Fuel retailers sue over requirement to post about tax freeze

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois fuel retailers argued in a lawsuit filed Thursday that a requirement to post signs alerting consumers about a six-month freeze in the state motor-fuel

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Buffalo shooting latest example of targeted racial violence

Black people going about their daily lives – then dying in a hail of bullets fired by a white man who targeted them because of their skin color.

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Deborah James launches Bowelbabe Fund

Broadcaster, author and bowel cancer awareness advocate Deborah James launches fund to support cancer research and personalised medicine for patients Deborah James, AKA BowelBabe, has launched an incredible

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‘Person of interest’ in gunshot death of Geneva woman released from custody

Geneva police have released a man they called a “person of interest” in the death of a woman last week. The man was detained on the evening of

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Why are black authors popular?

African American authors and poets have bravely confronted societal taboos, revealed sensitive personal details, and created extraordinary creative works. Toni Morrison, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright,

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Illinois has tangled history with abortion despite recent liberal push

SPRINGFIELD — A leaked draft of an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision that could overturn the landmark 1973 case Roe v. Wade has reignited a political debate over

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