March, 2024

• 4 March

  Judge upholds Tennessee law to stop crossover voting in primaries. Critics say the law is too vague.

  

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge in Nashville on Monday dismissed a challenge to a Tennessee law aimed at making sure primary voters are “bona fide” members of the party they are voting for. Former Ambassador to Poland and longtime Tennessee Republican politician Victor Ashe sued state election officials in November, claiming the law is so vague that he …

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• 4 March

  Shehbaz Sharif sworn in as Pakistan’s prime minister after contentious vote

  

  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in as Pakistan’s new prime minister on Monday after being elected a day earlier in a raucous parliamentary session. He held the same position from April 2022 to August 2023, replacing archrival Imran Khan who was kicked out of the job after a no-confidence vote. Shehbaz is the younger brother of three-time premier …

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• 4 March

  Rotting bodies, fake ashes and sold body parts push Colorado to patch lax funeral home rules

  

  DENVER (AP) — After nearly 200 bodies were found stacked and rotting in a Colorado funeral home, lawmakers have proposed bills to overhaul the state’s threadbare funeral home regulations, which failed to prevent a string of gruesome cases — from sold body parts to fake ashes. The cases have shattered hundreds of families. Many learned that their loved ones’ remains …

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• 3 March

  Rider visits Canisius after Williams’ 20-point performance

  The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Rider Broncs (13-16, 10-8 MAAC) at Canisius Golden Griffins (12-15, 7-10 MAAC) Buffalo, New York; Sunday, 1 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Broncs -1; over/under is 144.5 BOTTOM …

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• 3 March

  Alcorn State visits Henry and Texas Southern

  

  The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Alcorn State Braves (11-17, 10-5 SWAC) at Texas Southern Tigers (13-14, 11-5 SWAC) Houston; Monday, 8:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Texas Southern hosts the Alcorn State Braves after …

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• 2 March

  Drone crash damages an apartment building in St Petersburg, Russia state media says

  

  MOSCOW (AP) — A drone crashed into an apartment building in St. Petersburg Saturday morning, according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. Six people received medical help after the explosion rocked the building, the agency said, citing the press service of the city’s health care committee. The Mash news site said that the apartment building was hit by a …

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• 2 March

  Washington State tops No. 13 Colorado women, stuffing the Buffs with a 14-0 run to end the game

  

  The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. BOULDER. Colo. (AP) — Eleonora Villa scored 20 points, Astera Tuhina added 14 points and Washington State closed with a 14-0 run to beat 13th-ranked Colorado 72-63 on …

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• 1 March

  Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming betrayal of its goal to benefit humanity

  

  Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits. In a lawsuit filed at San Francisco Superior Court, billionaire Musk said that when he bankrolled OpenAI’s creation, he secured an agreement with Altman and Greg Brockman, the president, to …

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• 1 March

  Cam Newton apologizes for letting emotions get the best of him at youth football tournament fight

  

  Former NFL quarterback Cam Newton said he’s disappointed in himself for losing control of his emotions over the weekend at a 7-on-7 youth football tournament in Atlanta, resulting in a brief fight involving several men from competing teams. A 22-second video surfaced on Sunday showing the 34-year-old Newton involved in an altercation with at least three other men outside of …

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• 1 March

  A car strikes a crowd at a tram stop in Poland, injuring at least 19 people. The driver was arrested

  

  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A car struck a crowd of people waiting at a tram stop Friday in the northwestern Polish city of Szczecin, injuring at least 19 people, and then collided with three other vehicles as the driver tried to flee the scene, local police said. The injured included three children, Szczecin police spokesman Paweł Pankau said. Two people …

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