A’ja Wilson stood atop the WNBA again, winning an unprecedented fourth MVP as her Las Vegas Aces earned a third championship in four seasons.

The San Diego city attorney’s office has agreed to pay $30 million to the family of a 16-year-old youth who was fatally shot by police last January in what would be one of the largest settlements of a police-involved killing case in U.S. history.

First-term Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell conceded his reelection fight to progressive activist Katie Wilson on Thursday, handing another victory to leftist Democrats around the country frustrated with unaffordability, homelessness, public safety and the actions of President Donald Trump’s administration.

It's one of medicine's biggest mysteries — why sometimes our immune system attacks our own bodies.

Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson has won the WNBA MVP for an unprecedented fourth time.

A’ja Wilson scored a season-high 37 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for her eighth double-double of the season and the Las Vegas Aces held off a late rally to beat the Dallas Wings 90-86.

Las Vegas star A’ja Wilson injured her right wrist on a drive to the basket against the New York Liberty and left the game midway through the second quarter.

The NCAA will abandon a rule that stopped athletes from negotiating potentially lucrative endorsement deals before enrolling in a specific college, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti says as he announced a proposed settlement in a lawsuit over the policy.

Three-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson had her South Carolina No. 22 jersey hung in the rafters at Colonial Life Arena on Sunday.

Workers at a factory in rural Ohio were up all night churning out footballs for this year’s Super Bowl.

Calvin Austin III returned a punt for a touchdown and hauled in a lob by Russell Wilson for another score as the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the New York Giants 26-18.

A’ja Wilson now owns the single-season scoring record but is unlikely it will stand very long.

Dearica Hamby finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds, Aari McDonald scored 16 off the bench and the Los Angeles Sparks beat two-time defending-champion Las Vegas 96-92 after the Aces scored the first 14 points of the game.

Caitlin Clark might be the WNBA’s future, but A’ja Wilson showed why she is arguably the league’s best current player with 29 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Las Vegas Aces to a 99-80 over the Indiana Fever.

Caitlin Clark has signed a multiyear deal with Wilson Sporting Goods for a signature basketball line.

It was Lainey Wilson’s night, in many ways.

A man is in custody after a chase early Friday morning

Federal investigators say a local want ad for a yoga instructor in Costa Rica helped them capture the killer of rising pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in 2022.

A Minnesota woman has sued her dentist after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit that she says led to her disfigurement.

A Texas jury has convicted a 35-year-old woman of murder in the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in a case that led investigators on a 43-day international search for the killer.

Lainey Wilson took home five trophies including entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards.

Birds in North America will no longer be named after people.

Small-scale, tech-based solutions to transportation problems have emerged as a great equalizer in the battle for infrastructure dollars between big cities and rural communities.

Lainey Wilson leads the 2023 Country Music Association Awards nominations for a second year in a row.

Jackie Young and Kelsey Plum both scored 23 points, and the Las Vegas Aces opened defense of their WNBA championship with a 105-64 win over the Seattle Storm.

Country artist HARDY leads the Academy of Country Music Awards nominees with seven including song of the year for “Wait in the Truck,” featuring Lainey Wilson.

Already considered a hub for Latin, hip hop and electronic music, now Miami is going country.

A Giles County man was arrested and charged following a malicious wounding incident Friday morning, according to the Giles County Sheriff’s Office.

Violent crimes across the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota have increased in recent years.

The VMI basketball team fought its way to contention the entire contest but ultimately fell to host American University by a 69-61 score Tuesday night at Bender Arena in Washington, D.C.

A Texas judge has refused to throw out statements made to police by the woman accused of killing professional cyclist Moriah “Mo” Wilson and set the case for trial in June 2023.

Methane is the main ingredient in natural gas, and it packs about 80 times the climate-warming power of carbon dioxide.

Street Survival is an all-day intensive driving program with the goal of preparing young drivers for dangerous road scenarios.

It's been quite a year for conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson.

A’ja Wilson scored 20 points to help the U.S. beat China 77-63 in the women’s World Cup.

Chelsea Gray scored 20 points to lead the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA title in a 78-71 road win over the Connecticut Sun in Game 4.

A’ja Wilson has earned WNBA MVP honors for the second time in her young career.

Louisiana-native Lainey Wilson is having a breakout year as she tops the Country Music Association nominations in her first year as a nominee, earning nods in six categories.

A woman accused of killing professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson as a romantic rival has pleaded not guilty to murder and the judge granted her attorneys request for a quick trial, scheduling it to begin in late October.

Alaska State Troopers have have halted their search for a missing woman whose 2-year-old grandchild was found alone last week in a locked car stuck in mud on a rural road.

Alaska State Troopers are searching for the grandmother of a toddler found alone and abandoned for two days in a locked car on a rural Alaska road after the vehicle got stuck.

The U.S. Marshals Service says a Texas woman suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin home has been arrested in Costa Rica.

The number of women competing at the highest level of college athletics continues to rise along with an increasing funding gap for men’s and women’s sports programs.

A woman who was attacked by a mountain lion in Northern California says her dog jumped to her defense and was badly wounded in protecting her.

