Saturday's Illinois-Duke matchup in New York City was meant to be a priming of the pump, a get-ready non-conference interlude that would allow both teams to get a feel for an NCAA Tournament environment and competition.

A new Special Housing Risk Report from ATTOM identifies the U.S. housing markets at greatest risk for declines, based on factors like affordability, foreclosure rates, and unemployment. The

The fourth-quarter patterns – derived from gaps in affordability, underwater mortgages, foreclosures and unemployment - revealed that two-thirds of the 50 counties around the U.S. considered most exposed to potential fallbacks were in California, Florida, Illinois and the New York City region.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says Democratic governors must be a "firewall" against Trump and GOP, but notes there are "not a lot of great options" to resist.