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BP Hopes To Clog Leaking Oil Well With Mud

The latest plans from BP to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

March Madness is here and the NCAA brackets are out

College basketball teams have found out who's headed to the Big Dance. Gonzaga took the top overall No. 1 seed on the men's side, while South Carolina took the top seed for the women.

House Republican Rep. Kevin Brady announced Tuesday night that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. More than 50 members of Congress have contracted the virus so far.

Texas Representative To Quarantine After Testing Positive For Coronavirus

GOP Rep. Kevin Brady announced on Twitter on Tuesday that he tested positive for the coronavirus. It follows a positive diagnosis for fellow Texan Republican Rep. Kay Granger.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, speaks to the media next to Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Tuesday, May 18, 2021, after a meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House Passes Bill To Investigate Capitol Riot, But Its Fate In Senate Is Unclear

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell now says he opposes a bipartisan plan to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection — dealing a setback to the proposal's chances in the Senate.

Kelly de Waard, quarterback for the Amsterdam Cats, gives her team a pre-game pep talk before facing off against the Rotterdam Ravens in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Sept. 27, 2020. This would be the only game of the season, which was canceled shortly afterward due to COVID-19.

For the love of the game: These were the athletes of the Queens Football League

By the middle of 2020, the Queens Football League had six teams: the Cats, Ravens, Blue Jays, Valkyries, Black Scorpions and Wolverines. Then the pandemic ground everything to a halt.

Nihar Janga, 11, of Texas, left, and Jairam Hathwar, 13, of New York, celebrate Thursday in National Harbor, Md., after being named co-champions in the 2016 National Spelling Bee.

Another Year, Another Impasse As 2 Win Scripps National Spelling Bee

The spellers made it through 25 championship rounds to be named co-winners. Nihar Saireddy Janga was among the youngest in the finals; Jairam Jagadeesh Hathwar follows his brother, a 2014 co-champ.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler says lack of competition in set-top boxes has meant consumers pay more to get TV services.

FCC Wants To Replace Your Cable TV Box With An App

The FCC has seen the future of cable TV, and it looks like the apps on your smartphone. The agency will vote later this month on a proposal to free consumers from the set-top box.

A Washington state man has been arrested after allegedly calling a Buffalo, N.Y., grocery store and threatening to kill the Black people inside. This nearby Tops Grocery store in Buffalo was the scene of a deadly mass shooting in May.

A Washington man makes calls across the country threatening racial violence

The federal criminal complaint details other threatening calls allegedly made by the suspect over the past year to businesses in California, Maryland, Connecticut and Washington state, officials say.

Levi Stubbs, Gave Voice To Emotion

Stubbs gave voice to emotion — to love, to hurt, to desire, to loneliness. Songs like "I Can't Help Myself," "Reach Out, I'll Be There" and "Baby I Need Your Lovin' " made him one of Motown's most recognizable voices. He died Friday in Detroit.

Girlfight

Critic Kenneth Turan reviews the new movie Girlfight. The film is "Rocky" with a feminist twist -- the story of a troubled teen coming of age in a seedy Brooklyn gym. The movie garnered top awards at the Sundance Film Festival.

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