Top-seeded Liberty built an 8-0 lead over No. 3 seed North Florida on Friday, earning a spot in the 2022 ASUN Softball Championship final with a 9-1, six-inning win at UNF Softball Complex.

An Australian man was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison for the 1988 murder of an American who fell off a Sydney cliff that was known as a gay meeting place.

The owner of a Virginia roadside zoo and his nephew pleaded no contest Friday to multiple counts of animal cruelty and received suspended sentences.

Rebel Wilson is headed back to the BAFTA Film Awards to serve as host Sunday and says she's “pumped'' but ”nervous.'.

Police in the Atlanta area say a stray bullet struck and killed an English astrophysicist while he was inside an apartment.

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A Missouri woman has been charged with killing her boyfriend with a sword on Christmas Eve.

China's Lu Yunxia finished third in the medal race of the windsurfing (RS:X) class Saturday, close enough to deny defending champion Charline Picon of France a second straight gold medal.

Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo , left, goes up for a shot against Philadelphia 76ers' Ben Simmons during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)PHILADELPHIA – Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 10 of his 32 points in overtime to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 109-105 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night in a matchup of two of the Eastern Conference’s best teams. Tobias Harris scored 19 points and Danny Green added 18 for Philadelphia, which had its six-game winning streak snapped. After being hounded by Simmons for most of the game, Antetokounmpo found his offense in the extra session with Simmons in foul trouble. He scored 10 straight Bucks points, the last a 10-foot jumper in the lane that pushed Milwaukee's lead to 105-98 with 1:11 left in overtime.

FILE - This Oct. 17, 2007, file photo, shows the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation sign on their offices at White City in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)BEIJING – China is complaining anew about recent reporting by the BBC, days after summoning the British ambassador to Beijing to register displeasure over a recent article she penned defending press freedom. In its letter, the Chinese Embassy singled out a BBC Radio 4 report titled “The Disinformation Dragon” that aired on Tuesday. In his criticism of Wilson's article, Zhao said China had stated to her its “solemn position on the relevant issue." “Ambassador Wilson’s article, with a confused logic, avoids all the facts, including the British media’s disinformation and false reporting on China," Zhao said.

Nancy Wilson sits on her porch after returning from a water distribution site Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Houston. The city remains under a boil water notice and many residents lack water at home due to frozen or broken pipes. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)HOUSTON – The game between the Houston Rockets and the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night was postponed because of continued utility shortages in the area from this week’s winter storm. The team said the decision was made after discussions with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and the NBA. No makeup date for either game has been set.

Wilson died in Las Vegas, publicist Jay Schwartz told KABC-TV. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)Mary Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old. Wilson died Monday night at her home in Las Vegas and the cause was not immediately clear, said publicist Jay Schwartz. Ballard was replaced by Cindy Birdsong in 1967, and Wilson stayed with the group until it was officially disbanded by Motown in 1977. Touring at the time, Wilson said there was a moment when she realized they had a hit song.

FILE - Mary Wilson, founding member of The Supremes, appears during a portrait session at Capitol Records in Los Angeles on June 12, 2014. Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old. Publicist Jay Schwartz says Wilson died Monday night, Feb. 8, 2021, at her home in Las Vegas and that the cause was not immediately clear. Wilson died Monday night at her home in Nevada and the cause was not immediately clear, said publicist Jay Schwartz. Following the Supremes’ disbandment, Wilson released the solo albums “Mary Wilson” and “Walk the Line” and wrote a handful of books, including the best-selling “Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme” and “Supreme Faith: Someday We’ll Be Together."

RADFORD, Va. – A Wytheville woman is in jail after being arrested for having large amounts of illegal drugs, according to police. On Tuesday at 9 a.m., authorities executed a warrant in the 1500 block of Tyler Avenue and found two pounds of suspected meth, along with 8 ounces of marijuana. Erin Wilson, 27, was charged with possession with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of meth and possession with the intent to distribute more than one ounce, but less than 5 pounds of marijuana. Wilson is currently being held in the New River Valley Regional Jail without bond.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Schools in Virginia honoring two U.S. presidents who sided with or praised the Confederacy are getting new names, along with an elementary that honored a superintendent who funneled money away from Black schools. The Portsmouth School Board voted 8-1 Thursday night to change the names of Woodrow Wilson High School, John Tyler Elementary School and James Hurst Elementary School, news outlets reported. Hurst’s budgets funneled money to white schools over Black schools, according to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. I just think $443,000 needs to be concentrated in the resources for students,” Board member Ted Lamb told WAVY-TV. He was the only board member who voted against the changes.

RICHMOND, Va. – Bhagavan “Doc" Antle from Netflix’s Tiger King and a Virginia animal park owner have been indicted for trafficking lion cubs and animal cruelty, according to the Attorney General Mark Herring’s office. Investigators say that the men trafficked lion cubs back and forth in between Virginia and South Carolina. Wilson has been charged with one felony count of wildlife trafficking, one felony count of conspiracy to wildlife traffic, four misdemeanor counts of violating the Endangered Species Act, four misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to violate the Endangered Species Act, and nine misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty. Antle has been charged with one felony count of wildlife trafficking, one felony count of conspiracy to wildlife traffic, four misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to violate the Endangered Species Act, and nine misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty. Tawny Antle has been charged with one misdemeanor count of cruelty to animals and one misdemeanor count of violating the Endangered Species Act, and Tilakum Watterson has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals and two misdemeanor counts of violating the Endangered Species Act.

