band's influences and its music:
Here's more from the publicist's statement:
"I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today," Krieger said. "I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was a huge part of my life, and I will always miss him."
Manzarek is survived by his wife, Dorothy; his brothers, Rick and James Manczarek; his son, Pablo Manzarek; daughter-in-law, Sharmin; and three grandchildren.
By Nina Porzucki, The World
On a recent Saturday afternoon, a dozen nannies and housecleaners, many of them immigrants from Brazil, gather with employers in a living room in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They snack on cheese and crackers, breaking the ice a bit before talking about talking and how to settle some of the troubles that can bubble up in domestic work.
By Nancy Shute
Men who were diagnosed with ADHD as children are more likely to be obese in adulthood, according to a new study.
By Sean Powers
The Danville City Council meets Tuesday night to vote on a plan to keep about a hundred local jobs from going to Indiana.
