Thousands of widows in western Kenya face losing their land after their husbands die. In certain ethnic groups, widows are ...

Bob Weir, guitarist, singer and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at age 78. Weir’s death was announced Saturday ...

Authorities in Mississippi have charged a 24-year-old man with murder after six people were killed in a series of related ...

Jacob Smith has been in prison for two decades, but he and other inmates are still taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic ...

Tomislav Ivisic, left, Keaton Wagler and the rest of the Illinois men’s basketball team go for a fifth straight win when the ...

Sunday marks the 172nd men’s basketball game in the series between Illinois and Iowa, but the first-ever meeting between new ...

Sharing their towns' top priority in 2026 in Part 1 of an areawide miniseries: leaders in Arcola, Farmer City, Fisher, ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is srichey@news-gazette.com, and you can follow him on ...

Steve Kelly and Loren Tate talk sports with Scott Dochterman (The Athletic, Iowa City), Doug Altenberger (former Illini ...

I knew I wanted to do something to help secure the Earth’s resources since I was a kid and had been passionate about water ...

Adam Johnson, known for grabbing Nancy Pelosi's podium during the Capitol riot, is running for a county office in Florida. He ...