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Xenophobia or security precaution? Georgia lawmakers divided over limiting foreign land ownership 03/12/2024 05:30pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Legislation that would ban some citizens of China from owning farmland in Georgia is advancing at the state Capitol despite criticism that it promotes xenophobia and could face legal hurdles. Supporters say the ban is needed to protect the country's food supply from a nation hostile Illinois police identify the three kids and two drivers killed when a school bus hit a semitruck 03/12/2024 05:06pm • RUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities have identified the five people killed in a fiery collision between a school bus and semitruck on a highway in rural Illinois, including a young brother and sister, another 3-year-old boy and both drivers. The eastbound bus from Schuyler-Industry Schools crossed Buttigieg scolds railroads for not doing more to improve safety since Ohio derailment 03/12/2024 04:47pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has reiterated his concerns about railroad safety and scolded the industry for not doing more to improve since last year's fiery Ohio derailment. In a new letter to the freight railroads' main trade group, Buttigieg acknowledged that railr April’s total solar eclipse is a month away. Here’s why it’s worth the watch and how to stay safe 03/12/2024 04:10pm • The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total solar eclipse. The peak spectacle on April 8 will last up to 4 minutes, 28 seconds in the path of total darkness — twice as long as the total solar eclipse that dimmed U.S. skies in 2017. AUTO RACING: Bell gets Toyota into Victory Lane in Cup Series and Newgarden and Verstappen get wins 03/12/2024 03:56pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Food City 500 Site: Bristol, Tennessee. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 5 p.m., and qualifying, 5:50 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3:30 p.m. (FOX). Track: Bristol Motor Speedway. Race distance: 500 laps, 266.5 miles. Last year: Christopher Bell started fourth and won on the d Michigan man who was accidently shot in face with ghost gun sues manufacturer and former friend 03/12/2024 12:30pm • A 19-year-old Michigan man who lost his right eye after being shot with a firearm made from a ghost gun kit filed a lawsuit Tuesday against his former best friend who accidently shot him and the Pennsylvania company that sold his friend the kit. The lawsuit, which was filed in Washtenaw County Circu At least 7 are dead and 38 are rescued after a migrant boat was found near Spain's Canary Islands 03/12/2024 11:41am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Two bodies have been found in a migrant boat making the risky but increasingly popular voyage from West Africa toward Spain's Canary Islands, and survivors said five other people died and were put overboard, maritime rescuers and the Red Cross said Tuesday. There were 38 su Southwest plans to reduce capacity, reevaluate 2024 financial outlook on delivery delays from Boeing 03/12/2024 10:52am • Shares of Southwest plunged Tuesday as the airline said that it plans to reduce capacity and reevaluate its full-year financial outlook because of fewer expected aircraft deliveries from it supplier, Boeing. Southwest Airlines said in a regulatory filing that Boeing expects to deliver 46 737-8 plane Column: Brice Garnett shows why winning means just as much to the little guys 03/12/2024 10:51am • PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Until Sunday, about the only thing Scottie Scheffler and Brice Garnett had in common was PGA Tour status and serving together on the Player Advisory Council last year. They won tournaments held 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) apart — separated by margins even greate From US jail, Venezuelan general who defied Maduro awaits potentially lengthy sentence 03/12/2024 10:11am • CARMEL, N.Y. (AP) — With his strong military bearing, purposeful stride and firm handshake, Cliver Alcalá still looks every bit the retired three-star Venezuelan army general, even though the only uniform he wears now are drab jailhouse khakis. A formidable opponent of socialist Venezuelan Presid Today in Sports - After a 40-day retirement, QB Tom Brady announces he will return to play 03/12/2024 10:00am • March 13 1894 — J.L. Johnstone of England invents the starting gate for horse racing. 1920 — NYU wins the national amateur basketball championship in Atlanta. The Violets beat Rutgers 49-24 in the final of the AAU tournament. 1961 — Floyd Patterson knocks out Ingemar Johansson in the sixth rou Man suspected of robberies fatally shot by Texas officers after the robbery of a liquor store 03/12/2024 08:58am • OAK RIDGE NORTH, Texas (AP) — A man suspected of several robberies in southeastern Texas was fatally shot Monday night by officers with a joint task force after they saw him rob a liquor store, authorities said. The man, whose name was not immediately released, fled officers who had been monitorin Iran, Russia and China show off their ships in a joint naval drill in the Gulf of Oman 03/12/2024 07:49am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — China, Iran and Russia have begun a joint naval drill in the Gulf of Oman, a crucial waterway near the mouth of the Persian Gulf, officials said Tuesday. Footage aired by Chinese state television and a video released by the Russian navy showed the ongoing drill, 3 children and 2 adults die after school bus collides with semi in Illinois, authorities say 03/11/2024 11:24pm • RUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Five people, including three children, were killed in western Illinois when a school bus and semitruck collided on a highway Monday, authorities said. The bus was traveling eastbound when it crossed the center line on U.S. Route 24 into the westbound lanes “for an unknown Cade Cunningham's 22 points, 8 assists help Pistons top Hornets 114-97 to take 3-game season series 03/11/2024 09:56pm • DETROIT (AP) — Cade Cunningham scored 12 of his 22 points in the first quarter to help Detroit build a double-digit lead and he finished with eight assists in a 114-97 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night, the Pistons' largest margin of victory this season. Cunningham reached 1,200 point