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Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
CHICAGO (AP) — Oil prices spiked near $120 per barrel before falling back Monday as the Iran war intensified, threatening production and shipping in the Middle East and pummeling financial markets. The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, surged to $119.50 per barrel early in the day but later was trading at $107.80 per barrel. West Texas Intermediate, the light, sweet crude oil ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — How long will the Iran war last? What do all sides want to achieve? And how high will oil prices go? Big questions remain as fighting enters week two. Israel and the United States keep pounding Iran. And Iran keeps carrying out retaliatory attacks against Israel, U.S. military assets in the Middle East and its Arab neighbors. Here's what we know about the war, and don't. How long will ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
The contract dispute between the US Department of Defense and the AI developer Anthropic that boiled over at the end of February exposed in stark terms how laws and regulations have failed to keep up with the capabilities of artificial intelligence. The Pentagon wanted to be able to use Anthropic's Claude AI for "all lawful purposes," while Anthropic wanted to prohibit the military from using it for mass domestic ...
Source: cnet.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
By Live Nation , the company that owns Ticketmaster, has agreed to change its ticketing practices and pay $200 million in damages to settle an antitrust lawsuit by the Justice Department. The Justice Department and Live Nation are expected to announce the settlement Monday, days after the trial began, The New York Times , Politico and Fox Business report. The lawsuit alleged that Live Nation was using monopolistic ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
Passengers traveling through Houston, New Orleans, Chicago, and other US airports experienced hourslong delays on Sunday and Monday as spring break travel peaked and the Transportation Security Administration experienced staffing shortages due to the ongoing partial government shutdown . Nearly 2.8 million passengers passed through TSA checkpoints on Sunday, making it the agency's busiest day since January 4. The ...
Source: insider.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article US president has intervened after the team refused to sing the country's national anthem Leer en Español US president Donald Trump has offered the Iranian women's football team asylum in the US amid fears for their safety. Mr Trump warned the players could risk death if ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
A jar filled with nuts, bolts and screws that was wrapped in black tape with a fuse, then ignited by a counter-protester "could have caused serious injury or death". An improvised explosive device thrown during protests outside New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's home could have been deadly, police said. A jar filled with nuts, bolts and screws, that was wrapped in black tape with a fuse, landed in ...
Source: news.sky.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
A trio of wealthy brothers was found guilty of federal sex-trafficking charges in Manhattan on Monday in a grand-slam verdict convicting them of each count they faced in a 10-count indictment. The jury deliberated for three days before announcing a verdict for former luxury real estate brokers Tal Alexander, 39, and Oren Alexander, 38 , as well as for Oren's twin, Alon Alexander, a former executive in his parents' ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) leaves the Capitol for a White House meeting. REUTERS/Nathan Howard Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republican leaders are navigating an extraordinarily precarious political situation, operating with the slimmest congressional majority since the 1930s and resorting to extraordinary measures — including summoning ill members and tracking flight schedules — just to ...
Source: rawstory.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The service member died Saturday night after being seriously injured during an attack on U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia A seventh American service member has been killed in the United States war with Iran. The service member died Saturday night after being seriously injured during an ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
An analysis led by Mass General Brigham investigators found slower aging in older adults after two years of a daily multivitamin, with greater benefits for those who began the trial with accelerated biological age. How quickly our bodies age on a cellular level, our "biological age," can differ from how old we actually are in years. Using data from a large randomized clinical trial of older adults, researchers at ...
Source: news-medical.net
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it killed six men Sunday in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean as part of the Trump administration's campaign against alleged traffickers. Sunday's attack brought the death toll to at least 157 people since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in small vessels in early September. As with most ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
The White House's newly released national cyber strategy has received praise from industry officials, but some are also asking for more specifics on the cyber policies. The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) published the seven-page strategy – which has five pages with text – on Friday afternoon, outlining a six-pillar framework intended to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity. The six ...
Source: cdn.meritalk.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
The NBA has called off the Atlanta Hawks' plans for a night of celebrating the city's famed Magic City adult entertainment club, saying it was responding to "concerns" from many across the league. Atlanta announced the plan last month, saying it wanted to pay tribute to an "iconic cultural institution" with food — including the club's famous lemon pepper wings, a version of which is named for former Hawks ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
Walter 'Ted' Carter Jr says he 'made a mistake in allowing inappropriate access to Ohio State leadership' The president of the Ohio State University has resigned following the disclosure of an "inappropriate relationship" to the college's board of trustees. In a statement , Walter "Ted" Carter Jr, who had led the university since 2024, said that he "made a mistake in allowing inappropriate access to Ohio State ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
The new wave of artificial intelligence (AI) startups is beginning to look very different from the one that defined the past two years. Instead of racing to build larger, large-scale models, a growing group of companies is focusing on the systems required to make AI usable inside real organizations. This week's funding announcements show how quickly the market is shifting toward infrastructure that helps ...
Source: pymnts.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article 'I demand that the producers of this disgusting and juvenile war porn remove my voice immediately,' Steve Downes, voice of Master Chief, says A voice actor, from the popular video game series Halo, has condemned the Trump administration's use of his speech in a clip shared by the ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Sunday, Mar 8th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will not sign any bills until the SAVE America Act is passed, adding that a "watered down" version of the act would not do. The legislation, which would overhaul voting laws and require proof of citizenship nationwide to register to vote, faces an uphill battle in the Senate. Noncitizen voting is illegal and uncommon . "It supersedes everything else. MUST GO TO THE FRONT ...
Source: nbcnews.com