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Minnesota fires men's basketball coach Ben Johnson after 4 seasons with 56-71 record

ABC News - Mar. 13

Iowa reportedly fires men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery after 15 seasons

Iowa men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery has reportedly been fired after 15 seasons with the Hawkeyes

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 14

Trump Just Fired 2 Members of the FTC. Here’s What That Could Mean for Small Businesses

The firings could have an impact on current cases and antitrust suits, such as those against Google, Amazon, and Meta.

Inc. - Mar. 19

Texas fires basketball coach Rodney Terry after another quick exit from NCAA Tournament

ABC News - 3d

Budenholzer says he 'probably shouldn't' care about facing Bucks for first time since firing

Mike Budenholzer will coach against the Milwaukee Bucks for the first time since being fired after the 2022-23 season.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

What will Stanford become under Andrew Luck? Troy Taylor's abrupt firing brings more questions than answers

Luck seemingly initiated the firing of his football coach, but he reportedly stood behind Taylor during a recent team meeting

CBS Sports - 1d

Texas Tech explosion forces early spring break

An explosion at a substation on the Texas Tech campus has caused power outages at the Texas Tech and the Health Sciences Center Wednesday evening, according to a TechAlert.

The Hill - Mar. 13

Electricity gradually returns to Cuba after millions left in the dark

Electricity service in Cuba is gradually being restored more than 36 hours after a substation failure left the entire island in the dark

ABC News - Mar. 16

Wildfire researchers replicate "firenado" and other fire conditions in Montana lab

Tucked beneath snow-capped mountains in Missoula, Montana, there's a laboratory unlike any other in the country, where scientists are starting fires to better understand how they burn and how to ...

CBS News - Mar. 11

Man allegedly held captive in Connecticut room for decades, set a fire to escape

Authorities in Waterbury, Connecticut, say a woman held her stepson captive for more than two decades until he intentionally started a fire in his room in a desperate bid to escape. Police have ...

CBS News - Mar. 13

North Korea fires several ballistic missiles into sea after U.S. and South Korea begin military drills

North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday, hours after South Korean and U.S. troops kicked off their large annual combined drills.

NBC News - Mar. 10

North Korea fires ballistic missiles after U.S., South start annual drills

North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea after South Korean and U.S. troops began their large annual combined drills, Seoul said.

CBS News - Mar. 10

Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights

Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing.

The New York Times - Mar. 11

New York fires 2,000 prison guards who refuse to return to work after wildcat strike

New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that crippled the state’s correctional system.

NBC News - Mar. 11

DOJ lawyers decline to let OMP's acting director testify about mass firings

The Trump administration could be sanctioned after the DOJ declined to make a top administration official available for sworn testimony regarding the recent mass firings.

ABC News - Mar. 11

Federal workers say their future is uncertain even after court rulings call their firings illegal

Two judges ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s administration needs to reinstate thousands of federal workers it fired across dozens of agencies.

NBC News - Mar. 14

Nation's No. 42 recruit Brandie Harrod decommits from Auburn after coach firing

Putnam North's Brandie Harrod has been committed to Auburn since September, but after the school fired coach Johnnie Harris she decommitted.

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 16

Oil ends lower after Russia agrees to cease-fire on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Oil futures finished with a loss on Tuesday as Russia’s temporary cease-fire on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure lifted the possibility that the U.S. will ease sanctions on the flow of crude from ...

MarketWatch - Mar. 18

Stephen A. Smith fires shots at Steelers DT Cameron Heyward for his Aaron Rodgers comments

ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith fired shots at Steelers veteran DT Cameron Heyward over his Aaron Rodger's recruitment comments.

Yahoo Sports - 6d

Edison’s Power Lines Were Under Strain 14 Hours Before Eaton Fire

New data suggests there were faults on Southern California Edison’s transmission lines early on Jan. 7 before the fire started that evening.

The New York Times - 6d

Manchester United under fire from disabled fans over ‘unjust’ decline of standards

Manchester United have come under fire from disabled supporters over “declining” stewarding standards and “highly unjust” rising parking charges.

Yahoo Sports - 6d

Experts warn of major security risk as foreign recruiters eye fired federal workers

Thousands of fired federal workers offer appealing experience and skills -- to the private sector and foreign adversaries alike, experts tell ABC News.

