While Thomas was not found guilty of wrongdoing, Illinois interim chancellor Barbara Wilson said in a statement that a change in leadership was needed. MORE: Week 10 winners & losers | This week’s AP Top 25 According to the results of the investigation, Beckman employed a wide array of motivational tactics directed primarily at players and athletic trainers that encouraged athletes to avoid medical treatment to continue playing. Furthermore, to create room for new players joining the program for the spring 2015 semester, Beckman caused four players to be pressured to relinquish their scholarships at the end of the fall 2014 semester against those players’ wishes....

“Today [the Illinois Department of Health] reports 2,724 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois. This is the largest 24-hour increase we have seen to date.” Dr. Ngozi Ezike, the director of the Illinois Department of Health, announced at the governor’s daily coronavirus press briefing. “However, yesterday we also saw the greatest number of test results that were reported in a 24-hour period with over 16,000 specimens. Obviously, when you test more people you are going to find more cases,” Ezike said....

Three masked individuals in a Dodge Durango SUV hijacked Lightford’s Mercedes SUV in the 2000 block of South 20th Avenue in the Chicago suburb of Broadview about 9:45 p.m on Tuesday, said Broadview police Chief Thomas Mills. Lightford and her husband, Eric McKennie, had been in the suburb to drop off a friend, the Chicago Tribune reported. McKennie had a gun and exchanged fire with at least one of the suspects, Mills said....

Your Dec. 27 report on “Russia: a Frozen Land of Crisis” was interesting, but I was very disappointed in how the article portrayed life in Siberia. As an American who is living in Novosibirsk, I am impressed with the efforts most Russians are making to get themselves and their country moving forward with this reform. It is a daunting task at best. And, yes, there are many harsh realities, but there is also a beauty about Siberia, Novosibirsk and the Russian people that was not fairly credited....

Insomnia Worsens With Time Spent Awake in Bed Insomnia is difficulty falling or staying asleep or an adequate amount of sleep that is not refreshing, in the absence of another sleep disorder. It is characterized by feeling “tired but wired,” a sense of fatigue or exhaustion with an inability to sleep, especially during daytime naps. It may run in families. It may be provoked by periods of stress, but it may simmer beneath the surface for years, waiting to raise its ugly head....

Richmond is a workingclass district that sprawls across six incorporated cities northeast of San Francisco. Marks, a charismatic visionary, set out to improve the schools by implementing a choice plan. He created specialty schools, stocking them with costly equipment like computers, musical instruments and microwave ovens for cooking classes. He also hired 300 new teachers and administrators and gave hefty raises to veteran employees. Last December Marks was ousted amid charges that he had spent too much....

The conference referenced a second video, circulated online Tuesday, of Boebert referring to Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota as a terrorist bomber and a member of the “Jihad Squad.” In the video, recorded in New York at a September Staten Island Conservative Party dinner, Boebert also refers to Omar and fellow Muslim Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan “blackhearted evil women who want to destroy America.” At the press conference Tuesday night, which included Omar, Tlaib and Democratic Representative André Carson of Indiana, Omar said that Islamophobia pervades the Republican Party, “our culture, our politics and even policy decisions....

“Got to love our teammate,” Gordon said sarcastically on the team radio about Earnhardt, who drove down on the No. 24 causing minor damage. “Just knocked our damn fender in." MORE: Martinsville highlights, in photos | Matt Kenseth suspended two races | Martinsville Winners & Losers Gordon’s crew chief Alan Gustafson also was upset with Earnhardt: “I saw it. I can’t believe that s—. It’s stupid." Gordon, the eventual race winner, let Earnhardt know he was upset by bumping him in the rear....

Krzyzewski played for Bob Knight at Army and then coached under Knight for a season at Indiana. He broke Knight’s D-I men’s wins record in 2011 at Madison Square Garden. He got his 1,000th win on Sunday in the same arena. Down four at the half on Sunday, No. 5 Duke (17-2, 4-2) went on an 26-7 run to finish the second half en route to Krzyzewski’s record-setting win. He answered questions following the game in a televised press conference....

