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Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Israel's latest daily large-scale attacks on Lebanon have killed more than 15 people in Beirut and the south, as Iran and Hezbollah launched coordinated waves of attacks on Israel, with renewed conflict on this volatile front boiling over as part of the wider war launched by the United States and Israel on Iran. A "double-tap" Israeli strike on Thursday at Beirut's seafront area of Ramlet al-Baida, where displaced ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Markets on Wall Street retreated and oil prices jumped another 5% again early Thursday as the war in Iran approached its second week with no indication that the United States and Israel were ready to scale back their attacks. Futures for the S&P 500 lost 0.5% before the opening bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were 0.6% lower. Nasdaq futures were also down 0.5%. On Wednesday, the Dow ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
The context gap: Why scaling AI requires a shift from IT to business Over the past year, I've had the opportunity to spend time with CIOs and CDAOs across industries and geographies, from Gartner C-level communities to strategic customer partnerships to executive roundtables. Despite differences in maturity, size, and industry, the themes are remarkably consistent. Organizations feel pressure to move faster with AI ...
Source: cio.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
A popular Washington game is to oversell tax cuts to lower-income people. Republicans have excelled at this for half a century. Now Democrats want to play, too. In the most familiar version of the game, a Republican president promises to slash income taxes but ends up mainly doing so for rich people. Ordinary people may get a cut, but it's very small. Thus President George W. Bush's tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Commentary: Whatever Meta and OpenAI paid, it was too much. Other, better programs can do the same jobs. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Both Moltbook and OpenClaw are irredeemably insecure. The AI business has become downright crazy. First, OpenAI hired Peter Steinberger , creator of the popular, horribly insecure open-source agent framework OpenClaw . Now, ...
Source: zdnet.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — Outdated intelligence likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed over 165 people, many of them children, in the opening hours of the conflict, according to a U.S. official and a second person briefed on findings of a preliminary U.S military investigation into the incident. The bombing of the school and its casualties involving ...
Source: military.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee said on Thursday that recent incidents involving the government use of a laser-based anti-drone system in Texas put the flying public at risk and government agencies must address serious issues. "These incidents highlighted serious process failures that expose the flying public to unacceptable safety risks," ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
HOUSTON — A day later than its manager originally proclaimed, the United States punched its ticket to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic. The Americans got the help they needed from Italy and could start to relax by the middle innings as Italy routed Mexico 9-1 on Wednesday night, giving the Azzurri the top spot in Group B and assuring the Americans advancement as the second-place team.
Source: washingtonpost.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article President Trump said he is not fearful that Iran would launch an attack on US soil The FBI reportedly warned California police departments in February that Iran could retaliate against the U.S., if it were to conduct strikes , by using drones aimed at the West Coast, according to ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
KANSAS CITY (AP) — Inflation stayed stubbornly elevated last month as gas prices rose in a snapshot of what consumer prices looked like before the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran sent energy costs soaring. Consumer prices rose 2.4% in February compared with a year earlier, the Labor Department said Wednesday, matching January's 2.4% increase. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices climbed ...
Source: pbs.org
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Seven women from the Iranian national soccer team remain in Australia , an Australian government official said Wednesday, as the rest of their team journeys back to a country at the center of a widening conflict in the Middle East . They had arrived to play in the Asian Women's Cup before the United States and Israel began striking Iran on Feb. 28, and were knocked out of the tournament over the weekend. Six of the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The Wizards couldn't stop Bam Adebayo, but the haters sure are trying to bring him down. The Heat star's historic 83-point effort Tuesday — the second-most points scored in a game in NBA history — has led to some Silky Johnson-level of hating from his NBA brethren. 76ers wing Kelly Oubre, whose career-high of 40 points isn't even half of Adebayo's output, all but said he views Joel Embiid's 70-point ...
Source: nypost.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Donald Trump has said Iran are "welcome" to play at the upcoming World Cup, despite the ongoing war in the Middle East, according to Gianni Infantino . Fifa's president said that during a meeting with Trump to discuss preparations for the competition, "we also spoke about the current situation in Iran". Infantino wrote on Instagram: "During the discussions, President Trump reiterated that the Iranian team is, of ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate scheduled for execution Wednesday night for a murder he did not commit or even witness. Charles "Sonny" Burton and five other men robbed an AutoZone in Talladega, Alabama, in 1991, but Burton had left the building before ...