ABC News - 5d

New York Basketball Hall of Fame coach Jim Zullo fired after pulling player's hair

Jim Zullo has been fired as coach of the Northville HS team for pulling the hair of a player after a loss in a New York state title game.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Texas fires men's basketball coach Rodney Terry after exit in First Four, per reports

Texas has fired men's basketball coach Rodney Terry after two-plus seasons. The Longhorns lost to Xavier in the First Four on Wednesday.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Texas fires coach Rodney Terry after Longhorns make another quick exit from NCAA Tournament

The University of Texas fired basketball coach Rodney Terry on Sunday after a disappointing first season in the Southeastern Conference and another quick exit from the NCAA Tournament.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Muslim woman attacked in library by suspect who tried to set hijab on fire, police say

A Canadian Muslim woman was targeted at a public library on Saturday in what police are calling an unprovoked attack by a suspect who attempted to remove and set the woman's hijab on fire.

NBC News - 1d

Stanford football coach Taylor fired following report he was investigated for alleged mistreatment

Stanford fired football coach Troy Taylor following a report last week that he had been investigated twice for allegedly mistreating staffers

ABC News - 1d

Federal workers fired in anti-DEI purge say it was because they're not white men

Federal employees from several agencies filed a class action complaint Wednesday, claiming the Trump administration unlawfully fired employees for DEI activities.

NBC News - 5h

Democrats Are Playing With Tea Party Fire

If Democrats don’t get a better grip on what is achievable in Congress, they will fall victim to the infighting that has long plagued Republicans.

The New York Times - Mar. 17

Fires In the Carolinas Linked to Hurricane Helene

Wildfires in the North and South Carolina are being fueled by storm debris.

Inc. - 1d

‘Etched in my mind’: witness to South Carolina firing squad execution describes killing

Brad Sigmon was executed on Friday for the murders of his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001. A reporter for the Associated Press who watched as South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing ...

The Guardian - Mar. 8

Andrew Gutman, Leonardo Barroso rally Fire to 3-1 victory in home opener for Dallas

Defenders Andrew Gutman and Leonardo Barroso scored two minutes apart late in the second half of Barroso’s league debut and the Chicago Fire spoiled FC Dallas’ home opener with a 3-1 victory

ABC News - Mar. 8

NC State fires coach Kevin Keatts a year after improbable ACC title and Final Four run

N.C. State fired men’s basketball coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, an abrupt end to an eight-year tenure coming less than a year after the Wolfpack’s improbable run to the Atlantic Coast Conference ...

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 9

Fired special counsel: 'I don't think we have watchdog agencies anymore'

The ousted head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) said his removal by President Trump is among a series of firings that have taken a wrecking ball to oversight of his administration. Special ...

The Hill - Mar. 10

DOGE’s AI App Replacing Fired Federal Workers Proves ‘About as Good as an Intern’

After mass firings at the General Services Administration, DOGE issued remaining staff an app to take up the excess work — but severely limited its use to a handful of repetitive tasks.

Inc. - Mar. 10

Stepmom held man captive for decades until he set house on fire, officials say

A Connecticut man alleged to have been held captive and starved by his stepmother for more than two decades escaped the small room he had been locked away in by setting their house on fire, ...

NBC News - Mar. 13

Man says he was held in room 20 years, set fire to escape; stepmother charged

An emaciated man, 32, says he was held in his room for 20 years and set it on fire to gain his freedom, according to police. His stepmother was charged with cruelty and kidnapping.

CBS News - Mar. 13

Details on judge's ruling that some government workers must be reinstated after mass firings

A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate thousands of probationary federal employees who were recently fired. CBS News congressional reporter ...

CBS News - Mar. 14

Judges rule against mass firings and Tricare bills couple over $100K: Morning Rundown

Judges reverse Trump's federal mass firings. Keith Kellogg absent from Ukraine-Russia talks. Over $100,000 in denied medical bills. Supercharging gut health.

NBC News - Mar. 14

Megastorm may bring blizzards, tornadoes, flooding and even fires across much of US: Where, when it will hit

More than 100 million people in the U.S. will be in the path of an intense March storm starting Friday as the sprawling multi-day system threatens fires, blizzards, tornadoes, and flooding as it ...

The Hill - Mar. 14

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