WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on his first foreign trip in office, arriving in Central America on ... wants to reclaim control over the Panama Canal despite intense resistance ...

Amtrak’s new Floridian service, launched in November 2024 and running until 2027 (during work on New York’s East River Tunnel), combines the Capitol Limited ... nine new sleeper cars ...

A. Philip Randolph, International President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and national president of the Negro American Labor Council, is shown in Washington, D.C., Aug. 1963.

A century ago this year, on Aug. 25, 1925, 500 Pullman Co. railroad porters secretly gathered ... the U.S. They launched the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, with A. Philip Randolph as president.

Flu map: These states are now at CDC’s highest activity level While Illinois isn’t on CDC’s highest activity level, positivity rates are high. Megan Hanley, the epidemiologist with the ...

The Panama Railroad was meant to revolutionize travel, offering a faster route to the California Gold Rush, but its construction came at a devastating human cost. Disease, treacherous terrain ...

IN Erie, Pa. last week, Alfred E. Perlman, president of the New York Central Railroad, ushered in a new symbol of 20th century progress for his venerable old line. Throwing a switch on a signal ...

PEORIA (25News Now) - As concerns over potential mass deportations in sanctuary cities like Chicago grow, immigrant communities in smaller towns across Central Illinois are feeling the effects. Area ...

Illinois State University and the University ... A decision about athletic practices and activities will be made Tuesday. Prairie Central schools will be closed Tuesday. Decisions regarding ...

PEORIA (25News Now) - Central Illinois Friends has announced the opening of Peoria’s first LGBTQ+ community center. On Monday morning, Central Illinois Friends celebrated a new building they call a ...