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UCLA wins first women's basketball national title in program history with dominant win over South Carolina
For the first time in program history, the UCLA Bruins are the women’s basketball national champions.
The Bruins took down the South Carolina Gamecocks, the team led by Dawn Staley that had reached the national title game three consecutive seasons and won it in 2024, in dominant fashion, 79-51.
Staley’s squad did not look like it did against UConn in the Final Four, as they couldn’t figure things out offensively. A lot of that had to do with suffocating UCLA defense, but the Bruins weren’t having the same trouble when they had the ball in their hands.
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By the end of the third quarter, the Bruins had a whopping 29-point lead over the Gamecocks, 61-32, as UCLA held South Carolina to just 24% shooting from the floor compared to their 43%.
In the end, UCLA made 43% of its shots compared to South Carolina's 29%, which is always the goal for a team looking to win a title.
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It’s been a long time coming for Close, who has been leading the Bruins since the 2011-12 season. Last season marked the first time UCLA has been to the Final Four in the women’s NCAA Tournament as a program, though they fell to the UConn Huskies, 85-51.
This time, it was the Bruins getting the job done against Texas, 51-44, to secure a spot for the national title. Of course, it wasn’t expected to be an easy feat against the Gamecocks, who handled UConn, 62-48, which resulted in a now-viral exchange between Staley and Geno Auriemma at midcourt.
However, Close has the right formula, and the Bruins executed it to a tee on Sunday afternoon to be crowned champions.
All five starters for Close finished the game with double-digit points, with Gabriela Jaquez, the sister of ex-Bruins men’s basketball star and current Miami Heat guard Jaime Jaquez, leading the charge with 21 on 8-of-14 shooting. She also finished with a double-double after hauling in 10 rebounds.
Lauren Betts had herself a double-double, too, finishing the game with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Gianna Kneepkens (15 points, four assists), Charlisse Leger-Walker (10 points, four rebounds) and Kiki Rice (10 points, six rebounds, five assists) helped the Bruins keep the pace against the Gamecocks, who couldn’t get the game closer.
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Elizabeth Hurley strips down to bikini bottoms for racy photo while posing in a flower field
Elizabeth Hurley went topless in a recent Instagram post.
The actress posed in a field of flowers while clutching her bare chest.
The English star only wore tiny yellow bikini bottoms in the image shared to her her Instagram.
The 60-year-old star captioned the racy image: "Spring has sprung! Today, I sought some Vitamin D in beautiful Herefordshire, wearing nothing but @elizabethhurleybeach and @clinique SPF. As long as you protect your skin, a bit of sunshine is really good for you, both mentally and beauty wise, so… cream up and GET OUTSIDE."
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Hurley wore minimal makeup in the post, with her brunette locks loose around her.
Fans complimented the star in the comments section, writing: "Wow you are so beautiful," and "You are unbearably beautiful beyond belief."
Just days prior, Hurley posted on on Instagram featuring her lounging in bed in a pair of red bikini bottoms and a white sweater.
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"I don’t personally guzzle weird green juices or take a load of supplements - but I’ve drunk two mugs of warm water first thing every morning for as long as I remember, and I swear by it (and it’s free)," she wrote as the caption for the post.
In one of the photos, the actress is on her side with one arm over her head as she flashes a smile toward the camera while lounging in bed.
Another photo shows her standing in front of a wall with the same outfit on, smiling at the camera.
Last summer, the actress shared her best tips for taking bikini pictures outside.
"BAN overhead sunlight," she wrote. "When shooting bikinis, sunrise or sunset are your best friends … We shot this at 7am… By 8am, I was lounging around in one of my equally flattering @elizabethhurleybeach kaftans, feeling glamorous AND shielded from the lethal sun."
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In March, Hurley dug into her archives to re-wear the Versace dress she wore 27 years ago at the 1999 Met Gala.
She shared a side-by-side image of herself wearing the dress in 1999 and again during an adventure in India in 2026.
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The dress, which Hurley first wore when she was 33, has a low neckline that's pulled together with a flower embellishment.
The black dress also has a high slit.
According to InStyle, Hurley paired her look with a $50,000 Bulgari necklace. The necklace is encrusted with 2.07 carats of diamonds on their signature snake design.
