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Mexican Mezcal, Venezuelan baseball joy and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean 03/19/2026 11:51pm • March 13 - 19, 2026 Workers produced mezcal at a distillery in Oaxaca state amid a boom for the Mexican alcohol that has brought economic benefits for many local producers but also led to rising environmental costs, Venezuela celebrated its team's victory over the United States in the World Baseball Sergei Bobrovsky perfect in net as Panthers blank Oilers 4-0 03/19/2026 11:50pm • EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made 21 saves to earn his fourth shutout of the season as the Florida Panthers continued to plague Edmonton, emerging with a 4-0 victory over the Oilers on Thursday in a rematch of the last two Stanley Cup finals. Cole Reinhardt, A.J. Greer, Anton Lundell Winning numbers drawn in Thursday’s Maryland Cash Pop 03/19/2026 11:50pm • The winning numbers in Thursday's drawing of the "Maryland Cash Pop" game were: 10 (ten) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets Johnson sinks go-ahead 3-pointer and Virginia beats Arizona State 57-55 in women's First Four 03/19/2026 11:46pm • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Kymora Johnson scored 17 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 30.6 seconds remaining, and Virginia beat Arizona State 57-55 on Thursday night in the First Four for its first NCAA Tournament win since 2018. Virginia (20-11), the No. 10 seed, will face seventh-seeded an NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Glance 03/19/2026 11:40pm • 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 Ace Bailey has 7 3-pointers as Jazz crush Bucks 128-96 to snap 4-game losing streak 03/19/2026 11:31pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ace Bailey made seven 3-pointers and scored 33 points and the Utah Jazz snapped a four-game skid with a 128-96 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. Bailey also had nine rebounds, four assists and three steals. Cody Williams scored 19 of his 23 points before ha NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Glance 03/19/2026 11:20pm • All Times EDT FIRST FOUR Wednesday, March 18 At Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. Nebraska 75, Richmond 56 At Moody Center Austin, Texas Missouri St. 85, Stephen F. Austin 75 Thursday, March 19 At Colonial Life Arena Columbia, S.C. Southern U. 65, Samford 53 At Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa Japan's Takaichi tries to reaffirm alliance with Trump as he seeks help securing Strait of Hormuz 03/19/2026 11:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sought to reaffirm her alliance with President Donald Trump on Thursday after the president this week seemed to complain that Japan was among the nations that did not quickly join his call to help protect the Strait of Hormuz. Takaichi, who NYU women end 91-game win streak in a 60-52 loss to Scranton in Division III Final Four 03/19/2026 11:13pm • SALEM, Va. (AP) — NYU's record 91-game winning streak is over after a 60-52 loss to Scranton in the Final Four of the Division III NCAA Tournament on Thursday night. The Violets (29-1) had the second-longest winning streak in NCAA history, only trailing UConn's 111-game run. The two-time defendin FCC approves merger of local television owners Nexstar and Tegna as two lawsuits seek to block it 03/19/2026 11:12pm • The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said it had approved the merger of local television giants Nexstar Media Group and rival Tegna, the same day that two lawsuits trying to block the deal were announced. Nexstar said last August that it would buy Tegna for $6.2 billion. The deal would Forsberg, Annunen lead Predators over Kraken 3-1 03/19/2026 11:06pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Filip Forsberg scored a goal and added two assists and Justus Annunen made 25 saves to lead the Nashville Predators to a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night in a matchup of teams vying for a Western Conference wild card. Ryan Ufko and Ryan O’Reilly also Luka Doncic scores 60, LeBron James ties games-played mark and Lakers top Heat for 8th straight win 03/19/2026 11:00pm • MIAMI (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 60 points, LeBron James had a triple-double on a night where he tied the NBA record for games played, and the Los Angeles Lakers pushed their season-best winning streak to eight games with a 134-126 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night. It tied the second-most A deserved tribute for Dell Curry, who has his No. 30 jersey raised to the Charlotte rafters 03/19/2026 11:00pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Dell Curry was fighting back happy tears Thursday night. He knew what was coming. He'd known for the last two months or so that the Charlotte Hornets were finally going to retire his No. 30 jersey, that it was forever going to hang in the rafters as a tribute to the team's f James Harden scores 36 as Cavaliers hang on to beat Bulls 115-110 with Mitchell sidelined 03/19/2026 10:58pm • CHICAGO (AP) — James Harden scored 36, Evan Mobley added 26 points and 14 rebounds and Cleveland hung on to beat the Chicago Bulls 115-110 on Thursday night even though Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell missed the game because of a bruised left eye. Harden nailed seven 3-pointers. Jaylon Tyson chipp Murphy sparks Pelicans past Clippers 105-99 and New Orleans stretches home streak to 7 games 03/19/2026 10:55pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trey Murphy III scored 27 points and the New Orleans Pelicans extended their home winning streak to seven games with a 105-99 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night. Saddiq Bey had 20 points and Zion Williamson added 15 for the Pelicans, who swept the two-game s