N.C.A.A. Women’s Tournament: Central Michigan Stuns Ohio State

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Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry Could Follow N.F.L. to London

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America’s Role in Yemen’s Agony Can End on Capitol Hill

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Promotions, Not Punishments, for Officers Accused of Lying

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Cuomo Orders a Review of Vance’s Handling of Weinstein Investigation

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Much-Anticipated Sporting Events

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Weinstein Company Files for Bankruptcy and Voids Nondisclosure Pacts

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‘The Alienist’ Season 1, Episode 9: The Doctor Is Out

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Winning ticket sold as U.S. Powerball jackpot climbs to $455 million

This is one of the biggest pots in the multi-state U.S. lottery's history, after 19 straight drawings failed to produce a grand prize winner. The winning numbers were 22, 57, 59, 60, 66 and Powerball 7. The grand prize winner has the choice of taking the $455 million jackpot doled out over 29 years, or taking a one-time, lump-sum payment of $269.4 million.

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Full Rubio Interview: On McCabe, ‘I don’t like the way it happened’

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) appears on Meet the Press for an exclusive interview to talk about Fmr. FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and the ongoing Special Counsel’s investigation.

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Republicans warn Donald Trump not to fire Robert Mueller

Republican senators warned President Donald Trump on Sunday not to fire Robert Mueller, the special counsel, and said the president must let federal investigators looking into Russian meddling in the US election do their jobs. The Republican president has renewed his Twitter attacks on both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Mueller's probe since the firing on Friday of the bureau's former deputy director, Andrew McCabe, two days before he was eligible to retire with a full pension. Republican Senator Jeff Flake, who has criticised Mr Trump harshly, said the president's latest comments appeared to be aimed at the firing of Mr Mueller. Senator Lindsey Graham, another Republican, said if Mr Trump were to dismiss Mueller, it would mark "the beginning of the end of his presidency". AshLee Strong, a spokeswoman for Republican House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, said: "As the speaker has always said, Mr Mueller and his team should be able to do their job." In an effort to tamp down the chatter, White House lawyer Ty Cobb issued a statement on Sunday night saying Mr Trump was not weighing Mr Mueller's removal. Robert Mueller "In response to media speculation and related questions being posed to the administration, the White House yet again confirms that the president is not considering or discussing the firing of the special counsel, Robert Mueller," he said. The Republican comments underscored the risks for Mr Trump if he goes too far to thwart the federal probe. "I don't know what the designs are on Mueller, but it seems to be building toward that (firing him), and I just hope it doesn't go there, because it can't. We can't in Congress accept that," Mr Flake told CNN's State of the Union. "So I would expect to see considerable pushback in the next couple of days urging the president not to go there." Donald Trump and the Russian connections In a series of tweets over the weekend, Mr Trump accused the FBI leadership of lies, corruption and leaking information. He called the Russia probe a politically motivated witch hunt. "The Mueller probe should never have been started in that there was no collusion and there was no crime,"Mr  Trump said on Saturday. On Sunday, he attacked former FBI Director James Comey and Mr McCabe, top officials who were involved in the Russia probe and subsequently fired. Why does the Mueller team have 13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans? Another Dem recently added...does anyone think this is fair? And yet, there is NO COLLUSION!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2018 The US intelligence community has concluded that Moscow conducted an influence campaign aimed at swaying the 2016 presidential election to MrTrump over Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Mr Mueller is investigating the Russian meddling and any possible collusion with the Trump campaign. On Saturday, Mr Trump's personal lawyer John Dowd urged the Justice Department official overseeing Mr Mueller, Rod Rosenstein, to "bring an end to alleged Russia Collusion investigation manufactured by Mr McCabe's boss James Comey". Republican US Representative Trey Gowdy criticised Mr Dowd in an interview with Fox News Sunday. "I think the president’s attorney, frankly, does him a disservice when he says that and when he frames the investigation that way," he said. "If you have an innocent client, Mr Dowd, act like it."

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What does Turkey's seizure of Afrin mean for Syria war?

The capture of Afrin from the Kurds by Turkish-led fighters on Sunday could have major repercussions for Syria's protracted war. Here we look at what it means for Turkey, the Syrian regime and the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia who were in control of the city. Forces led by Turkey launched an offensive on January 20 to retake the enclave of Afrin from the YPG, which Ankara considers to be a "terrorist" offshoot of its own outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

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Cirque Du Soleil Aerialist Dies After Falling During Show in Florida

A Cirque du Soleil aerialist is dead after falling during a performance in

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Senators want CIA to lift veil on nominee's black site past

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gina Haspel's long spy career is so shrouded in mystery that senators want documents declassified so they can decide if her role at a CIA black site should prevent her from directing the agency.

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Trump fires Tillerson, Sessions fires former FBI Deputy Director McCabe

George Stephanopoulos reports the latest after another week with a major member of the president's cabinet fired.

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President Trump weighing in on Stormy Daniels case

A new Trump legal filing seeks to move proceedings to a federal court. Stormy Daniels is seeking the ability to speak publicly about an alleged affair with the president.

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Hamas Gaza tunnel destroyed in air raid, says Israeli military

Israel's military carried out an air raid overnight against an underground Hamas facility in the Gaza Strip and destroyed a separate tunnel under construction that could be used for attacks, it said Sunday. No casualties were reported in either operation, which came after an explosive device was detonated near the Gaza border with Israel, the latest in a string of such incidents. Israel's military said the operation to destroy the tunnel involved new technology it has been developing to detect them. "Our policy is to act resolutely against any attempt to harm us and systematically eliminate the terror tunnel infrastructure, and we will continue doing so," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Conricus said Hamas had been digging the tunnel to link up with an older one in the south of the Palestinian enclave. The new tunnel had not reached Israeli territory but was within a few hundred metres of the border fence, near the Kerem Shalom goods crossing and in the area of the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, he said. The older tunnel did "partially" reach into Israeli territory, but had been discovered and cut off in 2014. According to Conricus, the recent Hamas work was an attempt to link up with the part of the older tunnel that "they thought could still be usable." Hamas, the Islamist movement that runs the Gaza Strip, called Israel's actions an attempt "to scare the people" and head off planned protests along the border beginning later this month. Israel "bears all the consequences of the escalation," Hamas spokesman Fawzy Barhoum said.

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Bill Hader Loses It Playing 'Stefon' In His Return As 'SNL' Host

Actor and comedian Bill Hader returned to "Saturday Night Live" this weekend

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12-year-old raped by masked man in Brooklyn home, police say

A 12-year-old girl was raped inside of her Brooklyn home by a masked man, who was armed with a knife.

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The Latest: Russian presidential vote kicks off in Far East

MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on Russia's presidential election (all times local):

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U.S. top court mulls free speech fight over 'crisis pregnancy centers'

The Pregnancy Care Clinic in the Southern California city of El Cajon offers a host of services for pregnant women including ultrasound exams, prenatal vitamins and maternity clothes. There is one major exception: abortion. Now the clinic, which staunchly opposes abortion, is among of a group of Christian-based facilities, known as crisis pregnancy centers, involved in a major case that goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.

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