This year’s NCAA women’s basketball championship matchup between the Iowa Hawkeyes and LSU Tigers became the most-viewed women’s college basketball game of all time, with a record 9.9 million viewers on ABC and ESPN2, according to fast national numbers by Nielsen. Yet, despite the excitement surrounding the big game, comments made by First Lady Jill…

Donald Trump — the first former U.S. president to be criminally indicted — has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts connected to falsifying business records with the “intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof.” Prosecutors allege Trump made false and illegal accounting entries to hide the fact he paid…

As the dust starts to settle following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in March, economists are warning of cracks in the system that started spreading even before the failures. Under conditions of banking turmoil, some are worried credit tightening will become a credit crunch. A credit crunch is a decline in lending…

Former President Donald Trump is back in Florida after pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. What’s next in the unprecedented criminal case against him? And Nashville police executed a search warrant at the home of the school shooter who killed six people at a Christian private school. These stories and…

According to U.S. officials, more military aid is on its way from the U.S. to Ukraine. The latest package includes about $500 million worth of equipment and ammunition and $2.1 billion in longer term aid. This brings the total amount of U.S. aid to Ukraine to $35 billion since Russia invaded in 2022. Earlier this…

Former President Donald Trump has raised more than $7 million from supporters since his indictment was announced March 30. The first 24 hours following the news, his campaign raised more than $4 million. A quarter of those donations came from first-time donors. The $7 million raised in four days is a record for the campaign,…

The national park business is booming back to pre-pandemic levels. According to the National Park Service, 312 million people visited one of 63 congressionally designated national parks across the U.S in 2022. That’s 15 million more than in 2021. But with more visitors comes more accidents and fatalities.  “Anybody can get hurt if they’re in…

The debate over gun reform escalated once again following the deadly school shooting in Nashville on March 27, much as it did after mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York. What made this situation somewhat different is that the Nashville shooter was a female at birth who identified with male pronouns in social media…

If Russia were to win the Ukraine War and push towards territory closer to Turkey, like in Moldova and Romania, Turkey would benefit from the security of being part of NATO. But Turkey, still reeling from massive earthquakes in February 2023, is a headache for NATO in many ways. Some Turkish companies and banks have…

While many Major League Baseball fans celebrated opening day and the return of “America’s Pastime” on March 30, the Colorado Rockies are dealing with controversy before their upcoming first pitch at home. As part of preparations for the Rockies opener on April 6, the city of Denver initiated the removal of homeless encampments near Coors…