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NFL:The Seattle Seahawks were able to win a matchup of desperate NFL teams on Thursday. Russell Wilson hit Ed Dickson for a 15-yard touchdown with 5:08 to…

Sen. Bernie Sanders won narrowly, but can he expand his base? Pete Buttigieg again did well, but in another largely white state. And the story of the night was Sen. Amy Klobuchar's third-place finish.

During a congressional debate in 1860, as pressure simmered toward the Civil War, the House of Representatives got disorderly. An anti-slavery Massachusetts Republican, named Charles Train, was finding it hard to deliver his remarks amid pestering by a pro-slavery Alabama Democrat, George Houston. Congressman Train gamely persisted, but when Houston, the pro-slavery guy, interrupted, and said, “You are a lying scoundrel,” well, then the situation became too much for those “gentlemen,” as members of Congress refer to themselves. Proceedings stopped abruptly, until, finally, the Alabamian apologized.

The New York Rangers have stunningly fired president John Davidson and general manager Jeff Gorton with three games left in the season. The dismissals…

In the NBA, the Nets beat the Rockets, 118-105, and the 76ers topped the Pacers, 131-122.

In the NBA, the Trail Blazers had a 114-108 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, the Knicks topped the Spurs, 111-96, the Celtics defeated the Pacers in a 101-98 overtime victory and the 76ers bested the Rockets 111-91.

French wine consumption fell 7 percent between 2012 and 2013, while U.S. consumption grew by 0.5 percent, a report finds. Still, the French drink six times more wine per head than Americans.

The Philadelphia 76ers announced bad news concerning their roster before creating good news for themselves in the NBA standings. Josh Richardson scored 29…

Whether he is conducting his own symphony at Carnegie Hall, collaborating with the likes of Lana Del Rey, Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, or Roy Hargrove in the recording studio, writing for and appearing on TV programs or leading a late-night talk show band, in any number of musical styles, including jazz, hip-hop, pop, and classical, five-time Grammy Award winner Jon Batiste is the very incarnation of American music.

Colleges use money to woo top students. It's an effective tactic, but it drives up tuition for everyone else.