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Volunteers uncover fate of thousands of Lost Alaskans sent to Oregon mental hospital a century ago 03/30/2024 01:04am • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ��� Lucy Pitka McCormick���s relatives cooked salmon, moose, beaver and muskrat over an earthen firepit on the banks of the Chena River, just outside Fairbanks, as they honored her life. They whipped whitefish, blueberries and lard into a traditional Alaska Native dessert, and Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices soar and the US pushes for more nuclear power 03/30/2024 12:15am • The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that largely has sat dormant since the 1980s. The work is unfolding as global instability and growing demand drive uranium prices higher. The Biden administratio 8 migrants apparently from Asia die in apparent boat accident off Mexico's southern Pacific coast 03/29/2024 11:10pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� The bodies of eight migrants, apparently from Asia, were found after a boat accident off Mexico���s southern Pacific coast, authorities said Friday. Prosecutors in the southern state of Oaxaca said one survivor, an Asian man, was located. Based on preliminary investigations, th NCAA Women's Div. II Basketball Tournament Glance 03/29/2024 10:21pm • 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 High winds and turbulence force flight from Israel to New Jersey to be diverted to New York state 03/29/2024 09:52pm • NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. (AP) ��� High winds and turbulence forced a United Airlines flight from Israel to be diverted Friday from its destination of Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey to Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, New York, authorities said. Approximately 200 passengers 2 police officers shot in Nevada city. SWAT team surrounds home where suspect reportedly holed up 03/29/2024 09:27pm • SPARKS, Nev. (AP) ��� Police surrounded a house in a residential Sparks neighborhood Friday where they said a suspect in an officer-involved shooting was barricaded inside shortly after two law enforcement officers were shot and hospitalized with unspecified injuries. It wasn't immediately clear if Girl, 8, only survivor of bus crash that kills 45 Easter pilgrims on South Africa's deadly roads 03/29/2024 08:51pm • MMAMATLAKALA, South Africa (AP) ��� An 8-year-old girl was the lone survivor after a bus full of pilgrims making their way to a popular Easter festival in rural South Africa slammed into a bridge on a mountain pass and plunged into a ravine before bursting into flames, killing all 45 others onboard. As cranes arrive at Baltimore bridge collapse site, governor describes daunting task of cleaning up 03/29/2024 08:21pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� A crane that can lift 1,000 tons, described as one of the largest on the Eastern Seaboard, appeared near the site of a collapsed highway bridge in Baltimore as crews prepared Friday to begin clearing wreckage that has stymied the search for four workers missing and presumed dead a UNLV releases video of campus shooter killed by police after 3 professors shot dead 03/29/2024 06:44pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Images of a campus police officer diving behind a patrol vehicle to escape gunfire and then fatally shooting a gunman outside a building at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, are among footage in newly released video of a deadly rampage that left three professors dead and a four Former US Sen. Joe Lieberman remembered as 'mensch' who bridged political divides 03/29/2024 05:41pm • STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� The late Joe Lieberman on Friday was remembered by political allies and even a former foe as a ���mensch��� who both bridged and defied partisan political divides, during a funeral service for the four-term U.S. senator. Former Vice President Al Gore, who ran for president o Mother says she wants justice after teen son is killed during police chase in Mississippi 03/29/2024 03:56pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� A mother says she wants justice for her 17-year-old son who died when a police SUV ran over him in the small Mississippi Delta town where he lived. Kadarius Smith and one of his cousins were out walking March 21 when a Leland Police Department vehicle chased them and fatally FAU introduces John Jakus, who is hoping plenty of Owls come back next season 03/29/2024 03:30pm • John Jakus is already recruiting at Florida Atlantic. Among his top targets: players with plenty of collegiate experience who have been part of 60 wins over the last two years and made it to the Final Four last season. They're already in Boca Raton. And Jakus wants them to stay. Jakus' introductory 'Ozempig' remains Minnesota baseball team's mascot despite uproar that name is form of fat-shaming 03/29/2024 02:49pm • For a Minnesota minor league baseball team known for a history of outlandish promotions, the idea of naming its longtime live pig mascot after the weight loss drug Ozempic made perfect sense. The St. Paul Saints quickly found out that not everyone was amused by the pig's name, Ozempig, or the tea For years she thought her son had died of an overdose. The police video changed all that 03/29/2024 12:39pm • BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) ��� It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son���s presence: On the coffee table were his ashes, inside a clock with its hands forever frozen at 12:35 a.m., the moment that a doctor had pronounced him dead. As Goodwin swept and dusted the room, she���d often Siena hires former Syracuse standout Gerry McNamara as its new coach 03/29/2024 10:55am • Gerry McNamara has signed a deal to take over as coach at Siena, deciding to leave Syracuse after two decades as a standout player, assistant and eventually ascending to associate head coach for the Orange. McNamara's signing was announced by Siena on Friday and makes him a collegiate head coach for