Democratic Rep. James Clyburn says he's seeking the No. 2 job in the House Democratic leadership, setting up a possible showdown with the current second in command, Steny Hoyer.
A federal appeals court is scheduled to hold a hearing Tuesday on the death sentence imposed on Mumia Abu-Jamal in the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer.
Columbia community leaders are working to correct the record in the 1923 lynching of a black University of Missouri janitor accused of raping a white professor's daughter.
Democratic incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn says he and Republican opponent Bill Brady plan to have lunch soon discuss ways to "work together for the common good" of Illinois.
Now that the midterm elections are over, Chicago's mayoral candidates aren't wasting any time stepping up their campaigns — and, in some cases, stepping aside.
Music producer and rapper Swizz Beatz has been named the first producer-in-residence at NYU's Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at the Tisch School of the Arts.
Jesse L. Martin has achieved a fair amount of fame from roles in Broadway's "Rent" and TV's "Law & Order" but he is still awed around Al Pacino. And that includes Al Pacino's lunch.
