TOKYO (AP) — A powerful earthquake has struck off the northern Japanese coast, tsunami alert issued.

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana father fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, during an early morning attack on his family Sunday that stretched across two houses in a Shreveport neighborhood left shaken by one of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings in recent years, police said. Two women, including …

Oil prices drop and we have a NASCAR driver stop by to talk to Mocs News. Does the warm weather continue plus who’s in for the NBA Play-In? And a look inside the Rage Room at the campus Spring Fling.

We have the latest on the surprise deadly attack in Lebanon. Details on whether the press can have more access to witness executions in Tennessee. Professional baseball officials hand down punishments in a base-brawl… And find out the predictions for the weather this summer.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a lower court’s order that would have let media witnesses view more parts of state-run executions. The ruling restores the prior process ahead of the May 21 scheduled execution of Tony Carruthers, and it will remain in place during …

WASHINGTON (AP) — US filings for jobless aid jump to 219,00 last week but remain within stable range of the past few years.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — High-scoring Michigan had to get down and dirty to dig out the national title Monday, making only two 3-pointers all night but still muscling its way to a 69-63 victory over stingy, stubborn UConn. Elliot Cadeau led the Wolverines with 19 points, including the team’s first 3, which came …

HOUSTON (AP) — After traveling deeper into space than any other humans, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their moonship toward home Monday night, wrapping up a lunar cruise that revealed views of the far side never beheld by eyes until now. Their flyby of the moon — NASA’s first return since the Apollo era — even …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — There’s a dynasty brewing in college basketball. And, in a perfectly fitting twist, UConn can cement that status by overcoming a Michigan powerhouse that is racking up historically impressive numbers, hoping to go down as one of the sport’s greatest teams itself. Those are the stakes in Monday …

PHOENIX (AP) — It’s mission accomplished for UCLA. Gabriela Jaquez, Lauren Betts and the rest of the UCLA seniors secured the first NCAA women’s basketball national championship in school history — a goal that was set after losing in the first Final Four last season. Jaquez scored 21 points, Betts …