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Top News Stories for Thursday, March 26th 2026
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and the United States hardened their positions as a diplomatic push for a cease-fire in the Middle East war appeared to falter on Thursday. Tehran moved to formalize its control over the crucial Strait of Hormuz while Washington prepared for the arrival of US troops in the region that could be used on the ground in the Islamic Republic. Sirens over ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
As juries turn against social media for harming kids, Big Tech's invincibility starts to show cracks
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
For years, parents , teenagers, pediatricians, educators and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media is detrimental to young people's mental health and can lead to addiction, eating disorders, sexual exploitation and suicide. For the first time, juries in two states took their side. In Los Angeles on Wednesday, a jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children using their services. In ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
Key takeaways: The FCC has banned the sale of new foreign-made routers in the US, and this sweeping order applies to virtually every Wi-Fi router currently available in the US market. My expert advice is to hold off on purchasing a new router if you can. Under the current rules, banned routers will no longer receive essential security firmware and software updates after March 1, 2027. The FCC's action ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
March 26 (UPI) -- The Trump administration is again seeking to prosecute New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge threw out its case against her and grand juries twice declined to indict her last year, according to reports. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte is accusing James of alleged homeowners insurance fraud, according too documents obtained by CNN , NBC News and MS News . Pulte ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
Men released on bail over Jewish charity ambulance arson attack Two men who were arrested over the arson attack on Jewish charity-owned ambulances in north London have been released on bail, the Metropolitan Police has said. Four Hatzola ambulances in the car park of a synagogue in Golders Green were set alight in the early hours of Monday, in an incident being treated as an antisemitic hate crime. The men, British ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
The U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond, an appeals court ruled on Wednesday, handing a victory to the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration. The opinion from a panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis overturned a lower court ruling that required that a native of Mexico arrested for lacking legal documents be given a bond hearing before an immigration judge. It's the second ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral towards the end of last year as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence but also raised alarms in Hollywood and elsewhere. OpenAI said in a brief social media message on Tuesday that it was "saying goodbye to the Sora app" and that it would share more soon about how to preserve what users had already created on the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Only one US-built nuclear reactor has ever flown in space, and that was more than 60 years ago. NASA's announcement Tuesday that it will "pause" work on a lunar space station and focus on building a surface base on the Moon was no big surprise to anyone paying attention to the Trump administration's space policy. But what should NASA do with hardware already built for the Gateway outpost? NASA spent close to $4.5 ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Officials say a new Kansas law is drawing data centers to the state as details emerge about a possible new hyperscale campus in Leavenworth County in the broader Kansas City area. (TNS) — Officials say a new Kansas law is drawing data centers to the state as details emerge about a possible new hyperscale campus in Leavenworth County, among the latest proposals in the broader Kansas City area. Cloverleaf ...
Source: govtech.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that internet service provider Cox Communications cannot be held liable for copyright infringement by its subscribers in a closely watched dispute over pirated music. The high court ruled unanimously in favor of Cox, finding that the company cannot be held liable for infringement that occurred on its network. The decision reverses a ruling ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — With airport security lines growing long and time running short before a scheduled congressional recess next week, senators have been scrambling to find a way to end a nearly six-week partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. But the difficult task of striking a bipartisan deal for the department, which includes the vital Transportation Security Administration and the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Economists have pulled up their risk assessments of a U.S. contraction amid heightened uncertainty over geopolitical risk and a labor market that for the past year has shown strains. "I'm concerned recession risks are uncomfortably high and on the rise," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics. "Recession is a real threat here." Twin concerns about growth and unemployment have triggered talk of ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
All but four of the passengers injured in Sunday's deadly collision between an Air Canada plane and a fire truck have been released from the hospital, the airline said Wednesday, as crews began moving the mangled aircraft off the runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport. A spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a statement provided to CBS News that it was working to have the runway ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is seeking a temporary 8% charge on certain popular products, including Priority Mail, to help blunt the impact of rising transportation costs. USPS filed notice on Wednesday with the Postal Regulatory Commission seeking the price increase, which would take effect on April 26 and remain in place until Jan. 17, 2027, pending final approval. "This temporary price ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert , famous devotee to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth , is co-writing a "Lord of the Rings" movie with his son. Warner Bros. announced early Wednesday that Colbert will script "The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past" along with series veteran Philippa Boyens and Peter McGee, Colbert's son. Producer Peter Jackson revealed Colbert's involvement in a social media video that ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Meta will lay off several hundred people across Reality Labs, social media, recruiting and sales on Wednesday (March 25), The Information reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. The company employed more than 78,000 people as of the end of 2025, according to the report. Wednesday's layoffs will be in addition to the 1,500 job cuts Meta made in its Reality Labs business in January and the cuts that impacted 5% ...
