Twenty-five years ago this week, Jim Barksdale and his late wife Sally gifted the state of Mississippi $100 million to create a program aimed at boosting public school reading. Here's the ...

The US Census Bureau measured average commute times in each state. From California to New York, see which 10 have the longest ...

As the Eaton Fire ravaged part of Los Angeles, Galen Buckwalter said he had no choice but to ride his wheelchair through the dark roads of his Sierra Madre neighborhood -- after the city was left ...

An aerial view of the sun rising beyond homes which burned in the Eaton Fire on January 21, 2025 in Altadena, California.

BEACHSIDE HOMICIDE: "48 Hours" looks back at seaside slayings. 9/8c: Murder on the Cape: "48 Hours" has covered the case of A ...

Democratic attorneys general told USA TODAY they fear Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order will erase funding for children's health care.

In Ruffner’s fire management class, SIU forestry students are following the headlines closely, letting current events in California lead their learning in a way textbooks never could.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and attorneys general from 10 other Democratic-led states on Thursday said the Trump administration could not “commandeer” state and local law enforcement for its ...

The Leighton Criminal Courthouse closed early Thursday after officials reported receiving a “largely unintelligible” letter written by man claiming to be the “Governor of ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. So at the last conference, the ...

Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Revenue have announced the availability of disaster tax relief for people affected by the southern California wildfires. The ...