As NFL scouts flock to campus, Big Ten players seek to catch their eye
NFL scouts filled an entire row of the Michigan Stadium press box to get a look at some of the top prospects in the upcoming draft when the Wolverines beat Southern ...
Ken Page, who starred in ‘Cats’ on Broadway and voiced Oogie Boogie, dies at 70
Ken Page, a stage and screen actor who starred alongside Beyoncé in “Dreamgirls,” introduced Broadway audiences to Old Deuteronomy in “Cats” and scared generations of kids as the ...
John Amos, patriarch on ‘Good Times’ and an Emmy nominee for the blockbuster ‘Roots,’ dies at 84
John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has ...
Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as 1st female president of Mexico
Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in Tuesday as Mexico’s first female president, riding the enthusiasm over her predecessor’s social programs but also facing challenges that include ...
Johnson & Johnson to invest over $2 billion in new facility in Wilson
One of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world is set to create hundreds of new jobs in Wilson County.
Wilmer Valderrama. Rosario Dawson. America Ferrera. Star-led drive aims to get Latinos to vote
With a star-studded cast of celebrities and influencers, the Voto Latino Foundation launched a $5 million initiative Tuesday to encourage Latinos to vote in the upcoming election. The “Vota Con ...
Watchdog blasts DEA for not reporting human rights abuses by foreign policing partners
A federal government watchdog is blasting the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for failing to timely report human rights violations committed by Latin American law enforcement ...
Justin Verlander left off Astros’ Wild Card Series roster, but Yordan Alvarez is back
The Houston Astros left three-time Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander off the roster for their AL Wild Card Series against Detroit but did include injured slugger Yordan Alvarez. Verlander ...
Why so many people felt impacts outside of Helene’s track
Because Helene was moving so fast, it stayed a hurricane even hundreds of miles away from the coast, so those hurricane impacts were felt by more people.
Woman charged with murder in deadly weekend shooting in Raleigh, police say
A woman has been arrested and charged in a deadly shooting that happened in Raleigh over the weekend, police said.
Justice Department finds Georgia is ‘deliberately indifferent’ to unchecked abuses at its prisons
Georgia prisons are “deliberately indifferent” to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups, the U.S. Justice Department said ...
After playing Weird Barbie, Kate McKinnon’s new children’s book also celebrates being uniquely you
If you find it odd that Kate McKinnon chose her first book to be for middle-grade kids, the former “Saturday Night Live” star says, think again. “I find sketch comedy and middle school to be very ...