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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DALLAS (AP) — March Madness may have been the last time for fans to see many of the talented college women players compete. Players’ options for professional basketball careers are limited, whether in the U.S. or overseas — the jobs just aren’t there. “You can be a great college
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DALLAS (AP) — March Madness may have been the last time for fans to see many of the talented college women players compete. Players’ options for professional basketball careers are limited, whether in the U.S. or overseas — the jobs just aren’t there. “You can be a great college
Continue Readingby Brenda Goodman, CNN Scientists in Germany say they’ve been able to make a nasal vaccine that can shut down a Covid-19 infection in the nose and throat, where the virus gets its first foothold in the body. In experiments in hamsters, two doses of the vaccine — which is made with a live but
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN A new study found a moderately higher risk of autism spectrum disorder in children born to pregnant people exposed to tap water with higher levels of lithium, but experts caution that this association does not show a direct link between the two. About 1 in 36 children in the US is
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NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s has closed its U.S. offices for a few days as the company prepares to inform corporate employees about layoffs, according to a published report. The Wall Street Journal cited an internal email from the Chicago fast-food giant saying U.S. corporate staff and some employees overseas should work from home while
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s expected court appearance in New York on Tuesday has led to a modest outburst of online threats featuring calls for violence but US officials say the chatter has been disorganized, sporadic and lacks the coherent planning that defined the lead-up to the
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Turkey’s persecuted pro-Kurdish party has emerged as a kingmaker in the country’s upcoming election, playing a decisive role that may just tip the balance enough to unseat two-decade ruler Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In a key setback to the Turkish president and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), the
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN McDonald’s instructed corporate employees to work from home this week in anticipation of layoffs, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. “During the week of April 3, we will communicate key decisions related to roles and staffing levels across the organization,” the company said in an email to employees,
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN It was just six months ago that Graham Potter was deemed the man to usher in a fresh, exciting era at Chelsea. The club’s new ownership group, led by American businessman Todd Boehly, had enticed Potter away from Brighton with the promise of managing one of the most lucrative teams in
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — First responders from multiple marine agencies sped to the scene in Mobile Bay Sunday afternoon when a fire erupted aboard a 28-foot sailboat. Officials tell FOX10 News a good Samaritan vessel picked up three crew members who had abandoned the burning
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is poised to meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday — a historic event that comes amid warnings from China. McCarthy’s office shared details of the meeting in a release Monday morning, stating that the California Republican will host a bipartisan meeting with Tsai at the
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN LSU star Angel Reese defended the gesture she aimed at Iowa Hawkeyes’ Caitlin Clark near the end of the Tigers’ first NCAA women’s basketball national championship victory on Sunday, saying “I don’t take disrespect lightly.” Reese could be seen approaching Clark before moving her open hand in front of her face
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Major oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia said they’re cutting supplies of crude — again. This time, the decision was a surprise and is underlining worries about where the global economy might be headed. Russia is joining in by extending its own cuts for the
Continue ReadingBy Madison Smith Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Multiple veterans affairs groups organized a town hall Saturday, April 1, at the A-B Tech Conference Center to help veterans right here in the mountains. Western North Carolina VA Health Care System partnered with Vietnam Veterans of America and the
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN There are many examples of young girls being sexualized by media, but Brooke Shields became a poster child for the practice, literally and figuratively, while inviting questions about stage mothers. “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” pulls back the curtain on that period, in a two-part Hulu documentary that perhaps inevitably frontloads
Continue ReadingMoeri Karasawa, CNN In Japan’s ramen restaurants, there’s an unspoken rule: eat quickly and leave. One noodle shop owner takes this custom so seriously that he began timing how long his customers would take to start to eat. He found that those who waited the longest amount of time to dig into their piping hot
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Certainly, Jim Nantz could fill an evening weaving tales of the great games and buzzer-beaters he’s had the privilege to see, and call, over a storytelling career that made his the voice of March Madness for nearly four decades. But when asked about his favorite moments
Continue ReadingBy Nick Krupke Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND Oregon (KPTV) — Emillio Ayala took up the sport of wrestling two years ago when his family moved from southern California to southern Oregon. The 17-year-old Eagle Point High School senior is a testament to will, courage and strength, and that has nothing to
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are climbing Monday and threatening to add more upward pressure on inflation, while stock markets worldwide were making only modest moves. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 226 points, or 0.7%, at 33,500,
Continue ReadingCNN By Hadas Gold, CNN In a sea of Israeli flags, Yiftach Golov holds one that looks a little different. Among the hundreds of thousands of protesters who took to the streets for the 13th week in a row on Saturday, Golov hoists a brown flag that represents a group called “Brother and Sisters in
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