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Trump's failed strong-arming of allies on Iran shows that pressure is losing its effect 03/18/2026 10:06am • PARIS (AP) — We’ve long had your back, now it’s our turn. That is how the famously transactional U.S. President Donald Trump is framing his demands that allies help him with the Iran war. He wants to call in IOUs for decades of U.S. security guarantees. The string of refusals indicates his sto NCAA Women's Div. II Basketball Tournament Glance 03/18/2026 10:02am • All Times EDT First Round Friday, March 13 Atlantic Region At campus sites Indiana (Pa.) 79, Charleston (W.Va.) 53 Seton Hill 88, Fayetteville St. 85, 2OT Gannon 76, Edinboro 61 Winston-Salem 88, Glenville St. 71 Central Region Minn. Duluth 72, Minnesota St. 63 Central Mo. 64, Washburn 55 Concordia- French bulldog frenzy may be cooling in US, but dachshunds are riding high 03/18/2026 10:01am • NEW YORK (AP) — Americans still dig French bulldogs, retrievers and German shepherds. But dachshunds are increasingly hot dogs. For the first time in over two decades, the sausage-shaped hounds were among the top five most prevalent dog breeds, according to American Kennel Club rankings released W World Baseball Classic Glance 03/18/2026 10:01am • All Times EDT GROUP A W L Pct. Canada 3 World Baseball Classic Glance 03/18/2026 10:01am • All Times GMT GROUP A W L Pct. Canada 3 NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Glance 03/18/2026 10:00am • Times EST (through March 12) Times EDT (March 13) First Round Friday, March 6 Trinity (Conn.) 74, Keuka 63 Babson 71, St. Joseph's (Maine) 67 Redlands 97, Susquehanna 75 Hood 84, Vassar 71 Catholic 71, WestConn 69 Tufts 65, Penn St. Harrisburg 60 NYU 65, Gettysburg 53 Wesleyan (Conn.) 76, Lehman 66 CCHA Glance 03/18/2026 10:00am • All Times EST OVERALL Sports on TV for March 23 - 29 03/18/2026 10:00am • Adv21-22 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, March 23 COLLEGE BASEBALL 2 p.m. ACCN — Wake Forest at Virginia COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S) Noon ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round 2 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round 4 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Tou Women's Conference Tournament Glances 03/18/2026 10:00am • Times EST (through March 7) Times EDT (March 8) America East Conference At Higher-Seeded Schools First Round Thursday, March 5 Vermont 55, Albany (NY) 40 Maine 77, New Hampshire 58 Binghamton 45, Bryant 44 UMBC 66, NJIT 65 Semifinals Monday, March 9 Maine 60, Binghamton 56 Vermont 68, UMBC 65 Champi NCAA Men's Div. II Basketball Tournament Glance 03/18/2026 10:00am • All Times EDT First Round Friday, March 13 West Region At campus sites Cal St. East Bay 83, Cal Poly Humboldt 64 Cal St. Dom. Hills 69, Alas. Anchorage 58 Saint Martin's 75, Hawaii Pacific 68 Point Loma 76, Northwest Nazarene 61 Saturday, March 14 Atlantic Region Gannon 83, Charleston (W.Va.) 58 Cal NCAA Women's Division III Basketball Glance 03/18/2026 10:00am • Times EST (through March 12) Times EDT (March 13) First Round Friday, March 6 NYU 108, Me.-Farmington 44 Messiah 64, Cortland 58 Hardin-Simmons 73, Austin 51 Whitman 70, Claremont-M-S 54 Bowdoin 51, Emmanuel (Mass.) 42 Southern Me. 62, JWU (Providence) 46 Wis.-La Crosse 78, LaGrange 52 Carroll (Wis. US clears the way for more oil sales from post-Maduro Venezuela as Trump tries to boost world oil supply during Iran war 03/18/2026 10:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) — US clears the way for more oil sales from post-Maduro Venezuela as Trump tries to boost world oil supply during Iran war. Iran women's soccer team returns home after some players sought asylum, Iranian media reports 03/18/2026 09:47am • Iran’s national women’s soccer team has returned to the Islamic Republic after several of the players sought asylum in Australia, Iranian media reported Wednesday. The outlets shared footage of the players entering Iran after landing in Turkey and taking a bus to the border. They were greeted by Grains mixed, livestock mixed 03/18/2026 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mixed in early trading Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. May. corn was up 0.75 cent at $4.55 a bushel. May. wheat was up 0.25 cent at $5.90 a bushel. May. oats was down 0.5 cent at $3.55 a bushel. May. soybeans was down 0.75 cent at $11.56 a bushel. Beef was Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel needs two shoulder operations and fears career might be over 03/18/2026 09:12am • GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Celtic and Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel fears his career might be over because he needs two shoulder operations that will require up to a year of rehabilitation. The 39-year-old Schmeichel said he was given the diagnosis on a visit to a specialist on Monday. He has