Argentines woke up ready to watch the national team play for its third World Cup title amid a national feeling of unity and joy that is rare for a country that has been engulfed in an economic crisis for years and has one of the worst inflation rates in the world

New study reveals some good results from the standards-based assessment reform, but doesn’t delve into ideas like grade minimums and no homework deadlines.

A local reporter chronicled the incident in a touching Twitter thread.

A year ago, crypto was everywhere. Now, companies are collapsing and prices for crypto coins have crashed. Is this the end of crypto as a mainstream industry?

“They’re more like friends than objects,” one passionate bookseller says. What are we to do with our flooded shelves?

An occasionally gusty breeze adds to the chill today and tomorrow.

What shapes the policies and approach of host country governments?

D.C. Housing Authority commissioner Bill Slover has had his share of clashes with City Hall. Now Mayor Muriel E. Bowser is pushing for a smaller board that would exclude this vocal critic.

Nearly 100 Peary High School alumni surprised longtime English and drama teacher Vincent Gibbs with carols and speeches outside of his Germantown home on Saturday.

Ald. Silvana Tabares, a one-time Madigan ally, faces challenge from Eddie Guillen, a recent worker in Madigan’s political organization.

On Dec. 18, 2012, Chicago awoke to the sight of bedsheets dangling from the 17th floor of the federal high-rise jail in the Loop and a made-for-Hollywood tale of two convicted bank robbers on the run.

The organization GLAAD found 141 anti-LGBTQ incidents targeting drag events specifically, eight of which were in Illinois.

Millions of people could be at risk from decades of pollution 3M has discharged into one of the nation’s major waterways and emitted into the air without limits since the company began production of forever chemicals at its Cordova plant in 1975.

Matt Patricia's nightmare will be lurking right there on the opposite sideline at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday.

After saying he needed time to consider his future, England coach Gareth Southgate has confirmed he will stay on beyond the World Cup

The British government says it will dispatch 1,200 troops to fill in for striking ambulance drivers and border staff as multiple public sector unions walk off the job in the week before Christmas

Pope Francis has revealed that shortly after being elected pontiff in 2013 he wrote a resignation letter in case medical problems impede him from carrying out his duties

Olympic silver medalist Zan Kranjec led the opening run of the Alta Badia giant slalom while overall World Cup leader Marco Odermatt struggled in ninth place

A local official in Afghanistan says a fuel tanker explosion in a tunnel has killed at least 19 people and injured 32

The Red Sox failed to sign an elite shortstop this winter. And they handled the entire process without a whole lot of class. 

The Ravens played their ugliest game of the season, piling up turnovers, special teams mishaps and unfinished drives as they managed just a field goal in a 13-3 loss to the thoroughly unremarkable Cleveland Browns. Not on Saturday in Cleveland. Their running game— 198 yards on 28 carries— was the only beacon shining through the Cleveland snow, but offensive...

Oregon must 'stay the course' on soft heroin laws despite skyrocketing overdose rates: drug law proponents.

Salah Hammouri, a lawyer and activist, was deported to France after a right-wing Israeli official accused him of terrorist ties.

The embattled quarterback landed with a beleaguered Browns franchise. The fan base got caught in the middle.

A 3-point plan for Bill Belichick to shut down Josh McDaniels' offense in Las Vegas.

One needs to look no further than Bishop Stang’s Jacob Cookinham to get a feel for the talent that is back this indoor season. Cookinham was in absolute beast mode when he popped a 62-foot, 4-3/4-inch effort to capture the shot put gold medal at the Meet of Champions (formerly All-States). He returns as the […]

Officials at a Swedish Zoo have managed to get three chimpanzees who had broken out of their enclosure back into a secure space, but four others were shot dead

Art restorers in Venice are conducting an ambitious monitoring project to analyze and intervene early on precious artworks and elaborate ornamentation at a landmark Venetian palace that was at the heart of political life in the powerful maritime Republic of Venice.

