The Petersburg Post
Top News Stories for Saturday, March 7th 2026
Customs and Border Protection official says new process for tariff refunds could be ready in 45 days
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MAE ANDERSON, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Government officials are getting closer to ironing out a refund process for the hundreds of thousands of companies that paid tariffs now deemed illegal. In a filing with the Court of International Trade on Friday, Brandon Lord, executive director of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's trade policy and programs ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Puppy-killing former South Dakota governor made history as the first Cabinet secretary ousted in Trump's second term, but the writing had been on the wall for months, reports Rhian Lubin and Brendan Rascius A fter Kristi Noem's Senate hearing this week, President Donald Trump ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Our special spring issue is out soon. Get a discounted subscription to our print magazine today. Your support keeps us publishing! Chuck Schumer is not only failing to meet the moment by not opposing the war on Iran. He has long been a hawk on Iran among Democrats and Americans who are yearning for peace. Most Americans don't want this war, and among Democratic voters, 89 percent say the United States should not ...
Source: jacobin.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Justice department said the files were initially withheld because they were mistakenly categorized as duplicates The US justice department released additional files related to Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, including FBI memos describing interviews with a woman who made uncorroborated allegations against Epstein and Donald Trump . The documents were not included in the justice department's earlier releases of ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The unemployment rate blipped up to 4.4%. The Labor Department reported Friday that hiring deteriorated from January, when companies, nonprofits and government agencies added a healthy 126,000 jobs. Economists had expected 60,000 new jobs in February. Revisions also cut 69,000 jobs ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Republican congressman Tony Gonzales had repeatedly denied affair with former aide who later died by suicide Texas Republican congressman Tony Gonzales is ending his bid for re-election but said he will serve out his term, following his admitting , after repeated denials, that he had an affair with a former staff member who later died by suicide. Gonzales announced his plan late on Thursday after facing calls from ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to rule out talks with Iran absent its "unconditional surrender." Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut and Tehran as Iran launched more retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries on the seventh day of the war. The strikes in Lebanon were the heaviest since a 2024 ceasefire ended the last war between Israel and the ...
Source: military.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Anthropic PBC has shared an update about its artificial intelligence safety feud with the Pentagon. In a Thursday blog post , Chief Executive Dario Amodei stated that the company has been "having productive conversations" with defense officials. He also addressed several other aspects of the disagreement. Last June, Anthropic PBC won a contract to provide the Pentagon with access to its AI models. The company ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
TEHRAN — Nearly a week after airstrikes hit an elementary school in southern Iran , killing more than 170 people and leaving witnesses to find the severed limbs of children in the rubble, there have been increased international demands to know who was responsible and how the tragedy could happen. The strikes, in the town of Minab, came in at the very start of the U.S. and Israeli bombing campaign on Saturday. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
US stocks fell sharply on Friday as surging oil prices and disappointing economic data fuelled concerns about a potential stagflation scenario, where slowing growth combines with rising inflation. The S&P 500 dropped 1.6%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 909 points, or 1.9%, to 48,338.36 as of 9:35 am Eastern Time, AP reported. The Nasdaq Composite also declined 1.6%, reflecting broad weakness across ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
A state bar association spokesperson said there is no ethics investigation into Lindsey Halligan under way Former interim US attorney Lindsey Halligan – who was appointed by Donald Trump and led failed prosecutions against two of the president's political opponents – was faced with an ethics investigation by the bar association in her home state of Florida , according to a February letter from the bar ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
We're currently living in the age of AI, with the world's biggest nations pouring billions of dollars into the industry, all to come out on top with the most powerful artificial intelligence in this tug-of-war. Much of this development is in the form of AI data centers — large training grounds constantly consuming electricity to keep their AI systems running 24/7. Whether the development of AI ...
Source: bgr.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
UK lenders have begun raising mortgage interest rates as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has raised fears that inflation will rise and curb further Bank of England rate cuts. Nationwide has increased rates some of its products by up to 0.25%, while HSBC UK and Coventry Building Society have also said they will increase rates. The increases come after changes to the financial market's view of what the Bank ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Ukraine is preparing to despatch military drone specialists to Gulf states to help them fend off Iranian-designed drones. Ukraine is preparing to despatch military drone specialists to Gulf states to help them fend off Iranian-designed drones — something the Ukrainian army has been doing since the start of Russia's invasion. The military assault launched in February 2022 spawned a cat-and-mouse game of aerial ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
– A two-month sprint to the May 19 primary elections in Georgia's governor and U.S. Senate races has begun as the final candidates qualified Friday for crucial posts in the closely contested swing state. Republicans looking to oust incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff are touting their support for President Donald Trump and focusing more on slamming the Democratic incumbent than each other. Candidates to ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
The latest API update introduces a massive 1 million token context window, allowing the model to process significantly more data while using fewer tokens than previous versions. OpenAI released GPT-5.4 on Thursday, introducing a standard version alongside GPT-5.4 Thinking and GPT-5.4 Pro variants. The company described the model as its most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work. The API version ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department's decision to allow India to buy Russian oil for 30 days underscores a boost for Moscow's fortunes against the backdrop of the Iran war as Russia's oil exports help Kremlin pay for its own war on Ukraine . The Treasury Department this week said India can keep buying crude oil and petroleum products from Russia for a month, until April 4. That measure is ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum's belated birthday present to himself was be a return to the game that was abruptly taken away from him last season. Tatum started the Celtics' home matchup with the Dallas Mavericks on Friday, marking his season debut almost 10 months after having surgery to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon. "It's been a long journey. And the culmination of a new journey begins today," ...
