Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese headline the list of 12 college players who were invited to the WNBA draft. Tristan Broz scored his second overtime goal of the NCAA Tournament. Kentucky has hired BYU’s Mark Pope as men’s basketball coach. Megan Farrell has today’s Sports in :60.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Louisville bank employee armed with a rifle opened fire at his workplace Monday morning, killing five people — including a close friend of Kentucky’s governor — while livestreaming the attack on Instagram, authorities said.
A train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in Minnesota early Thursday and nearby residents were ordered to evacuate their homes, authorities said. Nine people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk helicopters in Kentucky, a military spokesperson said. Russia’s security service arrested an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal on espionage charges, the first time a U.S. correspondent has been detained on spying accusations since the Cold War. The newspaper denied the allegations.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will appear in federal court this morning, President Joe Biden will visit Kentucky after devastating tornadoes tore through the state, and St. Thomas students conducted research around Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 pipeline. Angeline Terry has today’s News in :90.
Kentucky Governor Andrew Beshear says his state will rebuild and move forward after a tornado left dozens dead in six states over the weekend, the trial of a Minnesota police officer charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright opened its second week of testimonies this morning with an assistant medical examiner walking jurors through Wright’s autopsy and Minnesota confirmed its second omicron COVID-19 case from the University of Minnesota. Reporter Andrés Tejeda has today’s News in :90.
A monstrous tornado, carving a track that could rival the longest on record, ripped across the middle of the U.S. in a stormfront that killed dozens and tore apart a candle factory, crushed a nursing home, derailed a train and smashed an Amazon warehouse.
An Edina hospital was locked down Monday night, a settlement was reached in the Breonna Taylor lawsuit and St. Thomas reported nine positive COVID-19 cases last week. Director Emily Haugen has today’s News in :90.
The Wisconsin Badgers knocked off the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats 71-64 on Saturday and will head to the final Monday night to play Duke.
Led by 22 points from Shabazz Napier, the Huskies (32-8) won the NCAA national championship a short year after they were barred from March Madness.
Kentucky plays Connecticut Monday night in the first championship game since 1966 with two teams that weren’t in the tournament the year before.
Kentucky beat Wisconsin 74-73 on Saturday night to advance to the national championship game.
