Nearly 25% of courthouses in larger Illinois counties have not provided a lactation room for nursing parents, despite a state law that took effect nearly a year ago.

The attorney for a former Springfield day care worker said her actions "were not unreasonable" as her trial on an aggravated battery count got underway Monday in Sangamon County Court.

Walmart removed several pieces of holiday merchandise from its Canadian website after customers took offense to a line of risque Christmas clothing.

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WASHINGTON - A watchdog report on the Russia probe finds no evidence of political bias, despite performance failures, according to a summary obtained by The Associated Press.

  WASHINGTON - House Democrats have reached a tentative agreement with labor leaders and the White House over a rewrite of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal that has been a top priority for President Donald Trump.

Subzero cold is hitting the Upper Midwest while the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast await 25-degree drop in temperatures Wednesday with rain changing to snow.

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients before abortions.

DETROIT - Federal law enforcement agencies in Detroit are defending the government's creation of a fake university in Michigan and the arrests of 250 of its students amid a national debate over the sting operation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).