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles towards the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast on Sunday, South Korea and Japan said.

Elon Musk’s abrupt suspension of several journalists who cover Twitter widens a growing rift between the social media site and media organizations that have used the platform to build their audiences. Individual reporters with The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Voice of America and other news agencies saw their accounts go dark Thursday. The suspensions continued through Saturday with a Washington Post journalist and a Business Insider columnist who published a series of articles between 2018 and 2021 highlighting what she called dangerous Tesla manufacturing shortcomings. Many advertisers abandoned Twitter over content moderation questions after Musk acquired it in October. Now he risks a rupture with media organizations, which are among the most active on the platform.

Russia’s war on Ukraine tested U.S. ties with India this year as New Delhi abstained from condemning Moscow’s aggression and imported vastly more Russian energy. Sarah Zaman reports that despite their differences over Russia, the U.S. and India’s shared concern about China kept the allies close.

With two of the country’s oldest presidents poised to compete for the office in 2024, Americans are increasingly asking how old is too old to lead a nation where the average resident is in their 30s? VOA’s Anita Powell reports from the White House.

Once again it’s the girls’ 1000 that shapes up to be one of the most intriguing and competitive events of the indoor season. Brookline’s Camille Jordan had a monster cross country campaign and looks like the early favorite after taking second last winter at the Meet of Champions with a fast 2:55.68. Norton’s Shea Podbelski […]

Communities in eastern Congo are struggling to survive in the wake of a massacre in which at least 130 were killed by M23 rebels in what the United Nations called “unspeakable violence” against civilians.

Trevor Moore scored the shootout winner for the second straight game, giving the Los Angeles Kings a 3-2 win over the San Jose Sharks

Tua Tagovailoa remains optimistic in seeing the Dolphins take positive steps despite extending their skid to three games following a 32-29 loss to the Buffalo Bills

Boise State quarterback Taylen Green accounted for 256 yards and three touchdowns and the Broncos beat North Texas 35-32 in a back-and-forth Frisco Bowl.

About two dozen Ukrainian civilian volunteers were killed on March 1 by Russian troops who entered the southern city of Kherson

In recent years, Peru has been no stranger to political turmoil. It currently is on its sixth president in seven years — or should still be on its fifth, according to the crowds whose protests led to a declaration of a state of emergency in mid-December. They took to the streets after a day in which President Pedro Castillo declared congress dissolved only to be swiftly impeached by it and jailed after he tried to flee to the Mexican embassy. Now Peru’s conflicts are causing rifts across Latin A

Libyan officials say a powerful militia was involved in the clandestine detention and questioning of a suspect in the 1988 downing of a New York-bound PanAm flight over Lockerbie, Scotland

A growing number of Syrian Kurds are making the journey to Europe on a circuitous course that includes travel by car and plane across Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, then finally by boat to Spain

Pope Francis revealed in a new interview published on Sunday that after he was elected in 2013 he signed a letter of resignation to be used if someday severe and permanent health problems made it impossible to carry out his duties.

Ukraine is preparing proposals intended to strengthen “all the countries of Europe,” ahead of a meeting Monday of Northern European leaders, its president said.

The 35-year-old captain, playing in what is expected to be his last World Cup, is popular throughout the region. His team, not so much.

A growing number of Syrian Kurds are making the journey to Europe on a circuitous course that includes travel by car and plane across Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, then finally by boat to Spain.

America’s wars led to profound advancements in prosthetics and new standards for care. But for most Ukrainian soldiers in need, the best is often out of reach.

Israel says it has deported a Palestinian lawyer and activist to France, claiming he has ties to a banned militant group, despite objections from the French government.

Arkansas police found the decaying body of an abused 6-year-old boy buried beneath the hallway floor of his mother's house Friday.

Ajay Mitchell totaled 25 points, seven rebounds and five assists to lead UC Santa Barbara to an 85-73 victory over Portland State