Terrence Shannon Jr. was going through a pre-draft workout with the Oklahoma City Thunder when he got a call from Illinois ...

At least 18 people, including 14 women, were killed in a stampede at a railway station in India’s capital of New Delhi. Delhi’s caretaker chief minister, Atishi, who uses only ...

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Saturday's basketball prep highlights: Mahomet-Seymour ends BHRA's undefeated season Matt Daniels is sports editor at The ...

Fifty seasons of “Saturday Night Live” sketches, songs and special guests will be celebrated as the variety show celebrates its landmark anniversary. The pop culture juggernaut has launched the career ...

The stunning news came in a terse statement from the Russian penitentiary service a year ago: Opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died in the Arctic Circle penal colony where he ...

U.S. states seem to mark Presidents Day with as many different names and honors as there have been presidents. The federal holiday is officially Washington’s Birthday to honor George, the ...

Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, ...

Heavy rains and dangerous flooding have struck the Southeast U.S. as much of the East endured a renewed round of harsh, soggy weather, with at least one fatality reported in ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on ...

Brock Angle (left), Elliot Humphrey, Hudson Coady and Elijah Searles pose for a picture before Illinois' 79-65 loss to No. 11 ...