The USDA says corn and soybean production was up in Illinois last year, while winter wheat harvest was down.

Boston College at Notre Dame, 7 p.m. Prairie View at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 6 p.m. Nicholls at Incarnate Word, 7:30 p.m. SE Louisiana at Stephen F. Austin, 7:30 p.m.

A recent immigration surge brought newcomers to every state this year, helping to offset a continued drop in U.S. births ...

Recreational marijuana is still illegal in Texas. The socially conservative legislature has voted it down year after year.