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A U.S. journalist says he is overwhelmed to learn of the efforts that went into securing his release from a Syrian extremist group.

Despite current employment protections, pregnant women in the workplace are still sometimes forced out of jobs in Illinois. The governor Tuesday signed legislation aimed at ending that practice.

A U.S. citizen reportedly fighting alongside a terrorist group in Syria has died.  The National Security Council has not said whether or not Douglas McAuthur McCain was fighting for the group that calls itself the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL.)

The new bus schedules took effect last week for Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit. And for the first time in 40 years, Bill Volk wasn’t in charge of the roll-out.

Gov. Pat Quinn says it was up to his transportation secretary to follow employment rules even when hiring candidates the governor's office favored.

More than 70 colleges are under investigation for how they've handled sexual assaults. The current attention to campus sexual assault has been driven largely by student activists using social media.

Downstate residents may be wondering what all the fuss is about over Governor Pat Quinn's veto Monday of rideshare legislation.  But it could help the technology come to a city near you.

Russia's and Ukraine's presidents were meeting on Tuesday for talks many hope will lead to peace between Kiev and separatists in the eastern part of the country.

Some east-central Illinois schools are once again dismissing class early Tuesday, as a humid heat wave continues.

The University of Illinois’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering began the fall semester Monday in a brand-new building.