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EU scrambles to contain energy costs from war in Middle East

BRUSSELS (AP) — Leaders from across the European Union are meeting Thursday to grapple with rising oil and gas prices caused by the war raging across key energy producers and shipping lanes ...

DATE: Mar 19, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

In Lebanon, war and displacement mar run-up to Eid al-Fitr holiday for many

BEIRUT (AP) — Normally, Lilian Jamaan would have been shopping for clothes for her daughter and buying meat and sweets in preparation for the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr that marks the en...

DATE: Mar 19, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Overnight storm in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, kills at least 15 people and injures several

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Heavy rains and strong winds lashed Pakistan’s largest city overnight, killing at least 15 people and injuring several others as walls and roofs collapsed at multipl...

DATE: Mar 19, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Toronto faces Denver on 3-game win streak

Toronto Raptors (39-29, fifth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (42-28, sixth in the Western Conference) Denver; Friday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Toronto seeks to keep its three-g...

DATE: Mar 19, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Simpson, Williford lead Saint Joseph's (PA) over Colorado State in NIT 69-64

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Derek Simpson led Saint Joseph's (Pa.) with 13 points and Austin Williford made a 3-pointer with 57 seconds left as the Hawks took down Colorado State 69-64 on Wed...

DATE: Mar 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Wyatt Johnston scores shootout winner as Stars beat Avs 2-1 to tighten race for top spot in league

DENVER (AP) — Jake Oettinger made 33 saves through overtime, Wyatt Johnston scored the shootout winner and the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 on Wednesday night to tighten the ...

DATE: Mar 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Ty Jerome leads Grizzlies past Nuggets 125-118 to stop 8-game slide

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ty Jerome had 21 points, nine rebounds and nine assists as the Memphis Grizzlies snapped their eight-game losing streak Wednesday night with a 125-118 victory over the ...

DATE: Mar 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

A hollowed-out State Department strains to manage the Iran war, officials say

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray. The bureau’s role would be ...

DATE: Mar 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

César Chavez and Dolores Huerta led a movement that won better wages and conditions for farmworkers

Dolores Huerta and the late César Chavez are both labor rights icons credited with leading a movement that pushed growers to negotiate for better wages and working conditions for farmworkers...

DATE: Mar 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

California community ties all-time March temperature record in the US

NORTH SHORE, Calif. (AP) — A tiny desert community in Southern California reached 108 degrees on Wednesday, tying the highest March temperature ever recorded in the U.S. It came amid a recor...

DATE: Mar 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Strikes hit world's largest natural gas field in Iran, and Tehran retaliates with more attacks

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran broadened its strikes on major energy facilities in the Middle East, eliciting strong warnings Thursday from Gulf Arab states that called it a dangero...

DATE: Mar 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Democrats storm out of Justice Department leaders' briefing on the Epstein files

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday stormed out of a closed-door briefing on the Jeffrey Epstein files by Justice Department leaders, and said they would push to force Attorn...

DATE: Mar 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press