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Oil tanks catch fire at quarry in Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC 03/14/2024 05:08pm • ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) ��� Several oil tanks caught on fire late Thursday morning at a quarry in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., sending thick plumes of black smoke into the air that were visible for miles. The fire was contained by early afternoon while three tanks continued to burn, Montgom Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition 03/14/2024 05:05pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ��� For the past five years, Alaska���s annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly free of controversy, as teams of dogs and their mushers braved the elements in the 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) test of endurance across the frozen wilderness. This year the deaths of th Survivors of Mediterranean rescue say about 60 people died on the trip from Libya, aid group reports 03/14/2024 02:32pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Survivors rescued from a deflating rubber dinghy in the central Mediterranean Sea have reported that some 60 people who departed Libya with them more than a week ago perished during the journey, the humanitarian rescue group SOS Mediterranee said Thursday. The European charity���s shi Duty, Honor, Outrage: Change to West Point's mission statement sparks controversy 03/14/2024 02:26pm • WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) ��� ���Duty, Honor, Country��� has been the motto of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point since 1898. That motto isn���t changing, but a decision to take those words out of the school's lesser-known mission statement is still generating outrage. Officials at the 222-year-old US official says Kosovo's ban on dinar use may spark a 'humanitarian issue' for ethnic Serbs 03/14/2024 02:04pm • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) ��� A senior U.S. official on Thursday said he was ���very concerned��� that Kosovo���s decision to ban the use of Serbian dinar in the north could cause ���an emerging humanitarian issue��� for the ethnic Serb minority. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar met w NYC thinks Census Bureau estimates missed tens of thousands of asylum seekers 03/14/2024 12:49pm • Three New York City boroughs lost almost 80,000 residents from people moving away last year, according to population estimates released Thursday, but city officials think those numbers are a vast undercount that doesn't capture the influx of asylum seekers who came to the city. The city rented out e Report finds flawed tactics, poor communication in a probe of New Mexico trooper's death 03/14/2024 12:37pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� Flawed tactics and poor communications were among the key findings of a New Mexico State Police internal review of the deadly shooting of an officer who unknowingly stopped an armed drug suspect while he was being tracked by federal agents as part of an undercover operation i Estranged wife gives Gilgo Beach slaying suspect 'the benefit of the doubt,' visits him in jail 03/14/2024 11:12am • RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) ��� The estranged wife of Long Island serial killing suspect Rex Heuermann says she believes he is not capable of the crimes he is accused of and she visits him in jail weekly despite pending divorce proceedings. Asa Ellerup, who filed for divorce in the days after Heuermann's J A basketball coaching family, dealing with grief, aims at New York and Connecticut state titles 03/14/2024 10:46am • Linda Zullo would have loved Saturday. Jim Zullo, her husband, will coach in the New York state girls basketball semifinals. Sam Zullo, her son, will coach in a Connecticut state girls basketball championship game for the first time. They���ve long dreamed of having a day like this. So did Linda, th Today in Sports - North Carolina HC Dean Smith becomes NCAA career leader with 877 victories 03/14/2024 10:10am • March 15 1869 ��� The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first pro baseball team, is organized by George Ellard and Harry Wright. 1940 ��� Colorado, led by Bob Doll���s 15 points, beats Duquesne 51-40 for the NIT championship. 1958 ��� Cincinnati���s Oscar Robertson scores a NCAA Midwest region-record 56 Today in Sports - Week Ahead, March 15 - March 21 03/14/2024 10:05am • March 15 1869 ��� The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first pro baseball team, is organized by George Ellard and Harry Wright. 1940 ��� Colorado, led by Bob Doll���s 15 points, beats Duquesne 51-40 for the NIT championship. 1958 ��� Cincinnati���s Oscar Robertson scores a NCAA Midwest region-record 56 How will DC's cherry blossoms react to a cold front after an unseasonably warm week? 03/14/2024 08:28am • As the spring weather continues to trend warm, you maybe wondering to yourself ��� 'how does this affect D.C.'s beloved cherry blossoms?' Afternoon high temperatures were forecast to be in the mid-to-high 70s on Thursday, marking the third day of high temperatures, which will continue Friday. South Korea, Mexico, Britain and Alabama are among MLB's scheduled stops in 2024 03/14/2024 06:00am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Beginning with its ninth international opener, Major League Baseball is traveling all over the world in 2024. Here are some dates to remember for the upcoming season: SEOUL SERIES - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres: Shohei Ohtani makes his Dodgers debut in Landslide destroys Los Angeles home and threatens at least 2 others 03/14/2024 05:18am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A landslide reduced a Los Angeles house under renovation to a jumble of lumber, pulled the pool and deck away from a second home, and left the pool at a third residence on the edge of a huge fissure early Wednesday. The slide occurred just before 3 a.m. in Sherman Oaks, a neighb Loyola Chicago Ramblers and Saint Bonaventure Bonnies meet in A-10 Tournament 03/14/2024 03:41am • Saint Bonaventure Bonnies (19-12, 10-9 A-10) vs. Loyola Chicago Ramblers (23-8, 15-3 A-10) New York; Thursday, 5 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Ramblers -2; over/under is 137.5 BOTTOM LINE: Loyola Chicago and Saint Bonaventure meet in the A-10 Tournament. The Ramblers are 15-3 against A-10 oppon