Michigan State looks like its best self: Deep, tough and unafraid
Coach Tom Izzo’s Spartans are a Final Four contender again. Plus, Utah is in the wilderness, North Alabama is in the ...
Tove Jansson’s ‘Sun City’ takes up a rare subject in fiction: Old age
Jansson’s novel, recently reissued, follows a group of residents at a retirement community in Florida.
Human rights expert accuses UN peacekeepers of violations in Central Africa Republic
UN peacekeeping forces and Russian mercenaries are carrying out human rights violations in the Central African Republic, according to an investigator ...
Dale Whitnell makes two holes-in-one in same round at South African Open
Dale Whitnell made two holes-in-one in a round that started with him worrying about just making the cut at the South African Open ...
A Myanmar online news site says its jailed journalist is tortured for revealing abuses of prisoners
An independent online news agency in Myanmar is alleging that one of its journalists arrested two years ago has been subjected to daily physical and mental abuse after exposing human rights violations ...
Buccaneers reinstate Jon Gruden to franchise Ring of Honor
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced Thursday that they are restoring former coach Jon Gruden’s name to the franchise’s Ring of ...
A masterpiece by the most celebrated tattoo artist in U.S. history
Coleman named “Battleship Kate,” a major work of folk art, for a sex worker and swindler with head-to-toe tattoos.
A Black family’s home was too close to a White school. So D.C. took it.
The Black wealth gap in Washington D.C. can be traced back more than 100 years to land grabs and housing discrimination. It’s ...
Pope retirement questions percolate as Francis marks two weeks in hospital
Pope Francis said previously that he might retire if facing extreme health issues. The Vatican reported that his condition is ...
Turkey seeks dissolution of PKK-linked groups in Syria and Iraq, following leader's peace plea
A senior Turkish official says groups affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Syria and Iraq should dissolve themselves ...
German election winner Merz and center-left rivals start sounding out a possible coalition
Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government ...
Family of US marine veteran killed in Ukraine tells funeral in Kyiv he died fighting for freedom
Ethan Hertweck, a 21-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was killed while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, has been honored with a funeral service in Kyiv attended by family and friends ...