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

CHAMPAIGN — Illinois' season-opening win against Florida State, plus Sunday's grind-it-out victory against Marquette, pushed ...

Israel has begun a construction project along a demarcation line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syria, apparently laying asphalt for a road right along the frontier. That's acc ...

The Kremlin is rejecting reports that President Vladimir Putin spoke last week with President-elect Donald Trump about the war in Ukraine, and a spokesman for Trump refused to comment on ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations. “Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter,” ...

There are few images more indelible in the history of American dance: Judith Jamison, regal and passionate in white leotard and long ruffled skirt, punching the air in “Cry” — ...

POMPTON LAKES, N.J. (AP) — Fire crews on both coasts of the United States battled wildfires Monday, including a blaze in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee and postponed Veterans Day ...

Penn State remains in good position to gain a spot in the College Football Playoff after a win Saturday against Washington.

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on Twitter ( @srrichey ). Offseason efforts have sophomore guard ready to ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced.

From left, Ben Humrichous, Tomislav Ivisic, Kasparas Jakucionis, Morez Johnson Jr. and the rest of their Illini teammates are feeling good about a 2-0 start to the season with a new-look Illinois ...