The Chainsmokers' Final Four concert draws backlash from fans: 'Who asked for this?'
The Chainsmokers, the electronic music duo, performed in between Final Four games on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, marking the first-ever Final Four concert for the NCAA Tournament.
However, some fans, including prominent figures in sports, were not happy with the NCAA’s decision to have the performance happen in the first place.
Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy, ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt and others took their frustrations to social media, as they saw The Chainsmokers take the stage following UConn’s victory over Illinois in the first Final Four matchup at Lucas Oil Stadium.
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"This Chainsmokers concert in between games is playing off like somebody lost a bet," Portnoy tweeted on Saturday night. "I like the Chainsmokers but nothing has ever made less sense than this."
One of the main reasons fans had an issue with the concert was the starting time for Michigan-Arizona, which was written as 8:49 p.m. ET. However, tipoff didn’t come until around 9:20 p.m., which was an hour after UConn-Illinois finished.
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Portnoy is a well-known Michigan fan, so he was very glad to see the delay didn’t hurt his Wolverines in the end. But Van Pelt was also shocked to see the performance take place.
"Who asked for this?" he wrote on social media. A fan followed up in the comments, asking what he had against the Chainsmokers.
"Not one thing. Just an odd spot," Van Pelt replied.
Michigan handled Arizona easily in its 91-73 win, leading by 30 points at one moment in the contest. They will take on UConn in the national championship game on Monday night at Lucas Oil.
Wolverines senior star Yaxel Lendeborg was injured in the victory, though he’s battling through a sprained MCL and an ankle injury. He was asked if there was any chance he would miss the national title game, to which he replied, "Absolutely not," per Yahoo Sports.
Lendeborg played only 14 minutes, scoring 11 points with three rebounds and one assist.
It was Aday Mara leading the charge for the Wolverines on the offensive end, as he drilled 11 of his 16 shots for 26 points with nine rebounds and three assists. Trey McKenney also added 16 points off the bench for Dusty May’s squad, including four made three-pointers.
Michigan makes a return to the national championship game for the first time since 2018, which they lost to Villanova, 79-62.
Neal Schon and bandmate Jonathan Cain battle lawsuits and politics as Journey's farewell tour rolls on
Journey's farewell world tour is currently underway — despite Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain being in the midst of lawsuits, politics and bad blood.
Schon and Cain have been at odds, largely due Cain’s support for President Trump, his religious views and differing opinions on how to run the band.
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Schon said: "I stick by the roots of how we started and what was embedded in me from Herbie Herbert with all the original guys."
"We were never going to affiliate politics with our music, and we’re never going to affiliate any one religion, not that we’re unreligious. Everybody has their own religion," Schon said.
"But why attach yourself into one portion of something? Why be red? Why be blue? Why be green?" he continued.
"Because you know what? You’re going to lose half your fans when you do that. It’s everybody’s music. I just don’t agree with it. I still don’t. And it’s probably one of the reasons that things are still a bit shaky," Schon noted.
The outlet also said that Cain choosing to perform "Don’t Stop Believin'" at Mar-a-Lago in 2022 with Kimberly Guilfoyle, Kari Lake and Marjorie Taylor Greene didn’t sit well with Schon.
Schon and Cain both co-own the Journey trademark and have been back and forth about the band’s corporate credit card and the alleged misuse of it, per the magazine.
Cain also wanted to have a third director appointed that was neutral to help mediate disputes.
Despite the legal issues, Schon and Cain are currently underway with lead singer Arnel Pineda, drummer Deen Castronovo, keyboardist Jason Derlatka, and bassist Todd Jensen for the farewell tour, which kicked off in February.
"The music we’ve created together is amazing. And so, you have to celebrate that music with the fans. The fans are incredible," Schon said to Rolling Stone.
"When I’m onstage, I don’t think about any of that," he added.
However, off the stage is a different story.
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"I feel like I get one [lawsuit] served every week from his camp," Schon said.
"It’s like, ‘Jesus Christ!’ And learned to defend myself, really… I remember every aspect of everything that’s gone down," he said.
