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Northern lights could be visible Sunday night — are DC-area residents in for a peek? 03/24/2024 03:27pm • Breaking News: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced a G3 Geomagnetic Storm is currently active. It’s a beautiful, sunny day in the D.C.-area, weather-wise. But in the realm of near-Earth space and our planet’s magnetic field, a strong Geomagnetic Storm WATCH ha 80th anniversary of the 'Great Escape' from Nazi German POW camp marked in Poland 03/24/2024 01:38pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Observances were held in Poland on Sunday to mark the 80th anniversary of the “Great Escape,” an ingenious act of defiance during World War II in which 76 prisoners of war tunneled out of a German prisoner-of-war camp into a snowy forest. British soldiers carried photos o New York City's mayor cancels a border trip, citing safety concerns in Mexico 03/24/2024 01:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's mayor nixed a planned Sunday trip to the U.S.-Mexico border over security concerns. Mayor Eric Adams was slated to depart Saturday night to visit Brownsville and McAllen, Texas. The Democrat was expected to meet with U.S. immigration leaders as his city struggles to Oath Keepers' son emerges from traumatic childhood to tell his own story in a long shot election bid 03/24/2024 09:13am • KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — The eldest son of one of America’s most infamous seditionists is building a new life since breaking free from his father's control — juggling work, college classes and volunteer firefighting. And Dakota Adams has tossed one more ball in the air this year: a Democratic c Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court. How safe is this abortion pill? 03/24/2024 08:59am • The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. The central dispute in the case is whether the Food and Drug Administration overlooked serious safety problems when Putin says gunmen who raided Moscow concert hall tried to escape to Ukraine. Kyiv denies involvement 03/24/2024 12:40am • MOSCOW (AP) — The suburban Moscow music hall where gunmen opened fire on concertgoers was a blackened, smoldering ruin Saturday as the death toll in the attack surpassed 130 and Russian authorities arrested four suspects. President Vladimir Putin claimed they were captured while fleeing to Ukraine Grand Canyon is a program on the rise heading into March Madness matchup with Alabama 03/23/2024 08:38pm • SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Grand Canyon has been viewed for several years as a potential mid-major powerhouse. It has money, in part due to a strong donor base and an administration willing to invest. Its fans — the “Havocs” — are already well known and getting even more notoriety. And now the Fair returns from injury to lead No. 6 seed Syracuse to a 74-69 opening-round win over Arizona 03/23/2024 07:46pm • STORRS, Conn. (AP) — It looked really bad for Syracuse when star Dyaisha Fair was being carried off the court at the end of the third quarter, unable to put any pressure on her legs. It looked a lot better after the third-team All-American returned from the locker room just over two minutes into Citron and Hidalgo pace Irish to 81-67 win over Kent State in women's NCAA opener 03/23/2024 05:59pm • SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Sonia Citron scored 29 points and Hannah Hidalgo added a double-double with 14 points and 11 assists to help No. 2-seed Notre Dame beat 15th-seeded Kent State 81-67 on Saturday in the women’s NCAA Tournament. Citron was 13 of 20 from the field in tying a career high for p Rain helps contain still-burning wildfires in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley; state sending more aid 03/23/2024 04:37pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Crews who have been battling still-burning wildfires in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley this week have gotten an assist from rain and from the state government, which has deployed new resources to the area, officials said Saturday. “Without a doubt the rain is helping" said Where to buy solar eclipse glasses as fakes and counterfeits emerge 03/23/2024 03:30pm • The moon is moving ever closer to the sun for the upcoming eclipse of the sun on April 8. For some viewers, the sun will be totally eclipsed by the new moon, while for the vast majority of viewers the sun will be only partially eclipsed. More Solar Eclipse News: T-minus one month to U.S. For Haitian diaspora, gang violence back home is personal as hopes dim for eventual return 03/23/2024 02:50pm • TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — When Vivianne Petit Frere fled her native Haiti for Brazil in 2019 and later walked through the Panamanian jungle and on to Mexico, where she opened a restaurant, she always believed she would eventually return home. Until now. With gang violence wracking Haiti, many of the Emergency responders offer new ways to alert drivers they're on the road, using 'lights and sirens we've had for decades' 03/23/2024 01:04pm • What if you could get a real-time alert in your car as soon as a nearby fire truck turns on its emergency lights? New technology is now making that a reality. HAAS Alert’s Safety Cloud partners with 3,600 agencies across the U.S. to provide digital alerts to drivers, showing them the location o With all the recent headlines about panels and tires falling off planes, is flying safe? 03/23/2024 08:38am • DALLAS (AP) — It has been 15 years since the last fatal crash of a U.S. airliner, but you would never know that by reading about a torrent of flight problems in the last three months. There was a time when things like cracked windshields and minor engine problems didn't turn up very often in the n AI chatbots are here to help with your mental health, despite limited evidence they work 03/23/2024 08:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Download the mental health chatbot Earkick and you’re greeted by a bandana-wearing panda who could easily fit into a kids' cartoon. Start talking or typing about anxiety and the app generates the kind of comforting, sympathetic statements therapists are trained to deliver. The