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Meteorologists say this year's warm winter provided key ingredient for Midwest killer tornadoes 03/15/2024 04:00pm • This winter's record warmth provided the key ingredient for a Midwest outbreak of deadly tornadoes and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday, tornado experts said. At least three people were killed in Thursday's tornado outbreak in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Ark After dangerous tornadoes in Ohio and Indiana, survivors salvage, reflect and prepare for recovery 03/15/2024 03:59pm • A storm's trail of destruction affected people in parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas on Thursday night. At least three people in Ohio were killed, dozens hurt and even more reported damaged homes or businesses by Friday. Residents sorted through rubble, reflecting on the fear the storms c A Greek police officer with 225 pounds of marijuana in his patrol car is arrested after a chase 03/15/2024 03:27pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A police officer on patrol duty in northwestern Greece was arrested on drugs charges Friday for allegedly using his service car to smuggle marijuana, authorities said. The suspect was detained in the port town of Igoumenitsa following a road chase, together with an Albanian m Feds pick New England’s offshore wind development area, drawing cheers and questions alike 03/15/2024 02:05pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government on Friday designated a large area off the New England coast for offshore wind production development, setting the stage for a possible lease sale within the Gulf of Maine. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said in a statement that the New Engl Businesses are ready for April's total solar eclipse with celestial-themed doughnuts and beer 03/15/2024 01:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Eclipse-themed beer. Jewelry and ornaments. And doughnuts that capture the sun's disappearing act with the help of buttercream frosting. With April 8's total solar eclipse right around the corner, businesses are ready for the celestial event that will dim skies along a generous pat Bracket Racket V: Favorites fall in the A-10, a blowout in the Big Ten, OT in the ACC 03/15/2024 11:08am • Dave Preston is an AP Top 25 voter. Check out his ballots here. Forgive me if Conference Tournament Week makes me rather fried by Friday. But we get to the weekend with most of the locals (even using the extremely extended net) moving on from dreaming about reaching the NCAA Tournament. Thursd Today in Sports - UMBC becomes first No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1 seed with a 75-54 win over Virginia 03/15/2024 10:00am • March 16 1938 — Temple defeats Colorado 60-36 in the first National Invitation Tournament and the first major postseason basketball tournament. 1947 — Billy Taylor of the Detroit Red Wings sets an NHL record with seven assists in a 10-6 triumph over the Chicago Black Hawks. 1955 — NHL Presiden Across the US, batteries and green energies like wind and solar combine for major climate solution 03/15/2024 09:54am • In the Arizona desert, a Danish company is building a massive solar farm that includes batteries that charge when the sun is shining and supply energy back to the electric grid when it's not. Combining batteries with green energy is a fast-growing climate solution. “Solar farms only produce when Severe storms with tornadoes kill at least 3 in the central US 03/15/2024 08:45am • Severe storms with probable tornadoes tore through several central U.S. states, damaging homes and businesses and killing at least three people, with more bodies likely to be discovered, authorities said. As the sun rose Friday, officials scrambled to assess the extent of the destruction with the po Hard-throwing teens draw scouts, scholarships. More and more, they may also need Tommy John surgery 03/15/2024 06:00am • TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Most teenagers celebrate their high school graduation with friends, family and maybe a party. Brandon Compton had Tommy John surgery. It's been nearly 50 years since the game-changing procedure — which reconstructs a torn ulnar collateral ligament in a pitcher's elbow — was Nordic combined star Jarl Magnus Riiber soaring and skiing toward finish in record-breaking season 03/15/2024 06:00am • Jarl Magnus Riiber might be the most dominant athlete in any sport right now. If Nordic combined wasn't a niche sport, popular in countries such as Germany and Austria while mostly overlooked in the United States and elsewhere, the world would be well aware of what Riiber has been doing since Octobe Ohio defeats Western Michigan in Mid-American Conference quarterfinals, 82-55 03/14/2024 09:36pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Shereef Mitchell had 15 points as third-seeded Ohio knocked off sixth-seeded Western Michigan 82-55 Thursday night in the Mid-American Conference tournament quarterfinals. Ohio will play second-seeded Akron in the second of two semifinal games Friday. night. Bowling Green, the No. SpaceX comes close to completing test flight of mega rocket but loses spacecraft near end 03/14/2024 08:58pm • SpaceX came close to completing an hourlong test flight of its mega rocket on its third try Thursday, but the spacecraft was lost as it descended back to Earth. The company said it lost contact with Starship as it neared its goal, a splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The first-stage booster also ended Before the big show of peak bloom, DC's cherry blossoms get a trim 03/14/2024 08:19pm • As the cherry blossoms approach peak bloom at the National Mall, the National Park Service is at work, and the sound of chain saws rang out near the paddle boats as tourists snapped photos of D.C.'s blossoms, which are currently at the peduncle elongation stage. Matthew Morrison, chief arborist f Banks, St. Bonaventure beat Loyola Chicago 75-74 in 2OT in Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament 03/14/2024 08:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Daryl Banks III scored 22 points, including three free throws with 12.7 seconds left in the second overtime, and seventh-seeded Bonaventure defeated No. 2 seed Loyola Chicago 75-74 on Thursday to advance to the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament. Banks made a 3-poi