Monday, October 12, 2026
A federal judge has temporarily barred Illinois from enforcing parts of its assisted-suicide law against specified religious health care institutions and practitioners, according to the Thomas More Society, which filed the lawsuit.
Henry Graham, a 52-year-old man with a lengthy arrest record who killed a man with a single punch on the Magnificent Mile, was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday, months after a judge found him guilty of involuntary manslaughter, saying state law barred him from being convicted of murder.
The Illinois Attorney General's office is the state's chief legal officer responsible for protecting the public interest of the state and its people.
A McKendree University alumnus accused of threatening a campus mass shooting in 2025 and stalking an employee for years pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday.
More than 50,000 AI-generated child sexual abuse images and videos were linked to a 42-year-old Antioch man who authorities say used Facebook and xAI tools for months to create more from his home.