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New York City's skyscrapers are built to withstand most earthquakes 04/06/2024 02:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The ground rumbled Friday beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center. Though buildings that can reach above 100 stories might seem especially vulnerable to earthquakes, engineering experts say skyscrapers are built wi In a Rwandan reconciliation village, collaborative efforts among women give hope for unity 04/06/2024 11:40am • BUGESERA, Rwanda (AP) — Anastasie Nyirabashyitsi and Jeanette Mukabyagaju think of each other as dear friends. The women’s friendship was cemented one day in 2007, when Mukabyagaju, going somewhere, left a child behind for Nyirabashyitsi to look after. This expression of trust stunned Nyirabash NCAA Women's Div. II Basketball Tournament Glance 04/06/2024 10:01am • All Times EDT First Round Friday, March 15 Atlantic Region At campus sites Gannon 73, West Virginia St. 53 Lock Haven 74, California (Pa.) 60 Fairmont St. 72, West Chester 68 Fayetteville St. 72, Indiana (Pa.) 63 Central Region Southern Nazarene 70, Henderson St. 61 Harding 82, Pittsburg St. 74, OT Thousands are evacuated after floods break a dam in the Russian city of Orsk 04/06/2024 08:44am • MOSCOW (AP) — Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia's border with Kazakhstan, forcing some 2,000 people to evacuate, local authorities said. The dam broke in the city of Orsk in the Orenburg region, less than 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) north of t Earthquake aftershocks halt the demolition of a leaning building in Taiwan. Death toll rises to 13 04/06/2024 05:04am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The demolition of a building that is leaning precariously after an earthquake in Taiwan was halted on Saturday because of aftershocks that made it lean even more, media reports said. The red building, about 10 stories tall and inclined over a street in the city of Hualien, ha NASCAR Craftsman Truck Long John Silver's 200 Results 04/05/2024 11:23pm • Friday At Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Va. Lap length: 0.53 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Christian Eckes, Chevrolet, 200 laps, 60 points. 2. (1) Ty Majeski, Ford, 200, 51. 3. (11) Chase Purdy, Chevrolet, 200, 43. 4. (5) Nicholas Sanchez, Chevrolet, 200, 39. 5. (9) Tyler Ankrum, Ch Brandon Miller's big first half helps Hornets snap Magic's 3-game win streak, 124-115 04/05/2024 10:21pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Brandon Miller made his first 10 shots from the field and finished with 32 points as the Charlotte Hornets snapped the Orlando Magic’s three-game win streak with a 124-115 victory on Friday night. Miles Bridges added 23 points and Grant Williams added 18 points as the Horn Rays reliever says baseballs at Coors Field were `horrible' after coming out of humidor 04/05/2024 09:36pm • DENVER (AP) — Pete Fairbanks had a gripe over his grip on the baseball. For that, he blamed the humidor at Coors Field. The Tampa Bay Rays' reliever took issue with the variability of the balls Friday after he issued three walks in the ninth inning. That paved the way for Ryan McMahon’s walk-off Judge appoints special master to oversee California federal women's prison after rampant abuse 04/05/2024 09:05pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday appointed a special master to oversee a troubled federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates, marking the first time the Bureau of Prisons has been subject to such oversight. A 2021 Associated Press investigation th US East Coast earthquake rattles millions, but region escapes sweeping damage 04/05/2024 08:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — An unusual East Coast earthquake shook millions of people from New York and Philadelphia skyscrapers to rural New England on Friday, causing no widespread damage but startling an area unaccustomed to temblors. The U.S. Geological Survey said over 42 million people might have felt t Seiya Suzuki drives in 3 runs as Chicago Cubs hold off Los Angeles Dodgers for 9-7 win 04/05/2024 08:39pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Seiya Suzuki had three RBIs and Michael Busch homered against his former team, helping the Chicago Cubs beat Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-7 on Friday. Dansby Swanson also connected as Chicago earned its fifth consecutive win after dropping its first two games of the s A California dog missing since the summer is found in Michigan 04/05/2024 08:30pm • DETROIT (AP) — A dog missing in California since the summer turned up more than 2,000 miles away in suburban Detroit. Police in Harper Woods responded to a call about a stray dog last week, picked up the terrier mix and contacted an animal welfare group. The Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society s Sports on TV for Apr. 6 - 7 04/05/2024 06:55pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Apr. 6 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 1 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: St. Kilda at Richmond AUTO RACING 4:30 p.m. FS2 — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va. 7:30 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR Xfini 3 people killed in crash of small plane in southeastern Oklahoma, authorities say 04/05/2024 05:03pm • ANTLERS, Okla. (AP) — Three people died when the single-engine aircraft they were aboard crashed in southeastern Oklahoma, authorities said. Pilot Brian Davis, 62, and passengers Michael Davis, 23, and Kelly Thompson, 21, all of Antlers, died in Thursday's crash, according to an Oklahoma Highway Cleanup begins as spring nor'easter moves on. But hundreds of thousands still lack power 04/05/2024 03:27pm • GILFORD, N.H. (AP) — Snow showers lingered Friday as the cleanup began following a major spring storm that brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast, left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power, and contributed to at least two deaths. Well over a foot (30 centim