The much-anticipated retrial of Karen Read is set to begin. Both sides will make opening statements Tuesday. A new set of jurors is expected to wrestle over two theories in ...

Harvard University is defying the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus and suing to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants. Vice President JD ...

Wall Street is pointing higher a day after skepticism about the strength and safety of U.S. investments due to President Donald Trump’s trade war pulled markets lower again. Futures for ...

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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over the religious rights of parents in Maryland to remove their children from elementary school classes using storybooks with LGBTQ characters. Tuesday's case i ...

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Fourth-term U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens has launched her run for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday with a video focused on the economic crisis caused ...

Bob Asmussen | McCray's departure doesn't change Ward's feelings about running back room ...

Smith's clutch single delivers walk-off win for Oakwood softball, Haley and Pruemer lead SJ-O baseball to another win and ...

Boswell is back. The Ivisic twins are on board. But Illinois still has work to do in transfer market to fill out 2025-26 ...

Even while Brad Underwood, Bret Bielema and other Illinois coaches handle the transfer portal and NIL, both aspects are making college sports unrecognizable these days to some ...