Illinois Public Media News

Ayo Dosunmu hit back-to-back three-pointers, breaking a tie game with two-and-a-half minutes to go, sending the Illini men to a 79-74 win over 9th-ranked Michigan State Tuesday night in Champaign.

The U.S. trade war with China, now approaching a year, is often framed as hurting manufacturing and agriculture the most. But that’s mainly collateral damage in an international struggle over power and technology that has its roots in the Cold War, when China was still considered a largely undeveloped country.

Urbana school officials promised a capacity crowd attending Tuesday night’s school board meeting that they would do better. Their statements were in response to a series of fights Monday at Urbana High School that resulted in initial arrests of seven students and a parent, sent a teacher to the hospital, and led to the early dismissal of class.

Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost the Georgia governor's race in November, is delivering the Democrats' response to President Trump's State of the Union address. Reporters across the NPR newsroom are annotating her remarks, adding context and analysis.

NPR reporters covering the White House, Congress, immigration, national security and more are annotating the State of the Union live, adding context and analysis.