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Illinois has become the first No. 1 seed to lose in the NCAA tournament after being upset by No. 8 seed Loyola Chicago. The RambIers defeated the Fighting Illini, 71-58, on Sunday to be the first team to advance to the Sweet 16. Loyola Chicago center Cameron Krutwig was among the top scorers, tallying 19

Click here for updates on this story     MIDLAND, Michigan (WNEM) — As we approach one-year since the dam failures in mid-Michigan, some residents still are unable to occupy their homes. But one center in Midland is still putting in the work to get people back inside their house. For one Hope resident, starting fresh wasn’t

Click here for updates on this story     LAGRANGE, Georgia (WGCL) — A 12-year-old boy is recovering after a 13-year-old girl stabbed him in the head. It happened after midnight on Sunday in LaGrange. LaGrange police released a statement saying officers responded to a person stabbed call at the 100 block of Turner Street. When officers

Click here for updates on this story     HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — The Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection is celebrating the beginning of spring with a hiking challenge. The 2021 Sky’s the Limit Hiking Challenge encourages folks to get out and enjoy Connecticut’s state parks and forests. It began back in 2015, and this year’s

Click here for updates on this story     MARION COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — New COVID-19 tracing technology is being implemented at Gervais schools is getting some pushback from parents. When middle and high school students go back to campus, they’ll have the option to wear a lanyard that keeps track of social distancing, alerting students when

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Over 8,000 individuals were vaccinated Friday and Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium, according to the Kansas City Chiefs. The mega-vaccination event, termed by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, is the largest so far in Missouri. On Friday, about 3,600 Missourians received coronavirus shots. The Chiefs

Click here for updates on this story     IRVINGTON, Alabama (WALA) — It is a postal carrier’s job to deliver mail, but this week a Mobile County post office employee delivered a message of patriotism with a simple act. “My flag was actually laying on the ground and I saw the USPS worker walking in the

Click here for updates on this story     Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (CTV Network) — As people begin to soak up more of the springtime sun, the rays may offer more than just a reprieve from cabin fever. A new study finds that COVID-19 patients, particularly Black patients, with high vitamin D levels may have a lower risk

Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Countless numbers of those with COVID-19 have had to contend with the loss of taste and smell, changing the way that they perceive food. But a British chef is coming out with a free cookbook containing recipes tailormade for COVID-altered taste buds. British

Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A 60-year-old man from Sun Prairie was arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Waukesha Post for his sixth OWI on Saturday, March 20. Troopers in Waukesha County were made aware of a car traveling eastbound on I-94 that allegedly struck two other cars

Click here for updates on this story     MONROE COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — A set of parents and a third person were arrested and charged with endangering a child’s welfare after a 2-month old baby was found dead in an apartment at Pinehurst Rentals in Barrett Township near Canadensis. Pocono Mountain Regional Police were called to

Click here for updates on this story     HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — At the end of January, Linda Lingle was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. “It was just a gut punch you know. You just had a sinus infection. you don’t expect leukemia,” said Linda. Linda started chemotherapy soon after and the good news is, she

Nawal El Saadawi, a famous Egyptian feminist author, physician and psychiatrist, has died aged 89, state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Sunday. El Saadawi was known as a defender of women’s rights and fought strongly against the widespread practice of female genital mutation. She was jailed and persecuted and received threats from conservatives throughout her life

Click here for updates on this story     Ottawa, Ontario (CTV Network) — The Canadian ambassador to the U.S. says she’s been reassured by her American colleagues that they are viewing the cases of detained Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig as if the two men were their own citizens. “Many members of the U.S. administration

Eight people were stabbed during a fight that started inside a Detroit hookah lounge and continued into the parking lot early Sunday morning, police said. The stabbings happened at about 4:40 a.m. Sunday on Greenfield Road. The eight people who were stabbed were hospitalized, but none of the injuries were fatal, Detroit Police said in

Crystal Sauser didn’t know who wrote obituaries. Was it the funeral home? The deceased’s loved ones? At 39, she didn’t think she’d have to know the answer. But in February, her husband of 13 years died of cancer, leaving behind Sauser and their three children. Suddenly, she found herself browsing funeral home obituary templates, grieving