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Trump invokes 18th century law to declare invasion by gangs and speed deportations, from the associated press updated 3:41 PM MDT, March 15, 2025. This article talks about how President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. According to the Associated Press, this act is a wartime authority that allows the president broader leeway on policy and executive action. President Trump says that his declaration target is the Tren de Aragua gang. This declaration comes on the same day that Washington barred 5 Venezuelans from being deported. The Alien enemies act has only been used three times before this, the first being the war of 1812, the second being World War 1, and the third being World War II. 

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At least 32 dead in massive U.S storm after new fatalities reported in Kansas and Mississippi, from the Associated Press, updated at 8:42 PM MDT, March 15, 2025. This article talks about how the tornado storm ripped across the United States, leaving devastating damage in its path. In Mississippi, there was a total of six people that died across 3 counties with 3 people missing at the time of this article. There were also 29 injuries across the state of Mississippi due to the tornado storm. In Kansas, there was a 50-car pile-up due to a dust storm, ending the lives of eight people. In Arkansas, three people died, and 29 others were injured. This tornado storm has been declared a state of emergency. This wind storm has made more than 100 wildfires even worse and made weather conditions in many states horrible, causing anything from a bad blizzard to wildfires that are almost impossible to put out.

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Florida gets No.1 seed in the West Region and will open March Madness against Norfolk State, from the Associated Press, updated at 5:50 MDT, March 16, 2025. This article talks about how the Florida Gators has become the number one seeded team in the NCAA with a win-loss streak of 30 wins and 4 losses. Their first game will be against the No.16 seeded team of Norfolk State in Raleigh, North Carolina. It also talks about how the number eight seeded team, the Connecticut Huskies, will open march madness against the No. 9 seeded team Oklahoma in the west region. In last year's March Madness, the Florida Gators lost to Colorado in the first round. The Florida Gators have been said to become a well-rounded team and are ranked No. 1 in offence and No. 10 in defense. 

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What to know about March Madness if you don’t follow college basketball, from the Associated Press, updated at 10:02 PM MDT, March 15, 2025. Now that the college basketball season is winding down, March Madness is coming. March Madness is a nationwide basketball tournament broken up into 4 regions. The 4 region brackets are Midwest, East, South, and West. The formation of these four brackets happens by a committee of 12 members. This process will begin the Sunday before the tournament begins. The committee's job is to create equally competitive brackets for all of the different regions. The term march madness comes from when Henry V. Porter used it in 1939, but it wasn't officially used until a CBS broadcaster used it in 1982. Most of the tournament rounds have their own names, though. Then, being First Four, Sweet 16, the Elite Eight, and the Final Four. The reason that March Madness is so popular is because of how unpredictable it can be. People also fill out their own brackets and compete to see how accurate they can be. They create a bracket of 68 teams, 31 of those teams being already qualified due to winning their respective conference tournaments. The rest of the 37 teams are decided by the conference. After they have all been selected, they will give the watch team a seed according to how they performed over the season.

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At Least 16 people were killed after ordnance from the Syrian civil war exploded in port city of Latakia, from the Associated Press, updated 2:59 PM MDT, March 16, 2025. This article talks about how Syria’s 13-year conflict exploded in Latakia. There were more than a dozen lives lost and 18 others injured from this building collapse. The building that collapsed was a four-story building with a metal scrap storage on the ground floor where the explosion is said to have occurred. In Syria, there has been an uprising of violent activity from the Lebanese Hezbollah Militant group.

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