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SEC surge takes over March Madness with 6 teams in Sweet 16, setting up conference showdowns 03/24/2026 01:30pm • The Sweet 16 will have a definite SEC feel with six teams advancing from that conference to the second weekend of March Madness. Top seeds South Carolina and Texas cruised into the regional semifinals of the women's NCAA Tournament and are joined by No. 2 seeds Vanderbilt and LSU, No. 4 Oklahoma and 5 Democrats outline visions for DC at Ward 3 mayoral forum 03/24/2026 01:28pm • It was standing room only at St. Columba���s Episcopal Church on Albemarle Street in Northwest D.C., where the Ward 3 Democratic Committee's mayoral candidate forum was held Monday night. Five candidates vying for the party���s nomination were there, including front-runners Council member Jan US-Audiobooks-Top-10 03/24/2026 01:25pm • Audible best-sellers for the week ending March 20: Nonfiction 1. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, narrated by the author (Audible Studios) 2. You with the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate, narrated by the author (Little, Brown & Company) 3. Stripped Down by Bunnie Xo, narrated by the author ( Vanderbilt���s Sweet 16 return is powered by more than just Mikayla Blakes��� scoring show 03/24/2026 01:15pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� AP All-American Mikayla Blakes gets a lot of the attention at Vanderbilt as the nation���s leading scorer. But the Commodores are going to their first Sweet 16 since 2009 because they have so many others helping the Southeastern Conference���s player of the year. There���s 'Project Hail Mary' adds to a winning streak for originality at the movies 03/24/2026 01:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Franchise movies have been the dominant currency in Hollywood for years, but, lately, the upside of originality has been hard to miss. A week after ���One Battle After Another,��� ���Sinners��� and ���KPop Demon Hunters��� all triumphed at the Academy Awards, Phil Lord and Chris Mi Cincinnati hires alum Jerrod Calhoun as men's basketball coach 03/24/2026 01:06pm • Jerrod Calhoun is returning to the University of Cincinnati after being named the men's basketball coach on Tuesday. Calhoun, who will be formally introduced on Wednesday, has agreed to a six-year contract, pending board of trustees approval. He will earn $3.7 million in the first year followed by a Consumers seeks to delay millions in flood control upgrades as it pursues dam sales 03/24/2026 01:06pm • Consumers Energy is looking to delay hundreds of millions of dollars in planned safety upgrades at the largest dam in Michigan while it seeks approval of a hotly-debated plan to sell the facility and 12 others. In a filing March 16, the company asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for perm Poland faced a surge in cyberattacks in 2025, including a major assault on the energy sector 03/24/2026 01:04pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� Poland experienced 2�� times more cyberattacks in 2025 compared to the previous year, and the numbers are constantly rising, a government official said Tuesday. The attacks included a destructive infiltration of the country's energy system in December that was believed to be Even with robot umpires, MLB managers will find reasons to argue and get ejected 03/24/2026 01:03pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ��� Kevin Cash isn't worried that manager ejections will become a relic of baseball's past just because robot umpires have arrived to settle some debates. ���You only get two challenges, right? That can come up in the first inning,��� the Tampa Bay Rays manager said. Manager tantrum More than 450 TSA officers have quit during the partial government shutdown, Department of Homeland Security says 03/24/2026 01:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� More than 450 TSA officers have quit during the partial government shutdown, Department of Homeland Security says. OpenAI Foundation pledges $1B in grants to ensure AI 'benefits all of humanity' 03/24/2026 01:00pm • OpenAI Foundation, the nonprofit that controls the artificial intelligence company OpenAI and its flagship product ChatGPT, pledged Tuesday to grant out $1 billion over the next year and to build up its capacity as a philanthropic funder. The pledge represents a major development in OpenAI's philan Republican Abraham Enriquez advances to primary runoff election in Texas' 19th Congressional District 03/24/2026 12:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Republican Abraham Enriquez advances to primary runoff election in Texas' 19th Congressional District. Rubio plans travel to France to sell Iran war to skeptical G7 allies 03/24/2026 12:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to France this week to try to sell America���s skeptical Group of Seven allies on the strategy of the Iran war that has sent global fuel prices soaring, the State Department said Tuesday. Rubio will attend a G7 foreign ministers meeting 2026 Major League Baseball Schedule 03/24/2026 12:50pm • All Times EDT (Subject to change) Wednesday, March 25 N.Y. Yankees at San Francisco, 8:05 p.m. Thursday, March 26 Pittsburgh at N.Y. Mets, 1:15 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. Washington at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Minnesota at Baltimore, 3:05 p.m. Boston at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Detro Georgia could become the first state with weapons detection in all public schools 03/24/2026 12:46pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia could become the first state to require every student to be checked for weapons when arriving at a public school each day. A bill is nearing passage that would require weapons detection systems in a further reaction to a 2024 school shooting that killed four. ���That rifle