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  Co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association, Dolores Huerta speaks during the "Stop the Trump takeover" demonstration outside of the State Capitol on August 16, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images. Labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta said Wednesday that she was sexually abused by farmworker leader César Chávez decades ago, becoming the most high-profile figure to accuse him of misconduct. The latest:  The allegation comes as the United Farm Workers union grapples with reports that their former leader abused girls and young women, prompting the cancellation of tributes and celebrations in his honor. Huerta worked alongside Chávez for decades, helping found the UFW with him and fellow activist Gilbert Padilla. What they're saying:  "I carried this secret for as long as I did because building the movement and securing farmworker rights was my life's work," Huerta wrote in a Wednesday blog post. "...

For a while Newcastle made this fun but they did not make it through, all that hope giving way to hurt and regret. By the time the final whistle went, the Camp Nou belted out the club anthem and the broken men in black and white trudged towards their own supporters, positioned high above  a scoreboard that showed 7-2 , it seemed absurd to say that they had played their part, but they had. In the end, though, the biggest night of their lives belonged to Barcelona, who scored as many goals as they ever have in the European Cup. Eddie Howe had said his side  could not and would not shrink  and, for three‑quarters of their first knockout tie in this competition, they didn’t. Not  in the first leg , when it had taken a 96th-minute Lamine Yamal penalty to deny them victory. Not when they went behind to Raphinha’s goal after six minutes of the second leg.                             ...

Millions around the nation are placing their predictions, and some bets, on who they believe is going to advance, and win the  2026 Men's NCAA Tournament . Former President Barack Obama is also in on the fun. If you haven't already filled out your brackets for this year's March Madness, you might want to get yours finished. All the fun begins Thursday when the first round of games is set to begin.                                                  It's friendly competition amongst friends, family, co-workers or even the holy grail of a group chat. Each year, there has been a presidential bracket submitted out of the millions of predictions. Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America and an avid sports fan, has his picks set as he makes his prediction for how he thinks the 2026 NCAA Tournament will play out. M...

  The Trump administration's top official on counterterrorism has resigned over the war in Iran, and has urged the president to "reverse course". In a letter posted to his X account, National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent said that Iran posed "no imminent threat" to the US and claimed that the administration "started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby". Kent, 45, is a US special forces and CIA veteran whose wife, navy cryptologic technician Shannon Kent, was killed in a bombing in Syria in 2019. The White House has dismissed the letter saying Trump had "compelling evidence" that Iran was going to attack the US first.                                                               Speaking in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump said that he thought Kent was a "nice guy" but...

 A four-point advantage over Real Madrid was re-established at Camp Nou. Barcelona asserted their dominance over Sevilla in a crushing 5–2 win on Sunday afternoon, capped by a hat-trick from captain Raphinha. Victory for Hansi Flick’s side re-established the Catalan giants’ four-point advantage over Real Madrid, less than 24 hours after they thrashed Elche at the Bernabéu.                                     Dani Olmo and João Cancelo were also on the scoresheet for Barça, who sent a crystal clear warning to Newcastle United three days before the Magpies travel to Spain for the decisive second leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie which sits delicately poised at 1–1. See more..

 Japan fall 8-5 to Venezuela as bullpen falters for their worst-ever finish at the tournament. Venezuela, who will play Italy in the semi-finals, secured the second the spot from the Americas at the LA28 Olympic Games. Defending champions Japan crashed out in the World Baseball Classic quarter-finals after losing 8-5 to Venezuela on Saturday (15 March) in Miami. It is the worst finish for Japan in the six editions of the tournament. The eight runs were the most they have ever given up in a single WBC game.                                       Venezuela will face Italy, who earlier beat Puerto Rico 8-6, in the semi-finals on Monday. After reaching the semis for the first time since 2009, the Venezuelans also won the second quota from the Americas in the next Olympic tournament at LA28. Italy’s four-run burst in the bottom of the fourth inning gave them an 8-2 lead and would ...

 Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic hit a game-winner to sink the Denver Nuggets in overtime. Mar 14, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) controls the ball while under pressure from Denver Nuggets guard Christian Braun (0) during the first half at Crypto.com Arena. William Liang-Imagn Images Another crushing loss for the Denver Nuggets. After the Los Angeles Lakers took as much as a 17-point lead, the Nuggets stormed back to force overtime. However, after an ugly overtime period with plenty of missed shots, Lakers superstar Luka Doncic took matters into his own hands. In a tie game, Doncic knocked down the game-winning mid-range shot with just 0.5 seconds remaining. It was malpractice to leave Spencer Jones on an island with Doncic with the game on the line, as the six-time All-Star will win that battle nine times out of ten. Here are a few instant takeaways from Denver's crushing loss on Saturday night:         ...

