Illinois turned a 10-point halftime lead into a 105-70 rout, wearing Penn down with its powerful, deep offense to advance to Saturday’s second round against No. 11 seed VCU.

March Madness odds for Illinois vs. VCU NCAA Tournament second-round game, with point spread, moneyline, over/under for betting on Saturday, March 21.

Kat Abughazaleh, who is running to replace Representative Jan Schakowsky in Illinois’s Ninth District, cast her ballot at a Chicago Park District field house on Tuesday morning. She is part of a crowded Democratic primary field, and the race has drawn more outside spending than any other House contest in Illinois.

David Mirković set an Illinois freshman NCAA Tournament record with 29 points and an overall Illinois tournament record with 17 rebounds in Thursday’s first-round win.

The win capped a mixed night for AIPAC and crypto, which spent heavily in Illinois’ primary elections.

Virtually all of the different battles simmering inside the Democratic Party this year are on display in Tuesday’s primaries in Illinois, where retirements by key House Democrats and the state’s senio

Kat Abughazaleh, who is running to replace Representative Jan Schakowsky in Illinois’s Ninth District, cast her ballot at a Chicago Park District field house on Tuesday morning. She is part of a crowded Democratic primary field, and the race has drawn more outside spending than any other House contest in Illinois.

Juliana Stratton is likely to become the 6th Black woman senator in U.S. history after winning her primary with an anti-Trump message.