Duke, Arizona, Mich, Florida get top seeding for March Madness, Miami (Ohio) squeaks in as 11 seed

Duke received the top overall seed for March Madness on Sunday, followed by Arizona, Michigan and Florida, each of whom

'One Battle After Another' takes best picture

An absent Sean Penn and the hit movie "KPop Demon Hunters" were celebrated at the Academy Awards on Sunday as Hollywood toasted the year's best ​performances in the movie business.

Military veterans on the job at higher rates than national average

The unemployment rate for all veterans dropped from 4.5% in January to 4.1% in February. That's a jobs trend running counter to the national average.

Trump 'ordered' the Education Department's demise almost a year ago — what's happened since?

The Trump administration said "significant progress" has been made over the past year at the Department of Education since President Trump signed an order to cut down the department.

Could forest thinning help increase Utah's snowpack?

A new study shows that forest thinning not only protects against wildfires, but also helps conserve water and replenish the existing natural and human-made reservoirs.

US beats Canada 6-2 in Para ice hockey final to complete historic clean sweep in Olympics and Paralympics

Milan (ap) — Three weeks after the United States beat Canada in the Olympic hockey finals , the Americans overcame

Pentagon identifies 6 airmen killed in plane crash in Iraq

A squadron operations chief who had recently earned her wings as a pilot, a major overseeing flight training for dozens of airmen, were among six U.S. Air Force airmen killed when an aircraft crashed in western Iraq Thursday.

Oscars' top prize up for grabs as unease hangs over Hollywood

Hollywood rolls out the red carpet for Sunday's Oscars, with an unusually open best-picture race that pits vampire hit "Sinners," the leader ​in nominations, against the darkly comic thriller "One Battle After Another."

Young kids missed pandemic's school disruptions, but their reading scores are still behind

When COVID-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today's youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in their early school years, researchers are beginning to see how the pandemic years have shaped their education.

Airline CEOs urge Congress to end standoff, pay airport security officers

The CEOs of major airlines urged Congress Sunday to move quickly to ​end a 29-day partial government shutdown that has forced 50,000 airport security officers to work without pay.

The day before the Oscars, the ‘Bridesmaids’ rehearsed

Los Angeles (ap) — The “Bridesmaids” gathered for a rehearsal the day before the big show , but this time they’re