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WNBA draft drew largest viewership ever

With Caitlin Clark among the attendees, the WNBA draft on ESPN Monday night garnered an average of 2.45 million viewers, making it the most-watched WNBA draft ever.

April 18, 2024

Oklahoman arrested for throwing pipe bomb on Satanic Temple porch

An Oklahoma man was arrested Wednesday, accused of throwing a pipe bomb onto the porch of Satanic Temple headquarters in Salem, Massachusetts.

April 18, 2024

People across South Dakota and Nebraska, plus Las Vegas and Texas towns, lose 911 service

Several Nebraska counties, the entire state of South Dakota, southern Nevada and the cities of Del Rio and Kilgore, Texas, suffered 911 service outages Wednesday night.

April 18, 2024

Eli Lilly weight loss injection drug also helps with obstructive sleep apnea, company says

The Eli Lilly weight loss injection Zepbound reduced the intensity of obstructive sleep apnea in patients by nearly two-thirds, the pharmaceutical giant announced Wednesday.

April 17, 2024

Escaped circus elephant roams Butte, Montana, before recapture

A circus elephant got frightened by a car and got loose in Butte, Montana, on Tuesday, then wandered the town before being corralled.

April 17, 2024

Los Angeles mayor asks wealthy to help solve homelessness

At her State of the City address Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass asked rich Angelenos to help house homeless people.

April 17, 2024

Attorneys for crash survivor say construction workers not warned before boat hit Key Bridge

Attorneys representing one of the survivors of the Key Bridge collapse and the families of two victims are claiming that construction crews were not warned before a barge struck the bridge.

April 16, 2024

CBS to re-air Billy Joel’s record-breaking concert after network foul-up

After the broadcast of the concert was interrupted, CBS will re-air on Friday the tape of singer-songwriter Billy Joel's 100th consecutive performance at Madison Square Garden.

April 16, 2024

FAA employs safety technology at 4 airports to prevent runway crashes

The Federal Aviation Administration is sending new safety systems to four airports to prevent aircraft collisions.

April 16, 2024

CDC probing 19 cases of adverse reaction to counterfeit Botox

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating 19 cases of harmful reactions to counterfeit Botox across nine states, the agency said Monday.

April 16, 2024

Texan finds live artillery shell while digging in his yard

Several houses in Duncanville, Texas, were evacuated Thursday after a resident found a live artillery shell buried in his yard.

April 13, 2024

No more kissin’ cousins: Tennessee bill would ban marriage between close relatives

A bill banning marriage between first cousins passed the Tennessee Legislature Thursday and heads to the desk of Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican.

April 13, 2024

Barges break loose on Ohio River in Pittsburgh, leading to bridge closure

A group of 26 barges, 23 of them laden with dry cargo and the other three empty, broke loose on the Ohio River in Pittsburgh at 11:25 p.m. Friday as rain flooded the waterway.

April 13, 2024

Plane crashes in Tennessee, leaving plane parts and luggage in nearby yards

A single-engine plane with two people on board crashed in Anderson County, Tennessee, Friday, leaving aircraft parts and luggage strewn across nearby residential yards.

April 13, 2024

San Francisco threatens to sue Oakland over airport name change

San Francisco says it will sue if Oakland goes ahead with changing the name of its airport from Metropolitan Oakland International Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.

April 12, 2024

Decades-old wreckage washes up on Cape Cod shore, fuselage from 1940s-era remote-controlled plane

The fuselage of a remotely controlled plane, used for military target practice in the 1940s and '50s, washed up on the Cape Cod National Seashore this month.

April 12, 2024

Hero K-9 named Rivan remembered at memorial service after death during Virginia prison fight

The Virginia Department of Corrections held a memorial service Thursday for Rivan, a Belgian Malinois killed by inmates at Sussex I State Prison on April 2.

April 12, 2024

D.C. opioid deaths soar, with 96% of cases involving fentanyl

Opioid overdose deaths hit a record high in the District of Columbia in 2023, rising by more than 12% from 2022, according to a new report released by the city's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

April 12, 2024

21-year-old man killed after trying to ski jump over U.S. 40

A 21-year-old man is dead after he attempted to ski jump across the breadth of U.S. Highway 40 in Colorado earlier this week.

April 11, 2024

ESPN, Manning’s Omaha Productions push deal to 2034

A media rights deal between Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions and ESPN has been stretched to 2034, the network announced Wednesday.

April 11, 2024