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The Tri-County region added 205 new COVID-19 cases and five new deaths Friday, as Peoria County moved above the 30% threshold for fully vaccinated…

The Communist Party chooses 59-year-old Hu Jintao as its new general secretary, in effect taking the helm of the world's most populous nation. Hu is not expected to stray far from the path of outgoing President Jiang Zemin, who has pushed economic but not political reform. Hear more from NPR's Rob Gifford.

Jurors have questions for former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman as well as others who advised the former president's attempts to reverse his defeat in 2020.

The House committee investigating Jan. 6 says it has evidence showing that former President Trump broke the law by trying to overturn the 2020 election.

After a record-setting Christmas, Hollywood wraps up the year with more than $9 billion in the till -- the second biggest box office total in its history. Film critic NPR's Bob Mondello says a large part of that money was well-earned: some of 2003's most popular movies were also among the year's best. He offers a list of his top movie picks for the year.

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has proposed shifting the responsibility for funding teacher pensions to local school districts. The governor says schools…

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat, about the latest Jan. 6 hearings.

Five new deaths linked to COVID-19 in the Tri-County area bring the tally to 40 in the past seven days.A Tazewell County woman in her 90s was the only one…

Bradley University slid down a spot in the US News & World Reports' ranking of best regional colleges, but it still landed in the top ten.Bradley is…

More than 1,069 people were arrested for their involvement in the attack and over 500 have been sentenced.