BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Iowa’s 71-69 victory over UConn at the women’s Final Four on Friday night averaged 14.2 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-viewed women’s basketball game on record and the largest audience for an ESPN basketball broadcast. The previous women’s hoops mark was 12.3 million for last Monday’s Iowa-LSU game in
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KMAX, KPNX, CNN By Jason Kravarik and Josh Campbell, CNN Orange County, California (CNN) — Carol and Jeff Starr celebrated their daughter’s wedding last month with a bit of irony: neither was wearing their own wedding rings at the ceremony. Thieves had broken into their Southern California home last spring and cleaned out a safe full of jewelry.
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — Mientras la oscuridad envuelva a millones de personas durante el eclipse solar total del lunes, los espectadores sostendrán sus teléfonos móviles hacia el cielo para capturar el momento. Pero, ¿podría el aumento del uso de la telefonía móvil hacer que las redes se vean afectadas? Tanto en el centro de las
Continue ReadingBy WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The winless Miami Marlins, who are off to the worst start in the 33-year history of the franchise, dropped their ninth consecutive game, losing 3-1 to Steve Matz and the St. Louis Cardinals. Iván Herrera and Brendan Donovan each had two hits for St. Louis. Jordan
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking light to moderate showers entering our western most counties by the late evening hours. These will traverse through the viewing area overnight and exit to the east by the morning hours. Temperatures will drop into the upper 40s with winds staying out of the south at 15-20 mph. TOMORROW: I’m tracking a
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democrat Joseph E. Brennan, whose hardscrabble childhood shaped his working-class views in a political career that included two terms as Maine’s governor and two terms in the U.S. House, died Friday evening at his home in Portland. He was 89. Brennan died with his wife at
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Una repugnante sensación de deja vu inundó a Barb Handley y a sus hermanos cuando en enero surgió la noticia del desprendimiento de una pieza del fuselaje de un avión de Alaska Airlines en pleno vuelo, y dejando un enorme agujero en el avión. Las imágenes del agujero al vacío del
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By Bianna Golodryga, Becca Porath and Rachel Clarke, CNN (CNN) — Life changed in Israel on October 7 last year. The unexpected and overwhelming assault by at least 1,500 Hamas fighters, pouring into Israel by land, sea and even paragliders, killed about 1,200 people, Israeli authorities said. More than 250 people were taken hostage and moved
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Diplomatic relations between Mexico and Ecuador dramatically imploded after Ecuadorian police burst into Mexico’s embassy in Quito and arrested Jorge Glas, Ecuador’s former vice president. Glas, arrested late Friday, had been convicted on charges of bribery and corruption and remains under investigation for other potential crimes.
Continue ReadingCLEVELAND (AP) — South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley said Saturday that she believes transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in women’s sports. Staley was asked at the news conference the day before her unbeaten Gamecocks play Iowa for the national championship for her opinion on the issue. “I’m of the opinion that
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The popular weight loss drug Wegovy seems to provide more health benefits for people who have diabetes and a common kind of heart failure than just helping take off the pounds, according to a new study. The study, published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed how
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO and GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian authorities took the extraordinarily unusual step of breaking into a foreign embassy to arrest a former vice president facing corruption charges. The move earned the administration of President Daniel Noboa swift condemnation from fellow leaders as well as diplomats. Police on
Continue ReadingBy TORI MASON Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — It’s First Friday and Sante Fe Arts District is packed with people admiring local creations. When they buy from Access Gallery, they’re supporting one of the city’s most vulnerable, and talented, populations. The gallery aims to combat ableism through art. This
Continue ReadingBy Itay Hod Click here for updates on this story ALAMEDA, California (KPIX) — When Kayla Gronley was a little girl, a police officer helped her family during a particularly rough time. That positive interaction triggered a lifelong obsession with becoming a cop. “Being able to have somebody guide our family into a better situation
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Consillio Click here for updates on this story WAHIAWA, Hawaii (KITV) — Kai Marzan’s bunkbed is just feet away from where a massive tree plowed into their home. “We heard the crackling and then all of a sudden it just went boom,” said his mother Jasmine Marzan. Marzan and his brother discovered the
Continue ReadingBy Paulina Aguilar Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — An 11-year-old girl has filed a $9 million lawsuit against Portland Public Schools and others claiming an after-school program did not protect her from a sexual assault at school. The lawsuit accuses employees at Scott Elementary in Northeast Portland and those
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Beloved Los Angeles pastor, civil rights leader and community activist Reverend Doctor Cecil Murray died Friday night. His family told KCAL News that he died after some health struggles. Reverend Murray, also known by many as “Chip,” was the
Continue ReadingOpinion by Douglas Brinkley (CNN) — Around the start of this century, the world counted only two major players in manned space exploration: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Roscosmos, the Russian Space Agency. Ten years later, the heavens were crowded by comparison, with a number of private companies vying to restart the
Continue ReadingBy J.D. Miles Click here for updates on this story ELLIS COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — If the thought of an 18-wheeler heading down the road with no one behind the wheel scares you, then you’re probably not going to like to hear this. Self-driving big rigs are already on the freeways of North Texas and
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — When an Australian judge made the unusual decision to reopen a blockbuster defamation trial brought by an alleged rapist against a media company, he declared, “Let sunlight be the best disinfectant.” That’s how claims later described by Justice Michael Lee as “sordid” found their way into the
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