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March Madness 2023: Set your brackets! Tide the No. 1 seed By The Associated Press undefined March Madness is here! Here is what to know, including the favorites and underdogs as well as key games and how to watch the NCAA Tournament: TOP SEEDS The top four seeds in the tournament are Alabama, Houston, Kansas,…
Atmospheric river floods California towns, brings rain, snow By MARTHA MENDOZA and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — More than 9,000 California residents were under evacuation orders Friday as a new atmospheric river brought heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds, swelling rivers and creeks and flooding several major highways and small…
Standard time giving way to daylight saving in most of US WASHINGTON (AP) — Standard time comes to an end in most parts of the United States this weekend. You’ll lose an hour of sleep for one night but gain more daylight in the evening in the months ahead. The transition to daylight saving time…
Leprechauns are always associated with St. Patrick’s Day, (which is coming up on March 17th,) the Luck of the Irish, and the guarding of a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. But just how did this diminutive, troublemaking, up-to-no-good creature (is it an elf? a sprite? something sinister?) come to still be…
La Nina is gone. These were the deadly storms during its run By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer La Nina seemed to treat Louisiana and the rest of the Southeast United States like a punching bag. Its three-year barrage of body blows has come to an end, but left behind a lot of scars from…
Robert Blake, actor acquitted in wife’s killing, dies at 89 By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife, died Thursday at age 89. A statement released…
If passed, the Local Radio Freedom Act would prevent music companies from charging local radio stations for playing songs on air. On Thursday, March 9, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) reintroduced the bipartisan Local Radio Freedom Act. The bill already has strong bipartisan support, giving it momentum in Congress. For decades, record…
The American Red Cross doesn’t want anyone to miss a beat this Sunday – but they should also take some time to check their smoke alarms while changing their clocks. Daylight saving time begins this Sunday, March 12, and the American Red Cross of Wyoming reminds everyone to turn their clocks forward one hour and…
For the H.M.I.C., the “baseless, dangerous and defamatory attacks” against Representative Chu are in the same vein as those that lead to the internment camps that detained “disloyal” Japenese Americans during World War II. Judy Chu has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2009. She currently serves as the representative for California’s 28th…
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was hospitalized after tripping at a local hotel, a spokesman for the senator said. The Kentucky senator, who’s 81, was attending a private dinner in Washington on Wednesday when he…