Apr 03 Iowa’s victory over LSU is the most-watched women’s college basketball game on record By Joe Reedy, Associated Press It was one of the most-viewed games in any sport other than NFL football over the past year. The previous biggest audience for women's college basketball was the 1983 national title game between Southern California and Louisiana Tech. Continue reading
Apr 03 Largest U.S. fresh egg producer detects bird flu in chickens, halts production By Ken Miller, Associated Press Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods said there is no known risk with eggs in the market and no eggs have been recalled. Continue reading
Apr 03 Construction workers had little warning as Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapsed, raising safety concerns By Jake Offenhartz, Claudia Lauer, Associated Press The deaths of six construction workers on Baltimore's Key Bridge have raised questions about whether the construction company took proper precautions, including keeping a safety boat nearby that might have been able to warn them at least a few seconds… Continue reading
Apr 02 Voters in Enid, Oklahoma, oust city council member with ties to white nationalism By Associated Press Voters in the northwest Oklahoma city of Enid ousted a city council member with ties to white nationalism, according to unofficial results posted Tuesday on the Oklahoma Election Board website. Continue reading
Apr 02 Trump accuses Biden of causing a border ‘bloodbath’ as he escalates his immigration rhetoric By Joey Cappelletti, Adriana Gomez Licon, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump has been leaning into inflammatory rhetoric about the record surge of migrants at the southern border since he became his party's presumptive nominee. Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch 3:54 News Wrap: Biden and Xi speak for first time since November summit In our news wrap Tuesday, President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone in their first conversation since a summit in California last November, Ukrainian military drones struck an oil refinery and drone-making factory in what may be… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch 8:23 Buttigieg: ‘We will tear down bureaucratic barriers’ to rebuild Baltimore bridge By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris A massive operation is underway at the site of the deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore. Crews are undertaking painstaking tasks, removing sharp twisted steel and concrete debris from the port. No one knows yet how long it will take to… Continue watching
Apr 02 Mosques in NYC struggle to house and feed an influx of Muslim migrants this Ramadan By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press Leaders of a mosque in Harlem say their congregation is spending hundreds of dollars a night to host iftar, the traditional end of fast meal during Ramadan. Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch 5:42 A look at the sex trafficking investigations surrounding music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas Federal authorities are investigating allegations of sexual trafficking by Sean “P. Diddy” Combs. The music mogul is already facing a series of civil lawsuits from several women, and at least one man, alleging he either assaulted, abused or trafficked them. Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch 3:13 A Brief But Spectacular take on inspiring a love of learning By Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet Joan Wicks is a sixth-grade humanities teacher in Los Angeles who helped her students rebound from COVID learning loss through her devotion and advocacy. The school was recently recognized with the California Distinguished Schools Award. Wicks shares her Brief But… Continue watching