March, 2024

• 22 March

  Caitlin Clark, No. 1 seed Hawkeyes take steady approach to NCAA Tournament

  

  The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The first two rounds of the women’s NCAA Tournament are the last chances for Iowa’s Caitlin Clark to play at home, and the …

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• 21 March

  Leicester could be latest team to fall foul of Premier League’s spending rules

  LONDON (AP) — Leicester could be the latest team to be sanctioned for overspending in the Premier League. The league said Leicester has been referred to an independent commission for an alleged breach of the competition’s profitability and sustainability rules during their previous seasons in the top flight. The period in question is the three years up to and including …

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• 21 March

  Japan’s space agency says it hopes to forge a profitable launch business with its new H3 rocket

  

  TOBISHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s space agency and its prime contractor said Thursday they hope to be able to forge a profitable launch business with their new H3 rocket after its first successful flight last month in an increasingly competitive market dominated by Space X. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have been developing the H3 as a …

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• 21 March

  US Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas says Texas immigration law is unconstitutional

  

  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that a Texas law giving state authorities the power to arrest and deport migrants who have entered the country illegally is unconstitutional. “It is our strongly held view as a matter of law that SB4 (the Texas law) … is unconstitutional and it is our hope and confidence …

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• 21 March

  March Madness: SC’s Staley believes others besides Cardoso deserved penalties in SEC tourney scuffle

  The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley understands why suspended forward and leading scorer Kamilla Cardoso will miss the women’s NCAA Tournament opener. She’s not sure, …

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• 21 March

  Shake Shack names Papa John’s CEO as its new leader in CEO shakeup

  Shake Shack named a new CEO on Thursday, the first outsider to lead the company in its 20-year history. Rob Lynch, the current president and CEO of the Papa John’s pizza chain, will join Shake Shack’s board and become its CEO on May 20. Lynch succeeds Randy Garutti, who started what would become Shake Shack from a hot dog cart …

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• 19 March

  Alaska lawmakers fail to override the governor’s education package veto

  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska lawmakers on Monday failed to override Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of an education package, just weeks after the bill that sought to boost spending on public schools overwhelmingly passed the Legislature. Monday’s vote during a joint session of the House and Senate was 39-20, falling just short of the 40 votes needed for an …

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• 19 March

  Stars face the Coyotes in division play

  

  Arizona Coyotes (28-35-5, seventh in the Central Division) vs. Dallas Stars (41-19-9, third in the Central Division) Dallas; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Arizona Coyotes take on the Dallas Stars for a matchup within the Central Division Wednesday. Dallas is 41-19-9 overall with a 13-5-2 record against the Central Division. The Stars have a 20-6-2 record in games …

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• 19 March

  Residentes de Ciudad de México ayudan a la policía a perseguir y atrapar a un lobo suelto

  

  CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Vecinos y estudiantes de la Ciudad de México ayudaron a la policía en una larga persecución de un lobo suelto en un vecindario de la ciudad, informaron las autoridades. Ciudadanos y agentes de policía persiguieron al animal a pie y en motocicletas por un vecindario del norte de la capital mexicana, antes de acorralar finalmente …

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• 19 March

  Colombia: velan a líder indígena cuya muerte puso en duda diálogo con disidencias de las FARC

  

  TORIBÍO, Colombia (AP) — La líder indígena colombiana Carmelina Yule Paví, cuya muerte generó una crisis en la mesa de diálogo entre el gobierno y las disidencias de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), era velada el martes en el convulso departamento de Cauca en el suroeste del país. Yule Paví reposaba en el ataúd con la cabeza cubierta …

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