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Byron Janis, renowned American classical pianist who overcame debilitating arthritis, dies at 95 03/19/2024 01:34pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Byron Janis, a renowned American concert pianist and composer who broke barriers as a Cold War era culture ambassador and later overcame severe arthritis that nearly robbed him of his playing abilities, has died. He was 95. Janis passed away Thursday evening at a hospital in New Yo Watch out for these players from one-bid leagues who could shake up March Madness 03/19/2024 10:10am • James Madison’s Terrence Edwards says his team has been dealing with pressure ever since it stunned the college basketball world with a season-opening upset of then-No. 4 Michigan State. Edwards and the Dukes are hoping it enables them to make a similar impact on March Madness. “After that game, Detention of 3 teens over gruesome killing of 13-year-old classmate sparks debate in China 03/19/2024 01:48am • BEIJING (AP) — In the last recorded moments before the 13-year-old boy's death, surveillance cameras showed him sitting on a scooter, surrounded by three classmates. An hour later, his phone went dead, kicking off a frantic search by relatives. The following day, police in a village in northern Ch Israelis evacuated from the Lebanese border wonder if they'll ever return 03/19/2024 12:05am • KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel (AP) — For four years, Sivan Shoshani Partush recruited families for Kibbutz Malkiya, a community of around 400 that she calls her “little slice of heaven.” It wasn’t a hard sell: spacious homes, beautiful nature, paths winding through manicured lawns, and a slower pace South Korea will suspend licenses of 2 senior doctors in first punishment for doctors' walkouts 03/18/2024 11:23pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean authorities will suspend the licenses of two senior doctors for allegedly inciting the weekslong walkouts by thousands of medical interns and residents that have disrupted hospital operations, one of the doctors said Monday. The impending suspensions are the Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants 03/18/2024 10:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday continued to block, for now, a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out. A one-page order signed by Justice Samue Negotiators race to finish government funding bills after reaching deal on Homeland Security bill 03/18/2024 09:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiators from Congress and the White House scrambled Monday to complete work on the remaining government funding bills for the fiscal year and avoid a partial shutdown for key departments that would begin this weekend without legislative action. Six months into the fiscal year Subpoenas on Maui agencies and officials delay release of key report into deadly wildfire 03/18/2024 09:23pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s attorney general on Monday blamed a delay of the release of a key report into a deadly Maui wildfire on county agencies that forced investigators to issue subpoenas. The first phase of an independent investigation into the Aug. 8 fire that killed at least 101 people and The Latest | Israeli military raids Gaza's main hospital, claiming Hamas is using it as a base 03/18/2024 08:50pm • Israeli forces launched a raid on Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Monday, accusing Hamas militants of using it as a base, while the U.N. food agency warned that “famine is imminent” in northern Gaza. The military said it killed a Hamas commander who was armed and hiding inside the medical center New Jersey's unique primary ballot design seems to face skepticism from judge in lawsuit 03/18/2024 08:20pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's one-of-a-kind method of drawing primary ballots prompted some apparent skepticism from a federal judge Monday as he considered a legal challenge claiming the system favors preferred candidates of establishment party leaders. The hearing Monday in federal court in Appeals panel asks West Virginia court whether opioids distribution can cause a public nuisance 03/18/2024 08:11pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court asked West Virginia’s highest court Monday whether opioid distributions can cause a public nuisance as it reviews a landmark lawsuit against three major U.S. drug distributors accused of causing a health crisis in one of the state's counties. In J Ways to Save for Retirement Without a 401(k) 03/18/2024 08:00pm • If you work for an employer, you may have access to a 401(k) plan. With this type of account, the money you contribute is often automatically withheld from your paychecks before you ever get a chance to spend it. You immediately get a tax break on your traditional 401(k) contributions, and your empl 7 Undervalued Stocks to Buy Now 03/18/2024 08:00pm • The S&P 500 has performed very well so far in 2024, and many stocks are now trading at or near all-time highs. However, there are still plenty of high-quality stocks trading at attractive valuations. If the Federal Reserve can avoid a hard landing for the economy, these value investing opportuni Is the Work Triangle Still the Best Kitchen Design? 03/18/2024 08:00pm • Microwaveable dinners aren't the only way to make dinner prep go faster. A kitchen triangle can, too. Kitchen triangles -- sometimes called work triangles or golden triangles -- are a time-tested kitchen design that aims to maximize efficiency while cooking. "The idea is minimizing wasted steps and Ohio mom who left toddler alone 10 days when she went on vacation pleads guilty to aggravated murder 03/18/2024 07:05pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio mother whose 16-month-old daughter died after being left home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of parole. Kristel Candelario, 32, had pleaded guilty last month to aggravated murder a