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When feeling discouraged about friendships becoming distant, be reassured that they need you whether they are near or far.
A 17-3 second-half run was the key for the Illini, who moved to 19-1 when scoring at least 80 points.
The game’s face — the single player who will be purposefully and strategically attached to all-everything NBA — seems to have become more substantial than the league and the game itself.
Lawmakers are looking at bills to keep the system going for some 18,000 kids in foster care as insurance companies pull out.
Master director Errol Morris puts together new interviews and creative storytelling devices to examine (but hardly prove) journalist’s conspiracy theory.
Without the Lindsey Grahams, Marco Rubios and JD Vances of the world, Trump would not be the danger to the Atlantic alliance and peace that he is.
If the cuts being discussed by Republicans go through, nearly a quarter of Illinois Medicaid recipients will lose their coverage by the end of the fiscal year. Over the next decade, Illinois will lose up to $39 billion in federal Medicaid funding. Meanwhile, the slashing of the federal government stokes fear and uncertainty.
Johnson was calm, measured, soft-spoken and disciplined, with days of prep after landing in Washington Sunday. The city hired the Washington law firm Debevoise & Plimpton, whose partners have expertise in preparing witnesses for high-stakes hearings.
In his follow-up to “Parasite,” director Bong Joon Ho again treats us to wild creativity and big political ideas.
The Mexican government’s real beef is with the Second Amendment and its prohibition of gun restrictions, writes columnist Jacob Sullum.
“America wants change,” Slotkin said in her rebuttal to President Trump’s address to Congress. Can other Democrats get on board with that?
Trade agreements for Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson figure to cut down on the quarterback’s sacks in 2025.
Emily Bett Rickards has the right moves to portray Mildred Burke’s inspiring career that started in the 1930s.
Congressional hearing? What congressional hearing? All the Illini men’s basketball team’s coach knows is that the next game is coming.
Now called “The Inspired Home Show,” the celebration of kitchen gadgets, cutlery and much more benefits from an ontological approach.
The Hulu series, shot in Chicago, admirably represents South Asian cultures, but its breezy tone clashes with its serious subject matter.
You might not have paid much attention, but players at Fresno State, Iowa, Iowa State and New Orleans have come under suspicion for gambling or fixing games in the last year or so.
“I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian,” host Conan O’Brien says at the 97th Academy Awards ceremony that also singled out Adrien Brody, Zoë Saldaña and Kieran Culkin.
For laughs, the terrific host speaks in foreign tongues and goes to edgy places.
On Wednesday he’ll testify before the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Republicans are expected to use the Democratic mayors of Chicago, Denver, Boston and New York as “punching bags” to advance Trump’s deportation agenda.