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Domestic incident led to a shooting that left 1 dead and 1 hurt at Air Force base, military says 03/18/2026 07:31pm • ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — A shooting that left one person dead and another injured on a U.S. Air Force base in New Mexico was the result of an isolated domestic dispute, military officials said Wednesday. The shooting Tuesday evening injured an active duty service member stationed at Holloman Air Fo Venezuela’s acting president names new defense chief to replace longtime Maduro loyalist 03/18/2026 07:29pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez announced a major Cabinet shake-up Wednesday with the appointment of a new defense minister to replace Gen. Vladimir Padrino López, who had been a cornerstone of the military’s long-standing support for former President Nic One 'freaking snake' and no apologies: How the Mullin hearing went off the rails 03/18/2026 07:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman opened the hearing with a provocative dare: Say it to my face. Sen. Rand Paul, the Republican from Kentucky, has made clear he has little regard for President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, fellow Republican Sen. Markwayne Mulli It's a High Point family affair for the Claymans in the NCAA Tournament 03/18/2026 07:24pm • High Point coach Flynn Clayman is navigating the NCAA Tournament with his wife Katie Clayman, an assistant with the Panthers women, who are also tournament bound. They're also juggling parenting duties for 19-month old son, Quinn. The No. 12 seed High Point men (30-4) play fifth-seeded Wisconsin ( NFL will consider a rule change allowing draft pick trades up to 5 years in the future 03/18/2026 07:23pm • The Cleveland Browns are proposing a rule change that would allow NFL teams to trade draft picks five years into the future instead of three. The league announced on Wednesday that only two teams submitted proposals that will be considered by owners at the league meetings later this month with the o Champions League: Barcelona scores 7, Liverpool revives, Bayern cruises and Atletico survives 03/18/2026 07:20pm • Barcelona scored seven and Liverpool revived its season with four goals to flip tight Champions League games Wednesday into big wins sending them to the quarterfinals. Atletico Madrid survived a pulsating Tottenham fightback to make it Spain 3, England 0 in round-of-16 clashes this week. Bayern Muni Gonzaga is back in the NCAA Tournament, still searching for that elusive championship 03/18/2026 07:19pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In a season of highs and a few lows, Gonzaga is back in the NCAA Tournament and still looking for that elusive title game breakthrough. The Bulldogs (30-3) are riding 27 straight tournament appearances. They've twice made it to the national championship game — in 2017 and Premier League teams dominated the first phase of the Champions League. Now only 2 are standing 03/18/2026 07:07pm • Eight goals let in by Newcastle. Eight more by Chelsea. Tottenham gave up seven, and Manchester City allowed five. So much for English dominance in the Champions League this season. The goals rained in against Premier League clubs, which went from setting the standard in the league phase to largely Air Force hires Penn State assistant Joe Crispin as men's basketball coach 03/18/2026 07:04pm • AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Air Force hired Penn State assistant Joe Crispin on Wednesday as the men's head basketball coach. Crispin inherits the program from Joe Scott, who mutually parted ways with the Falcons last month after he was suspended pending an investigation into his treatment of Bondi gives ousted interim US attorney new title, allows him to keep job in Wisconsin 03/18/2026 07:02pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is allowing an ousted interim federal prosecutor to continue overseeing cases in Wisconsin with a new title in what's becoming a familiar move in federal judicial districts across the nation as Democrats in the U.S. Senate delay confirmation vot Nvidia’s DLSS 5 is the (glossy) subject of memes and backlash from gamers 03/18/2026 07:02pm • Upgraded graphics in video games sound like they would be popular amongst players and enthusiasts, but Nvidia is finding that the opposite appears to be true with its latest tech. The company announced at a conference Monday that the new version of its artificial intelligence technology designed to Nebraska wildfire fight drags into day 7 as winds ease, but danger still looms 03/18/2026 06:59pm • A coalition of firefighters and volunteers entered their seventh day Wednesday of battling wildfires in western and central Nebraska — including one that is the largest in state history — that have scorched a massive area of range and grassland and killed one person. “What’s different today No. 1 overall seed Duke enters NCAA Tournament motivated by last year's Final Four loss 03/18/2026 06:52pm • GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Duke enters the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed and looking to avenge last season's missed opportunity. The Blue Devils (32-2) were bounced in the Final Four by Houston despite a team that included five future NBA players, including three lottery picks and two pla Bayern goalkeeper Urbig returns amid injury crisis to see his team past Atalanta in Champions League 03/18/2026 06:51pm • MUNICH (AP) — A week after sustaining a concussion, Jonas Urbig was back in goal to guide Bayern Munich past Atalanta and into the Champions League quarterfinals Wednesday. Urbig returned amid an injury crisis that nearly meant a chance for 16-year-old goalkeeper Leonard Prescott in the Champions Shohei Ohtani throws 4 1/3 scoreless innings in spring debut on mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers 03/18/2026 06:40pm • GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Shohei Ohtani reached back for the heater and found it, blazing a 99-mph fastball past Willy Adames for his first strikeout of the afternoon on Wednesday. For a guy who hasn't spent much time on the mound over the past 2 1/2 years, he doesn't