Sunday, March 23, 2025

Good Morning! On this day in 1857, Elisha Otis installed the first commercial elevator at The E.V. Haughwout and Company department store in New York City. It carried customers up and down the store's five floors at a speed of 40 feet per minute.

Saloons once served as a gathering place for rowdy cowboys, but there are a handful of old-time cowboy bars across America where a thirsty would-be wrangler can still sidle up for a cold one. Check out these photos from 15 saloons still in operation.

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New Mexico Shooting Kills 3, Injures 15

Three people were killed and at least 15 others were injured late Friday night in a mass shooting at a park in the desert city of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Police said the shooting began as an altercation between two groups of people at an "unsanctioned car show" that escalated into gunfire, sending the 200-person crowd fleeing. Here's a report with video of the scene.

Two 19-year-old men and a 16-year-old boy were killed, police said. Gunshot victims ranging in age from 16 to 36 were sent to three local hospitals, as well as to University Medical Center of El Paso, the regional trauma center, according to police and hospital officials.

There were no suspects in custody yet, and police urged any potential witnesses to submit video footage of the shooting or of people with guns.

Trump Revokes Status of 532,000 Immigrants

The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it will revoke protections for 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in about a month.

The order applies to immigrants who arrived in the U.S. since October 2022 under a Biden-era sponsorship process that allowed migrants to enter with a legal "parole" for two years.

The Trump administration said the program was part of a broad abuse of humanitarian parole plagued by fraud and abuse. An internal review found that thousands of sponsors were listing fake social security numbers and using the same physical address for thousands of parole applications.

DHS is urging migrants to use the newly repurposed CBP Home smartphone app to register for self-deportation or face arrest and deportation in the next 30 days.

Boxing Great George Foreman Dead at 76

George Foreman, the two-time heavyweight champion boxer who led a colorful life in the public eye, passed away on Friday.

A 1968 Olympic gold medalist, he defeated Joe Frazier for the heavyweight championship in 1973 before losing the title to Muhammad Ali in the "Rumble in the Jungle" in 1974.

Foreman retired in 1977 and became an ordained minister, but returned to the ring and won the heavyweight title in 1994 when he defeated Michael Moorer at age 45.

Long after he hung up his boxing gloves, Foreman enjoyed success as the gregarious pitchman behind the George Foreman grill, a double sided grill that has sold more than 100 million units. Here's a look at his life in photos.

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➤ Aaron Rodgers had a six-hour meeting with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Friday but left with no deal signed. The Steeler's current quarterback is another longtime quarterback, Russell Wilson. (More)

➤ The Virginia Cavaliers hired VCU basketball coach Ryan Odom, who defeated the No. 1 Cavaliers when he was coaching No. 16 seed UMBC in 2018. (More)

➤ Major League Baseball has removed references to diversity from its MLB career home page following the executive order from President Trump regarding DEI policies. (More)

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➤ Big blowouts highlighted the first round of women’s NCAA Tournament play, with UConn crushing Arkansas State 103-34, and Iowa beating Murray State 92-57. (See Updated Women's Bracket)

➤ On the men's side, big games included No. 10 Arkansas' upset of No. 2 St. John’s 75-66, and No. 5 Michigan beating No. 4 Texas A&M 91-79 on Saturday. (See Updated Men's Bracket)

➤ Duke star Cooper Flagg posted strong numbers in his March Madness debut despite hurting his ankle last week, finishing with 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists to help the Blue Devils to a 93-49 victory over Marymount on Friday. (More)

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➤ Online ticket reseller StubHub filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday under the ticker symbol "STUB." (More)

➤ JPMorgan Chase issued a memo to employees Friday indicating the bank will replace the word "equity" with "opportunity" in its diversity, opportunity and inclusion (DOI) program. (More)

➤ Elon Musk's X plans to buy back the last $1.2 billion of second-lien debt held by seven banks since his buyout of the social network in 2022. (More)

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➤ Here's a map showing the location of every known overseas American military base, totaling at least 128 bases across 49 countries. (See Map)

➤ A psychologist who studies couples says if you can answer "yes" to these four questions, your relationship is stronger than most. (See Questions)

➤ A remarkable NASA photo captured the XB-1, a U.S. civilian jet, breaking the sound barrier, making the "invisible visible." (See Photo)

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➤ Every culture views behaviors like burping, slurping, and chugging differently. Here are 14 manners that we'd consider rude in America that are actually polite in other countries. (See Manners)

➤ A man tested whether a Tesla on autopilot would slam through a foam wall painted to look like a scenic highway, rather than braking as it should, in a Looney Toons-style experiment. (See Video)

➤ The U.S. has always been a diverse melting pot. This graphic visualizes the religious landscape of America by spiritual affiliation. (See Chart)

➤ Who doesn't like a good old-fashioned cowboy bar? Here are 15 old-school cowboy saloons that still exist in America today. (See Photos)

➤ Native English speakers instinctively understand the "order of adjective" rule, which controls how adjectives are ordered in a sentence—but not many can explain it. Do you know the proper order? (See Rule)

➤ The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards has released 17 previously unseen submissions because they were too adorable and silly to keep unpublished. (See Photos)

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The baseball season opens in the U.S. this week, bringing with it the tradition of the ceremonial first pitch. Here's a look at some of the more unusual styles on display.

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Saturday's Results:

What did your parents do for work?

Factory or blue-collar: 38%
Career professional: 21%
Other: 21%
Office job or teacher: 16%
Kickball: 4%

Mistake Tracking: Saturday's Poll inadvertently included "kickball" as an option for a career choice that your parents might have made. In fact, that option was supposed to be "RANCHER/FARMER." We apologize for the error. And to the 4% of our readers who said their parents worked as professional kickball players, well, what can we say but: "Kickball Fever! Catch it now!"