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2023 USA TODAY Sports/AVCA boys volleyball Super 25

The top boys high school volleyball teams as of March 22, 2023.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 22, 2023

New Bears LB T.J. Edwards excited to team up with fellow Wisconsin alum Jack Sanborn

Former Wisconsin teammates T.J. Edwards and Jack Sanborn will get a chance to live their childhood dream of playing for the Bears, together.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 16, 2023

How a gun violence spike in 2016 created a movement of Chicagoans that is still building

Over the last six years, support for community-based violence prevention has swelled in Chicago. It started with a “really shocking and enormous” increase in shootings.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 16, 2023

Penn State holds on for 67-65 overtime win over Northwestern to advance in Big Ten tournament

CHICAGO — Nine days ago, the Penn State men’s basketball team defeated Northwestern in Evanston, Ill., in overtime. Friday’s quarterfinal matchup in the Big Ten tournament also needed some bonus basketball.

Tribune News Service · Mar 11, 2023

Far left, far right — including Illinois members— united in House vote to pull troops in Syria

Strange bedfellows: Progressives on the left, Freedom Caucus members on the right backing — for different reasons — a measure to withdraw troops from Syria.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 9, 2023

Lawmaker says FBI wrongly sought surveillance info about him

A Republican lawmaker has accused the FBI of wrongly searching for his name in foreign surveillance data, underscoring the challenges ahead for U.S. officials trying to persuade Congress to renew their authorities to collect huge swaths of communications

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

House panel backs parental school oversight, anti-trans sports bills - Roll Call

Republicans on a House committee approved bills to set parents' rights on school issues and ban some transgender athletes from sports.

Roll Call · Mar 9, 2023

California to end Walgreens contract after abortion dispute

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is withdrawing a $54 million contract with Walgreens

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

Bid to block Illinois’ new assault weapons ban now before federal appeals court

The case of Naperville gunshop owner Robert Bevis appears to be the first to challenge the ban in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A federal judge found it constitutional.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 8, 2023

Opening 2023 USA TODAY Sports/AVCA boys volleyball regional rankings

The best volleyball teams in the West, Midwest, South, and Northeast regions as the 2023 season begins.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 8, 2023