UConn hero Braylon Mullins rejected Duke as recruit before ripping away Final Four with iconic shot

Duke jumped in late during Mullins' recruitment, and the Blue Devils ended up paying the ultimate price with a Final Four trip on the line

2026 Final Four: Evaluating Michigan vs. Arizona, UConn vs. Illinois as March Madness reaches final weekend

On the heels of a dramatic Sweet 16 and Elite Eight weekend, the 2026 Final Four matchups have been set for Indianapolis

Bangladesh PM orders probe into measles outbreak

Democrats push Trump admin to tackle insider trading in booming prediction markets

The letter to the CFTC and Office of Government Ethics (OGE) comes after weeks of increasing scrutiny on potential insider trading by government employees.

Taiwan’s 9m88 on Acting, Songwriting and the Space Between: ‘Both Fall Under Performing Arts, but in Many Ways They Feel Almost Contradictory’

For 9m88, the stage and the screen are not opposing territories – even if, as she readily admits, they can feel almost contradictory. The Taiwanese singer-songwriter, whose music draws on jazz, soul and Mandarin pop, has spent recent years expanding her footprint as a screen actress. Her film “Girl”

War Pushes Gas Prices Near $4 a Gallon, and Anti-Trump Protesters Rally Nationwide

Plus, a surge of Catholic converts in the United States.

‘This was the real thing’: Meet the woman who alerts the world when an asteroid could hit

Aarti Holla-Maini of the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs is primed to spot a potential planetary strike – and a year ago, she thought the moment had comeThe UN official had trained for this moment. She had run drills and table-top exercises at her offices in Vienna, housed inside a grey and unas

Positive thinking helps you age better? That’s the worst thing I’ve heard all month | Emma Beddington

If you’re the glass-half-full type, you should be overjoyed at the news coming out of Yale School of Public Health. But pessimists like me? We’re stuffedThere’s bad news for me and my fellow Eeyores (there always is): a positive mindset could help you age better. Research led by Prof Becca Levy of t

Kent’s meningitis outbreak taught me that post-Covid Britain is not as divided as many feared | Devi Sridhar

The government’s plan was clear and effective, and communities have eagerly followed its guidance – with young people leading the wayRoughly six years ago, the UK went into its first lockdown as an emergency response to Covid-19. Since then, the government’s many Covid policies, from severe restrict

Tudor Heart: A Renaissance gold necklace featuring a French-English pun on the love between Henry VIII and his first wife, Katherine of Aragon

A chance discovery of a 16th-century necklace reveals new information about Tudor-era jewelry styles.

Greg Peters Journeys To Poland To Open New Netflix Hub

Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters is in Poland this week as the streamer opens a new hub. The Warsaw office includes Netflix’s only technology hub outside of the U.S., it said. Bringing together 300 staff, it will house the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) creative team alongside designers, product executi

How will Artemis 2 be different from NASA's Apollo moon missions?

Going to the moon? Been there, done that — right? Some people might say that NASA's Artemis 2 mission is a repeat of the past, but they would be wrong.

GOP calls to get undocumented children out of public schools grow

Republicans are ramping up talks of overturning Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court decision that gave undocumented children rights to a free public education.   The talks have stretched from Republican states such as Tennessee to the White House, accelerating an immigration crackdown in education unde

Trump support for warrantless spy powers leading to FISA flips on both sides of the aisle

The battle to renew the nation’s warrantless spy powers is spawning reversals on both sides of the aisle, as President Trump’s support has pushed both the law’s critics and supporters to flip their previous positions. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) allows the governm

Graham’s views on Iran war come under attack from Republicans

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has emerged as a frequent target of attacks from a faction of the political right that has been increasingly concerned about an escalation of President Trump’s war in Iran. Graham, a longtime war hawk and close Trump ally, has drawn sharp criticism in recent weeks from f

4 ways Iran could strike back if Trump invades Kharg Island

The buildup of U.S. troops in the Middle East has raised speculation of a possible ground attack on Iranian soil, with eyes on the vital oil depot on Kharg Island. President Trump has railed against Tehran for closing the Strait of Hormuz — a vital shipping lane through which one-fifth of the world’

Jane Campion to Preside Over Jury at Italy’s Taormina Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)

Jane Campion will preside over the jury of Italy’s upcoming Taormina Film Festival that will run June 10-14 in the Sicilian sea resort. Having a jury headed by the director — who is a two-time Academy Award winner for ”The Piano” (1993) and “The Power of the Dog “(2021), and the first woman in histo