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Top News Stories for Thursday, March 5th 2026
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Former University of Montana President Seth Bodnar is launching an independent campaign to challenge in November, after Democrats in the state lost elections in recent years. Details of Wednesday's announcement were obtained in advance by The Associated Press. Bodnar's decision to run without party backing underscores the diminished status of Montana Democrats, who control no statewide ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
Justice Department lawyers are heading to court today to defend President Donald Trump's attacks on law firms after the administration backtracked on a move to drop out of those fights. DOJ wants a judge to throw out an American Bar Association lawsuit challenging what the group calls Trump's "law firm intimidation policy." The suit stems from a series of executive orders that targeted certain firms last year, and ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
A widening Middle East conflict and potential disruption to oil markets have renewed inflation risks. Central banks are balancing a delicate task of weighing inflationary impulse against the growth drag. Nomura expects Malaysia, Australia and Singapore to tighten interest rates as a potential oil shock fuels inflation. In this article Pedestrians look out across the city skyline as they walk along the Tabiat bridge ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
The laptop starts at $1,099, marking a $100 increase over the M4 MacBook Air's $999 entry price. Apple announced a refreshed MacBook Air with an M5 chip, contradicting reports that suggested no such reveal was planned. The new model starts at $1,099, a $100 increase from the M4 version's $999 starting price. Apple claims the M5 chip delivers four times faster AI performance than the M4 model and up to 9.5 times ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
The platform plans to detect violations through Community Notes reports and metadata associated with generative AI tools. X will suspend creators from its revenue sharing program if they post AI-generated videos depicting armed conflicts without disclosing AI involvement. Head of product Nikita Bier announced the policy change on March 3, stating first-time violators will lose revenue sharing for 90 days. Repeat ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, her first of two appearances on Capitol Hill this week. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., berated Noem for her handling of the Department Homeland Security. Tillis said he will block more presidential nominees if Noem doesn't answer questions about a Border Patrol operation in his home state. In this article Sen. Thom Tillis , R-N.C., ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Hillary Clinton lost it on MAGA lawmakers Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert as the former first lady's Epstein deposition went off the rails. Clinton's deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday was released on YouTube by the GOP Oversight Committee on Monday. The upload revealed the moment Clinton, 78, stormed out of the meeting when it was revealed that Boebert, the U.S. representative for Colorado's ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
California public schools can now inform parents if students identify as transgender or nongender conforming without getting the child's approval, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in response to an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group. The high court's order blocks a 2024 California law denying automatic parental notification from schools if students change their gender expression or pronouns in ...
Source: abajournal.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
First government flight for UK nationals due to leave Middle East Some British nationals stranded in the Middle East are due to be flown home from Oman later as Iranian missile and drone attacks in the Gulf continue to ground flights. Sir Keir Starmer told MPs further chartered flights would be organised for Britons "in the coming days" following on from Wednesday's flight, which is due to leave at 23:00 local time ...
Source: bbc.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Insurance companies are cancelling war risk coverage for vessels in the Middle East Gulf as the widening United States/Israel-Iran conflict disrupts shipping, leaving tankers damaged or stranded and at least two people dead. The conflict entered its fourth day on Tuesday with US and Israeli attacks continuing on Iran, which has retaliated by attacking US assets and other infrastructure in Gulf ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
The U.S. Supreme Court has halted an attempt to redraw New York's 11th Congressional District, likely ensuring that the city's lone Republican representative, Nicole Malliotakis , will keep her seat through this year's midterm elections. On Monday, the Court sided with Malliotakis when it issued an emergency stay of a lower court's ruling, which dictated that the boundaries of the congresswoman's district are ...
Source: nymag.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
US president says 'relationship is not what it was' after PM defends decision not to allow use of British bases Donald Trump has criticised Keir Starmer again over the UK's refusal to aid the offensive strikes on Iran, saying the "relationship is obviously not what it was". Starmer had issued his strongest rebuke yet of Trump's action in Iran , saying the UK did not believe in "regime change from the skies" and ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — A high-stakes antitrust trial that could lead to the possible breakup of Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, got underway Tuesday in a case over whether the entertainment giant's dominance of the concert industry amounts to an illegal monopoly. In opening statements, a U.S. Justice Department lawyer pointed to the company's infamously problem-plagued effort to sell Taylor Swift ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Damage to AWS facilities comes amid unrest after Operation Epic Fury Drone strikes damaged Amazon Web Services data centers in the Middle East , disrupting cloud operations and prompting the company to urge customers to move critical workloads out of the region. AWS confirmed that two of its data center facilities in the United Arab Emirates were directly struck, while a separate strike near a site in Bahrain also ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
After spending the better half of last year touring the country to "fight oligarchy," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) has introduced legislation to confiscate billionaires' property. On Monday, Sanders introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act . The bill, which was also introduced by Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.) in the House, would impose a 5 percent annual wealth tax on 938 American ...
Source: reason.com
Georgia school shooting suspect's father convicted of second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
WINDER, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man who gave his teenage son the gun he's accused of using to kill two students and two teachers at a high school was convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter Tuesday. Jurors took less than two hours to find Colin Gray guilty of all charges in the September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, northeast of Atlanta. Gray is one of a number of ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
The jury has found Colin Gray , the man whose teenage son is accused of killing two students and two teachers in a shooting at Georgia's Apalachee High School , guilty of second-degree murder and all other charges. On Tuesday, after just a few hours of deliberating and two weeks of witness testimony, the jury announced that they had come to a verdict. Gray was charged with 29 counts, including second-degree ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
The U.S. State Department is urging Americans to leave 14 countries across the Middle East as the Iran war widened Tuesday with Iranian proxies being drawn in and Iran continuing its retaliatory fire. Americans were urged late Monday to "depart now" from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Three people are now confirmed to have died in the attack, while the gunman - identified as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne - was also fatally shot by officers at the scene. Tributes have been paid to people killed in a mass shooting at a Texas bar - as it was confirmed a third victim has died. Austin Police announced on Monday evening that Jorge Pederson, 30, had died from his injuries. The other two victims of the ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 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, join Huff Already a member? Critics were scratching their heads over Melania Trump 's appearance at the United Nations on Monday, and in particular over her preaching of peace. The first ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Here's what doctors say about the new research. New research shows that colorectal cancers are increasing in people under 65. Experts aren't exactly sure what's causing the rise in incidence, but they think lifestyle factors such as sedentary behavior and diet could play a part. If you experience changes in bowel habits, experts say to seek a doctor's opinion sooner rather than later. There's been a lot of focus on ...
Source: womenshealthmag.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
OpenAI says it has agreed changes to the "opportunistic and sloppy" deal it struck with the US government over the use of its technology in classified military operations. On Monday OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said the company would add the language to its agreement, including explicitly prohibiting the use of its systems to spy on Americans. The deal had emerged on Friday following a fallout between OpenAI's ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
Washington — A federal appeals court on Monday declined to delay implementation of the Supreme Court ruling that invalidated most of President Trump's tariffs, allowing next steps in processing of tariff refunds to begin swiftly, following the high court's decision last month. The decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clears the way for the lower court, the U.S. Court of ...
Source: cbsnews.com