The Latest: Police: 58 missing, presumed dead in London fire

Emergency workers walk on the roof of the fire-gutted Grenfell Tower in London, Friday, June 16, 2017, after a fire engulfed the 24-storey building on Wednesday morning. Grief over a high-rise tower blaze that killed dozens of p... .

The Latest: UK royals hold London fire minute of silence

Emergency workers walk on the roof of the fire-gutted Grenfell Tower in London, Friday, June 16, 2017, after a fire engulfed the 24-storey building on Wednesday morning. Grief over a high-rise tower blaze that killed dozens of p... .

Crime 6 mins ago 5:28 p.m.Shooter contacted Rep. Bost’s office 10 times in last year

U.S. Representative Mike Bost, the Republican representing Illinois' 12th District, said the Belleville man who opened fire at the congressional baseball practice Wednesday morning contacted his office 10 times beginning in June 2016. According to a statement from Bost, James Hodgkinson began contacting the office in June of 2016 to "express his opposition to the Republican agenda in Congress."

Nation & World 6/14/2017

A Georgia sheriff said officers were "desperately" searching Tuesday for two inmates who somehow got through a gate inside a prison bus, killed two guards and got away. Donnie Russell Rowe and Ricky Dubose overpowered and disarmed the guards about 6:45 a.m. as 33 inmates were being driven between prisons, Sills told reporters.

Russian breach of 39 states threatens future U.S. elections

Russia's cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump's election was far more widespread than has been publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported. In Illinois, investigators found evidence that cyber intruders tried to delete or alter voter data.

Alec Baldwin’s Advice to Kathy Griffin on Trump Brouhaha:…

"No 1 believes u meant 2 threaten Trump," tweets Baldwin, who also resurrects his insane Henry Hyde rant from the '90s Alec Baldwin, a survivor of public scorn and a notorious liberal, has shared some encouraging words with embattled comedian Kathy Griffin. Because Alec Baldwin.

Read Hillary Clinton’s Wellesley College Commencement Address

Clinton touched upon her own time at the school - she majored in political science at Wellesley and graduated with her bachelor's degree in 1969 before attending to Yale Law School - and discussed losing the presidential election. While not mentioning him by name, she also made references to President Donald Trump and his administration.

Illinois House ignores veto threat by passing abortion expansion

The Democratic-led Illinois House defied a veto threat by the state's Republican governor by passing legislation on Tuesday to expand state-funded coverage of abortions for low-income residents and for state employees. The measure, which passed the House 62-55 and now moves to the state Senate, also aims to keep abortions legal in Illinois if the U.S. Supreme Court follows President Donald Trump's call to overturn its landmark Roe v.

Attorneys general: Restore guidance to aid student borrowers

Attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia are faulting Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for rolling back Obama-era guidance they say is helping protect student loan borrowers. In a letter sent Monday, Democratic attorneys general Maura Healey of Massachusetts and Lisa Madigan of Illinois called on DeVos to restore the memos instituted by the Education Department last year under former President Barack Obama.

Obama Says He ‘Did Not Transform’ Chicago ‘In Any…

Former President Barack Obama delivered his first public address since leaving the White House at the University of Chicago Monday morning. During his opening remarks, Obama noted that for "three years," he did his "best" to reverse economic disparity in the communities he represented as the junior United States Senator from Illinois, but admitted he ultimately fell short of his goal.

Hash Browns Recalled Over ‘Extraneous Golf Ball Materials’

On 21 April 2017, McCain Foods, USA announced they were recalling some of their hash browns due to "extraneous golf ball materials" found in some packages. The company has issued a press release detailing the scope of the recall, which affects hash browns manufactured on 19 January 2017 that apparently harvested and packaged fragments of golf balls along with potatoes.

Can Bruce Rauner save himself?

With Illinois in near financial ruin, as businesses and economic refugees flee the state in search of opportunity, there is at least one industry prepared to invest $200 million or more in Illinois' strangled economy: Political expenditures in the 2018 gubernatorial elections could reach that $200 million sum, perhaps exceed it, as Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner seeks re-election, and Illinois Democratic boss House Speaker Michael Madigan welcomes big-bucks Democrats into the race. Boss Madigan, thin, wizened and in his mid-70s, still runs things.

US court, again, takes up issue of Blagojevich prison term

In this March 14, 2012, file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to the media outside his home in Chicago as his wife, Patti, wipes away tears a day before reporting to prison after his conviction on corruption charges. An appeals court Tuesday, April 18, 2017, heard oral arguments on whether Blagojevich should get a third sentencing hearing.