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One of Thursday's tornadoes in northern Illinois struck the Summerfield Zoo in Belvidere, killing an emu and a black swan.Click to Continue »

A 26-year-old Oklahoma man has been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for the shooting death of a Columbia, Missouri, art dealer.Click to Continue »

An effort is underway in Kansas City to gradually raise the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour, but the mayor and some council members say such a move would…Click to Continue »

The city of Chicago is considering paying out $250,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing police and prosecutors of a cover-up in the death of a man after he got in…Click to Continue »

The mother of a Wisconsin man accused of trying to join the Islamic State group says he's a mentally ill loner who often makes boastful comments to try to win…Click to Continue »

A deadly crash last month at a private east-central Kansas airstrip happened soon after a small kit-built plane took off, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report.Click to Continue »

Recent high-profile shootings involving police officers are hampering at least one Kansas police department's efforts to recruit new officers, though the well for candidates is far from dry.Click to Continue »

Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration says it has agreed to allow government agencies to reinstate mandatory fair share fees for non-union members in return for union agreement to a faster timeline…Click to Continue »

In the oak-paneled hush of the reading room overlooking Pennsylvania Avenue, Karen Needles mostly works alone — but always in good company.Click to Continue »

Residents of a small northern Illinois farming community that took a direct hit from a half-mile-wide tornado were allowed back into the area Saturday to assess the damage.Click to Continue »