If you’re looking to file your taxes early on, you can do so in Illinois and Texas beginning Monday, Jan. 27. The IRS has marked the day for Direct File and taxpayers across 25 states will get the opportunity to get the ball rolling.

Year 1 of the 12-team College Football Playoff is almost complete. Notre Dame will face Ohio State on Jan. 20 in the CFP National Championship with the winner earning bragging rights as the first team to run the table in the newly expanded playoff format.

Juan Jahaziel Saenz-Suarez, a 27-year-old Mexican national living in Urbana, was arrested about an hour south of Dallas.

Suarez, a 27-year-old Mexican national, in connection with a hit-and-run that killed two young women on Jan. 19.

On Wednesday, college football analyst Josh Pate dropped his final top-25 of the year and he had a top five of Ohio State, Oregon, Texas, Notre Dame and Georgia, respectively. However, Illinois head coach Bret Bielema took offense to Pate's rating since his Illini team was left out of the top 25.

The Gonzaga men's basketball team is pursuing one of the few uncommitted players left in the 2025 recruiting class. Aleks Alston, a 6-foot-9 forward out of Ken

CFP champion Ohio State was No. 1 in the final US LBM coaches poll. See the ballots of Joey McGuire and former Texas Tech football staff members

Maryland takes on the No. 17 Illinois Fighting Illini after Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored 22 points in the Terrapins' 69-66 victory over the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Democrats in the Minnesota House who have boycotted daily sessions are using tactics that lawmakers elsewhere have tried dozens of times in seeking to thwart their opponents.

Georgia Bulldogs signee Talyn Taylor, a four-star wide receiver recruit, has been named as the best route runner to the Navy All-American Bowl. Taylor showcased his route running and ability to separate throughout the week. He could see immediate playing time with Georgia as a true freshman.

California is advising health care providers not to write down patients’ immigration status on bills and medical records and telling them they don’t have to assist federal agents in arrests. Some Massachusetts hospitals and clinics are posting privacy rights in emergency and waiting rooms in Spanish and other languages.

In this exercise, Florida would replace Tennessee as the third SEC team into the playoff field in 2025.