• NBC Sports Chicago

    Bears offered coded hint to fans ahead of No. 1 pick in 2024 NFL Draft

    The Bears’ social media team got tricky ahead of the team selecting Caleb Williams as the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Before the Bears made it official in Detroit, the social team spelled out “Caleb” in their last five posts leading up to Roger Goodell calling his name. Look at the first five letters of each post.

  • Reuters

    Blinken to meet Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing

    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday for talks across a range of complex issues, including deepening strains over China's backing of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Blinken will spend several hours with Wang across different closed-door meetings and a working lunch as the two sides try to maintain progress in ties despite a broad and thorny agenda. U.S. State Department officials signalled ahead of the sessions that China's support for Russia would feature strongly, saying that Washington is prepared to act against Chinese companies that have been helping retool and resupply Russia's defence industry.

  • Grand Forks Herald

    Nebraska artist announces tentative purchase of old school building in Hunter, North Dakota

    Apr. 25—HUNTER, N.D. — A young artist from Nebraska said he's raised enough money to purchase an old school building in northern Cass County. Evan Marnell was one of two bidders on the property at 320 Second St. E. in Hunter, North Dakota, which has been on the market since last fall for $150,000, cash only. The old school in Hunter, a town of just over 300 people about 40 miles northwest of ...