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Teacher apologizes for accidentally firing gun in classroom

SEASIDE, Calif. – A teacher at a Northern California high school has apologized for accidentally firing a gun inside his classroom, causing minor injuries to three students. Denni...

DATE: Mar 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

NCAA Tournament: Florida State rallies past Xavier; Cincinnati, North Carolina, Michigan State fall

Lower seeds Sweet 16-bound in droves

DATE: Mar 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NCAA Tournament: Loyola of Chicago tops Tennessee to advance to Sweet 16

WICHITA, Kan. – Michigan freshman Jordan Poole drained a long 3-pointer at the buzzer after Houston squandered a chance to lock up a spot in the Sweet 16, giving the third-seeded Wolverines ...

DATE: Mar 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Overall champions Mikaela Shiffrin, Marcel Hirscher win at skiing’s World Cup finals

ARE, Sweden – Overall champions Mikaela Shiffrin and Marcel Hirscher dominated the penultimate World Cup races of the season on Saturday. Both racers had already locked up their o...

DATE: Mar 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Pilot for ’90s TV show reboot to be filmed in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE – A pilot for a reboot of a late-1990s TV series will be filmed in Albuquerque. The “Untitled Roswell Project” TV show aired for three seasons and 61 episodes and was ...

DATE: Mar 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

5 types of apples, once thought extinct, are rediscovered

LEWISTON, Idaho – Five types of apples, once thought to be extinct, have been rediscovered in northern Idaho and eastern Washington. The Lewiston Tribune newspaper reported earlie...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

NCAA Tournament: UMBC stuns Virginia in biggest upset ever

Top-overall seed Cavaliers rocked by Retrievers

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press c...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fire destroys buildings, forces evacuations near Fort Carson

FORT CARSON – A wildfire that started on Fort Carson spread off the Army post amid dry, windy weather Friday, destroying an unknown number of structures and forcing the evacuation of nearby ...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Official fears it’s too late to cut Colorado I-25 toll lanes

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado transportation official is concerned that removing toll lanes from a proposal to widen a stretch of Interstate 25 could hurt El Paso County’s chances of winning...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

NCAA Tournament: Arizona run over by Buffalo in opening-day shocker

Loyola-Chicago’s turn to play Cinderella

DATE: Mar 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

After Olympic and downhill titles, Goggia gets a bonus win

Vonn gets a podium; eyes record 86 wins next season

DATE: Mar 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports