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Nebraska gets its first NCAA Tournament win, beating Troy 76-47 behind Pryce Sandfort's 23 pointsMar 19, 2026 9:07 pm - OKLAHOMA CITY — Finally, Nebraska has a happy March Madness memory. Pryce Sandfort scored 23 points and the Cornhuskers rolled to their long-awaited first NCAA Tournament...
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High Point stuns Wisconsin 83-82 in March Madness on Chase Johnston's first 2-point basket of seasonMar 19, 2026 8:54 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. — Chase Johnston made his first 2-point basket of the season, a fast-break layup with 11.7 seconds remaining that gave No. 12 seed High Point an 83-82 vict...
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No. 1 overall seed Duke survives 16-seed Siena, rallies for 71-65 win in 1st round of March MadnessMar 19, 2026 8:49 pm - GREENVILLE, S.C. — For most of Thursday, Duke looked nothing like the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. Not with 16th-seeded Siena challenging the Blue Devils at...
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Brent crude briefly tops $119 per barrel, before receding, and shakes stock markets worldwideMar 19, 2026 4:06 pm - A roller-coaster day for oil prices showed how they’re dictating where financial markets and maybe even the global economy are heading. Stocks tumbled in Europe and Asia when oil prices shot higher early on Thursday, but U.S. stocks pared their sharp losses as the day progressed and oil prices fell back.
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Trade with Cuba collapses as Trump escalates pressure on Communist Party leadershipMar 19, 2026 3:50 pm - MIAMI — The Cuban Communist Party has shown an astonishing resilience over six decades in power. Whether it's the United States trade embargo to counter Fidel Castro's 1...
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Israel hits Tehran with airstrikes on Persian New York as war jolts energy marketsMar 19, 2026 3:39 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — srael pounded Tehran with airstrikes Friday as Iranians marked Nowruz, or the Persian New Year, in the midst of a war that has sent shock wa...
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RFK Jr. makes food sound like a miracle drug. Researchers say he often overstates the science.Mar 19, 2026 3:27 pm - In the Trump administration’s campaign to promote healthy eating, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has not stopped at his slogan urging people to “eat real food” to prevent disease.
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Body of missing student from Elmhurst found in BarcelonaMar 19, 2026 3:26 pm - The body of James “Jimmy” Gracey, a college student from Elmhurst who went missing while in Spain on spring break, was found Thursday in the water off a Barcelona beach, police said.
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Trump administration launches investigation of states that mandate health insurance covers abortionMar 19, 2026 3:23 pm - The Trump administration said Thursday that it has launched investigations into 13 states that require state-regulated health insurance plans to cover abortion. The probe...
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What Americans are giving up to afford ACA health insurance, according to a new pollMar 19, 2026 3:20 pm - NEW YORK — 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 ta...