"I’ve been sober for 18 years completely, and my memory is sharp. I know everything about every Journey contract, every LLC, every corporation. So I feel very confident about being able to stand up to anything that I need to," Schon noted.
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Schon also wished Cain a happy birthday despite their personal and legal issues.
"I’m sure we’ll talk soon, but he just got out of here. And there’s been so much that’s gone on. I hate all these attorneys. It’s so nuts," Schon said to the outlet, adding, "There’s just so much ongoing noise. And I just want some f------ peace, for real. I’m just really tired of all the legal [battles]. It’s meaningless to me. I don’t have any time for it. I turn 72 today. I’m no youngster."
"I still have a lot of fire in my soul and energy to do things, but I also want to feel comfortable," he continued. "Jon made a statement a while ago that this was his farewell. And so, I’m treating it as such."
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On alienating fans due to his outspoken views according to Schon, Cain told Rolling Stone that he doesn’t care.
"It has nothing to do with politics or anything partisan. I believe in policy, and what I stand for, because it affects my life. It affects my taxes I pay. It affects everything we do," he said.
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Cain said he was a Democrat, voted for Bill Clinton, but is now a Republican.
He is also married to Paula White-Cain, who is a televangelist and senior advisor to the White House Faith Office.
"I vote for the best guy. I vote for the best policy. And I’m not in love with any party. I just like to see the country going in the right direction," he noted.
Cain said that he doesn’t make speeches about his beliefs, but he "will stand up" for what he believes in.
"And if somebody asks me about Trump," he said, "I tell them what I think."
Tori Spelling, children taken to hospital after Southern California car crash
Tori Spelling is recovering following a car crash ahead of Easter weekend, Fox News Digital confirmed.
Deputies responded to the scene in Temecula, California, just before 6 p.m. Thursday following reports of a two-vehicle collision, authorities said.
Spelling's representatives confirmed the "Beverly Hills, 90210" actress was taken to a hospital following the crash.
Additionally, four of her children and three of their friends were "transported to the hospital in three separate ambulances."
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Authorities confirmed no arrests were made on scene.
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"On April 2, 2026, at 5:44 p.m., deputies were dispatched to the 28000 block of Rancho California Road regarding a vehicle collision," the Riverside Sheriff's Department said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.
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"Upon arrival, deputies located two vehicles with collision damage. All occupants were medically evaluated at the scene."
The cause of the collision remains under investigation.
The "Beverly Hills, 90210" star has five children with ex-husband Dean McDermott: Liam, Finn, Beau, Stella and Hattie.
It is unclear who was in the car with Spelling and what further medical services were required off-site.
Retired F-16 pilot says rescued US airman's survival in Iran highlights intense evasion training
Downed over enemy territory and forced to evade capture, a U.S. airman’s survival highlights the high-stakes training that prepares pilots for the worst, a former Air Force fighter pilot said Sunday.
"As a F-16 fighter pilot, I'll tell you that the last thing we do before we step to go fly a combat sortie is we brief up the CSAR mission and understanding what will happen if we have to get out of that aircraft," Lt. Col. Dan Rooney told "Fox & Friends Weekend."
"And we have a motto, 'Stay ready so you don't have to get ready,'" he said.
U.S. forces rescued a missing U.S. weapons system officer from a downed F-15E in Iran following a multiday search inside enemy territory as Iranian forces simultaneously searched the area.
The pilot, who also ejected from the jet in Khuzestan Province, was rescued Friday morning.
President Donald Trump touted the recovery mission as an "Easter miracle."
Rooney said pilots undergo extensive survival and evasion training to prepare for worst-case scenarios, including being shot down behind enemy lines.
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"We are very prepared to escape and evade and set ourselves up in a position to get rescued," he said.
In such situations, Rooney explained, downed airmen are trained to move quickly after ejection, avoid populated areas and remain as concealed as possible while awaiting recovery forces.
They are also trained to reach areas where rescue could be more easily achieved.
"Be small, be stealthy, get high, so you can be rescued," Rooney said, describing the basic survival principles.
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Those tactics, he said, are critical in the hours and days immediately following ejection, when a downed airman is most vulnerable and must avoid detection while awaiting rescue attempts.
"It’s a race against time in these moments," Rooney said.
"And thank God that we won that race," he said.