Soon after that meeting, Franklin Roosevelt sent a special envoy to help unite the communists and the rival Nationalists against the Japanese. Mao and other communist leaders rushed to the airstrip in their only motor vehicle, a battle-scarred ambulance. The Chinese and Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley shared warm talks and toasts of homemade pear wine. Mao confided he had once herded sheep; Hurley said he had once been a cowboy....

I can’t recall any that struck me as being more curious than this: “Where do you fall on K-State right now?” MARCH MADNESS: Latest bubble watch | Seed scramble: Zags’ loss opens up No. 1 seed Given that it was posed by my good friend Seth Davis, the terrific college basketball writer for Sports Illustrated and analyst at CBS Sports, the context was obvious. He was wondering what I thought of Kansas State as an NCAA Tournament team....

If it is fair to call these times in the NBA the era of the superteam, in which the collective-bargaining agreement is sidestepped in order to hastily slap together groups of stars, then it is fair to say that most of the teams that qualify have encountered some growing pains early on. Miami was slow out of the gate in 2010, and last year’s Lakers stumbled through the preseason and kept bumbling in the early season....

Her father, then took the throne in 1936 becoming George VI and going on to reign throughout Britain’s involvement in World War Two. Elizabeth, his eldest daughter, was on a visit to Kenya when he died at Sandringham, Norfolk, on February 6, 1952. Her coronation (pictured below) was on June 2, 1953, and was the first to be broadcast live to a television audience. It was watched by more than 27 million people in Britain, and plenty more around the world....

To that point, not much had changed. Paperwork had yet to be completed, so Robert Covington, Dario Saric and Jerryd Bayless hadn’t yet practiced with their new teammates nor been cleared to play. The Wolves had gone through this before — even this year, they had played without Butler, who sat a number of games early in the season due to “general soreness.” Though the on-paper landscape of the team felt the same, the vibe in the arena was different....

Since the Great Depression, the CPI has declined only twice–in 1949 and 1955. Those years turned out to be a treat. Prices dropped while wages rose, leaving workers better off. Investors, too, had no complaints. Stocks jumped 18.6 percent in ‘49 and 31.5 percent in ‘55. Not bad, for a phenomenon that’s so widely feared. Bad name: How come deflation got such a bad name? “Solely because of what happened in the 1930s,” says economist George Selgin of the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business....

The one in three U.S. adults with criminal records are often denied a full reentry into society, depriving them of their basic humanity. Many struggle to access basic needs—like housing, health care, and employment—due to past transgressions. I’ve experienced this firsthand. I’m a formerly incarcerated black woman. Years ago, while in Ohio and Washington, D.C., landlords often made it difficult for me to access housing—even when I was well-paid and could easily afford the monthly rent....

In the briefing, it was reported that two weeks prior, villages in northern Darfur, specifically Anka, had been decimated for the third time by armed groups, women raped and communities displaced. I inquired about what the mission did and was told that continuing security concerns had prevented peacekeepers from traveling to the affected area. To me, this did not make sense and had to change. Peacekeepers are deployed to timely intervene and provide the necessary assistance as soon as possible....

Incredible drone footage has captured the wild celebrations at the Obelisco de Buenos Aires located in the Plaza de la República as hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of the capital. The video has gone viral as it was widely shared across social media with many posting their congratulations to Argentina following their dramatic win in the soccer showpiece. It was Messi’s final World Cup game for his country and there was much jubilation that the acclaimed G....

Ahead of their match, skipper Sunil Chhetri addressed the media at the pre-match press conference and on missing in-form striker Balwant Singh due to injury, Chhetri opined, “I hope not. Balwant was doing very good for us. He is an asset to have in your team, especially in the last one year that he had a great season. I just hope that the ones who are getting an opportunity in place of Balwant live up to the expectations....