MITCH SMITH

The preliminary ruling on the law, passed long before Roe v. Wade, gave hope to abortion-rights supporters who want to restore access to the procedure.

Residents of the Chicago suburb marched down Central Avenue as they do every Fourth of July. But this was no parade.

The city and the sport, whose partnership was doubted by many, became acquainted on a soggy weekend downtown. The reviews were mixed.

The race along city streets will be the first of its kind for NASCAR. Some Chicagoans are puzzled.

Transgender youth in the state will be able to access hormone treatments and puberty blockers while a lawsuit progresses.

Moves to swiftly demolish the stricken building last week were halted by protests because three occupants were unaccounted for. Their bodies were uncovered in the...

With single-party statehouse control at its highest level in decades, legislators across much of the country leaned into cultural issues and bulldozed the opposition.

The legislation, which includes an exemption for people already receiving treatment, now goes to the desk of the Republican governor.

Missouri’s Republican attorney general had asked a judge to remove Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner, a Democrat, who had faced widespread criticism.

As Republicans move to limit gender-transitioning treatments, a sustained veto in Kansas, a judge’s order in Missouri and federal intervention in Tennessee have emerged as...