State

• With violence prevention grants lined up, some want stricter gun crime enforcement

• Director on Illinois' new family support plan: 'Our kids are best in a family setting'

• Despite changes to HCRCA, lawsuit over vaccine mandate continues

‘Almost impossible to prove’ defamation cases brought against elected officials

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker gives a speech in Springfield on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019.

BlueRoomStream

• GOP, advocacy groups submit changes to legislative district maps in court

• New legislation would prohibit out-of-state money in judicial campaigns

• LaHood Announces EDA Investment into the Peoria Innovation Hub

• iBuying changing the face of real estate

Nation

'We don't want any more Black pastors' in Arbery murder trial, lawyer says

Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during the 30th Anniversary of National Action Network at Carnegie Hall in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/Files

• Texas concert death toll rises as 22-year-old student succumbs to injuries

• Affirmative action opponents ask U.S. Supreme Court to take UNC, Harvard cases together

• Lawsuit over Subway tuna now says chicken, pork, cattle DNA were detected

Government, Politics, Campaigns  & Elections

U.S. has 'sacred obligation' to take care of veterans, Biden says

 President Joe Biden attends a wreath laying ceremony to mark Veterans Day and the centennial anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 11, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis

• Biden, China's Xi expected to meet virtually on Monday - sources

• Analysis: U.S. infrastructure bill makes power broker of transportation chief Buttigieg

• U.S. appeals court pauses release of Trump documents to House riot probe

• Committee probing Capitol riot threatens to hold former top Trump aide in contempt

International

• Blast reported in mosque in Afghanistan, several wounded - local residents

  • A million Afghan children at risk of dying amid acute malnutrition, WHO says

U.S. journalist jailed for 11 years in army-ruled Myanmar

Managing editor of online magazine Frontier Myanmar, U.S. journalist Danny Fenster, is pictured in an unknown location in this undated handout picture made available to Reuters on November 12, 2021. Frontier Myanmar/Handout via REUTERS 

• Exclusive: Mexico considers tighter entry rules for Venezuelans after U.S. requests - sources

• Turkey bans Syrians, Iraqis and Yemenis from flights to Belarus to curb migrant crisis

• Israel plans to bypass some of its Arab towns in war manoeuvres

• Burhan's moves make return to Sudan's constitution harder, U.N. says

• World powers to push Libya election in Paris meeting

• Greens warn German coalition is far from a done deal

• COVID-19's epicentre again: Europe faces fresh reckoning

Science, Medicine, Technology & Environment

Latest astronaut crew of four welcomed aboard International Space Station

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer of Germany gestures while departing the crew quarters for launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a mission to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., November 10, 2021. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

• U.S. VP Harris announces expanded cooperation on space issues after meeting Macron