Photo Essays
Flooding Swamps the Midwest
Torrential rains across the central United States forced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to close about a dozen locks on the Illinois River and the Mississippi...
‘I’m Gonna Live by the Gun and Roam’: Portrait of a Spree Killer, 1951
The story of the American mass murderer Billy “Cockeyed” Cook — who killed six people, including an entire family of five, during a terrifying three-week spree...
A Tragic Day at Northern Illinois University
A former student opened fire in a lecture hall, killing seven people, before turning the gun on himself
The Remarkable World of Rod Blagojevich
After a second trial, the former Illinois governor is convicted on 17 counts of corruption
The Redneck Fishing Tournament
Make sure you bring protective gear to the annual event in Bath, Illinois, because these fish jumping, literally, out of the water Photographs for TIME by...
