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At the Sundance Film Festival, "Project Syria" places participants in Aleppo during a rocket blast and later in a Syrian refugee camp. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with project lead Nonny de la Pena.

The race to succeed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is heating up. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a Bloomberg ally, has long been considered the front-runner. But recent polls show the race tightening, with fellow Democrat Anthony Weiner making a strong challenge.

More details are coming to light about a welfare fraud scandal that funneled money to former NFL player Brett Favre and others.

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 in the Tri-County dropped slightly this weekend, but an increase of nearly 200 active cases over the past week has the area on the verge of topping 1,000.

“Empty the Shelters” is a quarterly event created by the Bissell Pet Foundation that reimburses some of the cost of lowered adoption fees to local shelters.

CHICAGO (AP) - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is launching the first official campaign tour of his re-election bid as Democrats line up to try to defeat him…

Candidates seeking Illinois' 18th Congressional District seat vacated by Aaron Schock reiterated their positions during a second debate this week. State…

Jacob Montgomery's apartment was destroyed last week when a tornado ripped through Washington, Ill. The Illinois Guardsman survived, but was separated from his 6-month-old pit bull named Dexter. Nine days later, something amazing happened.

UnityPoint Health is requiring all of its more than 33,000 employees to get a COVID-19 vaccination by Nov. 1.

Active COVID-19 cases in the Tri-County have increased by 52% over the past week, surpassing 2,100 for the first time in 7½ months.