Move over, Christian Laettner — you have some company. Alabama State took down St. Francis (PA), 70-68, thanks to a made layup off a Hail Mary pass in the final second in the first game of the 2025 NCAA men’s basketball tournament. After Alabama State got the ball back under its own basket with 3.4…
The Trump administration threatened on Tuesday to withhold federal funding from New York’s mass transit network if the Metropolitan Transportation Authority did not respond to a series of demands about efforts to prevent crime on the city’s subway and buses. Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, said in a letter that the M.T.A. must provide a…
John Fanta College Basketball Broadcaster and Reporter The Indiana Hoosiers have hired Darian DeVries as their new head coach of the men’s basketball program. The news was first reported Tuesday afternoon and then confirmed by Indiana shortly after. DeVries, who spent the past season at West Virginia, is a grinder. He has won 71% of…
In the run up to today’s call, Donald Trump made a big deal of his conversation with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. But the results look like there’s little to shout about. The Russian president has given the US leader just enough to claim that he made progress towards peace in Ukraine, without making it look like…
The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has announced a C$6bn deal (A$6.6bn) with Australia to develop an Arctic radar system, warning that Canada must take more responsibility for its defence as US priorities shift. Carney made the announcement on Tuesday in Iqaluit, capital of the Nunavut territory in the Canadian Arctic, on the final leg…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday suggested that despite the fervor for artificial intelligence, investors are no longer willing to pay high prices for stocks related to the technology because of a pervasive uncertain macroeconomic environment. “Why is this happening to us? Why do our stocks go down when nothing’s happened to the companies underneath?” he…
Tom Bateman BBC State Department Correspondent Reporting fromat the White House Watch: The BBC’s Tom Bateman unpacks Russia’s ceasefire conditions President Vladimir Putin has rejected an immediate and full ceasefire in Ukraine, agreeing only to halt attacks on energy infrastructure, following a call with US President Donald Trump. The Russian leader declined to sign up…
Israel has “resumed combat in full force” against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday night. In a defiant video statement, he warned that “negotiations will continue only under fire” and that “this is just the beginning”. His comments came after Israeli aircraft launched massive airstrikes against what the military…
San Francisco Pride, one of the largest LGBTQ+ celebrations in the world, has lost significant funding as major corporate sponsors – some who supported the festivities for years – have pulled out of the event. Several companies, including Comcast, Diageo, Benefit Cosmetics and Anheuser-Busch,, and provide about $300,000 in funding, told the organization that they…
Indiana has its next head coach. West Virginia’s Darian DeVries has accepted an offer to become Indiana’s head coach, the program announced Tuesday. DeVries, who’ll turn 50 in April, just finished his first season as West Virginia’s head coach. The Mountaineers went 19-13, picking up strong wins throughout the Big 12 slate, but were excluded…
