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Pacific Northwest Sportswatch Daily Listings 03/19/2026 04:01pm • Grand Canyon at Washington State — Prime Video Washington vs. South Dakota State at Schollmaier Arena (Fort Worth, TX) — ESPNews Oklahoma vs. Idaho at Lloyd Noble Center (Norman, OK) — ESPN NWSL: Seattle Reign FC vs. Portland Thorns — Prime Video The Associated Press created this story using Trump administration begins moving federal student loans to Treasury Department as it dismantles Education Department 03/19/2026 04:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration begins moving federal student loans to Treasury Department as it dismantles Education Department. California's Gov. Newsom supports move to rename César Chavez Day over alleged sexual abuse 03/19/2026 03:54pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he supports a proposal to rename César Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day following stunning allegations of abuse against the revered labor leader. Political leaders in states and cities are considering similar moves after the allegations be Catalan police say missing American student James Gracey has been found dead in waters off Barcelona beach 03/19/2026 03:53pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Catalan police say missing American student James Gracey has been found dead in waters off Barcelona beach. Giants' Tony Vitello is attacking his college-to-pro transition with high energy, help from others 03/19/2026 03:53pm • SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — With a black sweatshirt pulled over his head and a glove in hand, Tony Vitello blends in almost as if he’s one of the Giants players. San Francisco’s new manager grabs a piece of gum from a dugout basket then heads out onto the grass at Scottsdale Stadium and gets to w Video shows man stabbing son-in-law as Fairfax County police open fire 03/19/2026 03:51pm • Editor's note: The body camera footage referenced in this article includes graphic violence. A man was kneeling over his bloodied son-in-law, with a 12-inch blade in hand, as Fairfax County police officers opened the front door of an apartment on Feb. 23, footage from body cameras shows. Polic Federal judges read death threats and defend judiciary amid rising attacks 03/19/2026 03:51pm • Federal judges read profane death threats and praised U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' recent comments condemning personal criticism of judges during an unusual forum on Thursday to highlight rising attacks on the judiciary. None of the four judges singled out President Donald Trump or Where did the experts go? State Department cuts limit the Iran war effort 03/19/2026 03:47pm • 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. Typically led by a veteran diplomat, the bureau’s role would be to coordinate U.S. foreign policy across an 18-country region, much NL West Preview: Everyone is still chasing the Dodgers 03/19/2026 03:41pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dave Roberts spent much of spring training thinking about how to manage the health of his two-time defending World Series champion Dodgers so they can play for the long haul once again. That's what happens when a club competes deep into October year after year. Now, the Dodger Netanyahu says Israel will hold off on any further attacks on Iran's giant natural gas field at Trump's request 03/19/2026 03:31pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Netanyahu says Israel will hold off on any further attacks on Iran's giant natural gas field at Trump's request. Two dozen states, 10 cities sue EPA over repeal of 'endangerment' finding central to climate fight 03/19/2026 03:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Two dozen states, along with more than a dozen cities and counties, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, challenging the Trump administration's repeal of a scientific finding that had been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and NL Central Preview: Loaded Cubs going for the division title, but Brewers and Reds are lurking 03/19/2026 03:27pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Bregman, welcome to the NL Central. Welcome back, Eugenio Suárez. Bregman is hoping to lead the Chicago Cubs to their first Central title since 2020 after signing a $175 million, five-year contract with the North Siders in free agency. But the competition is tough in a divisio Madagascar's president orders lie detector tests for candidates applying to be government ministers 03/19/2026 03:26pm • ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Anyone applying to become a minister in Madagascar's new government will be subjected to lie detector tests to root out those who are corrupt, the country's military leader said Thursday. President Michael Randrianirina, who took power in a coup in the Indian Ocean AL East Preview: Yankees and Blue Jays eye something more after recent AL pennants 03/19/2026 03:22pm • The AL East hasn't produced a World Series champion since 2018, equaling the longest drought in the history of this powerful division. The breakthrough almost came last year, when the Toronto Blue Jays led by two runs in the eighth inning of Game 7 of the World Series. The Los Angeles Dodgers ral States seek to unmask federal immigration agents -- and their own police 03/19/2026 03:21pm • Proposals to prohibit federal immigration agents from masking their faces have gained new life in states — thanks in part to a court ruling that blocked the nation's first such law, in California. A little over a month after the California law was suspended, Washington state's Democratic governor,