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Oregon county plants trees to honor victims of killer 2021 heat wave 03/17/2024 08:36pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Family members of some of the people killed by record-breaking heat in the Portland, Oregon, area three years ago gathered over the weekend to plant trees across Multnomah County in honor of its 72 victims. The event, coordinated by county and local officials and a nonprofit March Madness is here. UConn, Purdue, Houston and North Carolina get top seeding in NCAA Tournament 03/17/2024 08:22pm • Even before the brackets came out Sunday, March Madness was a muddled mess. About the closest thing to a sure thing: UConn. The defending champion Huskies earned the top seed in the NCAA Tournament, joined by Houston,Purdue and North Carolina as No. 1 seeds in a bracket that started going haywire e No. 7 Iowa State blitzes No. 1 Houston in second half, wins Big 12 tourney title 69-41 03/17/2024 02:49am • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — T.J. Otzelberger nearly let the Big 12 Tournament trophy slip through his hands before adjusting his grip and raising it above his head, that polo shirt so many people find so comically tight on Iowa State's coach stretching just a little bit more. There was nothing funny a It's March Madness and more people than ever can legally bet on basketball games 03/17/2024 12:23am • People in North Carolina may have a little more riding on this year's NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments, as they will be able to legally bet on the games through their smartphone apps and computers for the first time. For the sixth straight year, the number of states allowing legal sp With green and glee, major US parades mark St. Patrick's Day — a little early 03/16/2024 10:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) — People across the United States celebrated Irish heritage at several major St. Patrick's Day parades Saturday, marking the holiday a day early at events that included a big anniversary in Savannah, Georgia, and honored a pioneering female business leader as grand marshal in New Yor NASCAR's concrete coliseum is back to normal for Sunday's race at Bristol. Drivers welcome the move 03/16/2024 07:33pm • Bristol Motor Speedway has ditched the dirt and is back to being a concrete coliseum for its annual spring race. The famed short track added red clay each of the last three years for its first of two events. Reviews were mixed, and as the novelty wore off, sub-par racing inside the 0.533-mile bullri Wyndham Clark sets a big target at The Players Championship. Scheffler coping with pain in his neck 03/15/2024 07:52pm • PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler had his 25th consecutive round under par Friday in The Players Championship, and this was hard work. He felt pain in his neck that required treatment on the course, and he struggled to swing and to stay within range of Wyndham Clark. Feeling fit or Hosting Ireland's prime minister, Biden celebrates his Irish roots (as he likes to do) 03/15/2024 03:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — With St. Patrick's Day this weekend, President Joe Biden got to dwell Friday on one of his favorite subjects: Ireland. Biden played host to Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at the White House and then the two attended a luncheon at the U.S. Capitol as the two countries celebrate Businesses are ready for April's total solar eclipse with celestial-themed doughnuts and beer 03/15/2024 01:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Eclipse-themed beer. Jewelry and ornaments. And doughnuts that capture the sun's disappearing act with the help of buttercream frosting. With April 8's total solar eclipse right around the corner, businesses are ready for the celestial event that will dim skies along a generous pat Mississippi ex-police officer pleads guilty after making man lick urine off jail floor 03/14/2024 07:48pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal misdemeanor charge after authorities said he forced a man he had arrested to lick urine off the floor of a jail cell. Michael Christian Green, 26, lost his job as a Pearl Police Department patrol offi Police search for a University of Missouri student in Nashville 03/14/2024 11:16am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee are searching for a University of Missouri student who was last seen by friends at a Nashville bar Friday night. Metropolitan Nashville Police released video Tuesday that shows Riley Strain, 22, crossing a downtown street Friday night. Police have said S Things to do in the DC area: St. Patrick's Day events, Shrek dance party … and more! 03/14/2024 06:16am • There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. Celebrate the luck of the Irish in the coming days with this selecti 3 Ways International Students Can Maximize Campus Life 03/13/2024 08:00pm • From a model United Nations to an aircraft hangar club, Bangladeshi national Ibnul Alam maximized his participation in campus activities while an international undergraduate and graduate student in Hong Kong and the U.S. Alam received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University Spring for Amish people in Pennsylvania means 'mud sales,' from pitchforks to pies 03/13/2024 03:13pm • GORDONVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A couple hundred used buggies — horses not included — were lined up and ready for the auctioneer's gavel last weekend when day began at the Gordonville mud sale, a local Amish tradition dating to the 1960s. Mud sales are country auctions that benefit volunteer fire d Viral video of Biden effigy beating prompts calls for top Kansas Republican leaders to resign 03/12/2024 06:48pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two top Kansas Republican Party officials are facing internal calls to resign over a viral online video showing people at a fundraiser kicking and beating a mannequin wearing a mask of Joe Biden, underscoring the national GOP’s deep divisions and its struggles to win over vot