His speech broke, by nearly an hour, a record set 68 years ago by Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a segregationist who at the time was trying to block civil rights legislation.

The days are getting longer, lighter and all-round lovelier meaning one thing: we are officially in spring. Finally. We now (hopefully) have months of sunny days ahead of us to look forward to ...

All they needed was one more rep — one more hour — of prayer. Yet, they slept. But Jesus pushed past “failure,” and we see that in his carrying of the cross. Under the massive weight of ...

To counter the Satanic event, Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, will lead a Eucharistic Holy Hour at Assumption ... draw closer to Jesus through prayer, then we can make this ...

There are a lot of intriguing candidates but Cryer at 14-to-1 is the only one who should merit an immediate bet before the Sweet 16 tips off. Let’s revisit the market next week before the Final ...

His lasting legacy, however, was instructing people to undertake what he called a “Holy Hour” of prayer, scripture reading, and meditation each day. He advised everyone whose schedule ...

Maybe that’s fitting. Top-ranked and top-seeded Duke, in the Sweet 16. The cross-country rival that provided six drama-filled games during the Lute Olson era, including Arizona’s loss in the ...

NEWARK, N.J. — With seven seconds left in the first half, Duke forward Mason Gillis rebounded an Arizona miss and underhanded the ball to Cooper Flagg, who raced up court, stopped with his heels ...

Proctor, Flagg Help No. 1 Seed Duke Roll Past Baylor 89-66 to Reach Sweet 16 of March Madness RALEIGH ... Duke: The Blue Devils were playing about a half-hour's drive from their Durham campus ...

But the Sweet 16 unfortunately will not feature USC star and national player of the year favorite JuJu Watkins, who suffered a season-ending ACL injury early in the Trojans' second-round game ...

I realize at this moment that I have been awake for nearly an hour and have done nothing. 4:44 a.m. “We gotta be serious about the Lord’s business!” Hall watches some kind of religious video ...