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Land purchases by Chinese 'agents' would be limited under Georgia bill; Democrats say it's racist 03/21/2024 05:18pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� A bill that would ban any ���agent��� of China from buying farmland or land near military installations in Georgia passed the state House on Thursday over the objections of Democrats who said it would lead to discrimination against Asian Americans and not promote national security. EU legal adviser backs cancellation of EU-Morocco fishing agreement over disputed Western Sahara 03/21/2024 05:04pm • RABAT, Morocco (AP) ��� A legal adviser to the European Union���s top court recommended Thursday that it annul an agreement with Morocco which would have allowed European boats to fish off the disputed Western Sahara 's coast. The adviser said the agreement didn't fully take into account the consequ Crews battle scores of wildfires in Virginia, including a blaze in Shenandoah National Park 03/21/2024 05:02pm • LURAY, Va. (AP) ��� Crews were battling scores of wildfires around Virginia on Thursday, including a fire affecting hundreds of acres at Shenandoah National Park, amid an elevated fire risk, officials said. More than 100 new fires popped up Wednesday amid gusty winds and low relative humidity, af March Madness is taking over Spokane with both the men's and women's NCAA tourneys in town 03/21/2024 04:08pm • SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) ��� Twelve teams. Nine games. Four days. A major college hoops fan probably won���t find a better place than Spokane to watch this much of the NCAA Tournament in person during the opening weekend. Separated by just 1�� walkable miles along the Spokane River, the McCarthey Athleti Man accused of kidnapping and killing ex-girlfriend's daughter to plead guilty to federal charge 03/21/2024 03:53pm • GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) ��� A man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping and killing her 2-year-old daughter has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of kidnapping resulting in death, court records show. The plea agreement entered into Thursday by Rashad Trice shows he faces a m Russia's space agency aborts launch of 3 astronauts to the International Space Station; all are safe 03/21/2024 02:46pm • MOSCOW (AP) ��� Russia aborted the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station moments before they were scheduled to lift off Thursday, but the crew was safe, officials said. The Russian Soyuz rocket was to carry NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and Marina Vas California wants to pay doctors more money to see Medicaid patients 03/21/2024 01:05pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� When Hunter Morgan bought an optometry practice in Southern California three years ago, one of the first things he did was start seeing patients who use Medicaid, the government-funded health insurance program for low-income people. The previous owners had not accepted p NCAA Women's Div. II Basketball Tournament Glance 03/21/2024 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 The 'Aladdin' stage musical turns 10 this month. Here are the magical stories of three Genies 03/21/2024 09:02am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� James Monroe Iglehart���s mom took him to see the animated Disney movie ���Aladdin��� as a high-school graduation gift in 1992. He fell in love with the Genie, naturally. Fast-forward more than two decades and Iglehart found himself playing the first Genie on Broadway, killing it, Siakam, Haliburton combine for 45 points as Pacers rout short-handed Pistons 122-103 03/20/2024 10:21pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Pascal Siakam had 25 points and eight rebounds, Tyrese Haliburton added 20 points and nine assists, and the Indiana Pacers routed the short-handed Detroit Pistons 122-103 on Wednesday night. ���This was a great team performance,��� Haliburton said. ���We did a great job of getting o Deen's 18 lead Bradley over Loyola Chicago 74-62 in NIT 03/20/2024 09:47pm • PEORIA, Ill. (AP) ��� Duke Deen had 18 points in Bradley's 74-62 win against Loyola Chicago on Wednesday night in the NIT. Deen shot 6 for 14 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 4 of 5 from the free-throw line for the Braves (23-11). Darius Hannah scored 17 points and added eight rebounds. Malevy Leons M. Emmet Walsh, unforgettable character actor from 'Blood Simple,' 'Blade Runner,' dies at 88 03/20/2024 09:46pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� M. Emmet Walsh, the character actor who brought his unmistakable face and unsettling presence to films including ���Blood Simple��� and ���Blade Runner,��� has died at age 88, his manager said Wednesday. Walsh died from cardiac arrest on Tuesday at a hospital in St. Albans, Ver Idaho police search for escaped inmate and accomplice after ambush at Boise hospital 03/20/2024 09:12pm • A white supremacist Idaho prison gang member and an accomplice remained on the loose Wednesday after the accomplice staged a brazen overnight attack to free the inmate as he was being transported from a Boise hospital, police said. Police identified the man suspected of shooting two corrections off Court action on Texas' migrant arrest law leads to confusion at the US-Mexico border 03/20/2024 09:01pm • McALLEN, Texas (AP) ��� A dizzying volley of courtroom maneuvers over a Texas law that would allow the state to arrest and deport people who enter the U.S. illegally sowed confusion at the nation's border with Mexico on Wednesday as sheriffs, police chiefs and migrants waited for direction. Texas fa Angela Chao, Mitch McConnell���s sister-in-law, was drunk when she drove into pond, police say 03/20/2024 07:42pm • Angela Chao, a shipping industry CEO and sister-in-law to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, was intoxicated when she drove into a pond and died last month in Texas, according to a law enforcement report released Wednesday. The investigation by the Blanco County Sheriff���s Office concluded th