Source: theweek.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Steve Travis thought this could be it. "We knew a tornado was close," the 67-year-old Lake Village, Indiana, resident said Wednesday, recalling his turbulent Tuesday. "I was looking out the front door. I saw a dumpster get picked up and moved," Travis added. "I ran in toward my bedroom. When I got to the bedroom, the ceiling fell in." The tornadoes that touched down caused widespread damage to homes and buildings ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
A whistleblower complaint has triggered a federal investigation into claims that a former member of a government cost-cutting team said he had access to sensitive Social Security data and planned to use it after moving to a private sector job. The internal watchdog of the Social Security Administration is examining the allegations, which involve a former software engineer linked to the Department of Government ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Washington — The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new investigations into the trading practices of a number of U.S. trading partners, which could lead to more tariffs after the Supreme Court struck down some of President Trump's tariffs last month. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the U.S. will investigate concerns of "structural excess capacity" — manufacturing more goods ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Expect to see more alerts about suspicious activities across Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Meta is introducing new tools to help keep users safe from scams. In a blog post detailing the new tools , Meta explained that in 2025 alone, the social platform giant removed more than 159 million scam ads for violating its policies and took ...
Source: zdnet.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Police in Switzerland said they were investigating whether a bus fire that killed at least six people was started deliberately. Police spokesperson Frédéric Papaux of Fribourg canton or region, said an unspecified "voluntary act" could have caused the fire Tuesday evening in the town of Kerzers, about 15 miles west of the capital Bern. Five people were also injured in the fire, which for locals echoed ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Diddy aside, it's not that hard to get a pardon from Donald Trump. The president has used his clemency powers to help out 1,500 January 6 rioters , congressional fraudster George Santos, and a corrupt MAGA sheriff , just to name a few. He pardoned Rudy Giuliani , though it won't help him with his legal troubles, and he hasn't ruled out pardoning Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell . Trump ...
Source: nymag.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
A preliminary military investigation into the bombing of an Iranian girls' school shows that the U.S. was at fault, disproving President Donald Trump's claims that it was Iran's doing. The ongoing investigation determined it was an American Tomahawk missile that struck the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building in the city of Minab on Feb. 28, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The strike killed over ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The expanded access allows all users to interact with the AI health assistant rather than limiting it to Prime members. Amazon announced the expansion of its Health AI assistant to its website and app. The tool was previously limited to the app for One Medical, which Amazon acquired for $3.9 billion in 2023. The expansion significantly broadens access to the tool, making it available to all users rather than just ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
SARASOTA, Fla. ( WWSB ) - Gas prices across the U.S. and Florida's Suncoast continue to rise as the ongoing conflict in Iran drives swings in crude oil prices, according to AAA. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.57, while diesel is averaging $4.83 per gallon, according to AAA data. In Florida, a gallon of regular gas is averaging $3.70, with diesel reaching $5.04 per gallon. Some gas ...
Source: mysuncoast.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Home » » The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Mar. 11 the reopening of the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Global Entry travel program, following its temporary pause in February amid the federal agency's shutdown over funding. "We are working hard to alleviate the disruptions to travelers caused by the Democrats' shutdown," a DHS spokesperson stated, confirming that the ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Salesforce customers have, once again, been targeted by the ShinyHunters group – or, at least, it's what the group claims. Attackers modified and abused benign tool On Saturday, Saleforce that its security team has identified an attack campaign by unnamed malicious actors ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Prime Minister Keir Starmer was warned of "reputational risks" if he appointed Peter Mandelson as British ambassador to the United States because of his close links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, newly released documents show, but chose to pick Mandelson for the role anyway. On Wednesday, more than 100 pages of documents covering the process of Mandelson's appointment were published by the British government. ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
A 1,323-pound satellite that has been orbiting Earth for nearly 14 years is expected to reenter the atmosphere Tuesday, presenting a very slight chance that someone could be hurt by one of the pieces that does not burn up, NASA said. NASA said that most of the satellite, the Van Allen Probe A, would be incinerated as it hurtles through the atmosphere but that some components would probably survive. The risk of harm ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Prosecutor says Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, 3 kids were home when woman charged with attempted murder fired
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rihanna , her partner A$AP Rocky , their three children and her mother were all at home when a woman now charged with attempted murder and many other felony counts is alleged to have fired at the property, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 35, of Orlando, Florida, was charged with attempting to kill Rihanna, along with 10 counts of assault on a person with a semiautomatic ...
Source: apnews.com