Nkosinathi Biko was 6 years old when his father, civil rights leader Stephen Biko, died in 1977 from head wounds he received while detained and tortured for a week in a South African prison. Biko's 27-year-old...

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday that the world and the United Nations failed Rwanda by not preventing the 1994 genocide of more than 500,000 people. Annan, who is...

Michigan holds a clear advantage entering the Big Ten softball tournament, largely because it has won the title in each of the three years the tournament has existed. The No. 2 Wolverines (48-4 overall,...

Gophers men's basketball senior Quincy Lewis and incoming freshman Joel Przybilla were among 32 players to receive tryout invites for the 1998 Goodwill Games. The tryouts will begin May 29 in Colorado...

When chess-playing computer Deep Blue II beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov in October 1997, analysts hailed it as a broader victory of machine over man. But the computer's co-creator told 70 people...

Walter Library is one step closer to its technological face lift after getting a thumbs-up from the Board of Regents' Facilities Committee on Thursday. The seven-member panel voted unanimously to move...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (U-WIRE) -- "Jim, if you're gay, I'm gonna have a problem." Silence. Ten seconds turned into 10 minutes turned into 10 hours turned into the four years we'd known each other. I was born...

DETROIT (AP) -- Chrysler Corp. is being acquired by Germany's Daimler-Benz for more than $38 billion in stock in a deal that will reshape the automaking industry and give both companies a bigger stake...

WE LIED OK, OK -- So we told you we were going to let the homophobia discussion die of natural causes. But how can we resist these letters? Don't worry folks -- the end is in sight. Today we offer you...

The Gophers men's golf team, led by Big Ten Athlete of the Month James McLean, received a bid to participate in the NCAA Central Regional, held May 14-16 in San Antonio. Minnesota is ranked No. 17 in the...