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Iowa’s 94-87 win against LSU in the Elite Eight on Monday drew 12.3 million viewers, the most in women’s college basketball history, according to ESPN. That figure topped the previous high of 9.9 million viewers from last season’s NCAA championship game between the same programs.  ESPN said Monday’s figure was …

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has called world-renowned chef José Andrés “to express that he’s heartbroken” after an Israeli airstrike killed seven aid workers in Gaza from the chef’s World Central Kitchen organization. “The president conveyed he is grieving with the entire World Central Kitchen family,” White House press secretary …

HONOLULU — Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 102. Conter passed away on Monday at his home in Grass Valley, California, following congestive heart failure, his daughter, Louann Daley said, …

Unconfirmed tornadoes, hail, heavy rain, heaving gusts and April snow rocked parts of the South as a spring storm system made its way toward the Northeast on Monday. More than 40 million people from Texas to New England were under National Weather Service watches, warnings and advisories, mostly related to …

Two of the biggest names in women’s basketball were meeting Monday night in Albany, New York, with a trip to the Final Four on the line. This year’s matchup between Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and LSU’s Angel Reese comes earlier in the tournament than last year, when they faced off for …

Shakira graces the cover of Allure magazine and holds nothing back when asked about her thoughts on “Barbie,” the Greta Gerwig-directed blockbuster that topped the 2023 box office with $1.4 billion worldwide and earned eight Oscar nominations, including best picture. The music icon said she somewhat agreed with her two sons who strongly …

BOISE, Idaho — The trial of a man charged with the deaths of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children is set to begin in Idaho this week, serving as a second act in a bizarre case that has drawn worldwide attention and already resulted in a life sentence for the mother of …

SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities urged motorists to avoid California’s Highway 1 along the central coast after a section of the scenic route collapsed during an Easter weekend storm, forcing closures and stranding motorists near Big Sur, authorities said. The collapse occurred amid heavy rain Saturday afternoon near Rocky Creek Bridge about …

The Men’s NCAA Final Four is set. In a shocking Elite Eight upset, 11th-seeded N.C. State powered through to beat their longtime rivals, the Duke Blue Devils, 76 to 64, and paving the way to their first Final Four appearance since 1983. An 11th-seed is the lowest seeded team to …

Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., said this week that the conflict in Gaza should be over quickly “like Nagasaki and Hiroshima,” and the United States should refrain from sending any humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave as Israel’s war with Hamas continues. “We shouldn’t be spending a dime on humanitarian aid,” …