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Juzang sends No. 11 seed UCLA past Michigan to Final Four

By DAVE SKRETTA - AP Basketball Writer
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Johnny Juzang poured in 28 points while playing most of the second half on an injured ankle, and UCLA survived a series of misses by top-seeded Michigan in the closing seconds to hold on for a 51-49 victory that made the Bruins the fifth No. 11 seed ever to reach the Final Four. The game ended when Michigan forward Franz Wagner missed an open look from the 3-point line at the buzzer, the last in a series of misses that would have allowed the Wolverines to escape. 

Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press
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The Biden administration for the first time has allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children. A tour Tuesday revealed a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 migrants were crammed into a space intended for 250 and the youngest ones are kept in a large playpen with mats on the floor for sleeping. With thousands of children and families arriving at the U.S. in recent weeks and packing facilities, President Joe Biden has been under pressure to bring more transparency to the process. More than 4,100 people were being housed on the property Tuesday in Donna, Texas. Most were unaccompanied children.

The Latest: Wyoming governor sticks with ending mask mandate

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CASPER, Wyo. — Wyoming’s governor is rejecting a call by President Joe Biden for states to reimpose mask orders in response to the coronavirus pandemic. A spokesman said Tuesday that Gov. Mark Gordon has no plans to reimpose Wyoming’s statewide mandate, which he lifted March 16. It had been in effect since December. Several other governors have recently ended mask…

Man working on gun violence video killed in Philadelphia

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Police say a man working on a video about gun violence was shot and killed in Philadelphia. Police were called to the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood around 8 p.m. Monday. Police say the 55-year-old was working for a production company that was inside a home interviewing a family whose children were victims of gun violence when he went out to his van to get more equipment. Police say the man was shot multiple times. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. Officers were not sure of a motive. No arrests were made.

The Latest: Trump blasts Fauci and Birx as ‘self-promoters’

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WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is slamming two of his most prominent coronavirus advisers. He says Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx are “two self-promoters trying to reinvent history.” Fauci is the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, and in a statement released Monday evening, Trump calls him “the king of ’flip-flops.” He accuses Fauci of “moving…

The Latest: Metro Manila, outlying provinces go on lockdown

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MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials placed Metropolitan Manila and four outlying provinces, a region of more than 25 million people, back to a lockdown Monday at the height of the Lenten and Easter holiday travel season as they scrambled to control an alarming surge in coronavirus infections. Only workers, government security and health personnel and residents on urgent errands would…

The Latest: Navajo Nation extends “safer at home” order

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation has extended and loosened a health order intended to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. Under the latest “safer at home” order issued Friday, the daily curfew hours are 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. MDT and businesses can remain open until 9 p.m. MDT daily, tribal officials said Saturday. The order also…

AP Week in Pictures: Global

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MARCH 20 – 26, 2021 From a volcanic eruption in Iceland to migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, preparations for Passover in Jerusalem and a wounded protester in Myanmar, this gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made in the past week by The Associated Press from around the world. The selection was curated by AP photo editors Jacqueline Larma,…