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Caitlin Clark says the impact she has had on women’s sport has been “the coolest part” of her journey as her record-breaking collegiate basketball career came to a close. American Clark, 22, has scored over 3,900 points, more than any male or female college athlete in history. Her performances for …

A father has admitted faking his own death to avoid paying more than $100,000 in outstanding child support to his ex-wife. Jesse Kipf, from Kentucky in the US, stole the details of a doctor and used them to access the Hawaii death registry system in January 2023. The 39-year-old was …

Authorities released drone video of the Francis Scott Key Bridge crash site on Thursday. New traffic camera footage also showed a different angle of the moments just before the bridge’s collapse on Tuesday. In the video, investigators from the National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) can be seen on board the …

Hello and welcome to BBC News’ coverage of what’s expected to be a stunning sky spectacular. A total solar eclipse will be witnessed today on the North American continent. The Moon is going to pass in front of the Sun to cast a deep, fast-moving shadow across the face of …

Millions are hoping for good weather to view the first eclipse this century to cross all three North American countries. Source link

Police on horseback have chased down a suspected shoplifter in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The man tried to run across three lanes of traffic as police ordered him to stop. He was later charged with stealing $320 worth of merchandise from a branch of Walgreens. Source link

The idea of scientists bringing pre-historic creatures back to life with some clever DNA trickery might sound familiar to fans of the 1993 Hollywood blockbuster Jurassic Park. But for Colossal Biosciences – a company that hopes to reintroduce extinct species such as the dodo and the mammoth – it is …

Security footage has captured one man’s remarkably lucky escape after a huge concrete saw blade flew through a car park and lodged itself in a building he had entered just seconds earlier. The man walked into a convenience store in Eugene, in the US state of Oregon, unaware moments later …

Tens of millions will be eagerly looking to the skies later for a total solar eclipse – but a patchy forecast means the big moment could be ruined for some. Cloud is forecast in places such as Texas, Oklahoma and southern Arkansas as people gather for what’s set to be …

Baby gorilla ‘Jameela’ was born prematurely via C-section at the Fort Worth Zoo. Despite efforts to reunite the newborn primate with her birth mother, Jameela faced multiple rejections. She has now embarked on a hopeful journey to the Cleveland Zoo, where new opportunities for maternal care await among gorillas who, …

Rescue crews in California transported the animal to safety on Sunday after it was stuck overnight in the Santa Ana River in a rural area east of Los Angeles. The owners say the horse was riding next to the river when it became spooked and ran off. The lost animal …

Despite dreary weather, 40,000 visitors made it out to the event, which has been a presidential tradition since 1878. Source link

The storm system has hit several states with tornadoes, heavy rain and severe flooding. Source link

People across southern California witnessed streaks of light moving across the sky in the early hours of 2 April. It is unclear what caused the light, though people on social media speculated that it could be debris from a SpaceX launch or a module from the Chinese Shenzhou-15 spacecraft, which …

Two court rulings pave the way for perhaps the highest-stakes abortion fight since Roe v Wade fell. Source link

Powerful storms hit parts of West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, leaving a trail of damage and destruction. The storms came in from the Midwest and battered north-eastern US states on Thursday. Multiple people were killed in resulting accidents. Source link

An earthquake struck the east coast of the United States on Friday, causing buildings to shake in New York City. Officials reported a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, centred near Lebanon, New Jersey. It struck just before 10.30am local time. Image: The epicentre of the quake in New …

Millions of people in North America will be able to witness a rare solar eclipse on Monday. It’s an incredible phenomenon but not without risk because it’s not safe to look at the Sun with your naked eye. From wearing eclipse glasses to using your hands as a projector, the …

Bronny James, the son of NBA legend LeBron, has announced he will enter the 2024 draft. It comes less than a year after the 19-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest during practice at the University of Southern California (USC). He had surgery to repair a congenital heart defect but returned to …

“The political prisoners narrative seems to be an effort to frame the Jan 6 attack as a lawful political protest,” said Barbara McQuade, a University of Michigan law professor and author of the book Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America. And Mr Trump’s base want to believe in …