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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court on Thursday rejected an effort by a Scandinavian youth group and families around the world to force the EU to set more ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, arguing that they…

Congress is looking into the cause of last month's power blackouts across Texas. A House panel heard Wednesday from officials who oversee the state’s energy industry and electric grid. Bill Magness is the outgoing CEO of grid operator the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. He says that because of a loss of generating capacity, the grid operator had no choice but to order rolling outages to prevent an even more disastrous and longer blackout. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner says Texas policymakers wrongly assumed that a severe winter storm in 2011 was an anomaly. The outages caused millions of Texans to lose power and heat during subfreezing temperatures. 

President Joe Biden says his administration is working on getting beds and other facilities up and running so children held in Border Patrol custody can be transferred. Biden says in his first news conference that most of the migrants who are coming to the U.S.-Mexico border are being sent back, except for children. He says his administration is working to ease delays so children can be released from government custody to sponsors. Biden says when parents send their children alone across the border, it’s a “desperate act.” The president says he wants to help change the conditions in Central American countries when the migrants are coming from, but he says there’s no easy answer.  

CAIRO (AP) — The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Germany met with Libyan officials Thursday to show support for the country's newly elected transitional authorities, who are expected to lead the war-stricken country through general elections by the end…

The NCAA men's hockey tournament bracket this year has a first: All five Division I programs from Minnesota made the 16-team field. The University of Minnesota is the No. 3 overall seed. The Gophers are joined by Minnesota State, Minnesota Duluth, St. Cloud State and Bemidji State. The late Minnesota coach Herb Brooks is best known for the U.S. Olympic victory known as the “Miracle On Ice.” But he spoke often of his desire to grow the college game in his home state. Regional play begins Friday.

Wyoming lawmakers have rejected a measure requiring candidates to win a majority of votes in primaries to avoid runoff elections. The change had been endorsed by Donald Trump Jr. in his campaign to undermine Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney. The state Senate defeated the proposal with a 15-14 vote after lawmakers raised concerns over the cost of adding another election and the burden that doing so would put on voters and officials. Trump Jr. called for Cheney’s defeat after she voted to impeach President Donald Trump over the storming of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. A primary runoff could have consolidated Republican opposition to her re-election.

More than three years ago, Trump-era regulators killed federal net neutrality regulations designed to prevent AT&T, Comcast, Verizon and other major internet providers from exploiting their dominance to favor certain services or apps over others. In response, seven states and Puerto Rico enacted their own net neutrality policies. The most expansive effort of this sort was in California, which will start enforcing its law on Thursday — with potentially significant consequences for the rest of the U.S. The federal regulator that handles net neutrality, the FCC, is not yet fully staffed, and new proceedings can take months if not years.  

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's government ordered stricter pandemic measures for the two-week period surrounding Easter, describing the new rules Thursday as an attempt to limit human contacts amid a deadly surge in the coronavirus pandemic. Details of the new…

The matchup of Oregon State and Loyola Chicago in the Sweet 16 is a showdown of the overlooked and underappreciated. The matchup is also evidence of a narrowing talent gap in college basketball. Five-star prospects aren’t always a whole lot better than the three-star player that gets passed over by the bluebloods. It is why the Beavers and Ramblers — and schools like them — are increasingly making deep tournament runs. And why schools such as Duke and Kentucky aren't finding things quite so easy these days.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Gym classes, happy hours and the near-normal life enjoyed so far by the people of Iceland ended abruptly on Thursday, when the government ordered new restrictions after detecting six coronavirus cases believed to be the variant…

A person with knowledge of the deal says the Denver Nuggets have acquired JaVale McGee from the Cleveland Cavaliers for Isaiah Hartenstein and two second-round picks — in 2023 and 2027. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday because the trade had not been announced. It's the second time McGee has been acquired by Denver in a trade-deadline deal. He will back up All-Star center Nikola Jokic in Denver. He is also a three-time NBA champion with Golden State and Los Angeles and will bring plenty of playoff experience to his new team.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — As Myanmar's junta used violence again Thursday to try to suppress protests against the military's takeover, the United States and Britain announced tough sanctions against two holding companies that provide financial sustenance for the army regime.…

All-Star forward Nikola Vucevic is being traded from the Orlando Magic to the Chicago Bulls, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. Vucevic and Al-Farouq Aminu are going to the Bulls in exchange for Wendell Carter Jr. and two future first-round selections. That's according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal was still pending NBA approval. The deal would appear to be the start of a rebuild for the Magic, with Vucevic unquestionably the team’s best player for the past several seasons. The two-time All-Star is averaging a career-best 24.5 points this season and 11.8 rebounds.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Jihadi rebels are fighting to capture Palma, a strategic town in northern Mozambique where fighting continued Thursday after launching a three-pronged assault on the center a day earlier. The town in Cabo Delgado province was attacked “in…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish officials decided Thursday to prolong their suspension of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine by three weeks while they continue evaluating a potential link with blood clots even though European Union regulators who looked into the issue…

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned against a “vaccine war” among nations amid renewed fears vaccine shipments to the continent face delays. John Nkengasong said in a briefing Thursday that…

A person with knowledge of the deal says the Detroit Pistons have agreed to trade guard Delon Wright to the Sacramento Kings for guard Cory Joseph and two second-round draft picks. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced. The 6-foot-5 Wright has averaged 10.4 points a game this season for the rebuilding Pistons. They acquired the 28-year-old guard in an offseason deal. He has also played for Dallas, Memphis and Toronto. The 29-year-old Joseph is averaging 6.6 points this season. The deal was first reported by ESPN and comes hours before the NBA's trade deadline.

A giant backhoe and a squadron of tugboats look minuscule against the cargo ship’s bulk, demonstrating the enormity of the challenge at hand: freeing the wedged, skyscraper-sized container ship that has blocked the entire width of the Suez Canal and created a major traffic jam on one of the world’s most crucial trade routes. It's not entirely clear how the ship became stuck. But it has had major effects on world trade. Dredgers and tugboats haven’t been able to free the ship so far. An expert salvage team flew from the Netherlands to the canal on Thursday to join the efforts. They may eventually have to remove the ship’s containers before trying to move it again.