Islanders fire head coach Patrick Roy with four games left in the season amid playoff race
The New York Islanders have fired head coach Patrick Roy despite being in a tight playoff race.
Islanders GM Mathieu Darche announced the change from Roy to Peter DeBoer, who was fired by the Dallas Stars in June 2025.
The move comes with just four games left in the regular season for the Islanders, who sit on a four-game losing streak entering Sunday. And the streak comes with seven losses in their last 10 games.
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As the NHL standings sit entering Sunday, the Islanders, who were once comfortably in position to reach the Stanley Cup Playoffs, sit third in the Metropolitan division with 89 points, which would give them a slot if the season ended today.
However, the Philadelphia Flyers (88 points) and Columbus Blue Jackets (88) are gunning for that third and final divisional spot in the few games remaining. As a result, the Islanders are making the surprise change in hopes DeBoer can get them into the playoffs over the next week.
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Roy’s exit comes after a loss where the Carolina Hurricanes, who already secured a playoff spot, out shot them 40-16 in a 4-3 loss for New York.
The Islanders are not the only NHL team making a change at head coach with just days left in the regular season. The Vegas Golden Knights axed Bruce Cassidy from his role, hiring veteran coach John Tortorella on an interim basis last week.
Like the Islanders, the Golden Knights (86) have the third and final position in their division, though the race is a bit more comfortable for Vegas with a five-point lead over the Los Angeles Kings.
But, while Tortorella is an interim move for Vegas, the Islanders are keeping DeBoer intact heading into the 2026-27 campaign.
DeBoer has been head coach of five different franchises over his extensive coaching career. He owns a career 662-447-152 record in 1,261 games with the Florida Panthers, New Jersey Devils, San Jose Sharks, Golden Knights and the Stars, who he led for the past three seasons before his firing.
DeBoer wasn’t with a team this season, but he’s stepping up for the opportunity to help turn the tides on Long Island, as the Islanders hope to make the playoffs after missing out the previous two seasons.
While DeBoer hasn’t coached this season, he was a part of Jon Cooper’s Team Canada staff for the Milan Cortina Olympics earlier this year.
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White House faith advisor says Americans are leaving organized religion but not losing faith in God
White House faith advisor Paula White-Cain shared an Easter message of hope and redemption while pushing back on data showing declining religious affiliation in the United States.
"Without a real relationship with God, I don't know how people really make it. And He loves you, He wants you, He desires you, and He made a way to come to Him freely through His Son, Jesus Christ," White-Cain said on Saturday's "My View with Lara Trump."
"I love that He said He came to give us life and life more abundantly. That's the message. It's a message of hope, a message of love, a message of forgiveness and a message of reconciliation and redemption," she said.
White-Cain’s remarks come as recent polling shows a drop in Americans who say religion is important in their lives and a rise in those who identify with no specific faith.
The apparent shift, she argued, reflects a move away from organized religion rather than a decline in belief, pointing to what she described as growing interest in faith among younger Americans and rising Bible sales.
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"It's not that most people are not believers or that they believe in God. In fact, atheists are less than 5%. It's that they aren't belonging as much, and our culture has changed," she said.
White-Cain suggested a range of factors could be driving the decline in formal affiliation, including skepticism toward institutions and a desire for more authentic expressions of faith.
"It means that they've dropped off of the institutions. Maybe it's their denomination or what their parents grew up in, but they are connected to God," White-Cain said, pointing to movements of young people pursuing faith and getting baptized.
"There are people that don't like necessarily the restrictions or rigidity, and they're looking in different places for authenticity and for purpose," she said.
Reese Witherspoon’s daughter lands surprise role with Miranda Lambert in Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ video
Ava Phillippe is following in her famous parents' footsteps with a starring role in a new music video.
The 26-year-old rising star made an appearance in country star Ella Langley's latest music video for "Choosin’ Texas," which dropped on Wednesday, April 1.
In the music video, which also stars Miranda Lambert, Luke Grimes and Kaitlin Butts, Ava plays a woman at a bar who catches the eye of Langley's boyfriend in the video, played by Grimes.