Source: pymnts.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
The remains of dogs from more than 14,000 years ago have been found in Turkey and the UK, revealing that domesticated animals were spread across Europe by hunter-gatherers Ancient remains in Turkey from 15,800 years ago have been confirmed as coming from a dog, the earliest one ever found. Genetic evidence also reveals that our best friends were already widely distributed across Europe 14,300 years ago, when humans ...
Source: newscientist.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
By Bill Lukitsch, Christopher Vondracek, The Minnesota Star Tribune Delta Air Lines is temporarily pulling back some special perks meant to ease travel for members of Congress amid the ongoing partial government shutdown. The Atlanta-based airline, which runs its second-largest U.S. hub from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, said Tuesday that it would suspend some of its tailored services for congress ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Houston airport wait times reach over four hours amid US travel chaos Travellers across the US are facing unusually long lines at airports, with some of the worst delays reported in Houston, where security wait times have stretched beyond four hours amid a partial government shutdown. Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents continue to miss paychecks and call out of work, leaving large gaps ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Amazon acquires Fauna Robotics and its approachable humanoid Sprout The deal, Amazon's second robotics acquisition this month, brings a 50-pound, 3.5-foot bipedal robot called Sprout into the company's portfolio, less than two months after Fauna launched it to research and development partners. Terms were not disclosed. The race to put a humanoid robot in every home has a new entrant. Amazon has acquired Fauna ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
The United States has conducted its 47th attack on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel, this time killing four people. Wednesday's announcement brings the total number of people killed in the boat-bombing campaign, dubbed Operation Southern Spear, to approximately 163. US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which oversees military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, described the attack as "applying total ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Washington — The Justice Department has reached a settlement with former Trump national security official and right-wing activist Michael Flynn after he sued the department, alleging that he was wrongly prosecuted during the first Trump administration. The retired three-star general sued the Justice Department in 2023 for $50 million in damages, alleging the government"improperly and politically" targeted him ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
A federal judge in San Francisco raised her concerns at a court hearing over the Pentagon's decision to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk, suggesting it might be retaliation for the company's stance on artificial intelligence (AI) use cases. In this latest development of the ongoing dispute between Anthropic and the federal government, lawyers for both parties appeared before U.S. District Judge Rita ...
Source: meritalk.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
( KTLA ) — United Airlines has unveiled new cabin designs with premium seating that will give passengers more space to stretch out on long-haul flights. The airline announced that "United Relax Row" will have new custom-designed seats with adjustable leg rests that can be raised or lowered to create a lie-flat space similar to a couch. "The entire row is alllllll yours," United said in an X post Tuesday. ...
Source: wfla.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Around 6:30 a.m. Aug. 10, 2019, two guards were making the breakfast rounds in a locked and isolated unit of the federal jail in lower Manhattan when one of them knocked on the metal door of "Come to the door," officer Michael Thomas said. "Come to the door." Epstein did not stir. When Thomas entered the cell, which was unusually cluttered with extra blankets and linens, he discovered Epstein alone and ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
The state of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, seeking to obtain withheld evidence that could be used to prosecute Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents who committed three separate shootings — two of them fatal — during their brutal immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities earlier this year. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ...
Source: truthout.org
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
President Trump has called news coverage of the Iran war "criminal" and "unpatriotic," while his FCC chairman threatens broadcasters' licenses. Support journalism that holds power accountable. Become a HuffPost member today. Already a member? The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed open to arguments from the Trump administration that it has a right to turn asylum seekers away at border ports of entry, even if they have ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, the English club said Tuesday, after nine years at Anfield in which he has established himself as one of its greatest-ever players. Liverpool said the 33-year-old Salah has "reached an agreement" to leave the team a year before his contract was due to expire. "Salah expressed his wish to make this announcement to the supporters at the earliest possible ...
Source: bostonglobe.com