The BYU Cougars women’s basketball team was on the outside looking into the NCAA Tournament this season despite going 26-12 under head coach Lee Cummard.

The Cougars played well enough to earn an invitation to the Women’s Basketball Invitational Tournament, where the team was able to knock out the Kansas Jayhawks last week before losing to the Columbia Lions on Wednesday.

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BYU drew attention for an interesting and faith-based, decision ahead of their 70-67 win over Kansas. The team didn’t practice because it was a Sunday.

Delaney Gibb, who led the team in scoring, explained it was for religious reasons that the team doesn’t practice on Sundays.

“When you look at it from a perspective of our team and our culture we’ve built and the faith that we have it’s a day that we get to have a different perspective on life,” Gibb said, via the school’s website. “There’s things that are bigger than basketball and Jesus Christ and having faith in Him is something that’s bigger than basketball.”

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Gibb scored 12 points in the three-point victory. Sydney Benally added 15.

The sophomore’s remarks went viral during the week.

Unfortunately, for the Cougars, BYU lost to the Lions in their next game.

Gibb is likely to return for her junior season. She was named to the All-Big 12 Conference First Team after being named the 2025 Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year.

During the 2025-26 season, Gibb averaged a team-leading 18.3 points per game. She also averaged 5.1 rebounds.

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A high-profile shortage of one of the hottest mineral water brands — combined with surging demand — is reshaping the beverage aisle.

Topo Chico, the cult-favorite sparkling mineral water owned by Coca-Cola, has been largely unavailable nationwide since February as the company upgrades facilities at its source in Mexico, with supply not expected to return until late 2026.

The disruption has left some shelves empty, with consumers turning to alternatives as other brands step in to fill the gap. 

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Demand for mineral water has been rising for years, and recent shortages are accelerating that trend, Forbes reported.

Unlike seltzer, which is typically made by adding carbonation to purified water and can be produced almost anywhere, mineral water must come from specific natural sources, making it harder to scale production when demand surges.

This distinction helps set mineral water apart from seltzer. It contains naturally occurring electrolytes such as calcium, magnesium and potassium, giving it a more complex taste, a slightly salty edge and stronger, longer-lasting carbonation.

As people cut back on alcohol, mineral water is increasingly filling a role once occupied by wine and other alcoholic drinks, according to Ben Tannenbaum, an alcohol industry analyst in New York and vice president of partnerships at LineLeap, a nightlife technology platform.

“Mineral water is filling a slot that wine used to own — a drink that signals you’re paying attention without requiring explanation,” Tannenbaum told Fox News Digital. 

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“The bottle matters. A Topo Chico or San Pellegrino on the table communicates something that tap water, or even a generic seltzer, can’t.”

He added that branding tied to origin — similar to wine’s “terroir” — is resonating with consumers. 

“People are ordering a place, not just a drink,” Tannenbaum said.

That positioning may help explain why premium bottled water has become a growing category, as Fox News Digital previously reported.

For years, flavored seltzers dominated the sparkling water boom as healthier, low-calorie alternatives to soda and alcohol. 

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But the category is now shifting toward simpler, more “ingredient-forward” options tied to natural sources.

Cocktail writer and educator Camper English said growing interest in hydration, along with confusion about water quality, is also fueling demand.

“People are bombarded with messaging about the need to hydrate and drink lots of water, and always carry water with them to work and the gym and everywhere else — often in huge fancy insulated water bottles,” English, based in San Francisco, told Fox News Digital.

He added that consumers are becoming more aware that even unflavored water can have distinct taste profiles, which he highlights in water-tasting classes.

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“There is a lot of pressure to know more about the ‘right’ water to drink,” he said. “That may mean the safest or trendiest or supposedly healthiest.”

He also said the shift away from alcohol is creating more opportunity for premium water.

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Topo Chico’s rapid growth in the U.S. following Coca-Cola’s 2017 acquisition has helped drive demand, potentially adding pressure on supply.

Coca-Cola said in a statement to Fox News Digital that updates to facilities at the water source and production sites in Mexico are tied to the company’s priorities of safety and quality.

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“We aim to have Topo Chico Mineral Water back later this year,” the company said. 

The company added that the change only involves Topo Chico Mineral Water, and that other Topo Chico drinks remain available in the U.S.

Even after the brand returns to shelves, analysts say the shift toward mineral water is likely to persist.

“The consumers driving this trend aren’t making trade-offs,” Tannenbaum said. “They’re not switching to tap because Topo Chico is out of stock. They’re looking for the next bottle that signals the same thing.”

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) thinks that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter has been lined up to be her father’s eventual successor, lawmakers noted on Monday, according to Reuters.

The NIS indicated to lawmakers that its analysis stems from what it characterized as “credible intelligence” that it had gathered, Reuters reported, citing briefings by ruling and opposition party members following a closed-door parliamentary meeting.

Video footage posted last month showed Kim and his daughter on a tank.

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The South Korean agency indicated that the scene of the girl driving a tank was meant to emphasize her supposed military aptitude and counter doubts concerning a female successor, lawmakers noted, according to the outlet.

North Korean state-run media KCNA published photos of the North Korean leader and his daughter with a tank last month, following prior images of the girl utilizing firearms, Reuters reported.

The daughter is thought to be about 13 years old and named Ju Ae.

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The outlet reported that ruling Democratic Party lawmaker Park Sun-won indicated that the scenes are meant to pay “homage” to the North Korean leader’s military appearances years ago when he was being set up to succeed his father as regime leader.

​Korea Institute for National Unification analyst Hong Min said the tank scene is not enough to determine that she has been established as her father’s successor, pointing out that she appeared with her father rather than independently, unlike her father’s independent military appearances as he was being groomed to take the helm.

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North Korea is one of the world’s only nuclear-armed nations.