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10 years after the deadliest US landslide, climate change is increasing the danger 03/20/2024 01:45pm • OSO, Wash. (AP) — After the mountainside collapsed, obliterating a neighborhood and 43 lives in the worst landslide disaster in U.S. history, Jessica Pzsonka made a promise -– to herself, to her bereft parents and to her late sister, who was buried along with two young sons, her husband and in-l Ethics committee clears FIA President of wrongdoing in pair of whistleblower complaints 03/20/2024 01:14pm • The ethics committee for Formula 1's governing body has cleared Mohammed Ben Sulayem in a pair of whistleblower complaints that alleged the FIA president twice interfered in competition last year. The FIA earlier this month said its compliance officer received two complaints against Ben Sulayem. Th Micah Handlogten will rejoin Florida for NCAA tourney after breaking his leg in the SEC title game 03/20/2024 01:09pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida center Micah Handlogten, who gruesomely broke his left leg two minutes into the Southeastern Conference championship game on Sunday, will be on hand to watch the Gators in the NCAA Tournament. Already using crutches while recovering from surgery at Vanderbilt Unive Kentucky parents charged with attempting to sell newborn twin girls 03/20/2024 01:00pm • MCKEE, Ky. (AP) — An eastern Kentucky couple has been accused of trying to sell their newborn twin girls. The couple offered to sell the babies, who were born Feb. 28, to a relative for $5,000, the Jackson County Sheriff's Department said in arrest citations. The mother and father, both in their e Social media's effect on kids is 'deeply concerning,' says local policy expert 03/20/2024 07:30am • Maryland lawmakers are considering a number of bills dealing with the addictive nature of social media, especially as it relates to children. House and Senate panels heard from parents of children who took their own lives after being relentlessly bullied online or children who died after taking p Edmunds: Best used spring break adventure vehicles for less than $30K 03/20/2024 07:10am • Even with much of the country blanketed by rain and snow, it’s not too early to think of the thaw. March and April bring one of the most anticipated parts of the calendar — spring break — and with it thoughts of adventure and the open highway. If the idea lifts your spirits but your current ca New Zealand will ban disposable e-cigarettes in a bid to prevent minors from taking up the habit 03/20/2024 02:29am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand said Wednesday it will ban disposable e-cigarettes, or vapes, and raise financial penalties for those who sell such products to minors. The move comes less than a month after the government repealed a unique law enacted by the previous left-leaning govern Today in History: March 20, Lyle and Erik Menendez convicted of the murder of their parents 03/20/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, March 20, the 80th day of 2024. There are 286 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 20, 1996, a jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder in the shotgun slayings of their wealthy parents. (They were sen Houthis in Yemen blow up a resident's house, killing at least 9 from the same family, residents say 03/19/2024 08:34pm • CAIRO (AP) — Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen blew up a house Tuesday in a town southeast of the capital, Sanaa, killing at least nine people from the same family, officials and residents said. This came a day after two Houthi fighters were killed in an ambush allegedly set up by the house's Online protection bills for kids pass in Maryland House, Senate — but Big Tech companies continue their fight 03/19/2024 08:05pm • Bills that would limit how much data can be harvested from kids online passed overwhelmingly in their respective chambers in Annapolis, Maryland, but there are signs that opponents aren't finished objecting to the measures. House and Senate bills would bar tech companies from using data to push p Judges limit North Carolina child support law requirement in IVF case involving same-sex couple 03/19/2024 07:19pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Someone acting as a child's parent can't be ordered to pay child support in North Carolina unless the person is an actual parent or has formally agreed to provide such compensation, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in a case involving an unmarried same-sex couple. A d Michigan will become the last US state to decriminalize surrogacy contracts 03/19/2024 06:08pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Rachael Lang and her husband share the same last name as their biological daughter, but are not listed on her birth certificate. Instead, it bears the name of a surrogate who carried their daughter due to Lang’s past cancer diagnosis. Michigan’s ban on paid surrogacy cont ESPN will remain the home of the College Football Playoff through 2031 under $7.8 billion deal 03/19/2024 02:46pm • The College Football Playoff and ESPN announced a $7.8 billion deal Tuesday that will give the network exclusive rights to the expanded postseason through the 2031 season, with the national championship game moving to ABC starting in 2026. Financial terms were not announced, but as previously report March Madness as we know it could be on the way out amid seismic changes in college sports 03/19/2024 09:10am • Tracking the changes upending college sports can be as frenetic as flipping between all the games going down over the first week of March Madness. Ultimately, those changes could impact what America’s favorite basketball tournament looks like in the future — or whether it exists at all. News ab German soccer targets racism before hosting Euro 2024 03/19/2024 07:18am • BERLIN (AP) — The German soccer federation is targeting racism and discrimination among fans and amateur players with a new campaign ahead of this summer's European Championship. The federation presented its two-pronged strategy on Monday with a video message under the motto “Soccer time is the