March, 2024

• 21 March

  The ‘Aladdin’ stage musical turns 10 this month. Here are the magical stories of three Genies

  NEW YORK (AP) — James Monroe Iglehart’s mom took him to see the animated Disney movie “Aladdin” as a high-school graduation gift in 1992. He fell in love with the Genie, naturally. Fast-forward more than two decades and Iglehart found himself playing the first Genie on Broadway, killing it, and on his way to a Tony Award. “To play the …

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• 20 March

  Russia’s Belgorod region is under attack again from Ukraine. Why does it keep getting targeted?

  

  Russia’s Belgorod region has come under increasing Ukrainian attacks this month as the invasion by Moscow grinds into its third year. A look at the region and its role in the war: WHAT IS THE BELGOROD REGION? The region of forests, farmland and rolling hills has a 540-kilometer (335-mile) border along Ukraine’s northeastern edge. It has an area of over …

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• 20 March

  Red Wings beat the Blue Jackets in OT

  

  DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Kane scored 48 seconds into overtime as the Detroit rallied to beat Columbus 4-3. Kane scored from the left circle after Lucas Raymond tied the score with his second goal of the game with 12.6 seconds remaining in regulation. Raymond has seven goals in the last five games, giving him a career-high 24 goals for the …

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• 20 March

  Agencia estatal de noticias de Vietnam anuncia la renuncia de presidente, lo que plantea dudas sobre el rumbo del país

  

  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Agencia estatal de noticias de Vietnam anuncia la renuncia de presidente, lo que plantea dudas sobre el rumbo del país.

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• 20 March

  Man pleads guilty in eagle ‘killing spree’ on reservation to sell feathers on black market

  

  MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Washington state man accused of helping kill thousands of birds pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to shooting eagles on an American Indian reservation in Montana and selling their feathers and body parts on the black market. Travis John Branson pleaded guilty to conspiracy, wildlife trafficking and two counts of trafficking federally protected bald …

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• 19 March

  China’s stock watchdog fines property developer Evergrande, slaps lifetime ban on its chairman

  BANGKOK (AP) — Troubled property developer China Evergrande Group says Beijing’s stock watchdog has fined it 4.2 billion yuan ($333.4 million) for allegedly falsifying its revenue, among other violations, as it conducts a deep clean of the troubled financial sector. The company said in a release to mainland Chinese stock exchanges late Monday that its chairman, Hui Ka Yan, was …

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• 19 March

  Halep regresa al tenis tras años y medio; pierde ante Badosa en la primera ronda de Miami

  

  MIAMI GARDENS, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — Simona Halep, dos veces campeona de un Grand Slam, regresó al tenis profesional después de que logró reducir su suspensión con una apelación y disputó su primer encuentro en año y medio el martes —una derrota 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 ante Paula Badosa en el Abierto de Miami. Halep se vio increíble en el primer …

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• 19 March

  Division I’s longest-tenured coach leads Oakland back to March Madness after 12-year absence

  The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Greg Kampe accepted his first head coaching job years before Tom Izzo, Mark Few, Roy Williams or Jay Wright ran their own programs. And while Bob Knight, Dean …

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• 19 March

  JetBlue will drop some cities and reduce LA flights to focus on more profitable routes

  

  JetBlue Airways will end service at several cities and reduce flying out of Los Angeles in a move to retrench and focus on stronger markets after years of losing money. The changes will also help the airline cope with the grounding of some of its planes for inspections of their Pratt & Whitney engines, an executive told employees Tuesday. Beginning …

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• 18 March

  Sculpture park aims to look honestly at slavery, honoring those who endured it

  

  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Visitors to the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park wind a serpentine path past art pieces depicting the lives of enslaved people in America and historic exhibits, including two cabins where the enslaved lived, before arriving at a towering monument. Stretching nearly four stories into the sky, the National Monument to Freedom honors the millions of people who …

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