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Still going strong: Brenda Frese leads Maryland women's basketball to 16th straight NCAA tournament 03/19/2026 02:15pm • Over the last few years, the landscape in collegiate athletics has been dramatically altered. Conference realignment, COVID-19, the transfer portal, and name, image and likeness deals have turned things topsy turvy. But at the University of Maryland, for almost a quarter century, one thing that h The targeting of key Gulf energy infrastructure raises the risk of long-term disruption 03/19/2026 02:14pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� Escalating attacks on key oil and gas facilities in the Persian Gulf have increased the risk of an extended bout of higher prices for everything from gasoline and electricity to computer chips and food. 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All new users who create a new account will be a Average US long-term mortgage rate rises to 6.22%, highest level in more than 3 months 03/19/2026 02:01pm • The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in more than three months, a setback for prospective home shoppers this spring homebuying season. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.22% from 6.11% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursda MLS will play a 2027 'sprint season' before resetting its calendar for the global game 03/19/2026 02:00pm • Major League Soccer will play a shortened 14-game regular season in early 2027 before the league switches to a schedule that better aligns with those of its international counterparts. The league said Thursday that the so-called ���sprint season��� will run from February to May 2027, with each of th New study challenges a site that's key to how humans got to the Americas 03/19/2026 02:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� For decades, the strongest evidence for the earliest human settlement in the Americas came from a site in Chile called Monte Verde. Scientists found echoes of human presence dating back to around 14,500 years ago, including footprints, wooden tools, foundations for a building and What Americans are giving up to afford ACA health insurance, according to a new poll 03/19/2026 01:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Lately, Priscilla Brown has had to choose between properly managing her Type 2 diabetes and affording other necessities, like gas in her car. Some days, she takes half or a third of her prescribed insulin dose ��� just to stretch it out longer. ���Sometimes I don���t even take my Bank of England holds interest rates and hints of increases as Iran war jolts inflation outlook 03/19/2026 01:57pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The Bank of England held its main interest rate at 3.75% on Thursday as the sharp oil and gas price hikes following the start of the Iran war have stoked renewed concerns about inflation. The decision was widely anticipated after the United States and Israel started bombing Iran less States demand refunds on ���illegal��� Trump tariffs as Maryland and Virginia join $166B push 03/19/2026 01:56pm • Maryland and Virginia are part of a growing, multistate push to force Congress to refund more than $166 billion in tariffs, after the Supreme Court ruled the Trump policy illegal. Attorneys general in more than a dozen states, including Maryland and Virginia, are arguing the money to pay for Trump faces his most difficult Iran war decision: Will he deploy US troops to seize uranium? 03/19/2026 01:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump is facing perhaps the most daunting question of the war with Iran, one that could define his time in office: Will he put U.S. troops on the ground in Iran to secure some 970 pounds of enriched uranium that Tehran could potentially use to build nuclear weapo Texas jails aren���t meeting deadlines to free inmates, costing some counties thousands in settlements 03/19/2026 01:46pm • Jessica Jackson was supposed to be released from Dallas County jail in time for the holidays last year. She was arrested in early December for misdemeanor drug possession and violating parole, but was credited time for two years she���d already served on a previous aggravated robbery sentence. With