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Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel's defense minister threatened a surge in attacks against Iran on Saturday and Britain condemned Iran for targeting a joint U.K.-U.S. base in the Indian Ocean as the war in the Middle East entered its fourth week. The Iranian attack on the Diego Garcia air base — located about 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) from Iran — suggested Tehran has in its stockpile ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
An upcoming season of "The Bachelorette" was pulled Thursday, a spokesperson for Disney said, after a video of its star attacking the father of one of her children was leaked. Taylor Frankie Paul, a reality star who was to lead the new season, slated to premiere Sunday, has been under scrutiny in recent days after it emerged that she was facing a domestic violence investigation, years after pleading guilty to ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
Court's decision to eliminate Save plan and internal shuffling on who handles what when it comes to student loans presents new challenges for borrowers Many Americans with student debt are again facing future upheaval after a federal appeals court recently ordered the end of a Biden-era student loan repayment program, known as the Saving on a Value Education (Save) Plan, a move that coincided with another grim ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
(Bloomberg) -- The US has allowed the sale of Iranian oil and petrochemical products that have been loaded onto tankers, its latest effort to counter rising oil prices due to the Middle East war. The Department of Treasury issued a general license for energy that's already on vessels as of Friday, with such purchases authorized through April 19. The measure follows similar moves for Russian oil on the water in a ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
A federal jury in California found Friday that tech tycoon Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders, driving down the company's share price. A federal jury in California found Friday that tech tycoon Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders, driving down the company's share price as he was poised to buy it in a $44 billion deal. The verdict in the class action securities lawsuit means the world's richest person could be ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
For some time now, right-wing forces have been attacking gender-affirming health care for transgender individuals, and especially for trans youth. Those attacks ratcheted up seriously in December, when the Trump administration proposed rules designed to ban gender-affirming care for young people , with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr . flatly calling such care "malpractice." The medical community promptly and ...
Source: commondreams.org
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii suffered its worst flooding in more than 20 years as heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ago , officials said Friday while warning that still more rain was expected during the weekend. Muddy floodwaters smothered vast stretches of Oahu's North Shore , a community world-renowned for its big-wave surfing. Raging waters lifted homes and cars ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — An Iranian man and a Romanian woman have been charged after trying to enter the naval base in Scotland that is home to Britain's nuclear-armed submarines, police said Saturday, Police Scotland said the 34-year-old man and 31-year-old woman will appear at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Monday. As is customary in Scotland, police did not release the suspects' names or the charges they face before ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
We're a couple of headstrong Trump moves away from a full-blown market panic. Sign up for the Surge , the newsletter that covers most important political nonsense of the week, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. Welcome to this week's edition of the Surge, Slate's politics newsletter, which is about to crack this Strait of Hormuz thing any day now. Once again, the "haters" spent all week talking about the ...
Source: slate.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
The unique nature of the April special election and the state's recent redistricting history have presented challenges for Democrats, even as they hold a financial edge in the race. After putting an aggressive redraw of the state's congressional map before voters, some Virginia Democrats are growing uneasy about its prospects for passage one month out from the special election. Virginia Democrats entered 2026 ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
Hachette Book Group, one of the largest publishers in the United States, pulled a forthcoming horror novel Thursday in a decision that followed widespread allegations online that the author relied heavily on artificial intelligence to write the book. On Thursday, a day after The New York Times approached Hachette citing evidence that the novel appeared to be AI-generated, the company said it was pulling the book ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
The agreement increases the salary cap from US$1.5 million to US$7 million and will adjust annually based on league and team revenue growth 2-MIN READ The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the league's players' union said Friday they had reached a tentative agreement on a "groundbreaking" seven-year labour deal after months of tense negotiations. The new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), which ...
Source: scmp.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Topics More from TechCrunch The Trump administration on Friday laid out a legislative framework for a singular policy for AI in the United States. The framework would centralize power in Washington by preempting state AI laws, potentially undercutting the recent surge of efforts from states to regulate the use and development of the technology. "This framework can only succeed if it is applied uniformly across the ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
( The Hill ) — The Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) on Thursday greenlit a $1 gold coin featuring President Trump's likeness to commemorate America's 250th anniversary. The proposed design depicts Trump with his fists on what appears to be a table or desk. The words "Liberty" span above the image of the president. The back of the coin features an image of a bald eagle that appears ready to take ...
Source: wfla.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
– The Justice Department filed a new lawsuit Friday against Harvard University, saying its leadership failed to , creating grounds for the government to freeze existing grants and seek repayment for grants already paid. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, is another salvo in a protracted battle between the administration of President Donald Trump and the elite university. "The United States ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
3 min read The co-founder of Super Micro Computer and two others were charged with diverting $2.5 billion worth of servers with Nvidia's artificial intelligence chips to China, in violation of US laws barring exports to that country without a license. Yih-Shyan Liaw, known as Wally; Ruei-Tsang Chang, known as Steven; and Ting-Wei Sun, known as Willy, were charged with conspiring to violate export control laws, ...
Source: edition.cnn.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Reading time 2 minutes It's been a long time coming, but Microsoft says it has some fixes in the pipeline that might make using Windows 11 less of a nightmare—and yes, one of those fixes has to do with scaling back how often Windows shoves Copilot down your throat. According to a blog post from Pavan Davuluri, EVP of Windows & Devices at Microsoft, updates will roll out to Windows Insiders starting next month ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The Mexican, who "died of presumed suicide", is the 46th person to die in ICE custody since January 2025 and the second this week. A 19-year-old Mexican has become the youngest person to die in ICE custody since the start of Donald Trump's second term. Royer Perez-Jimenez "died of presumed suicide" on Monday at the Glades County Detention Centre in south Florida, ICE said in a statement, although his official cause ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The states filed a temporary restraining order less than a day after the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department signed off on the $6.2 billion deal. California and seven other states filed an emergency motion on Friday to stop the merger of broadcasting companies Nexstar and Tegna, a corporate tie-up that would create the country's largest operator of local television stations. The eight ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Monitoring the mortgage interest rate climate on a daily basis is an integral part of the homebuying and refinancing processes. But, this March, it was arguably more important than usual. With multiple items on the calendar with the potential to impact mortgage rates , buyers and owners hoping to refinance needed to be more strategic than usual. Now, however, following new inflation and unemployment reports ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The banking industry is reviewing three proposals totaling more than 1,500 pages released Thursday by U.S. financial regulators aimed at streamlining the bank capital framework. While the full impact remains unclear, an initial review suggests the rules are more tailored than previous efforts. Processing Content The proposals cover Basel III, the global systemically important bank, or G-SIB, surcharge and revisions ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
A burst of unusual March heat is hitting the United States this week and into next, busting previous monthly heat records by wide margins. While heat is most acutely felt by people exposed to it, graphics and charts convey the scale of this extreme event. Let's start with records already broken, in some cases by huge margins. California and Arizona have seen daily highs surpass 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The project, called 'Transformer,' is said to be AI-driven and could integrate Alexa while potentially eliminating traditional app stores Amazon is reportedly developing a new smartphone more than a decade after scrapping its Fire Phone, with plans for an AI-driven device integrated with Alexa and its broader services ecosystem. The tech giant's new effort is called "Transformer" and is being developed within the ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
A federal judge in the United States has agreed to block the administration of President Donald Trump from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters' access to the Pentagon. Friday's ruling sides with The New York Times in its argument that key portions of the new rules are unlawful. US District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, DC, ruled that the Pentagon policy illegally restricts the press credentials of ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Nearly 90,000 bottles of children's ibuprofen are being recalled because they may contain a foreign substance, according to a notice issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The recall affects Children's Ibuprofen Oral Suspension, a pain reliever that comes in liquid form. The product was manufactured in India by Strides Pharma for Taro Pharmaceuticals. The medication is intended for ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Sitting federal judges speaking at a panel discussion Thursday said there are increasing threats against them and their family members and warned about the dangers of such threats becoming "ordinary." The was hosted online by the organization Speak Up for Justice. "What's most problematic is that the extraordinary has become ordinary," said U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes of the District of Columbia, according to an ...
Source: abajournal.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
A woman in Georgia was charged with murder last week after she attempted to have an abortion nearly three months ago. Alexia Moore, 31, faces felony murder charges for her attempt to abort her fetus using the abortion medication Misoprostol. She also faces charges for possession and use of a controlled substance, as she reportedly used Oxycodone to deal with the pain she believed she would experience from the ...
Source: truthout.org
Friday, Mar 20th, 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? OSLO, March 20 (Reuters) - Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit said on Friday she regretted her friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, seeking to contain one ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The data broker loophole is top of mind for privacy advocates following FBI Director Kash Patel's congressional testimony earlier this week , during which he confirmed the Department of Justice component is paying for data that is then used in law enforcement operations. When asked by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., if he could commit to not buying Americans' location data, Patel said the FBI "uses all tools" to do ...
Source: fedscoop.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Trump and his Republican allies in Congress are increasingly intent on a massive overhaul of the country's elections in time for the 2026 midterms. But an important group of people are warning that's not possible: the professionals who actually run those elections . Around the country, state and local election administrators have been warily eyeing the proposed changes contained in the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — James "Jimmy" Gracey, a college student from Illinois who was found dead after going missing while in Barcelona on a break, was likely the victim of an accident, Spanish regional police said Friday. Gracey's body was found Thursday afternoon in the waters off a beach, near where he was last seen outside a Barcelona nightclub with his friends in the early hours of Tuesday. A ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. 'No, I didn't say anything along those lines,' Charles Simmons told NBC News in an interview Thursday Removed from bookmarks The father of a dead U.S. serviceman has denied claims by Pete Hegseth that he told the Defense Secretary to "not stop until the job is done" – referring to the war in Iran ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Authorities seized infrastructure powering four botnets that hijacked a combined three million devices and launched more than 300,000 DDoS attacks collectively, the Justice Department said Thursday. The botnets — Aisuru, Kimwolf , JackSkid and Mossad — enabled operators to sell access to the infected devices for various cybercrimes. The aftermath spanned thousands of attacks, including some demanding ...
Source: cyberscoop.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Monte Verde site gets a new date, but the big picture doesn't change Stop trying to make "Clovis First" happen; it's not going to happen. A landmark site in the peopling of the Americas is several thousand years younger than we thought. While that means very different things about the site itself, it doesn't change the big picture as much as the researchers who generated the new date are claiming. University of ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Flight 41 from Los Angeles encountered patch of rough air shortly before landing in Sydney, leaving four crew injured Three flight attendants were taken to hospital from Sydney airport on Friday morning after their plane hit a bad patch of turbulence just before landing. Delta Air Lines flight 41 from Los Angeles encountered the turbulence during its descent into Sydney, with four crew members injured, a Delta ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes Meta's "metaverse" has become the tech equivalent of Schrödinger's Cat . It exists in a superposition of both life and death . Meta knows it can't fully abandon VR, even if the hype surrounding the metaverse and its Horizon Worlds virtual environment has withered to a shallow husk of its initial promise. Just two days after Meta confirmed to fans it was pulling the plug on Horizon Worlds ...
Source: gizmodo.com