An ‘Unprecedented’ Effort to Stop the Coronavirus in Nursing Homes
The coronavirus crept into Heartland Health Care Center, a nursing home in Moline, Ill., on the last day of July, when a member of the...
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James R. Thompson, Longest-Serving Governor of Illinois, Dies at 84
James R. Thompson, a Republican known as Big Jim who used his enthusiasm for campaigning and his canny understanding of state politics to become the...
In Derecho’s Wake, More Than 250,000 in Midwest Struggle Without Power
A group of storms that tore through the Midwest this week has left homes destroyed, crops demolished and over a quarter of a million people...
Unusual ‘Derecho’ Storms Rip Through Midwest
Unusually powerful storms with winds exceeding 100 miles per hour ripped through parts of the Midwest on Monday, knocking out power for about one million...
When Utility Money Talks
The billion-dollar bailout of one of Ohio’s biggest utilities seemed suspicious from the start. It turns out the F.B.I. was paying attention, too. Federal agents...
Tammy Duckworth Is Nothing and Everything Like Joe Biden
Senator Tammy Duckworth, like the man she might serve as vice president, prizes loyalty in her ranks and occasional mischief in her workplace. So when...
Overlooked No More: Nancy Green, the ‘Real Aunt Jemima’
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. Nancy Green was standing under the...
Utility Company Gave Jobs to Allies of Top Illinois Democrat, Prosecutors Say
When it came to a scheme to try to influence the speaker of the Illinois House, a politician so deft and powerful that he is...
A Conversation With Tammy Duckworth
Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | RadioPublic | Stitcher Senator Tammy Duckworth of...
Thinking of Traveling in the U.S.? These States Have Travel Restrictions
Americans are planning millions of trips this summer within the United States, according to a forecast released by the AAA last month. But packing a...