• Cowboys, Lions clash in crucial NFC wild card and division race showdown

  

• UIC researchers helping bring home MIA service members

  

• First-place NFC North Bears prepare to take on Packers Sunday at Lambeau Field

  

• Pennsylvania hunter kills massive 717-pound bear at state park

  

• Cal State East Bay receives $50M gift from philanthropist Mackenzie Scott

  

• Man allegedly approached 2 Metro Detroit students with knife, police say

  

• Mamdani plans to end destruction of homeless encampments in NYC

  

• 4 businesses on Atlantic City Boardwalk, including Peanut World, damaged in fire