The blistering heat and high humidity will continue into this week in Illinois, with heat advisories issued throughout the state. Here's the forecast.

Rep. Ro Khanna of California endorsed 26-year-old influencer Kat Abughazaleh in the race for retiring Rep. Jan Schakowsky's seat.

Smartphones have optimal operating temperatures, and exceeding them can damage battery life. If a phone overheats, turn it off, move it to a cooler location, and let it cool down.

Two Illinois Lottery players woke up Monday morning as newly-minted millionaires after each hit jackpots on separate online games.

A man has been charged with felony possession of a dangerous weapon after a standoff at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago last week. Prosecutors say Mario Santoyo, 38, of Chicago prompted a standoff which lasted over nine hours when he held a knife to his throat and asked to speak with the FBI, which does not have an office in the building.

A 55-year-old man is dead after an ATV crash near the Wisconsin-Michigan border. According to the Marinette County Sheriff’s Office in Wisconsin, 55-year-old Michael W. Labree of Gilberts, Illinois died after crashing on a trail near Benson Lake Road in Athelstane at 5:30 p.m. on July. 26.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to sign a bill into law Monday that will make it easier for the state's lowest-level gun offenders to obtain a firearm ID card.

For insight on how to address dissipation in divorce within Illinois, we spoke with attorney Molshree “Molly” A. Sharma, a partner in the family law and divorce practice Arnoux Sharma Standeford LLC in Chicago.

As climate change warms average global temperatures, hailstones larger than pingpong or golf balls will become more frequent — likely worsening the weather hazard’s already billions of dollars in annual property damage across the country, according to a study published last year in the scientific journal npj Climate and Atmospheric Science.

Two people were killed, and five others were wounded, in a mass shooting this weekend in Southern Illinois.Mt. Vernon police were called to the 600 block of South 15th Street in Mt. Vernon at 12:49 a.