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Katherine Diaz Hernandez was struck by lightning while surfing. Images: Instagram A 22-year-old surfer with hopes of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics has died after being struck by lightning on a beach in El Salvador. Katherine Diaz Hernandez was training near her home at the Pacific coast beach of El Tunco on Friday when she was hit by lightning. ‘AWFUL’: Melbourne Cup-winning trainer charged over fatal crash SO SAD: Daniel Ricciardo’s tribute after death of F1 cult figure According to local… Source link

Oregon’s Sedona Prince led the charge for better workout equipment at the NCAA women’s tournament. She appears to be satisfied with the results. The sophomore center posted a social media video on Thursday showing a single set of dumbbells for student-athletes at the San Antonio tournament facilities. The footage went viral alongside images of a fully equipped gym at the men’s tournament facilities in Indianapolis, launching calls for equitable treatment for men and women. Women get new weight… Source link

The Los Angeles Lakers have been without Anthony Davis for weeks. Now LeBron James could be out for a while as well. James exited Saturday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks after forward Solomon Hill landed on his ankle while lunging for the ball. James remained in the game for another possession and even hit a 3-pointer, but he eventually left for the locker room while limping. The Lakers soon announced that James was out for the rest of the game with a right ankle injury. ESPN’s Dave… Source link

The most popular first-round upset pick among Yahoo Tourney Pick’Em users didn’t come close to rewarding that optimism. Georgetown’s stagnant offense and inept 3-point defense had TV viewers taking a red pen to their brackets by halftime. A Georgetown team that reeled off four wins in four days to claim the Big East tournament title seven days ago turned back into middling eighth-place afterthought a week later. The 12th-seeded Hoyas were never remotely competitive in a 96-73 loss to… Source link

Axios Rethinking government bailouts amid airline industry crisis The trouble with government bailouts is you never really know whether they were necessary, and that’s likely to be the case with the U.S. airline industry, too.Why it matters: One year into the pandemic, it’s not clear whether the $54 billion the U.S. Treasury used to prop up airlines during the pandemic was the right move, or just an expensive gift to a politically favored industry.Stay on top of the latest market trends and… Source link

National Review SF School Board Member Accused Asians of Using ‘White Supremacy’ to ‘Get Ahead’ A member of the San Francisco School Board referred to Asian Americans as “house n****r[s]” in a 2016 tweet thread, in a comment highlighted by the organizer of a movement to recall her. Alison Collins, who serves as vice president on the school board, published a long Twitter thread in December 2016 in which she explained her intention “to combat anti-black racism in the Asian… Source link

If I asked you to name the person who most epitomizes today’s stock market you might say Roaring Kitty (aka Keith Gill) or Vlad Tenev, CEO of Robinhood, or some other millennial meme-stock trading bro. They’re the ones driving the narrative, right? I would argue instead for someone who appears to be the exact opposite of that stereotype: A 65-year-old female financial services insider, who supported Donald Trump and has deep religious convictions—and paradoxically, (or perhaps… Source link

Without warning, hackers drained every dollar of cash, stock, or bitcoin out of accounts linked to Cash App, Square’s (SQ)’s popular payments platform, six of its customers told Yahoo Finance. Cash App functions as a substitute bank for many of its more than 36 million monthly users. “I had to sell my car seat that I just bought for my baby that I’m going to have in a couple of months, so that I could feed my kids, because I have no money now,” Shania Jensen, 24, a Cash App user from… Source link

Most eyes will be fixated on March Madness, but the NBA has some madness of its own. March means it’s time for these NBA teams to show exactly who they are, with the trade deadline right around the corner. The NCAA games do leave us with a meager four-game slate here, though, but there’s still a lot of great action to discuss. With that in mind, let’s kick things off with some of the best values on Yahoo!  Guards  De’Aaron Fox, SAC at PHI ($41)  Many people may not realize it, but Fox has… Source link

Entering Friday, North Carolina head coach Roy Williams held a 29-0 record in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Wisconsin basketball held a 4-42 record at Mackey Arena, the site of the Badgers’ first-round matchup against Williams’ Tar Heels. Lies, damned lies and statistics. Improbability became emphatic reality in West Lafayette, Indiana, on Friday, as the ninth-seeded Badgers blew out North Carolina 85-62 to snap Williams’ unbeaten streak, which went back to his first March Madness in… Source link