Five days before the Academy Awards, nearly every nominee gathered for a cocktail reception, dinner and class picture shoot that served as an Oscars orientation. The event Tuesday night at the ...

Hamas will return the bodies of four dead Israeli hostages on Thursday in exchange for Israel’s release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, the group said, just days before ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition and resting Wednesday, as Argentines and Romans alike gathered in the Eternal ...

A Sudanese military aircraft crashed in the city of Omdurman, killing at least 19 people, military and health officials said Wednesday. The Antonov aircraft crashed Tuesday while ...

Here are the girls’ sectional basketball results from Tuesday night for games involving our local teams. Scores were compiled by the ‘Overtime’ team ...

Yael Alexander has been watching the release of hostages from Gaza over the past six weeks with a mix of joy, envy and fear. Her son Edan, an American-Israeli hostage held ...

It was a tight game at Rock Falls for two plus quarters Tuesday night, but then the Byron Lady Tigers elevated their game as we’ve seen them do so many times.

Gracie Furlong and the Galena Pirates ended Rockford Lutheran’s postseason run last year in the 1A sectional tournament play.

The Pecatonica girls’ basketball team jumped out to a 26-0 lead and went on to defeat River Ridge/Scales Mound 56-39 Tuesday night. That was a 1A sectional ...

Even months later, the pain of losing a pet can still hit without warning. The trigger might be noticing — again, for the ...

President Donald Trump’s effort to suspend the system for resettling refugees in the U.S. is on hold after a federal judge in ...