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Senior citizens are among those feeling the pain of Illinois' partial government shutdown. AARP and other groups are calling on the state’s top…

A project manager for the British developer who owns the massive Old Main Post Office in Chicago says he won't just let the city take over the vacant and…

In addition to the 39 rooms in the mansion and famous pool with its grotto, there is a catch. As a condition of the sale: Hugh Heffner, who's lived there for four decades, stays puts.

Big Ben is the name for the giant bell inside Elizabeth Tower. The chimes are slow by as many as six seconds. Mechanics are placing or removing pennies from the pendulum to alter its speed.

Illinois’ lack of budget is threatening rape crisis services, a program that helps women get screened for cervical cancer, and the public health network.…

Daily news feeds are full of announcements and updates about candidates for next year's election. But already worry is beginning to set in about the 2016…

China has by far the most Internet users in the world, but the Internet doesn't have that kind of reach — at least not yet.

Our panelists predict will be done with the new island off Pakistan.

The historic home of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield would be among the victims of a federal shutdown Monday. IPR’s Brian Mackey has more on the possible…

There’s a new acting director of Illinois’ child welfare agency. The previous director abruptly resigned Wednesday.Arthur Bishop spent nearly 20 years…