One of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States springs up unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard just off a busy New Jersey state highway.

An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 13-year-old girl last seen in Princeton, Texas.

With most of the major conferences having their tournaments finished, there are a few anxious teams waiting to see if their names will be called for the NCAA Tournament on Sunday when the field is announced.

Hundreds of employees at independent bookstores, from Chapter One in Victoria, Minnesota, to The Cloak & Dagger in Princeton, New Jersey, will be receiving $500 holiday bonuses from author James Patterson.

A criminal complaint says the Minnesota man accused of shooting five law enforcement officers told his wife it was “his day to die” when he learned that drug task force officers were at his home.

Authorities say five drug task force officers and a 64-year-old man have been injured in an exchange of gunfire as the officers served a search warrant at a property in rural Minnesota.

An Amber Alert that was issued for 14-year-old Ja’ Myra La’Cole Strawder has been discontinued, according to the Princeton Police Department.

Creighton used its size, 3-point shooting and a swarming second-half defense to end the March Madness run of Princeton, beating the 15th-seeded Tigers 86-75 in the Sweet 16.

Alabama was expected to be in the Sweet 16 as the overall top seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Princeton forward Tosan Evbuomwan spent three college seasons fighting through one disappointment after another.

Blake Peters made five 3-pointers in the second half and Princeton shocked another power conference team to reach the regional semifinals for the first time in 56 years by beating Missouri 78-63.

Tosan Evbuomwan and Princeton used a late-game run to earn the school’s first NCAA Tournament win in 25 years, topping No. 2 seed Arizona 59-55.

A pair of basketball players from Brown are alleging in a federal lawsuit that the Ivy League’s policy of not offering athletic scholarships amounts to a price-fixing agreement that denies athletes proper financial aid and payment for their services.

A winter storm system that moved through parts of Texas this week caused icy roads, flight delays, power disruptions and downed trees. While Texans dealt with the effects and frustrations of icy conditions, some were quick to make the most out of a chilly situation.

The old-school Princeton basketball coach Pete Carril has died.

March Madness is finally part of the women’s NCAA Tournament vernacular and the first round has so far aptly fit that phrase.

Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize for physics for work that found order in seeming disorder.

The Ivy League became the first Division I conference this year to cancel all winter sports, including mens and womens basketball. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)The Ivy League became the first Division I conference this year to cancel all winter sports, including men’s and women’s basketball. That's still well below the peak of about 2,200 deaths per day in late April,The Ivy League has tried to be in front of the virus. The Ivy League announcement affects not just basketball, but wrestling, indoor track and field, swimming, fencing and other sports. Also, Conference USA announced Rice at Louisiana Tech scheduled for Saturday had been postponed because of COVID-19 issues with La Tech.