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March Madness: A look at this year's Sweet 16 teams

March Madness is hitting a fever pitch, as only the last "Sweet 16" teams are left standing on the men's and women's brackets.

More people are looking for hybrid or electric cars — but there aren't many options

High gasoline prices are boosting demand for more fuel-efficient vehicles. But some customers shopping for hybrids or electric cars are turned off by the rising sticker prices and limited selection.

Technicians work on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which will launch in December. Astronomers say the next big telescope should be designed to search signs of life on planets that orbit distant stars.

Astronomers want NASA to build a giant space telescope to peer at alien Earths

NASA should work toward a new space telescope that could view small planets around distant stars with the potential to host life, expert panel says

A snow-free Denver, pictured on Friday. The previous record for the city's latest ever first snowfall was Nov. 21, recorded in 1934.

A blizzard warning in Hawaii but no snow yet in Denver, in unusual December weather

In Denver, no snow has yet fallen this season — smashing the city's previous record of Nov. 21 for the latest ever recorded first snowfall.

Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, prime minister of Pakistan, listens to speeches during the conference. He took the stage today, as well, explaining the impact of catastrophic flooding in Pakistan this summer.

Here's what happened on day 3 of the U.N.'s COP27 climate talks

Pakistan's leader sounded the alarm, climate scientists called for more equitable research and the U.N. tried to crack down on greenwashing. Here's what happened at COP27 today.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a payload including two lunar rovers from Japan and the United Arab Emirates, lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022.

A Japanese company has fired a rocket carrying a lunar rover to the moon

A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates' first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan.

The NCAA announced Thursday it was canceling its men's and women's basketball tournaments.

No March Madness: NCAA Cancels Men's And Women's Basketball Tournaments

The NCAA's move was the latest in a string of dramatic cancellations across the U.S. sports landscape.

Nathan Chen won gold with his men's single skate program at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Nathan Chen wins gold in men's figure skating at the Beijing Olympics

The 22-year-old American topped a competitive field Thursday in Beijing. Figure skaters from Japan came in second and third.

Skippy Foods, LLC said a "number of jars may contain a small fragment of stainless steel from a piece of manufacturing equipment."

Recall issued for Skippy Peanut Butter cases due to stainless steel fragments

The specific jars impacted include Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread, Skippy Reduced Fat Chunky Peanut Butter Spread and Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter Blended With Plant Protein.

This undated photo shows oil executives Jose Angel Pereira, from left to right, Gustavo Cardenas, Jorge Toledo, Jose Luis Zambrano, Tomeu Vadell and Alirio Jose Zambrano in Caracas, Venezuela. The five men were among the seven Americans released by Venezuela as part of a swap with the U.S. government.

Venezuela frees seven Americans as part of the largest prisoner swap under Biden

The release of the Americans, including five oil executives, is in exchange for the freedom of two nephews of the Venezuelan president's wife.

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