Peoria prosecutors laid out in court on Thursday evidence of what they described as a "violent, brutal and continuous" attack on a 21-month-old child who was allegedly beaten to death by his mother.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said state DMV facilities were affected by a nationwide outage impacting U.S.

A nationwide outage affecting U.S. passport verification, which could affect DMV hours or services, has been restored.

Charges have been filed in a startling scene caught on camera after a driver hit a 70-year-old golfer at a Chicago course.