Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat was the first African-American to be elected to statewide office in Illinois, winning the first of three terms as comptroller in 1978.

Blagojevich on Tuesday announced he'd appointed former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to replace Obama in the Senate, ignoring warnings from Senate Democrats who say they will block anyone he ...

Roland Burris took his place as Barack Obama's successor in the Senate on Thursday, ending a standoff that embarrassed the president-elect and fellow Democrats who initially resisted the appointment ...

Lieutenant Kevin Burris — played expertly by James Frain on True Detective — is the kind of shadowy background figure that makes for a perfect mystery killer: He’s not that obvious, but he’s also not ...

The city of Antioch and civil rights attorney John Burris on Friday announced the settlement of long-standing police abuse ...