Illinois is broke. Comptroller Dan Hynes has announced that the state is currently unable to pay more than $5 billion of its bills. That includes a billion dollars promised to ...

MARKHAM -- Prosecutors announced Tuesday they no longer plan to seek the death penalty against a Burbank handyman accused of murdering a guest at a Crestwood hotel in 1996.

Over the next four days, four inmates in four states are scheduled to be put to death – a cluster that, while not abnormal – comes amid a national uptick in executions as President Donald ...