A police standoff in Round Lake Beach that began with a report of a child being injured ended peacefully Saturday night, authorities said. The standoff began after police were called to a home in the ...

Two men were found dead from gunshot wounds in Williamson County, and a juvenile is in custody after a SWAT standoff. The ...

Shortly after this year’s NFL Draft, the Houston Texans signed second-round pick Jayden Higgins to a rookie contract. It was the kind of routine move that ordinarily might go unnoticed, except in this ...

The NFL’s logjam with signing players selected in the second round of this year’s draft is starting to open up. The first major break in the dam came when the 49ers agreed to sign the 43rd overall ...

The Houston Texans disrupted the NFL's rookie contract structure when they fully guaranteed a second-round draft pick's deal, triggering a league-wide standoff that has left 30 of 32 second-round ...

Ahead of the beginning of training camps later this month in the NFL, all but two second-round picks have signed contracts with the teams that selected them back in April. This unprecedented ...

The Chicago Bears have begun to finalize contracts for their NFL Draft class. What we know After somewhat of a contract standoff with 30 of the 32 second-round selections, the Bears have reportedly ...

A woman has died after being struck in the chest with what police say was a "less lethal round" during an armed standoff early Wednesday with officers in southwestern Michigan. The woman called 911 ...

After a leaguewide standoff that saw all but two second-round picks not sign their rookie contracts throughout the summer in hopes of securing more guaranteed money, the dominoes have begun to fall.