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NCAA Women's Div. II Basketball Tournament Glance 03/28/2024 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 Today in Sports - Week Ahead, March 29 - April 4 03/28/2024 10:00am • April 2 1939 — Ralph Guldahl beats Sam Snead by one stroke to capture the Masters golf tournament. 1969 — Toronto center Forbes Kennedy sets a Stanley Cup playoff record for most penalties in one game with 8. 1978 — Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova wins her first WTA Tour Championship. 19 Norwegians facing a shortage as Easter nears are hoarding eggs from neighboring Sweden 03/28/2024 09:51am • HELSINKI (AP) — A shortage of eggs in shops during Holy Week has led Norwegians to flock to supermarkets across the border in Sweden and hoard the traditional Easter food. Norwegian news outlet Nettavisen said Thursday that the Nordby shopping center in Sweden, located just off the border about 10 Oxford coach blasts Thames pollution as a national disgrace ahead of Boat Race with Cambridge 03/28/2024 09:01am • LONDON (AP) — The coach of Oxford’s crew taking part in the Boat Race described the pollution in London’s River Thames as a “national disgrace." Testing by a campaign group has found high levels of E.coli along a section of the Thames in southwest London that will be used for the historic ra An airstrip is being built on a Yemeni island during the ongoing war, with 'I LOVE UAE' next to it 03/28/2024 01:36am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As Yemen’s Houthi rebels continue to target ships in a Mideast waterway, satellite pictures analyzed by The Associated Press show what appears to be a new airstrip being built at an entrance to that crucial maritime route. No country has publicly claimed the constructi Today in History: March 28, Three Mile Island has partial nuclear meltdown 03/28/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, March 28, the 88th day of 2024. There are 278 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 28, 1979, America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Mi NCAA Women's Div. II Basketball Tournament Glance 03/27/2024 11:56pm • 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 Former correctional officer at women's prison in California sentenced for sexually abusing inmates 03/27/2024 11:12pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A former correctional officer at a federal California women's prison known for numerous misconduct allegations was sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing five inmates, federal officials announced Wednesday. Nakie Nunley, who supervised inmates at the Federal C Russia strikes Ukraine's Kharkiv with aerial bombs for the first time since 2022 03/27/2024 11:04pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia struck the northeastern city of Kharkiv with aerial bombs Wednesday for the first time since 2022, killing at least one civilian and wounding 16 others, local officials said. The airstrikes caused widespread damage, hitting several residential buildings and damaging the McBride scores 29, Robinson returns from injury and Knicks rout reeling Raptors 145-101 03/27/2024 10:56pm • TORONTO (AP) — Miles McBride matched a career-high with 29 points, Jalen Brunson had 26 and New York never trailed in a 145-101 win over the slumping Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night, the Knicks' biggest margin of victory this season. Precious Achiuwa had 19 points and 12 rebounds against his fo Brandon Miller scores 31 points on career-high seven 3s as Hornets beat Cavaliers 118-111 03/27/2024 10:34pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Rookie Brandon Miller made a career-high seven 3-pointers and finished with 31 points, and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 118-111 on Wednesday night to avenge a 23-point loss earlier in the week. Miles Bridges and Tre Mann each added 17 points and Grant W 4 people killed and 7 wounded in stabbings in northern Illinois, with a suspect in custody 03/27/2024 09:37pm • ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Four people were killed and seven were hurt when a man went on a stabbing rampage Wednesday across multiple locations in a northern Illinois community, authorities said. A 22-year-old man is in police custody and was being questioned, according to Rockford Police Chief Carla Tyson scores 30, Seattle U closes on an 11-0 run to defeat High Point 77-67 for CBI championship 03/27/2024 08:03pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Cameron Tyson scored 30 points and made seven 3-pointers, Alex Schumacher scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half, and third-seeded Seattle U closed on an 11-0 run to beat top-seed High Point 77-67 on Wednesday night for the CBI championship. Seattle trailed with 1 This stinks. A noxious weed forces Arizona national monument's picnic area to close until May 03/27/2024 06:59pm • COOLIDGE, Ariz. (AP) — It literally stinks that visitors to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in south-central Arizona might not be able to use the attraction’s picnic area until May. Monument officials announced Wednesday that the picnic area will be closed from March 28 through April 30 due Texas’ migrant arrest law will remain on hold under new court ruling 03/27/2024 06:07pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas’ plans to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold under a federal appeals court order that likely prevents enforcement of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s new immigration law until a broader decision on whether it is legal. The 2-1 rul