UConn defeats Purdue 75-60 to win back-to-back NCAA men’s championships

UConn won a second straight NCAA mens basketball championship on Monday night, defeating Purdue in a 75-60 win over the Boilermakers at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The victory makes UConn the first team since Florida in 2006 and 2007 to win back-to-back men’s basketball national titles. UConn coach Dan Hurley said: “You can’t …

Shooting at Las Vegas law office leaves 3 dead, including suspected gunman

Three people were killed, including the suspected gunman, after a shooting inside a Las Vegas-area law office on Monday. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill confirmed that the shooting occurred around 10 a.m. at the fifth-floor law offices of Prince Law Group in Summerlin, located about 10 miles …

Last-minute attempt from Donald Trump to delay NY hush money trial is denied by judge

ABC News reports that a judge has denied former President Donald Trump’s last-minute attempt Monday to delay his criminal trial in New York and move the case out of Manhattan. The decision comes just one week before jury selection was set to start, with Judge Lizbeth Gonzalez denying it without explanation in a one-sentence order. …

NAIA bans transgender athletes from women’s sports competitions

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the governing body for mostly small colleges, announced on Monday that athletes in the NAIA will only be allowed to compete in women’s sports if they were assigned the female gender at birth — all but banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports. The NAIA’s Council of …

Morgan Wallen arrested on three felony charges after throwing chair off six-story bar

Country artist Morgan Wallen was arrested Sunday night on three felony charges, after allegedly throwing a chair off of a six-story bar on Broadway in Nashville just before 11 p.m. local time on Sunday, April 7. The bar in question Chief’s on Broadway, is owned by country singer Eric Church, and just had its grand …

Morgan Wallen arrested on three felony charges after throwing chair off six-story bar

Country artist Morgan Wallen was arrested Sunday night on three felony charges, after allegedly throwing a chair off of a six-story bar on Broadway in Nashville just before 11 p.m. local time on Sunday, April 7. The bar in question Chief’s on Broadway, is owned by country singer Eric Church, and just had its grand …

Hardy’s “Truck Bed” marks his third No. 1 on country radio

Hardy’s hit song “Truck Bed” topped Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, marking his first solo Country Airplay No. 1, third as an artist and 14th as a songwriter. “Truck Bed”, which he co-wrote with Ben Johnson, Hunter Phelps and Ashley Gorley, appears on Hardy’s 2023 album the mockingbird & THE CROW, which is comprised of half …

Jonathan Majors escapes jail time, sentenced to domestic violence treatment program

Actor Jonathan Majors escaped jail time and was sentenced by a New York judge on Monday to participate a domestic violence treatment program, over three months after being convicted of reckless assault and harassment. Per Deadline, the one-year “in person batterers” intervention program will take place in LA, where Majors is based. Majors, who pleaded …

2024 CMT Music Awards: See the full list of winners

The 2024 CMT Music Awards were held on Sunday, April 7 from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, with Kelsea Ballerini returning as host for the fourth time. Among the big winners of the evening were Jelly Roll, who took home all three of the awards for which he was nominated — including video of …

FAA investigating after engine cover of Southwest Airlines flight detaches during takeoff

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, a Southwest Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing Sunday morning after the engine cover detached during takeoff, striking the wing flap. The Boeing 737-800 aircraft was scheduled to fly from Denver to William P. Hobby Airport in Houston. (per ABC News). Southwest Airlines Flight 3695 returned safely …