KU basketball lands first transfer portal commitment from Loyola Chicago guard
The Kansas men’s basketball team landed its first transfer portal pickup Friday. Loyola Chicago guard Jayden Dawson has committed to the Jayhawks, a source confirmed to The Star. Dawson later ...
Groundskeeper wins jackpot in MD lottery — and will use it to take care of mom
A groundskeeper won the top prize in a Maryland lottery game and knew immediately how he’d use half a million dollars, ...
Powerball player’s ‘heart just dropped’ when she checked numbers. She won big
“My heart just dropped,” she told lottery officials when she realized she had won. She said she used some of her favorite ...
Railroad workers find human remains with ‘distinct’ tattoo in bag, Utah cops say
Railroad workers cleaning up a construction area in Utah found a black plastic bag with human remains, police said.
Vibrant, scaly creatures discovered in Alabama river. See colorful new species
One of the study’s authors named the two new species, Etheostoma kimberlae and Etheostoma michellae, after his daughter, Kimberly, and his wife, Michelle, according to the study published April 3 in ...
Police, prosecutor optimistic after first year of new KC crime prevention plan
The Save KC program is designed to stop cycles of violent crime. Kansas City leaders discussed its successes, and ...
29-year-old shoots and kills mom, then shoots passing cars, killing 1, ME cops say
As he was sitting in the passenger seat of a car his mom was driving, a 29-year-old man pulled out a gun and fatally shot her ...
Critically endangered tortoise becomes oldest first-time mom in world. See babies
Mommy, the estimated 97-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, became the oldest-known first-time mother of her ...
Will Trump tariffs hurt ‘the average American?’ Here’s what a new poll found
Majorities of Democrats and independents — 85% and 56%, respectively — said jacking up tariffs will hurt Americans. But, ...
Exodus on KC’s Country Club Plaza continues: Chain store closes after two years
Dallas-based Highland Park Village Partners purchased the Plaza in July, promising major improvements to the shopping ...
Reef predator — with ‘electric blue’ lines — found as new species off Mexico
The new species was identified off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. The body of water was renamed as the Gulf of America by executive order on Jan. 20 by ...
Dad becomes millionaire in MA lottery — and can now pay for daughter’s education
A father became a millionaire by playing the Massachusetts lottery and can now afford to pay for his daughter’s education, officials said. The dad, Erik Arsenault, won $4 million in the lottery’s ...