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How the criminal case against Texas AG Ken Paxton abruptly ended after nearly a decade of delays 03/26/2024 05:35pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The criminal case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on securities fraud charges has ended after nine years — a span during which the Republican was reelected twice, impeached and acquitted, and emerged more politically powerful than ever. He will stay in office and m 5 takeaways from the abortion pill case before the U.S. Supreme Court 03/26/2024 05:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday did not appear ready to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone, in a case that could have far-reaching implications for millions of American women and for scores of drugs regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. It's the first Wisconsin Supreme Court lets ruling stand that declared Amazon drivers to be employees 03/26/2024 03:20pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a lower court ruling that declared some delivery drivers for Amazon were employees as the state argued, not independent contractors as the online retail giant contended. The court, in a unanimous decision, said the appeal was � Hunger deepens as relentless gang violence targets Haiti's capital 03/26/2024 03:01pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs have intensified their rampage in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital, setting fire to a school and looting pharmacies across the road from the country’s largest public hospital. The attacks that began Monday and continued into early Tuesday mark nearly a mo Biden: Federal government should pay to rebuild Baltimore’s Key Bridge after collapse 03/26/2024 02:45pm • LISTEN: Stay with WTOP for the latest from Baltimore.  President Joe Biden said Tuesday he's directed his team to "move heaven and earth" to get the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore rebuilt and the port reopened after the bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning when it was struck by a contai NFL owners approve a radical overhaul to kickoff rules, adopting setup used in XFL 03/26/2024 02:27pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Kickoff returns are returning to the NFL. Team owners on Tuesday approved a new rule that will take what essentially had become “a dead play” and make it an integral part of the game again. “We feel this is a great day for the NFL,” said Saints special teams coordinato With its soldiers mired in Gaza, Israel fights a battle at home over drafting the ultra-Orthodox 03/26/2024 02:21pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — As Israel battles a prolonged war in Gaza, broad exemptions from mandatory military service for ultra-Orthodox men have reopened a deep divide in the country and rattled the government coalition, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fellow War Cabinet members staunchly oppos Today in History: March 26, bodies of 39 members of Heavens Gate cult are discovered 03/26/2024 01:12pm • Today in History Today is Tuesday, March 26, the 86th day of 2024. There are 280 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 26, 1997, the bodies of 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate techno-religious cult who took their own lives were found inside a rented mansion in Rancho Sant Robots replicate reality: High-tech pitching machine mimics every pitcher 03/26/2024 01:07pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nestor Cortes got behind the plate in a batting cage and watched an 8-foot-high, 1,200-pound robot spit out fastballs, cutters and sweepers just like the ones spinning off the fingertips of his left hand. “It was like seeing myself pitch. That was crazy,” the New York Yankee Fredette, Barry, Maddox and Travis picked for USA Basketball 3x3 Olympic men's roster 03/26/2024 11:11am • Jimmer Fredette, Kareem Maddox, Canyon Barry and Dylan Travis piled up enough wins together last year to get USA Basketball qualified in men’s 3x3 for the Paris Olympics. They’re staying together to chase gold in France. USA Basketball announced its men’s 3x3 roster for the Paris Games on Tues Girl Scout troop resolved to support migrants despite backlash 03/26/2024 07:01am • NEW YORK (AP) — Once a week in a midtown Manhattan hotel, dozens of Girl Scouts gather in a spare room made homey by string lights and children’s drawings. They earn badges, go on field trips to the Statue of Liberty, and learn how to navigate the subway in a city most have just begun to call ho South Africa's ANC fails in bid to ban former leader Zuma's party from polls 03/26/2024 06:10am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court on Tuesday dismissed the ruling party's case demanding a rival opposition party be deregistered and banned from participating in the upcoming election. The Electoral Court said the ruling African National Congress party's objection to how the Independent E Some Republicans who supported Nikki Haley are still refusing to back Donald Trump 03/26/2024 12:20am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Now that Nikki Haley has shuttered her presidential campaign, one person who voted for her refuses to back former President Donald Trump and plans to reluctantly vote for President Joe Biden. Another Haley primary supporter acknowledges that he was probably always a “clo Mackenzie Holmes spurs late rally that sends Indiana past Oklahoma 75-68 in March Madness 03/25/2024 10:34pm • BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Approaching the end of her stellar playing career at Indiana, Mackenzie Holmes put together an appropriate finish to her final game at Assembly Hall. In the waning minutes Monday night, Holmes demanded the ball. And the two-time All-American delivered. She scored 29 points UN demand for Gaza cease-fire provokes strongest clash between US and Israel since war began 03/25/2024 09:11pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council on Monday issued its first demand for a cease-fire in Gaza, with the U.S. angering Israel by abstaining from the vote. Israel responded by canceling a visit to Washington by a high-level delegation in the strongest public clash between the