Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill Thursday that lifts the state's moratorium on new nuclear power plants.
For the first time, US scientists produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy they used to power the experiment, Department of Energy officials announced.
This week, Russian forces seized control of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster.
Exelon Generation is closing two nuclear power plants in Illinois.
Ontario Power Generation later tweeted that the alert "was sent in error. There is no danger to the public or environment."
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman openly wept on television in a live interview from Singapore on Tuesday as President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un met for the first time.