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Today in History for Dec. 10: In 1520, in Wittenberg, northeast of Leipzig in present-day eastern Germany, religious reformer Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict demanding that he recant or ...

NFL wide receiver Henry Ruggs was driving over 150 miles per hour when he rear-ended and killed a woman in Las Vegas ...

Vick helped make Virginia Tech part of the national conversation. Once his time in Blacksburg was up, he had earned Big East ...

After a 44-15 road loss to Howard, Michael Vick and Norfolk State fell to 1-11 in his debut season as head coach. Going 0-5 in the Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference, Vick's inaugural college football ...

In the NFL, there are differences in the overtime rules for the regular season versus the playoffs. This mainly stems from the fact that in the regular season, games can end in ties. In the playoffs, ...

From Michael Vick to Baker Mayfield and others, an NFL quarterback just needs to find the right place at the right time.

Prosecutors say that while Benefield worked as a teacher at Boyd H. Anderson High School, he simultaneously rose to the top ...

Brandon Shurtliff was released from Canyon County Jail on Dec. 2. He has been named a person of interest in Vaughan's disappearance. Judge Delivers Final Blow to Trump Case Trump ally Elise Stefanik ...

Federal officials have arrested a convicted child sex offender from Germany. Silvio Berge, 60, was in the United States on a visa and charged with soliciting a child for sex last March, according to U ...