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Speaking at a Constitution Day celebration for the conservative Hillsdale College, Attorney General William Barr compared lockdown orders during the coronavirus pandemic to slavery.

Video shows a crowd gathered at a large party that is now under investigation at Illinois State University.

Students who attended a massive party near the Illinois State University campus despite coronavirus restrictions could face discipline, the university said, after video of the large gathering was posted to social media. Videos surfaced this week with the location tagged as ISU, appearing to show a large crowd of young people packed closely together, many without masks, screaming and drinking….

College students who test positive for the coronavirus should quarantine on campus and not be sent to their hometowns, according to one of the country’s leading infectious disease experts. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told NBC’s “TODAY” that colleges should keep the students in a place that is sequestered enough from...

College students who test positive for the coronavirus should quarantine on campus and not be sent to their hometowns, according to one of the country’s leading infectious disease experts. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

Harriett’s Bookshop, Brooklyn Chop House and Next Step Training discuss being Black-owned businesses during the pandemic and trying to raise awareness about social justice.

Illinois regions that meet a particular set of metrics could see the return of several restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. Multiple regions have already experienced some rollbacks, including two suburban Chicago counties. Those counties include Kankakee and Will counties in Region 7. The restrictions included halting indoor dining and service at bars, with all outdoor service at bars and restaurants…

Have you felt like the passage of time has been distorted, especially during the stay-at-home order? Then you aren’t alone. Some people felt it sped up, others felt it slowed down. And as it turns out, the way you felt really depended on your circumstances.

Seventeen students from Providence College became the latest group in the country to be suspended for violating COVID-19 restrictions. This incident follows students suspended from the SUNY system, Montclair University, Syracuse University and Michigan State, among others, for gathering or partying during the pandemic.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered a coronavirus update from a downstate Illinois county recently named one of four to reach a “warning level” during the pandemic.

With the coronavirus pandemic changing the way we do things across the world, we should expect some changes at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the summer of 2021. Athletes share their thoughts on what they think the Summer Games could look like.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday laid out a three-tiered plan that would reintroduce restrictions to a region in Illinois experiencing an increase in coronavirus cases. The new plan features a gradual increase in “general and industry-specific mitigations that can be acted upon,” should a region hit a certain set of metrics that raises alarm in the state. “This plan...

Illinois has a new plan aimed at guarding the state’s progress in the fight against coronavirus, with officials threatening to roll back reopening plans for regions that reach a certain set of metrics. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday revealed new health boundaries and criteria that could force a region to implement restrictions once again “to prevent a renewed spread...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday announced that Illinois would be divided from four into 11 separate regions to better tailor the coronavirus mitigation efforts to each area across the state.

White House officials are asking hospitals to bypass the nation’s top health agency in a bid to take over case tracking from the CDC. Hospitals are being asked to send daily reports to a new system set up by the administration in a move that some worry could lead to further politicization of the pandemic.

NOTE: NBC Chicago will offer a live feed of the press conference beginning at 12 p.m. CST in the player above Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is set to give a coronavirus update Wednesday afternoon. The press conference is scheduled to take place at noon in Chicago. Details on what Pritzker will say weren’t immediately known. Wednesday’s briefing will mark...