Megan Rapinoe issues scathing statement after young USWNT player likes post mocking her career-ending injury

Megan Rapinoe’s career ended in a painful way. (Photo by Michael Miller/ISI Photos/Getty Images) Megan Rapinoe apparently wasn’t a fan of a young USWNT player liking posts making fun of her career-ending Achilles injury. Especially when that player has claimed her jersey number. The two-time World Cup winner released a scathing statement as an apparent … Read more

A bus plunges off a bridge in South Africa, killing 45 people. 8-year-old child is only survivor

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in South Africa Thursday, killing at least 45 people, authorities said. The only survivor of the crash was an 8-year-old child, who was receiving medical attention, according to … Read more

Tennessee politicians strip historically Black university of its board

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Trustees of Tennessee’s only publicly funded historically Black university were removed Thursday under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Lee. Black lawmakers and community leaders said state leaders, a majority of whom are white, are unfairly targeting Tennessee State University. The legislation cleared the state GOP-controlled House on Thursday … Read more

Is the stock market open on Good Friday?

Here is how U.S. markets will be affected by Good Friday. – Yana Paskova/Getty Images The U.S. stock market will be closed on Friday, March 29 for Good Friday, while the $27 trillion Treasury market wrapped up business earlier at 2 p.m. Eastern on Thursday for the holiday. Most Read from MarketWatch Stocks scored a … Read more

Some ‘Bachelor’ fans thought Maria Georgas would be the next Bachelorette. Why predicting the next franchise lead can be tricky.

Jenn Tran made Bachelor history when it was revealed she’d be the first Asian American lead in the franchise’s 22-year history. Fans got to know the 26-year-old physician assistant from Miami, Fla., on Joey Graziadei’s Bachelor season. When the news was announced during “After the Final Rose” on March 25, Tran called the opportunity “surreal.” … Read more

Youngkin vetoes Virginia bills mandating minimum wage increase, establishing marijuana retail sales

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities on Thursday: bills that would have allowed the recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin next year and measures mandating a minimum wage increase. The development did not come as a surprise. While Youngkin had not explicitly threatened to veto … Read more