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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 Protests against arrest of one of top rivals of Indian Prime Minister Modi continue for second day 03/23/2024 06:55am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of protesters in India's capital took to the streets for a second day Saturday, demanding the immediate release of one of the top rivals of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the country gears up for a national election next month. Arvind Kejriwal, New Delhi’s Zach Edey has first 30-20 March Madness game since 1995, No. 1 seed Purdue routs Grambling State 03/23/2024 01:17am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Purdue center Zach Edey took care of some unfinished business Friday night. He made a little more history, too. Edey produced the first 30-point, 20-rebound NCAA Tournament game since 1995 and emphatically ended the discussion about first-round March Madness exits by leading th The UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a Ramadan cease-fire 03/23/2024 12:50am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, but the United States warned the measure could hurt negotiations to halt Israeli-Hamas hostilities. The resolution, put forward by the Fill up your gas tank and prepare to wait. Some tips to prepare for April's total solar eclipse 03/23/2024 12:06am • MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Stock up on groceries. Print off driving directions. And be very, very patient. Small towns and rural enclaves along the path of April's total solar eclipse are steeling for huge crowds of sun chasers who plan to catch a glimpse of day turning into dusk in North America. Tou Texas school bus with over 40 pre-K students struck by cement truck, killing 2, authorities say 03/22/2024 10:31pm • BASTROP, Texas (AP) — A cement truck veered into a school bus carrying more than 40 pre-K students returning from a field trip to a Texas zoo Friday, killing a boy on the bus and a man in another vehicle, authorities said. Officials said the bus rolled over on the highway in the rural outskirts of Deaths of dog walker, 83, and resident of a remote cabin possibly tied to escaped Idaho inmate 03/22/2024 10:20pm • Authorities said Friday they believe the deaths of an 83-year-old man who was walking his dogs and a 72-year-old man who lived in a remote cabin are connected to the escape of an Idaho white supremacist prison gang member and an accomplice after a Boise hospital ambush. The escaped prisoner, Skylar National Guard helicopters help battle West Virginia wildfires in steep terrain 03/22/2024 09:57pm • CHARLESTON (AP) — The West Virginia National Guard joined in battling wildfires Friday that have scorched more than 6.25 square miles (16 square kilometers) in the state and destroyed several homes. Two Blackhawk helicopters dropped water from buckets on the fires in steep, wooded terrain in Hardy What's in store for spring weather in the DC area? 03/22/2024 09:19pm • The first day of spring was technically earlier this week on March 19, but it didn't bring the nicest weather here in the D.C. area. In fact, officials are warning people to get ready for more severe storms. Spring may brings flowers and sunshine, but it also bring “damaging wind gusts, hail Russia says 60 dead, 145 injured in concert hall raid; Islamic State group claims responsibility 03/22/2024 09:15pm • MOSCOW (AP) — Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing over 60 people, injuring more than 100 and setting fire to the venue in a brazen attack just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a highly orchestra Texas medical panel won't provide list of exceptions to abortion ban 03/22/2024 04:03pm • DALLAS (AP) — A Texas medical panel on Friday rebuffed calls to list specific exceptions to one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the U.S., which physicians say is dangerously unclear and has forced women with serious pregnancy complications to leave the state. The head of the Texas Medica Republican lawmaker says Kentucky's newly passed shield bill protects IVF services 03/22/2024 02:54pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky legislation shielding doctors and other health providers from criminal liability was written broadly enough to apply to in vitro fertilization services, a Republican lawmaker said Friday as the bill won final passage. The measure, which now goes to Democratic Gov. An Amid drama around Formula 1, FIA president issues letter to membership defending his leadership 03/22/2024 02:54pm • The head of Formula 1's governing body has issued a passionate defense of his leadership, claiming a pair of whistleblower complaints against him were meant to “destabilize me as President of the FIA, but also of questioning the integrity of our respected organization.” In a letter sent to FIA m Joana Vicente steps down as Sundance Institute CEO 03/22/2024 02:21pm • Joana Vicente is stepping down as the CEO of the Sundance Institute, the nonprofit behind the annual Sundance Film Festival, after two and a half years. “She has been a true advocate for independent storytellers, and I know she will continue to positively impact this community,” said Sundance I With an eye on Russia's war in neighboring Ukraine, Poland readies a new self-defense law 03/22/2024 01:25pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government has prepared new legislation to boost the nation's capacity for self-defense, including more funding for first aid courses, better public warning systems, and more emergency shelters, officials said Friday. Ministers of defense and of the interior said