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Alabama holds off top-seeded North Carolina 89-87 to reach Elite Eight for 2nd time ever

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alabama's mantra for this NCAA Tournament is next — as in the next play, next game,...

Building a new Key Bridge could take years and cost at least $400 million, experts say

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Rebuilding Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge could take anywhere...

Cranes arriving to start removing wreckage from deadly Baltimore bridge collapse

BALTIMORE (AP) — The largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard was being transported to Baltimore so crews...

House Republicans invite President Biden to testify at public hearing as impeachment inquiry stalls

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday invited President Joe Biden to testify before Congress...

UN top court orders Israel to open more land crossings for aid into Gaza

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures...

US journalist marks a year in a Russian prison as courts keep extending his time behind bars

For Evan Gershkovich , the dozen appearances in Moscow's courts over the past year have fallen into...

Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should lose state law license for efforts to overturn election, judge says

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California...

Debate emerges over whether modern protections could have saved Baltimore bridge

When a 900-foot container ship struck the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007, the span stood fir...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is committed to advancing Ukraine aid. But it will be a difficult task

WASHINGTON (AP) — For over a month, House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that woul...

A faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks

Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society...

NCAA President Charlie Baker urges states with legal wagering to ban prop bets on college athletes

In the midst of March Madness , the NCAA is pushing for states with legal wagering on sporting events...

Biden leans on his Democratic predecessors as Trump remains isolated from other Republican leaders

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden needs advice, there are two people he can turn to who kno...

783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet the world wastes 19% of its food, UN says

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The world wasted an estimated 19% of the food produced globally in 2022, or about...

50 years after the former Yugoslavia protected abortion rights, that legacy is under threat

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — With vigils outside clinics, marches drawing thousands and groups of men kneeling...

Cargo ship had engine maintenance in port before it collided with Baltimore bridge, officials say

BALTIMORE (AP) — The cargo ship that lost power and crashed into a bridge in Baltimore underwent “routine...

5 takeaways from the abortion pill case before the U.S. Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday did not appear ready to limit access to the...

Judge issues gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting on witnesses, others in hush money case

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge Tuesday issued a gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting publicly...

With its soldiers mired in Gaza, Israel fights a battle at home over drafting the ultra-Orthodox

JERUSALEM (AP) — As Israel battles a prolonged war in Gaza , broad exemptions from mandatory military...

Black coaches are rare in soccer. Is this because of a lack of diversity in the boardroom?

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Ricky Hill packed his bags and prepared to uproot his life again. Next stop:...

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