GREENVILLE, S.C. — VCU erased a 19-point second-half deficit and defeated sixth-seeded North Carolina 82-78 in overtime Thursday in the NCAA Tournament first round. Terrence Hill Jr. scored 34 points, including seven 3-pointers, and hit a stepback three with 15 seconds left in overtime. Henri Veesaar led North Carolina with...
Washington — Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump's nominee for Homeland Security secretary, appeared before Senate Homeland Security Committee Wednesday for confirmation hearing. Senators questioned his plans for enforcing immigration and his temperament after comments about Sen. Rand Paul’s 2017 assault. Mullin urged bipartisan funding for DHS after a Feb. 13...
United States — Several college basketball teams faced opening-round NCAA Tournament matchups this week, and the NBA scheduled a Lakers–Magic game after Luka Dončić’s 60-point outing. On Thursday and Friday, seeded teams including Illinois, Virginia, Alabama, Nebraska, Tennessee, Troy, Hofstra and Miami (OH) played first-round games across Greenville, Philadelphia, Tampa...
United States. A fast-moving winter-to-spring transition is moving across multiple regions this week as an early-week cold front produced freezing temperatures, frost and isolated blizzard conditions in parts of Iowa and the Midwest. Local forecasts in Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, Washington DC, Indiana and Colorado reported chilly mornings followed by...
Bismarck, N.D. Farmers across the United States reported rising fertilizer and fuel costs this week nationwide as the war in Iran disrupted shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, producers and extension agents said. Several farmers reported fertilizer bills up as much as 40 percent and millions of acres rely on...
Miami — Venezuela beat the United States 3-2 Tuesday, winning its first World Baseball Classic title on Eugenio Suárez's ninth-inning double. Bryce Harper's eighth-inning two-run homer had tied the score, but Venezuela rallied and Daniel Palencia struck out the final batter in the ninth. About 36,190 fans attended at loanDepot...
DAYTON, Ohio. Tramon Mark hit a fadeaway jumper with 1.1 seconds remaining Tuesday, giving Texas a 68-66 victory over North Carolina State in a First Four NCAA Tournament game. Mark scored 17 points as the Longhorns, who entered the tournament 19-14 after losing five of six, advanced as the No....
SPRINGFIELD — Republican Darren Bailey won Illinois' GOP primary Tuesday, setting a November rematch with Democratic incumbent Governor J.B. Pritzker, who secured the Democratic nomination unopposed. Unofficial Associated Press returns called Bailey with 50 percent of the vote to Ted Dabrowski's about 32 percent, with other GOP candidates trailing. Lt....
Washington: US forces struck Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz on March 18, employing multiple 5,000-pound deep-penetrator munitions, Central Command said. The strikes targeted hardened coastal positions CENTCOM described as posing a risk to international shipping after Iran temporarily closed the waterway. US officials said the action followed...
DAYTON, Ohio, Texas advanced in the NCAA Tournament after Tramon Mark hit a fadeaway jumper with 1.1 seconds remaining, giving the Longhorns a 68-66 First Four win over North Carolina State on Tuesday night. Mark scored 17 points as Texas (19-14) earned an 11-seed in the West and will face...
