2015: Six stores sold medical marijuana legally in the state of Illinois for the first time. Illinois residents purchased marijuana legally for recreational use starting Jan. 1, 2020.

Starting substance use early—especially alcohol, nicotine, or cannabis—increases the likelihood of addiction later in life ( ...

UConn officials responded that there were no records that would indicate a burial ground existed on the property and that ...

The Senate approved a long-sought funding package that would end the government shutdown late Monday, bringing Congress one ...

Today in Music History for Nov. 19: In 1954, entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. was seriously injured in a car crash while en route to a Los Angeles recording session from Las Vegas. His left eye was removed ...

Shares track American futures higher on hopes the US shutdown will soon be resolved. DroneShield walks back on contract; ANZ ...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she will retire at the end of her current term in Congress, starting the long goodbye as the California Democrat wraps up one of the most ...

In 1909, Pittsburgh police raided the Hill District, arresting 400 Black men on false charges, fueling injustice we see in ...

But either way – responding to crisis or finding a public change of heart – is a reminder that voters are the ultimate arbiters in a functioning democracy. Today, as in late-19th-century America, ...

Today in History for Nov. 19: In 1794, the United States and Britain signed the "Jay Treaty" concerning trade boundaries and commerce.

For the American World War II veterans, all in their late 90s or early 100s, the event marked what will be one of the last times they gather to publicly relay what they endured and how it shaped them.

The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project has spent years installing memorials throughout the city to honor those ...