NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For the first time in more than two decades, the Illinois men’s basketball team will still be dancing when the Final Four tips off.Iowa’s underdog run in the NCAA Tournament ended Saturday with a 71-59 loss to a dominant Illinois team. Before Illinois could cut down the nets at Houston’s Toyota Center, a buzzer malfunction caused a loud, roughly 10-minute delay.The buzzer initially sounded signaling the end of a media timeout with just under eight minutes remaining in the first half. The horn continued blaring for about another seven minutes. Players stood…

Vinton, Iowa — Lance Lillibridge of Vinton, Iowa, has been farming his whole life, and says he’s worried for this year’s spring planting.”It couldn’t have come at a worst time,” Lillibridge told CBS News of the Iran war.The war has led to skyrocketing diesel and fertilizer prices. Lillibridge says the prices are piling onto an already struggling industry.”It just feels like the world is trying to take this all away from us right now,” Lillibridge said.The price of ammonia and urea, two fertilizer ingredients seeing disruptions, are up around 20% and 50% percent, respectively, since the start of the Iran war, according…

Watch Tonya Pinkins sing “When It Ends” from The Wild Party at New York City Center Encores! Pinkins, who originated the role of Kate, returns to The Wild Party as diva Dolores Montoya, for the Encores! production, running through March 29. Pinkins stars in The Wild Party alongside Jasmine Amy Rogers, Adrienne Warren, Jelani Alladin, Wesley J. Barnes, Jordan Donica, KJ Hippensteel, Andrew Kober, Lesli Margherita, Betsy Morgan, Meghan Murphy, Maya Rowe, Joseph A. Byrd, Claybourne Elder, and Evan Tyrone Martin. The cast also includes standbys Curtis Bannister and Kyrie Courter.

Saturday Today cohost Peter Alexander is leaving the show after nearly eight years. “I’ve had the most incredible experience over 22 years with NBC News,” Alexander said during his final broadcast in March 2026, announcing his surprising departure. “I could not be more grateful for … the leaders and mentors here who have believed in me and given me more opportunities than I ever dreamed of.” Alexander, who joined NBC News in 2004, began anchoring the weekend edition of Today in 2018. “It’s hard to believe, but I have been part of the NBC family for longer than I’ve had…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The mother of slain college student Sheridan Gorman is speaking out, vowing a “fight for justice” after the 18-year-old was allegedly murdered by an illegal immigrant earlier this month in Chicago.Jessica Gorman delivered emotional remarks Saturday at a vigil in Yorktown Heights, New York, honoring her daughter, a Loyola University Chicago freshman whose life was cut short in what authorities describe as a sudden, violent attack.”I want to say this gently, but honestly, as a mom. I’m angry,” Jessica Gorman said. “I’m like completely heartbroken, and we are going to fight for…

Twelve tons of KitKat chocolate bars were stolen while being transported across Europe earlier this week. KitKat, which is owned by food giant Nestlé, said Saturday that 413,793 bars went missing after leaving a factory in central Italy, where they were to be distributed throughout Europe before arriving in Poland.The vehicle and its contents have not been found, Nestlé said. It did not say where the truck was lost. MILLIONS OF GRILL BRUSHES PULLED FROM MARKET OVER RISK OF ‘SERIOUS INTERNAL INJURIES’ “We’ve always encouraged people to have a break with KitKat, but it seems thieves have taken the message…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Outspoken ESPN star Stephen A. Smith took a clear position in the ongoing debate about transgender athletes’ participation in girls and women’s sports.”Biological men should not be competing against biological girls in sports, period,” Smith said during an appearance on “Real Time with Bill Maher” after the Olympics’ policy on transgender women was mentioned.”What about protecting the young ladies? Young ladies going up against biological men — biological men — there is no excuse for that.” Smith then mentioned former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas.OLYMPIANS REACT TO THE IOC’S POLICY CHANGE…

BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed three journalists who were covering the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, their TV stations said.Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV said that its longtime correspondent Ali Shoeib was killed Saturday in southern Lebanon.The Israeli military said that it had targeted Shoeib, accusing him of being a Hezbollah intelligence operative without providing evidence.Meanwhile, Beirut-based pan-Arab Al-Mayadeen TV said reporter Fatima Ftouni was killed in the same airstrike in the southern district of Jezzine along with her brother Mohammed, a video journalist. She had just been on air with a live report from southern Lebanon before…

Watch the cast of Wicked on Broadway perform “What Is This Feeling?” on Good Morning America in this video footage. The featured cast includes Keri René Fuller as Elphaba and Emma Flynn as Glinda. The show’s ensemble includes Maya Bowles, Ixchel Cuellar, Matthew Deloch, Meg Doherty, Tyler Eisenreich, Kanisha Marie Feliciano, Dan Gleason, Josh Daniel Green, Jeff Heimbrock, Stephen Hernandez, Celia Hottenstein, Alison Jantzie, Yando Lopez, Mattie Love, Ryan Mac, Nando Morland, Jackie Raye, Emily Rogers, Gabriela M. Soto, Travis Taber, Jeremy Thompson, Christianne Tisdale, Maggie Van Wieringen and Michael Williams.

After Alex Vesia’s heartwarming (and successful) season debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers, his wife, Kayla, took to social media to congratulate him on behalf of herself and their late daughter, Sterling Sol Vesia. “Sterling and I are so proud of you,” wrote Kayla in a Saturday, March 28, Instagram post, alongside a photo of her and Alex at Dodger Stadium. “We’re cheering you on forever. ♥️” Alex commented on the photo, acknowledging the sentiment. “Couldn’t be doing it without you!! ❤️,” he wrote. Related: Dodgers Pitcher Alex Vesia Honors Late Daughter, Wife During Season Debut Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher…

Henry Lee, the famed forensic scientist who helped bring modern crime scene investigation into the public spotlight through his involvement in high-profile cases like the O.J. Simpson murder trial, has died. He was 87.Lee “passed away peacefully” Friday at his home in Henderson, Nevada, following a brief illness, according to a statement from his family and the University of New Haven, where he taught for more than 50 years.Lee rose to fame after his testimony in Simpson’s 1995 trial, in which he questioned the handling of blood evidence. He also served as a consultant in other well known investigations, including the…

1 THE GREAT GATSBY to Host Sing Along PerformanceIn celebration of its second anniversary on Broadway, The Great Gatsby will host a special sing-along performance on Wednesday, April 22 at 7:00PM. Sing along to “Roaring On”, “New Money”, “My Green Light”, “Shady”, and more. 2 3 4

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia made his long-awaited return to baseball, honoring his late daughter and wife while on the mound. During the seventh inning of the Dodgers game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday, March 27, Vesia took the field with a dark pink glove, which includes his late daughter’s name, Sterling Sol Vesia, etched on the side. The glove also has her birth date written on the inside. On the ring finger of the glove, Vesia put the letter “K” in honor of his wife, Kayla, a tradition he has continued since the two started dating. Vesia…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino had some advice for the NCAA after the Red Storm’s heartbreaking loss to Duke in the Sweet 16 Friday night: Let the losers go first. Pitino opened his news conference with a point of order after he said his team was left “hanging” for over a half-hour after its narrow loss to Duke.  “One suggestion for the NCAA. When you have interviews on the court for Duke — for the winning team — is to have the losing team go first because you left us disappointed in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is turning battlefield innovation into bargaining power, offering its anti-drone systems to Middle Eastern allies, while seeking more air-defense support as the war with Russia drags into its fourth year.Zelenskyy met Friday in Abu Dhabi with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, where the two discussed an agreement in which Ukraine would provide its cutting-edge counter-drone technology in exchange for ballistic missile support and financial aid.In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News following the meeting, Zelenskyy detailed how Ukraine’s battlefield innovations, namely its…