A look back at the most infamous, shocking, blood-curdling or mysterious true crime stories from Illinois that captured the attention of the nation — and the world.

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The novelist’s Depression-set latest, Die Famous, follows a gangster, his lover, and their 12-year-old son. I grew up in Bloomington, Ind., ...

Two death row inmates are scheduled to be put to death on the same day in Florida — the first double execution in the ...

President Donald Trump revived accusations of Chinese interference in U.S. elections during a Thursday night address to the nation. Unsung Heroes: Sergeant Kevin Gibbons of the South Bend Police Dept.

We're taking you back 92 years to a hot summer day that changed South Bend history. As temperatures soared, much like they are today, John Dillinger carried out his final bank robbery. Imagine ...

Four death row inmates could be executed, as part of a move that could end a 65-year pause in military executions. The Army has prepared for the possibility of carrying out executions of the ...

Idaho will use firing squads as its primary method of capital punishment, the first state in the United States to officially do so, starting July 1. Four other states – South Carolina, Utah, ...

A claim (archived) circulated online in June 2026 that, starting July 1, Idaho would use the firing squad as its primary method of execution for death-row prisoners. One Facebook user wrote, "Idaho is ...

Florida executed Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 25, at Florida State Prison near Starke, for the brutal 1992 murder of his wife in front of her teenage son.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MIAMI (AP) — A 74-year-old man convicted of fatally stabbing his wife became the oldest person executed in Florida's modern ...

Delay triggered a bit of legal chaos in Atlanta courtroom with a series of unanswered questions in Stacey Ian Humphreys’ case. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney speaks at an emergency hearing at ...