Massive sinkhole swallows Illinois soccer field after mine collapses
Drone footage shows the large hole, which is estimated to be at least 30 feet deep and 100 feet wide.
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Drone footage shows the large hole, which is estimated to be at least 30 feet deep and 100 feet wide.
A giant sinkhole, estimated to be around 100 feet wide, opened up in the middle of a soccer field in Alton, Illinois, on Wednesday. Nobody was on the field at the time and no one was hurt, according to the local mayor.
The efforts from Democratic-led states include shield laws that prohibit patients and providers from facing legal consequences for abortion procedures.
Evanston, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, was the first municipality in the U.S. to launch a government-funded reparations program for Black residents. But now a conservative group has filed a class-action lawsuit claiming the program discriminates against non-Black residents. Emmanuel Felton, race and ethnicity reporter for the Washington Post, joined CBS News to discuss the situation.
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Prosecutors say evidence, including damning cellphone searches and texts, led them to Tim Bliefnick for the February murder of Becky Bliefnick.
The Cook County Sheriff's Office in Illinois launched a program that allows deputies to patch in qualified clinicians to help people dealing with mental health issues. Ash-har Quraishi got an inside look at how the program works.
When Becky Bliefnick was murdered, an answer her husband gave on "Family Feud" years earlier raised eyebrows."48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports Saturday, June 1 at 9/8c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
There were multiple fatalities from a tornado that ripped through the small Iowa town of Greenfield, which saw homes and businesses destroyed.
Complete strangers are bonding over the rare, ongoing emergence of two groups of periodical cicadas.
A massive weather system that is crossing the country left extensive damage in the Midwest. In total, eight states saw violent winds, hail and tornadoes from Texas to Illinois, and the system is still on the move.
For the first time since 1803, two groups of periodical cicadas are emerging from the ground at the same time in parts of the Midwest and South. However, a small section of Central Illinois marks the only place where both the 13-year and 17-year cicadas are emerging in the same place. Dave Malkoff reports on the extraordinary event.
CBS News is investigating a growing number of fraud cases known as romance scams. Chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod explains how victims can unknowingly become perpetrators in the very scams they fall prey to.
A growing form of fraud is posing physical, emotional, and financial threats to everyday Americans. Jim Axelrod reports on a romance scam turned tragic -- when a widow was swindled out of her life savings.
Chicago public school teacher Earnest Horton is the founder of Black Baseball Media, which gives players from predominantly underserved communities access to top-notch facilities and exposure to college scouts. CBS Chicago's Charlie De Mar shares his story on Jackie Robinson Day.
Local reports say the pedestrian was visiting Hawaii from Illinois.
CBS Reports goes to Illinois, which has one of the highest rates of institutionalization in the country, to understand the challenges families face keeping their developmentally disabled loved ones at home.
Officials in Chicago have released bodycam footage that shows officers firing 96 times at a driver, Dexter Reed, who was pulled over in February by a plain-clothes officer on suspicion of not wearing a seatbelt. Initial evidence indicated Reed fired the first shot, according to an independent investigation. CBS News' Jarred Hill has more.
As the solar eclipse reached totality in several states on Monday, onlookers had a variety of reactions — from screams of excitement to overwhelmed tears. Revisit these special moments featured in CBS News' special report of the rare event.
Dozens of couples were married in a mass ceremony in Arkansas before the solar eclipse reached totality above them. Norah O'Donnell and Tony Dokoupil anchored CBS News' special coverage as the total eclipse passed over Arkansas and Illinois.
Two different cicada broods will simultaneously emerge across the U.S. this spring for the first time since 1803. Dr. Sammy Ramsey, who studies all things insects at the University of Colorado Boulder, joins CBS News to explain what these bugs will do, and what you can do to prepare.
The village of Makanda, Illinois, is home to roughly 600 people. But thousands are expected to come for Monday's total solar eclipse, with Makanda directly in the path of totality, just as it was back in 2017. Roxana Saberi has the story.
Trillions of red-eyed periodical cicadas are about to emerge in numbers not seen in many years. Here's where to expect them.
A 22-year-old man has been charged with murder for a stabbing rampage that killed four and left seven others injured in Rockford, Illinois. Sabrina Franza has the latest.
Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara said he was "totally shaken by this act of violence."