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Reports: West Virginia hiring Drake's Darian DeVries as coach
(Photo credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports) West Virginia is hiring Drake's Darian DeVries as its next head coach, multiple reports said Sunday. DeVries is expected to sign a five-year contract for the Mountaineers' job, according to ESPN. DeVries, who turns 49 next month, got his first head-coaching job at Drake in 2018 after a long career as an assistant at Creighton. In six seasons leading the school in Des Moines, I
Aaliyah Moore, Madison Booker lead No. 1 Texas past Alabama
(Photo credit: Aaron E. Martinez/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK) Aaliyah Moore racked up 21 points and 10 rebounds and Big 12 Player of the Year Madison Booker added 21 points as No. 1 seed Texas turned it on in the second half to post a 65-54 win over No. 8 Alabama in a Women's NCAA Tournament Portland 4 second-round game Sunday in Austin, Texas. The Longhorns (32-4) advanced to the Sweet 16 for the third time i

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On anniversary of 1976 military coup, Argentines push back against leaders revising history
Author: Isabel Debre, Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — As Argentina on Sunday marked the most traumatic date in its modern history — the 1976 military coup that ushered in a brutal dictatorship — President Javier Milei posted a startling video that demanded justice — not for those who suffered in the “dirty war” under the junta, but for those victims of leftist guerrillas before the putsch.

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What is Palm Sunday, and why is the donkey important to the story?
Author: Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press

Palm Sunday commemorates the Christian belief in the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, when he was greeted by cheering crowds waving palm branches that they set out on the ground along his path, according to the Bible.

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Kamala Harris tours bloodstained site of 2018 massacre in Parkland, Fla.
Author: Terry Spencer, Associated Press

PARKLAND, Fla. — Vice President Kamala Harris toured on Saturday the bloodstained classroom building where the 2018 Parkland high school massacre happened, then announced a program to assist states that have laws allowing police to temporarily seize guns from people judges have found to be dangerous.

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No. 3 seed Oregon State heads back to the Sweet 16
Author: ANNE M. PETERSON, Associated Press

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Talia von Oelhoffen had 19 points and eight assists to help third-seeded Oregon State advance to the Sweet 16 with a 61-51 second-round victory over No. 6 Nebraska on Sunday in the women’s NCAA Tournament.

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18-year-old charged with vehicular homicide in Renton crash
Author: Associated Press

SEATTLE — An 18-year-old man was arrested and charged with four counts of vehicular homicide for allegedly causing a four-car crash in a Seattle suburb that killed a woman and three children in her van, online jail records indicate.

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Francis skips Palm Sunday homily at start of busy Holy Week that will test his health
Author: Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

ROME — Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy Week that will test his increasingly frail health.

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Brazilian police arrest officials suspected of ordering killing of councilwoman-turned-icon
Author: Gabriela Sa Pessoa and David Biller, Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s federal police arrested two men Sunday for allegedly ordering the killing of a popular Rio de Janeiro councilwoman in 2018, a long-awaited step after years of society clamoring for justice.

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Poland to Russia: Explain missile
Author: Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Poland demanded an explanation from Russia on Sunday after one of its missiles strayed briefly into Polish airspace during a major missile attack on Ukraine, prompting the NATO member to activate F-16 fighter jets.

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