It is then revealed in a series of flashbacks that Grimes and Ava's characters have a history and were previously linked romantically. After Langley notices Grimes can't keep his eyes off of Ava, she seeks out Lambert's help, with the two ultimately taking off together, leaving Grimes' character outside the bar on his own.
"This was such a fun shoot & I couldn’t be more grateful to be included in this stellar cast," Ava wrote on Instagram. "Ella is a true storyteller & getting to witness her creativity up close has me even more excited to see what she does next."
Ava is no stranger to the glitz and glam that comes with being on a set, as she grew up with actress, Reese Witherspoon, and actor, Ryan Phillippe, as her mom and dad.
Witherspoon spoke about Ava finding her footing in the acting world during an interview with Extra in March 2024, telling the outlet that her daughter was still "getting her feet wet" while trying to "figure out exactly what it is she wants to do."
"That's what always annoys me about this whole nepotism talk with the industry," he explained. "You know, so many people grow up and end up doing what their parents do, you know, to some degree or another.... To me, I always get offended for the children of actors and entertainers when people bring that up because, yeah, of course, that's what they've grown up around."
Her parents are known for their work together in "Cruel Intentions," as well as Witherspoon's roles in "Legally Blonde," "Big Little Lies" and "Walk the Line," for which she won an Academy Award.
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Prior to starring in Langley's music video, Ava appeared in one episode of both "Ransom Canyon" and "Doctor Odyssey."
Langley initially released "Choosin' Texas" in October 2025, and it went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in February. After getting dethroned by Bad Bunny’s "DTMF" and later Taylor Swift’s "Opalite," Langley found her way back on top in early March.
The song continued to drop down in placement and find its way back to the top, climbing back to No. 1 for a fourth time on March 28, making Langley the artist who has been at the top spot the most so far in 2026, with four appearances.
Her fourth appearance at the top of the list officially dethroned Swift, who went No. 1 three times so far this year, for her songs, "The Fate of Ophelia" and "Opalite."
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Lambert not only appeared in the music video for the song, she also co-wrote the hit with Langley.
When speaking with Country Countdown USA in March, Langley shared that both she and Lambert were "baffled" by the success of the song.
"We were talking on FaceTime the other night. We’ve made history with this song, both just baffled and grateful. We loved the song, but never thought it would do this. There’s no way you can predict it," she said. "She said to me, ‘You are more important than this job.’ She made me care for myself. Having someone like that made me feel like I’m OK."
Airman rescue shows US can penetrate enemy territory 'anywhere' in Iran, former Pentagon official warns
A former Pentagon official said the rescue of a U.S. airman in Iran served as more than a recovery mission, saying it was a warning to Tehran that the United States can penetrate anywhere in Iranian territory to carry out operations ranging from rescues to securing sensitive targets.
"This demonstrates to the Iranian leadership that we can get anywhere that we so choose and hold ground as long as we desire to accomplish a mission," Brent Sadler, a retired Navy captain, said on "Fox & Friends Weekend" Sunday.
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"Not only can we rescue our pilots, but we can also go to where we need to secure nuclear equipment or the remainders of their leadership."
Sadler's comments come after the rescue of a U.S. Air Force weapons system officer (WSO) early Sunday morning local time after roughly 36 hours in hiding.
The pilot and WSO ejected from an F-15E fighter jet when it was downed over Iran on Friday. The pilot was rescued that morning.
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Sadler said there have been reports that intelligence agencies and special forces from various military services were involved in the operation, and that America's regional allies also played a part.
"Our Gulf partners would have had to have given some clearance for the aircraft to fly through. They wouldn't know what it was for, and, of course, the Israelis, I think they [were] deeply integrated into this, to shift their targets and their attacks so that it would draw the Iranians away or keep them busy as we focused in on locating and exfiltrating our pilot."
Sadler added that the daring operation dashed any hopes Iran had of using the downed airman "for political purposes" or to stop U.S. military operations and said the successful rescue mission should underscore the seriousness of President Donald Trump's Monday deadline for Iranian leaders to return to the negotiating table.
"Despite going and hunting down and successfully exfiltrating our pilot, the operations and the attacks continued, which means that deadline that President Trump has given is very serious and the regime in Tehran better take it as such, because there's a lot more that's coming their way if not."