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9 killed in western Wisconsin traffic crash involving a semitruck and a van 03/08/2024 11:45pm • DEWHURST, Wis. (AP) — Nine people were killed Friday in a crash involving a semitrailer and a van at a western Wisconsin highway intersection. Preliminary reports about the early morning crash indicated the semitrailer traveling on State Highway 95 collided with the van traveling on County Highway Alabama clinic resumes IVF treatments under new law shielding providers from liability 03/08/2024 11:18pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — At least one clinic in Alabama has resumed in vitro fertilization treatments after the governor signed a bill into law shielding providers from potential legal liability raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Alabama Fertility Specialists performe Michigan residents urged not to pick up debris from explosive vaping supplies fire that killed 1 03/08/2024 11:16pm • CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities investigating a fire and explosions that rocked a suburban Detroit building filled with vaping industry supplies, killing one man as gas canisters soared up to 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) away, urged residents Friday not to pick up any debris because they st Wizards snap 16-game losing streak with 112-100 victory over Hornets 03/08/2024 10:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Feeling the weight of a 16-game losing streak, the Washington Wizards dug in and played one of their best quarters of the season. Kyle Kuzma scored 28 points, Deni Avdija added 18 and the Wizards snapped their skid with a 112-100 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night Foreigners trapped in violence-torn Haiti wait desperately for a way out 03/08/2024 09:40pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dozens of foreigners, including many from the United States and Canada, are stranded in Haiti, desperately trying to leave the violence-torn country where anti-government gangs are battling police and have already shut down both of the country's international airports. AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Georgia's presidential primaries 03/08/2024 09:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Emerging from their near-clean sweeps of Super Tuesday contests, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump head to Georgia, where they’ll campaign for votes in Tuesday’s presidential primary in a state that will play a pivotal role in deciding their fates in Novem California school district changes gender-identity policy after being sued by state 03/08/2024 07:15pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California school district sued by the state has updated its policy requiring staff to notify parents that a student is using a different pronoun or bathroom designated for another gender and now will only mention that a child has requested a change to their st Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes keep bringing a crowd as Big Ten tourney fills up black and gold 03/08/2024 07:13pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The queue began at breakfast time, about nine hours before Iowa played in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals, when black-and-gold-clad fans with general admission tickets determined to secure the best possible seats started camping out in the skyway outside Target Center There Authorities investigate oil sheen off Southern California coast 03/08/2024 06:06pm • HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have detected a 2.5-mile (4 kilometer) long oil sheen off the coast of Southern California. But they said it doesn't appear to be a crude spill and are investigating the cause. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Richard Brahm said authorities spotted the she DC cherry blossoms hit halfway mark to peak bloom 03/08/2024 05:18pm • These mild temps this week in the D.C. area and daylight saving time this weekend may have you feeling like spring has sprung. And the cherry blossom trees down at the Tidal Basin agree. It's halfway to full bloom as of Friday, according to the National Park Service. Behold the plant! Oh, w Getting food delivered in New York is simple. For the workers who do it, getting paid is not 03/08/2024 04:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers place over 100 million food delivery orders each year via a very simple process: press a few buttons on an app and it’s in their hands in about 30 minutes. For the delivery workers, the process is anything but simple. And it has only become more complex since the city Cole Brauer becomes first American woman to race sailboat alone and nonstop around world 03/08/2024 04:22pm • A CORUNA, Spain (AP) — Alone, Cole Brauer braved three oceans and the elements as she navigated her sailboat for months. When she and her 40-foot (12.2-meter) sailboat arrived Thursday in A Coruna, Spain, the 29-year-old became the first American woman to race nonstop around the world by herself, Alaska whaling village teen pleads not guilty to 16 felony counts in shooting that left 2 dead 03/08/2024 04:20pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 16-year-old boy charged as an adult in the shooting deaths of two people in the northwest Alaska whaling village of Point Hope was arraigned Friday on 16 felony counts. Daniel Dalle-Molle, the public defender for Guy Nashookpuk, entered not guilty pleas to the charges le 'Oh my God feeling.' Trooper speaks about shooting knife-wielding man, worrying about other officers 03/08/2024 03:54pm • A Connecticut state trooper who shot a 19-year-old man to death in a stolen car in 2020 testified in his defense Friday that he believed he had to open fire because the man was armed with a knife and made threatening movements toward other officers. Trooper Brian North, 33, took the stand on the fif Three people were rescued after a sailboat caught fire off the coast of Virginia Beach 03/08/2024 03:44pm • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Three people were rescued after a sailboat caught fire off the coast of Virginia Beach early Friday, a fire official said. The U.S. Coast Guard asked the Virginia Beach Fire Department’s fire boat crews to help respond to the fire about 3 miles (4.8 km) off the coast o