Local Sports Schedule

(all events start at 5 p.m. unless noted) Wednesday, March 25 BASEBALL Linsly at Weir SOFTBALL Martins Ferry at Barnesville Union Local at Bellaire East Liverpool vs. Bridgeport at Shadyside Beaver Local at Buckeye Local St. Clairsville at Cambridge Wheeling Central at Linsly TENNIS Madonna at Wheeling Park girls, 3:30 p.m. St. Mary's girls at Wheeling Central, 4:30 p.m. Wheeling Park boys at Weir, 4:30 p.m.

Prosecutor Conceded Lack Of Criminal Evidence In Federal Reserve Probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's investigation of a $2.5 billion renovation project at the Federal Reserve didn't find any evidence of a crime, a federal prosecutor privately conceded under questioning by a skeptical judge earlier this month, according to a transcript of the sealed hearing. That admission by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Massucco came during a March 3 hearing that was closed to the public, the transcript shows. Eight days later, Chief Judge James Boasberg quashed government subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve, dealing a severe blow to the government's ...

Supreme Court Considers Letting Trump Administration Revive Restrictive Immigration Asylum Policy

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with whether the Trump administration should be able to revive an immigration policy that has been used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Some conservative justices seemed receptive to the Justice Department's push to overturn a lower-court ruling against the practice known as metering. Immigration authorities limited the number of people who could apply for asylum, saying it was necessary to handle an increase at the border. Advocates say the policy created a humanitarian crisis during President ...

Census Bureau To Use Mail Carriers In Test Already Facing Criticism

Even though some doubts have been raised about its effectiveness, the U.S. Census Bureau is trying out whether to use U.S. postal carriers as census takers this spring during a test of the 2030 head count in two southern cities — a practice run already facing criticism over last-minute ...

Historic Preservation Groups Sue To Block Kennedy Center Changes

WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of cultural and historic preservation groups is suing to block further physical changes to the Kennedy Center ahead of a two-year closure that President Donald Trump insists is necessary to renovate the prominent performing arts venue. The lawsuit against Trump, the Kennedy Center and others in the administration, doesn't dispute the need for routine maintenance and repairs. But it argues that the more substantial changes Trump has hinted are in the works should go through the typical review process that governs many major projects in the nation's ...

U.S. To Pay French Company $1B To Walk Away From Offshore Wind Leases

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a French company to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign against offshore wind and other renewable energy. TotalEnergies has agreed to what's essentially a refund of its leases for projects off the coasts of North Carolina and New York, and will invest the money in fossil fuel projects instead, the Department of Interior announced Monday. President Donald Trump's administration has tried to halt offshore wind construction, but federal judges repeatedly ...