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4 players from Argentina's Velez Sarsfield soccer team suspended over rape investigation 03/07/2024 08:22pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina top-flight soccer club Vélez Sarsfield suspended four players on Thursday after a woman accused them of raping her last week. Velez said it suspended goalkeeper Sebastián Sosa, defender Braian Cufré, midfielder José Ignacio Florentín and striker Abiel Virginia budget bill leaves out governor's $2 billion deal to lure NBA and NHL teams from Washington 03/07/2024 08:02pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A proposal to lure the the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals to Alexandria took another big hit Thursday, when top Virginia lawmakers confirmed the budget they will take up later this week would not include language enabling the deal. The news does Haiti extends a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and repel widespread gang attacks 03/07/2024 07:40pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government said Thursday that it was extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and curb violent gang attacks that have paralyzed the capital of Port-au-Prince in a fierce battle for political power. An initial three-day curfew was announced o Rare 2-faced calf born last month at a Louisiana farm is flourishing despite the odds 03/07/2024 07:36pm • ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — A rare calf born with two faces — four eyes, two noses, two mouths and two ears — continued to flourish Thursday, eight days after its birth at a southwest Louisiana farm. The owners of Breaux Farms LLC in Cossinade, a community about 90 miles (145 kilometers) west of Bat Norfolk Southern alone should pay for cleanup of Ohio train derailment, judge says 03/07/2024 07:09pm • Norfolk Southern alone will be responsible for paying for the cleanup after last year's fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio, a federal judge ruled. The decision issued Wednesday threw out the railroad's claim that the companies that made chemicals that spilled and owned tank cars that ruptured sh Minneapolis Uber and Lyft drivers due for $15 an hour under council's plan but mayor vows a veto 03/07/2024 06:50pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council passed a measure Thursday that would increase wages for drivers of ride-hailing services to an equivalent of more than $15 an hour — which opponents say may increase costs to customers and fears that Uber and Lyft will follow through on their threa Why are clocks set forward in the spring? Thank wars, confusion and a hunger for sunlight 03/07/2024 05:27pm • DALLAS (AP) — Once again, most Americans will set their clocks forward by one hour this weekend, losing perhaps a bit of sleep but gaining more glorious sunlight in the evenings as the days warm into summer. Where did this all come from, though? How we came to move the clock forward in the s Power lines ignited the largest wildfire in Texas history and one nearby, officials say 03/07/2024 05:01pm • Power lines ignited massive wildfires across the Texas Panhandle that killed at least two people, destroyed homes and livestock, and left a charred landscape, officials said Thursday, including the largest blaze in state history. The Texas A&M Forest Service said its investigators concluded that National Cherry Blossom Festival announces lineup of more than 100 performances 03/07/2024 03:38pm • There are more than 100 scheduled performances at D.C.'s Tidal Basin for the National Cherry Blossom Festival. The performances run from March 23 through April 7 and take place on the ANA Stage at the Tidal Basin welcome area. The festival said the musical performances will "celebrate the long IndyCar resumes this weekend in downtown St. Petersburg following long and rocky offseason 03/07/2024 03:27pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — It has been six months since Alex Palou closed the IndyCar season with his second championship in three years and the time off has not been the smoothest for America’s open-wheel racing series. Honda publicly aired grievances with IndyCar, team owners have been grumb Wayward 450-pound pig named Kevin Bacon hams it up for home security camera 03/07/2024 12:58pm • In Hollywood, actor Kevin Bacon is a big star. In Wisconsin's Kenosha County, Kevin Bacon is one big pig! The 450-pound porker wandered from his pen last week then moseyed on down the road, where he was caught hamming it up on the Molgaard family's security camera. “My wife spotted an unusual shap Proposed transmission line for renewable power from Canada to New England canceled 03/07/2024 11:54am • A major electrical transmission line proposal intended to carry power to New England from Canada through Vermont and New Hampshire has been canceled. Electric utility National Grid, one of the developers of the proposal, said in an emailed statement on Thursday that it “has determined that the p Europe's economy has stalled. But an interest rate cut will likely have to wait for summer 03/07/2024 11:25am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in Europe is way down from its painful double-digit peak, and the economy has stalled. But the European Central Bank left its key interest rate at a record high Thursday, and its leader suggested a much-anticipated cut to borrowing costs would likely wait until Today in Sports - Lindsey Vonn wins her 10th career World Cup downhill to break the U.S. record 03/07/2024 10:10am • March 8 1954 — The Milwaukee Hawks beat the Baltimore Bullets twice 64-54 and 65-54, in the only doubleheader in NBA history involving the same two teams. 1958 — Silky Sullivan, ridden by Bill Shoemaker, wins the Santa Anita Derby by three lengths after trailing by 40 early in the race and by 20 Today in Sports - Week Ahead, March 8 - March 14 03/07/2024 10:05am • March 8 1954 — The Milwaukee Hawks beat the Baltimore Bullets twice 64-54 and 65-54, in the only doubleheader in NBA history involving the same two teams. 1958 — Silky Sullivan, ridden by Bill Shoemaker, wins the Santa Anita Derby by three lengths after trailing by 40 early in the race and by 20