Eastern Illinois enters a matchup with Western Illinois as winners of four consecutive home games

A historian of modern China, Jung Chang turns the lens back on herself in her newest book to understand how she sees the world and why she writes about China today.

The nearly 14-year civil war prevented Syrians from traveling freely to many parts of their own country. After the conflict ended a year ago, a group of outdoor enthusiasts began exploring newly accessible areas, fueled by a sense of adventure and hope.

He Jiankui spent three years in prison after creating gene-edited babies. Now back at work, he sees a greater opening for researchers who push boundaries.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's regime faces massive protests as dictatorships from Syria's Bashar al-Assad to Venezuela's Nicholas Maduro have recently fallen.

State media, embracing the gaming phrase “kill line,” is asserting China’s political superiority over the United States, deflecting focus on China’s own economic challenges.

Corrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026.

The United States is accusing Russia of a “dangerous and inexplicable escalation” of the nearly four-year war in Ukraine at a time when the Trump administration is trying to advance negotiations toward peace

Trump continues to threaten military action against Iran amid deadly protest crackdown, Minnesota officials file lawsuit over ICE tactics, SCOTUS to hear cases on trans women in public school sports.

NPR's Steve Inskeep explores the Trump administration's portrayal of 250 years of U.S history captured on the Washington Monument.

Fifteen thousand nurses are striking in New York City for a second day, seeking better pay and protection from workplace violence, among other concessions.

New eateries are popping up in Gaza after months of famine, but it's pricey and many people still rely on aid to survive.

A group of Buddhist monks is walking from Texas to Washington, D.C., spreading a message of peace and gaining supporters as they stop in local communities along the way.

A 19-year-old man was charged with arson after investigators said he confessed to setting fire to a synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, have moved into the official mayoral residence in Manhattan, leaving behind their leaky one-bedroom apartment in Queens

Houston Texans 30-6 Pittsburgh SteelersRodgers has hinted this season will be his lastTexans will face Patriots in divisional roundSheldon Rankins returned a fumble by Aaron Rodgers 33 yards for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to highlight a dominant performance by the NFL’s top-ranked defen...

Minnesota sues federal government over ICE operations

Graffiti denouncing Zionism was discovered Sunday on a wall of the campus, which has not yet been rebuilt after the Eaton fire.

The Vegas Golden Knights will look to keep a four-game win streak intact when they take on the Los Angeles Kings

The Philadelphia Flyers head into the matchup against the Buffalo Sabres after losing three straight games