The film academy had plenty of surprise nominations Thursday for the 97th Oscars. It's to be expected in one of the more wide-open fields in recent history.

Illinois had at least 103 outbreaks of the stomach bug norovirus in November and December — a dramatic increase from previous years, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. During the ...

Chronicling how ABC covered terrorist attacks at the 1972 Munich Olympics, “September 5” shows the kind of care that was taken when news was happening quickly.

If Donald Trump has a natural environment, it is cognitive dissonance. Nowhere was that on display more than the moment in his inauguration speech when he said, “I want to ...

Join the Mattoon Public Library for this month’s Family Library night “Snow Much Fun!” from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan 23. Attend for crafty projects, a guest-star reader, and food provided by the ...

Paris climate agreement is not the boogeyman that critics such as President Trump claim, but it hasn't kept the world from overheating, either. Here's a closer look.

Donald Trump begins his second term promising to disrupt the status quo — in Washington and around the world. Lord knows the status quo needs disrupting, but how he’ll do ...

It's not hard to understand why Sen. Ruben Gallego voted for the Republican-written Laken Riley Act. The measure would force the federal detention without bail for undocumented migrants accused of ...

For most Americans, President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address was a positive, hopeful vision of his "America first" ...

As Donald Trump returns to the presidency, many Americans are asking themselves a simple question: Will his administration protect their pocketbooks, their way of life and their health?