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UConn, San Diego State set for title game rematch in Sweet 16; Iowa State, Illinois target Elite 8 03/27/2024 05:45pm • BOSTON (AP) — Connecticut coach Dan Hurley won’t shy away from the notion that his team has consistently been the best in college basketball this season. The Huskies’ 33-3 record and the dominant manner in which they’ve won along the way have proven that. He also knows that means next to not Truck driver indicted on murder charges in crash that killed Massachusetts officer, utility worker 03/27/2024 05:33pm • WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A pickup truck driver accused of crashing into and killing a police officer and a utility employee at a work site in a Boston suburb, then pulling a knife on another officer before stealing his cruiser, has been indicted on two counts of second degree murder and other charges Kansas considers limits on economic activity with China and other 'countries of concern' 03/27/2024 03:50pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas advanced proposals Wednesday aimed at preventing individuals and companies from China and other U.S. adversaries from owning farmland or business property, limiting state investments in foreign companies and restricting the use of foreign-made d After Utah team subjected to racism, could the NCAA change tournament sites in the future? 03/27/2024 03:10pm • The NCAA women's basketball tournament has so far been the most successful it has ever been when it comes to viewership and attendance, driven by crowds flocking to see their teams play first- and second-round games at home in hopes of advancing to the Sweet 16. An ugly incident involving the Utah w Missouri boarding school closes as state agency examines how it responded to abuse claims 03/27/2024 02:26pm • A rural Missouri boarding school at the center of abuse allegations has closed its doors, and a state agency is trying to determine if it adequately responded to previous concerns about the facility in calls to an abuse hotline. The closure of ABM Ministries' Lighthouse Christian Academy in Piedmont Smith leads Dodgers against the Cardinals after 4-hit game 03/27/2024 02:21pm • St. Louis Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (1-1) Los Angeles; Thursday, 4:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Miles Mikolas (0-0); Dodgers: Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 3.60 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, three strikeouts) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Dodgers -235, Cardinals +193; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LI Olympic officials move to support 2032 Brisbane Games after bumpy ride for stadium projects 03/27/2024 02:12pm • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — After weeks of uncertainty about billion-dollar stadium projects for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics, the IOC and local organizers moved Wednesday to present the games more positively. Plans for a $2 billion rebuild of the storied Gabba cricket stadium as an Olympics centerpi Books on the impact of the internet and AI are finalists for the first-ever Women's Nonfiction Prize 03/27/2024 02:02pm • LONDON (AP) — Books about the dizzying impact of the internet and artificial intelligence are among finalists for a new book prize that aims to help fix the gender imbalance in nonfiction publishing. The shortlisted six books for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, announced on Wednesday AUTO RACING: Byron first two-time winner in NASCAR. Sainz ends Verstappen's nine-race F1 win streak 03/27/2024 11:40am • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Toyota Owners 400 Site: Richmond, Virginia. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 10:30 a.m., and qualifying, 11:15 a.m.; Sunday, race, 7 p.m. (FOX). Track: Richmond Raceway. Race distance: 400 laps, 300 miles. Last year: Kyle Larson won after starting ninth. Last race: W Tiny, endangered fish hinders California's Colorado River conservation plan 03/27/2024 11:29am • Southern California's Imperial Irrigation District, which supplies water to farmers who grow most of the nation's winter vegetables, planned to start a conservation program in April to scale back what it draws from the critical Colorado River. But a tiny, tough fish got in the way. Now, those plans They fled kibbutzim after Hamas attacked. Now, many Israelis must decide whether to go back. 03/27/2024 10:57am • KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel (AP) — For a few minutes on a recent afternoon, the sun-bathed silence that fills Nadav Tzabari’s neighborhood could almost be mistaken for peace. Then shelling from Israeli tanks dug in across the fence line in Gaza erupts again, sending shudders through the vacated hom Nigerian parents finally get a chance to see their children who spent more than 2 weeks in captivity 03/27/2024 10:48am • KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — Parents of more than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren who were rescued after more than two weeks in captivity said they saw them on Wednesday and that they couldn’t hold back tears of joy during the long-awaited reunion. The meeting, three days after the children were freed, t Rowers in England's university Boat Race given health warning over E.coli levels in the Thames 03/27/2024 08:29am • Jumping into London’s River Thames has been the customary celebration for members of the winning crew in the Boat Race, the nearly 200-year-old rowing contest between storied English universities Oxford and Cambridge. Now it comes with a health warning. Testing by the River Action campaign group f High Point and Seattle U play in CBI Tournament matchup 03/27/2024 03:23am • Seattle U Redhawks (22-14, 12-10 WAC) vs. High Point Panthers (27-8, 14-4 Big South) Daytona Beach, Florida; Wednesday, 5 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: High Point and Seattle U square off in the College Basketball Invitational. The Panthers have gone 14-4 against Big South opponents, with a 13-4 record in n Chinese EV makers challenging market leaders at auto show in Bangkok 03/27/2024 12:57am • BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese electric vehicle makers are showcasing their latest models, including a flying car, as they take on global rivals at the Bangkok International Motor Show. Companies like BYD, XPeng and Great Wall Motors are quickly growing their sales in Thailand, challenging longstanding m