Pastors across the country say they and their congregations have responded with creativity and resiliency and invigorated community spirit even as the outbreak forced widespread cancellations of in-person services. (AP Photo/Emily Leshner)The coronavirus pandemic has posed daunting challenges for houses of worship across the U.S., often entailing large financial losses and suspension of in-person services. Financially, there’s no simple summary of how houses of worship have fared through six months of pandemic. Similarly, online services by Valley Beth Shalom, a synagogue in Encino, California, have attracted new members from Israel, England and Brazil. Scott Jones, UMC bishop for 58 counties in eastern Texas, said one short-term challenge is avoiding singing as in-person services resume.

ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke’s monument to Robert E. Lee is getting a new home. On Monday, the Roanoke City Council decided to accept the proposal submitted by Evergreen Burial Park, which would move the obelisk there. Lee monument down on groundThe park is requesting that the city also move the base and pedestal from Lee Plaza to the park. “We think Evergreen Burial Park is a logical place for the Lee Monument, we have 60 Confederate veterans at Evergreen, we have a Union soldier buried at Evergreen," Wilson said. “We believe the Lee monument has a story of its own to tell, how it came to be, how it came to be removed, and how it came to come to Evergreen now," Wilson said.

WILSON, N.C. – Authorities in North Carolina have arrested the suspect in the shooting death of a 5-year-old boy. Police said 25-year-old Darius Sessoms was arrested Monday and is in the custody of Wilson Police and members of the U.S. Wilson police said officers responding to a report of a shooting at a mobile home park found 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant suffering from a gunshot wound. Steve Stroud said officers and emergency personnel performed first aid before the boy was taken to Wilson Medical Center, where he died. A GoFundMe created for Cannon’s family claims Cannon was riding his bike Sunday when he was “shot by his neighbor point blank.”

Vanessa Wilson was named the new chief of the Aurora Police Department this week after serving as its interim leader. It would never have happened, she told The Associated Press, had officers used their common sense to respond to what they observed. The Colorado attorney general is investigating a year after a local prosecutor said there wasnt enough evidence to prosecute the officers. Its one of a handful of investigations into McClains death, including a city review of police policies like use of force. Jared Polis told reporters Tuesday that he hopes Wilson is ready to work to increase transparency within the department and rebuild trust.

ATHENS – A point of pride for Greece was touched by controversy Monday, as the country’s prime minister was criticized by an opposition party for using a military helicopter during a trip to celebrate with Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, on being granted Greek citizenship. In an Instagram post on Sunday, Prime Minister Kyriakos shared a photograph of showing him and his wife Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki at a meeting with Hanks and Wilson, who were holding up their new Greek passports. “Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks are now proud Greek citizens,” Mitsotakis wrote in the post. Greece offered citizenship to Hanks, Wilson, and their two children, in recognition of the family’s help in raising funds for the victims of a deadly wildfire near Athens in 2018. They then used a military helicopter for a trip to the ancient theater of Epidaurus on Sunday to watch a performance of an ancient tragedy.

PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. – You saw it on “The Kelly Clarkson Show" Thursday at 4 p.m.A young woman from Danville is being recognized for her acceptance into Harvard -- a dream the valedictorian had, since elementary school. She applied to six universities, but none of them mattered after she was accepted into Harvard at the end of March. Her principal says she is the first person in the area to be accepted into Harvard in 20 years. He would always call her “future Harvard” and “little Harvard”. If all works out with the pandemic, she will head to Harvard at the end of August and start classes on September 2.

An Oklahoma teen has been arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot hundreds of people for fun at her former high school, police said. Alexis Wilson, 18, allegedly showed a co-worker at a local pizzeria videos of herself shooting a newly purchased rifle and spoke about her idea to open fire at McAlester High School in Pittsburg County, KOTV reported. She denied making such threats and allegedly admitted she suffered from mental health issues, including experiencing suicidal and homicidal thoughts, police said. Authorities said Wilson told them she was trying to tell a co-worker that not every gun owner is bad. Nobody does.Wilson attended McAlester High School, the school she allegedly threatened to target, but reportedly dropped out in the ninth grade.

ROANOKE, Va. - Stylists in the Roanoke Valley are helping people living in poverty look and feel good to boost their confidence and help them get back on their feet. On Sunday, dozens of people headed to the Cultural Arts for Excellence center in Roanoke for a much-needed makeover, all for free. Now with her new hairdo, Wilson said she's ready to take on the world. So in the morning time, it'll be more easier for me to get ready, to get ready to go," Wilson said. Frierson said the event was such a success, that he's planning to make the Roanoke Homeless Makeover an annual event, and he wants even more volunteers and clients to attend next year.

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