Source: wbur.org
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Can telecommunications companies leverage artificial intelligence to become, at long last, more than dumb pipes ? Or, as so often has happened, will they get left behind in the coming platform shift? Maybe third or 15th time's the charm, and they certainly tried to make their case at this week's MWC in Barcelona, with help from a variety of tech providers. SiliconANGLE and theCUBE had all the coverage, below. For a ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
March 6 (UPI) -- Russia is helping Iran by giving it intelligence on American troops, ships and aircraft during the U.S. and Israeli assault on the Middle Eastern nation. The intelligence Iran has received on potential U.S. targets in the region -- naval vessels, military bases and the locations of other American assets -- has largely been provided using Russia's massive space-based surveillance apparatus, CNN ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Emmanuel Damas died after health care workers in an ICE center run by a for-profit prison company did not adequately treat a toothache, according to his family. A man who was arrested by ICE in Boston and transported to a detention center in Arizona died in custody after not receiving adequate treatment for a toothache, according to multiple reports and a letter sent by lawmakers to officials within the Trump ...
Source: boston.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Global Something New Is Happening in Lebanon For the first time, the country's government is directly confronting a weakened Hezbollah. Ibrahim Amro / AFP / Getty March 6, 2026, 12:23 PM ET Save Listen − 1.0x + Seek 0:00 6:47 Like thousands here in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, I was jolted awake just before 3 a.m. Monday morning by the unmistakable sounds of explosions resulting from Israeli air strikes . ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — Most of America "springs forward" Sunday for daylight saving time. Losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day; it also could harm your health. Darker mornings and more evening light knock your body clock out of whack — which means daylight saving time can usher in sleep trouble for weeks or longer. Studies have even found an uptick in heart attacks ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Vinay Prasad to leave in April after decisions involving vaccine reviews and specialty drugs for rare diseases The top vaccine official at the Food and Drug Administration, Dr Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency – the second time in less than a year that he's departed after decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty drugs for rare diseases. FDA commissioner Marty Makary announced ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined. Already a member? Cuba appears to be next on Donald Trump 's hit list. But not just yet. The president appeared to suggest U.S.-assisted regime change in the communist-run Caribbean ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Daryl Hannah has issued a scathing response to the new TV series about John F. Kennedy Jr. and wife Carolyn Bessette, denouncing the way she's been portrayed in the FX and Hulu show as false, damaging and misogynistic. "How Can 'Love Story' Get Away With This?" was the headline of the actor's guest essay Friday in the New York Times. "Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette" is a romantic look at the ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
The number of zero-day vulnerabilities uncovered in enterprise software and appliances reached an all-time high last year, analysis by Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has warned. In the report, released on March 5 , GTIG said it tracked 90 zero-day vulnerabilities which were actively deployed by cyber attackers during 2025. Google defined a zero-day as "a vulnerability that was maliciously exploited in the ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
China's muted response over war in Iran reflects Beijing's delicate calculus as a concerned onlooker
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
China has perfected the role of concerned onlooker as the Middle East conflict spreads across the region. With no direct role in the conflict and some 4,200 miles (6,800 kilometers) away from the action, Beijing has a little more breathing room to work out the calculus on how the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran affects its interests. Yet the recent events nonetheless place China in a strategically uncomfortable ...
Source: theconversation.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Microsoft has confirmed what many have speculated : that its next-generation gaming console will be a hybrid piece of hardware that can play Xbox games as well as Windows PC games. There aren't yet any details on a release window, pricing or specs, but the new head of Microsoft's gaming division, Xbox CEO Asha Shar, wrote in a post on X on Thursday that Project Helix is the code name and that "Project Helix ...
Source: cnet.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Kyiv accused Budapest of kidnapping seven of its citizens on Friday, as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he would use "every means" to pressure Ukraine in an escalating row over stalled Russian oil supplies. Hungary and Slovakia say Ukraine is deliberately delaying reopening a key oil pipeline pumping Russian oil to the two landlocked EU member states, which Kyiv says was damaged by ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
March 5 (UPI) -- Drones struck a passenger terminal at Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan International Airport on Thursday, while Iran denies involvement in the attacks. Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its president are blaming Tehran for the attacks, which injured at least two people at the airport terminal. A second drone fell near a school in the village of Shakarabad in the district of Nakchivan. Azerbaijani ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Washington — The House and Senate will vote again on Thursday on legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security, as Republicans stress an urgency to ending the partial government shutdown amid the war with Iran. Republicans have put pressure on Democrats to support an agreement that appropriators reached on a bipartisan basis earlier this year to fund DHS through September. But that was before ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
The Phone 4a series brings fun and thoughtful design, plus camera upgrades and seriously useful features, to Nothing's lineup. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Phone highlights include the Glyph Interface, colors, and camera. The Phone 4a isn't available in the US. The Phone 4a Pro is. On Thursday morning, there was much ado about Nothing. The ...
Source: zdnet.com