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2 days ago in Business, Entertainment, Health & Wellness, IL State News, Lifestyle, Local, National

School cell phone ban, human composting bills among hundreds advancing in Springfield

Rep. Mary Beth Canty, D-Arlington Heights speaks on the House floor April 17. Canty is the sponsor on a contentious human composting bill. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)

House approves new privacy rules for abortion care.

2 days ago in History, IL State News, Lifestyle, Local, Music, National

Before Beatlemania, George Harrison visited his sister in Illinois. The house is now for sale

113 McCann St. in Benton, IL -- the home George Harrison's sister once lived in.

Activists, including Harrison’s sister, Louise Harrison Caldwell, who had moved away in the late 1960s, stepped in to save it.

3 days ago in National, Trending

Severe storms continue to produce heavy rain, lightning and flooding across parts of US

Storms barreling across the heart of the United States continued to threaten rain and pose flooding risks Thursday after causing at least one death when a man apparently was struck by lightning in Wisconsin.