Ashley Sanchez scores late equalizer for North Carolina in 2-2 draw with Boston
Ashley Sanchez scored in the 76th minute and the North Carolina Courage held off a National Women’s Soccer League expansion team from winning its first game in a second-half draw with Boston Heritage 2-2 on Wednesday. In other games, the San Diego Waves lost 2-0 to the Portland Thorns. Gotham FC defeated the Chicago Stars…
Animal rescue group says it bought 1,500 beagles from Wisconsin facility targeted by protesters
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Animal shelter groups said Wednesday they have agreed to buy nearly 1,500 beagles from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research company where violent clashes broke out earlier this month between activists who tried to break into the business and police who fought them off with tear gas and pepper spray. Big…
Animal rescue group says it bought 1,500 beagles from Wisconsin facility targeted by protesters
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Animal shelter groups said Wednesday they have agreed to buy nearly 1,500 beagles from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research company where violent clashes broke out earlier this month between activists who tried to break into the business and police who fought them off with tear gas and pepper spray. Big…
U.S. senator holding cards on Clarity Act’s next move says it’s ready to get to hearing
The bill’s latest holdover to fully integrate the cryptocurrency industry into the U.S. financial system centers on Senator Thom Tillis’s request that bankers have more time to negotiate the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act’s approach to the controversial topic of stablecoin rewards. That might be the end of it. Tillis told reporters on Wednesday that…
Tennessee nonprofit founder ‘hogtied’ on Epstein’s island, charged with trespassing
(Archival video from 2025 above) MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) – The head of a Memphis, Tennessee-based nonprofit that works with police to combat human trafficking and child exploitation was found kidnapped on an island linked to Jeffrey Epstein on Saturday. Benjamin Owen, founder of We Fight Monsters, was charged with trespassing on the island. He is…
Sidney Crosby reacts to painful playoff end as Penguins fall in OT
After the Pittsburgh Penguins lost 1-0 in overtime to the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 6 of their NHL first-round series, Sidney Crosby spoke to the media with a heavy heart. The loss ends their 2026 Stanley Cup playoff run on April 29, and Crosby is focused on how close the team came to reaching a…
Hyperliquid’s HYPE token could be its prediction market weapon, Arthur Hayes says
Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX exchange and chief information officer of Maelstrom Fund, said that the key to leading decentralized exchange Hyperliquid’s entry into the prediction market will be who can capture the upside, not just cheaper transactions. CoinDesk previously reported that Hyperliquid is preparing a zero-fee position opening model for event trading under HIP-4….
Huge ‘Big Boy’ train makes a rare trip East. Here’s where it’s going
The world’s largest steam train is heading east across the Mississippi River to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. The train, officially known as Big Boy No. 4014, will begin traveling between 10 states in late May. Delivered to Union Pacific in 1941, the locomotive was one of 25 built to transport wartime cargo across the Continental…
Taiwan activates backup communications for outlying island after undersea cable breaks
TAIPEI, April 30 (Reuters) – Taiwan has activated backup communications for its northernmost territory, the remote and strategic Dongyin Island, after severe weather conditions apparently diverted the remains of a ship onto an undersea cable, causing it to break. The vulnerability of undersea communications cables linking Taiwan to its outlying islands has been a focus…
Rockets hold off Lakers to force Game 6, halfway to overcoming 3-0 deficit
The Houston Rockets are still on the back foot, but they’re two wins away from making NBA history. After trailing by double digits in the first quarter, Houston beat Los Angeles 99-93 in Game 5 to force a series they had trailed 3-0 into a Game 6. No NBA team has been able to overcome…
