After being left out of the NCAA tournament just last year due to academic sanctions, the University of Connecticut won its fourth national title Monday night, beating Kentucky 60-54 at AT&T stadium. Catch highlights here…[ESPN] Russia is ready to go to bat. On Tuesday, the country said that any force in Ukraine’s eastern region would […]
Legendary actor Mickey Rooney has died. The famed actor was known for his roles in The Human Comedy, The Bold and the Brave, and Boys Town. With a career spreading over eight decades, Rooney recently shot scenes for Night At The Museum 3 and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He was 93-years-old. [Hollywood Reporter] […]
Authorities have had little luck in locating debris from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, but this weekend the search will go into overdrive, as recovery teams desperately look for signals from the plane’s data recorder before the battery runs out of power. The black box is expected to lose power on Monday, but without any leads […]
While we’re all worried about Drake dropping a new song, the Mississippi legislature has passed a bill that would allow people to use religion as justification to discriminate against gay people. And to think, we thought we won when the Arizona “right-to-discriminate” bill was vetoed. We have work to do. Read about the ridiculousness here…[ThinkProgress] […]
Investigators searching a Washington, D.C. park for 8-year-old Relisha Rudd have discovered the body of a man believed to be her abductor, Kahlil Tatum. Police have not yet positively identified the body, but D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier told reporters that “everything we have is consistent with what (investigators) know about (Tatum’s) appearance,” adding that the […]
A teenager who was struck by a drunk driver at Austin’s South by Southwest festival has died, bringing the death toll from the tragic crash to four, according to police. DeAndre Tatum, 18, was among the dozens struck in the March 13 collision. He had been listed in critical condition but died from injuries he sustained […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin is flexing his muscles yet again. The country has deployed 30,000 military and militia units along its border with eastern Ukraine, according to U.S. and European sources familiar with official reporting. The 30,000 figure represents a significant increase from a figure of 20,000 Russian troops along the border that was widely reported in […]
With the March 31 deadline quickly approaching, the Obama administration has decided to give Americans more time to shop for health care through the federal insurance marketplace. The extension will apply to consumers who have begun the enrollment process on HealthCare.gov, but who cannot or have not finished by Monday. Consumers will have until mid-April […]
President Obama is taking a major step in reforming the National Security Agency’s collection of records. The president plans to ask Congress to end the bulk collection and storage of American phone records by the NSA, but allow the government to access the “metadata” when needed, a senior administration official said on Monday. If the proposal is […]
Ebola, a deadly virus with no known vaccine, has plagued the small town of Guinea, West Africa. Officials have noted at least 80 cases and 59 deaths due to the disease. The disease stems from eating “bushmeat,” a delicatessen made from chopped up wild animals. The Ebola outbreak isn’t prone to hit the States. [Daily […]
Grammy award-winning singer Anita Baker is in some hot water. A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of the “Sweet Love” crooner in a lawsuit that alleges she failed to pay for more than $15,000 of work done on her home. Baker failed to appear at a creditor’s examination in Wayne County Circuit […]
Four men have been convicted of gang-raping a 22-year-old photographer in Mumbai last August in an abandoned mill compound. A fifth is being tried in juvenile court. Mohammed Salim Ansari, Siraj Rehmat Khan, Vijay Mohan Jadhav and Mohammed Kasim Hafeez Shaikh, also known as Kasim Bangali, who were aged between 18 and 27 at the time […]
