Bagpipers march up Fifth Avenue while they pass in front of St. Patrick Cathedral during the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Thursday in New York City. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
ACROSS AMERICA — One of America's favorite traditions — St. Patrick's Day parades and events — returned to city streets after a two-year hiatus this week. And another one, the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament, or March Madness, once again returned to arenas across the country, a return to normal after last year's tourney was played entirely in Indiana and the 2020 tourney was canceled altogether.
Also this week:
In Texas on Tuesday, a 13-year-old was driving a pickup in a crash that killed nine people, the National Transportation Safety Board said. In Washington, D.C., President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine addressed Congress in a rare video call.
Find out what's happening in Across Americafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
A damaged bus sits on the side of the road at the scene of a fatal car wreck early Wednesday on an Andrews County farm-to-market road about 30 miles from the New Mexico border. Tuesday night, a van carrying members of the University of the Southwest men's and women's golf teams crashed with a pickup truck the National Transportation Safety Board said was driven by a 13-year-old. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)People console each other during a memorial for Jackson Zinn at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant Thursday in Hobbs, New Mexico. Zinn, who worked at the restaurant, was killed with several other student golfers and the coach of University of the Southwest in a crash in Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)People watch after releasing balloons during a memorial for Jackson Zinn at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant Thursday in Hobbs, New Mexico. Zinn. (AP Photo/John Locher)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a joint session of Congress via video Wednesday, when he pleaded for support from the United States and Western allies as his country is besieged by Russian forces. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)Bagpipers warm up near Fifth Avenue during the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation’s largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)People wait at Fifth Avenue for the start of New York City's St. Patrick's Day Parade Thursday. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) The Boston Red Sox' Jeter Downs waits to bat during a spring training baseball game against the Minnesota Twins at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida, Thursday. The Red Sox wore St. Patrick's Day green for their spring debut. (AP Photo/Jake Seiner)President Joe Biden meets virtually with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in the Oval Office of the White House Thursday. Martin tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)Notre Dame players celebrate after defeating Rutgers, 89-87, in double overtime in a First Four game in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, early Thursday in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)St. Peter's guard Daryl Banks III (5) celebrates after making a 3-point basket during the first half of a college basketball game against Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA tournament Thursday in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
