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Out of this World ... Series. Total solar eclipse a spectacular leadoff for Guardians' home opener 04/08/2024 09:10pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Pregame festivities for the Guardians' home opener were ceremonial and celestial. The first pitch for Monday's game between Cleveland and the Chicago White Sox was upstaged by the solar eclipse, which briefly turned day into night at Progressive Field and made an annual rite of sp Spending too much online? Put some guardrails in place (and don’t shop drunk) 04/08/2024 02:39pm • Online shopping has made it easy to get near-instant gratification, but that purchase could also come with some regret. A survey of 2,000 Americans by online shopping platform Slickdeals found that 74% of online shoppers had buyer's remorse after buying items online. Respondents, 39%, felt someth As a Mississippi town reels from a devastating tornado, a displaced family finds its way home 04/08/2024 09:00am • ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — As a deadly tornado barreled toward their home in the Mississippi Delta, Ida Cartlidge only had time to scoop up her 1-year-old son, Nolan, and hold him close. Cartlidge huddled with her husband and three sons on the living room floor of their Rolling Fork mobile home, i Inside Georgetown's new cat cafe, Mèo Maison 04/08/2024 04:50am • Fans of fluff, rejoice! D.C.'s Georgetown neighborhood has a brand-new cat cafe, called Mèo Maison. The cafe's name is pronounced "meow may-zahn," which translates to "Cat House," with "mèo" meaning "cat" in Vietnamese and "maison" translating to "house" in French. "I just always loved cats Miami-area shootout leaves security guard and suspect dead, police officer and 6 others injured 04/07/2024 11:08am • DORAL, Fla. (AP) — A security guard was killed and a police officer shot before other officers killed a gunman in a shootout at a Miami-area shopping center Saturday that left several bystanders injured, authorities said. A security guard at CityPlace in Doral was fatally shot during an altercatio Almirola grabs lead on overtime restart and wins at Martinsville in Xfinity Series 04/06/2024 11:07pm • MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Aric Almirola grabbed the lead by going three-wide on the outside in a two-lap dash to the finish and won the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday night. Almirola, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, outran Sam Mayer and teammate Chandler Smith before Small town businesses embrace total solar eclipse crowd, come rain or shine on Monday 04/06/2024 07:53pm • WAXAHACHIE, Texas (AP) — The last time a total solar eclipse passed through this Texas town, horses and buggies filled the streets and cotton fetched 9 cents a pound. Nearly 150 years later, one thing hasn’t changed: the threat of clouds blocking the view. Overcast skies are forecast for Mondayâ Police in Arkansas fatally shoot man who barricaded himself at a shopping mall 04/06/2024 06:27pm • CONWAY, Arkansas (AP) — Police in central Arkansas shot a man who later died after the man fired at officers at a shopping mall Saturday morning. Conway police said on Facebook that officers responded to a report about a man who had driven a vehicle into a massage therapy business at the Lewis Cro Gunfight at south Florida bar leaves 2 dead and 7 injured 04/06/2024 04:26pm • DORAL, Fla. (AP) — A gunfight at a suburban Miami bar left two people dead and seven injured early Saturday. Investigators said a fight between customers broke out around 3:30 a.m. at the Martini Bar in the CityPlace Doral development in Doral, Florida. When a security guard intervened, an unnamed As March Madness wraps, players like ZaKiyah Johnson juggle basketball with recruiting calls and NIL 04/06/2024 12:08pm • SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Recruitment letters have overwhelmed one long shoe box, along with a backpack set aside for the frontrunners. ZaKiyah Johnson will eventually get around to reading them, her mother believes, though it could be a while before the highly prized basketball recruit responds to Russian missile strikes in Ukraine kill 8 and wound 12 04/06/2024 10:48am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missile strikes in Ukraine overnight and on Saturday killed eight people and wounded 12 more, officials said. According to the governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Syniehubov, six people were killed and 11 were wounded in overnight missile attacks on the city of Khark What to buy in April that won't break the bank 04/06/2024 05:25am • The Easter holiday may be over, but experts say you can still get a deal on a lot of products for the month of April. Kristin McGrath, editor at RetailMeNot, said consumers can get deep discounts on photography gift services. "That's because Mother's Day is coming up and the first half of May Where to find eclipse glasses and watch parties around the DC area 04/05/2024 07:47am • On Monday, April 8, a majority of the United States will be able to see a total solar eclipse. The eclipse will last all of 4 minutes and some change, but if you miss it, you won't get another chance to see it for 20 more years. If you're still looking to get glasses or figuring out where to view No, a judge didn't void all of New York's legalized marijuana laws. He struck down some 04/04/2024 09:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York's cannabis industry was unsettled Thursday by a judge's ruling that appeared to strike down all regulations governing recreational marijuana in the state. But a key portion of the order turned out to be a mistake. The Wednesday ruling was amended Thursday to reflect a much Dementia Care: Tips for Home Caregivers 04/04/2024 08:00pm • For most older adults, the idea of aging in place and staying at home for as long as possible is an attractive one. In fact, a March 2023 survey of 2,000 adults ages 55 and older conducted by U.S. News & World Report found that 93% of respondents felt aging in place was an important goal for the