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John Korir hopes to build on Chicago win and join his brother as a Boston Marathon champion
John Korir has the resume that proves he is fast enough to win the Boston Marathon and the family connections that might just ...
Inexperienced Pistons, like veteran Clippers, know there’s no time for hanging heads before Game 2s
The Detroit Pistons could have sounded shaken, after a few miserable minutes against the New York Knicks ruined an otherwise ...
Thunder open 35-point 1st-half lead over Grizzlies, biggest in any Game 1 of NBA’s play-by-play era
Oklahoma City’s playoff run got off to a record-setting start. The Thunder opened a 35-point lead in the first half of Game 1 ...
Running backs could get a boost in this year’s draft thanks to success of Saquon Barkley
The days of running backs being the headliners at the NFL draft are long in the past with the league’s shift to more passing ...
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri wins F1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Oscar Piastri went top of the Formula 1 standings with victory at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday. Piastri started ...
Blackwood is new in net for playoff-experienced Avalanche and seeks a 2-0 series lead over Stars
Mackenzie Blackwood is already fitting right in with these Colorado Avalanche in their eighth consecutive postseason, and a ...
New round of property tax reform in Iowa might not happen this session
Iowa state lawmakers are on course to wrap up the legislative session in a couple of weeks on May 2. They passed a bipartisan ...
Alito’s dissent in deportation case says court rushed to block Trump with middle-of-the night order
The Supreme Court acted “literally in the middle of the night” and without sufficient explanation in blocking the Trump ...
Florida State classes resume Monday after fatal shooting, but in-person attendance isn’t mandatory
Classes will resume at Florida State University on Monday, four days after a deadly shooting on campus left two people dead ...
‘Sinners’ surges past ‘Minecraft’ to lead box office
Brand names, not filmmakers or stars, are said to rule the box office these days. But Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” led by twin ...
Stock up on summer reading at Spring Book Sale
Readers of all ages can find great ways to stock up on spring and summer reading and benefit the library at the Rock Island ...
Police investigate shooting on subway platform that led to Harvard students sheltering in place
Transit police in Boston were investigating a shooting on a subway platform near Harvard University on Sunday that prompted the school to issue a shelter-in-place order for ...