The timberwolves vs warriors matchup arrives with both teams trying to stop three-game losing streaks, but Minnesota’s equation changed when Anthony Edwards appeared on the injury report with right-knee soreness and a questionable tag. The comparison is stark: how does Minnesota’s slide, defined by defensive drop-off and tiebreaker trouble, stack up against Golden State’s immediate opportunity to capitalize at Chase Center? Anthony Edwards and Minnesota’s slide into the West’s crowded middle Minnesota’s recent form is framed as a sharp reversal from a week earlier, when the Timberwolves had ripped off a five-game winning streak, won eight of nine, and climbed into sole possession of the three seed in the Western Conference. That run created the sense of a team building toward the postseason with a clear identity.                                           The past three game...

  Kharg Island is a small rocky outcrop just 15 miles (24km) off the coast of Iran - but despite its size, it is one of the most critical pieces of Iran's energy infrastructure.                                     US President Donald Trump recently posted on Truth Social that the US military had conducted what he called one of the most powerful bombing raids in the history of the Middle East, obliterating every military target on the island. BBC Security Brief's Mikey Kay breaks down why Kharg Island is a lifeline for Iran, and why it is so strategically important for the US.

Listen live on SiriusXM as USA faces off against Canada at Daikin Park in Houston today during the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. USA vs. Canada World Baseball Classic How to Listen to the Live Radio Broadcast Listen to the live game broadcast on March 13 at 8pm ET on car radios and the SiriusXM app with a smart device on both FOX Sports (Ch. 83) on SiriusXM and MLB Network Radio (Ch. 89).                                       The World Baseball Classic has returned for its sixth edition in two decades. Listen to the live radio broadcast of every tournament game on SiriusXM as 20 international teams — stacked with all four reigning MVP Award and Cy Young Award winners, 78 MLB All-Stars, and seven MLB Pipeline Top 100 prospects — face off to see who will reach the championship game on March 17. See more..

A horse that ran in the Cheltenham Gold Cup collapsed and died after the race Envoi Allen tragically collapsed and died while walking back from the Cheltenham Gold Cup. ITV announced that the three-time Festival winner passed away shortly after Gaelic Warrior won the Gold Cup. Envoi Allen fell to the floor on the horsewalk after completing the race and green screens were put up to give the 12-year-old some privacy. The Gold Cup, his eighth Cheltenham appearance, was scheduled to be Envoi Allen's final race before retiring. Despite being attended to by vets at the racecourse, he passed away. Envoi Allen was a 10-time grade one winner and trainer Henry de Bromhead said: "He was so well at home that they had to let him run this afternoon". He was jockeyed by Darragh O'Keeffe and enjoyed an incredible career, previously winning the Champion Bumper, Turners Novices' Chase and Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham. But as he walked back to the stables, Envoi Allen collap...

  Tom Izzo hates playing his friends, but he’ll have to put that aside on Friday. No. 3 seeded Michigan State (25-6) will play No. 6 seed UCLA (22-10) in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals at 9 p.m. Friday at the United Center in Chicago. The game is on the Big Ten Network. Michigan State beat UCLA 82-59 in the lone regular season meeting between the teams Feb. 17 in East Lansing. The Spartans hit a season-high 14 3-pointers on the Bruins in a blowout, though the game is best remembered for Mick Cronin ejecting his own player, Steven Jamerson II, after a hard foul on Carson Cooper late in the game. The Spartans won their opening game in the Big Ten tournament in three of the past four seasons, the anomaly being a quarterfinal loss to Ohio State in Chicago in 2023. Michigan State owns an all-time Big Ten tournament record of 36-21 and a quarterfinal record of 17-10 since the first Big Ten tournament in 1998. Michigan State won 10 out of 12 quarterfinal appeara...

The National Weather Service offices in two states have issued winter storm warnings, cautioning the public about powerful conditions that are predicted to arrive. The hardest hit area is set to be struck by up to destructive wind gusts and heavy snow, making travel "difficult to impossible." Where 110 MPH Wind Gusts and 18 Inches of Snow Are Expected to Arrive In the afternoon of March 12, 2026, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for Hawaii's Big Island summit areas above 12,000 feet. It described the harrowing conditions that were expected to arrive from the time the warning was issued until 6 p.m. local time on Saturday, March 14. According to the government agency's meteorologists, the storm system was expected to bring wind gusts that could reach as high as 110 mph. Additionally, between 12 and 18 inches of snow is expected to accumulate before the warning ends.  While no one lives there permanently, the summits see steady act...