LOS ANGELES — JuJu Watkins was carried off the floor with a season-ending knee injury in the first quarter of top-seeded Southern California’s game against Mississippi State in the NCAA Tournament on Monday night. Watkins, one of the biggest stars in women's basketball, was streaking to the basket chased by...
Former Central High Star Xavier Worthy Sues Ex-Girlfriend
AUSTIN, Texas — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy sued his former girlfriend who accused him of attacking her, alleging the woman assaulted him and stole or destroyed more than $150,000 in cash and property. The former star at Fresno's Central High School filed the lawsuit Monday against Tia...
Niko Medved Exits Colorado State for Minnesota ‘Dream Job’
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota hired Colorado State's Niko Medved on Monday, agreeing to a six-year contract with the Twin Cities-area native and former student manager for the Gophers who had the Rams within one basket of the Sweet 16. Medved was the front-runner from the start to succeed Ben Johnson, who...
How to Watch the Sweet 16’s Best Games and Players
The first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament are done, sending the bracket toward the Sweet 16. It will be an all-power conference affair. A bracket bereft of upsets will have a Sweet 16 all from power conferences, a first since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The...
Schumer Says He Won’t Step Down as Senate Democratic Leader
WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he won't resign his post, despite pressure from some in his party after he voted to move forward with a Republican spending bill that avoided a government shutdown. “Look, I’m not stepping down,” Schumer said in an interview with NBC's “Meet the...
Brackets Busted: No Perfect March Madness Brackets After Sunday’s games
Brackets, busted. The handful of remaining perfect brackets in the NCAA Tournament busted out on Sunday, ending the hopes of millions against exceptionally long odds. The final perfect brackets on Yahoo Sports and CBS Sports were shredded with Saturday's games. Top-seeded Florida's 77-75 win over two-time reigning national champion UConn continued the carnage on...
Trump Officials Texted War Plans to a Group Chat in a Secure App That Included a Journalist
WASHINGTON — Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, the magazine reported in a story posted online Monday. The National Security...
Tiger Woods Confirms Romance With Vanessa Trump in Social Media Post
Tiger Woods has confirmed his relationship with the former daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump, publishing two images to social media in a post that said, “Love is in the air.” Woods and Vanessa Trump, who was married to Donald Trump Jr., had been seen at Torrey Pines in San Diego along with...
Gaza’s Health Ministry Says Israel Has Struck the Largest Hospital in the Territory’s South
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel’s military struck the largest hospital in southern Gaza on Sunday night, killing two people, wounding others and causing a large fire, the territory's Health Ministry said. The strike hit the surgical building of Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis, the ministry said,...
Former Utah Rep. Mia Love Dies. She Was 1st Black Republican Woman Elected to US House
SALT LAKE CITY — Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died Sunday. She was 49. Love's family posted news of her death on Love's X account. She had undergone recent treatment for brain cancer...