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Top News Stories for Sunday, March 15th 2026
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
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Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
US Central Command says crash followed unspecified incident, and second refueling tanker landed safely in Israel The names of two of the six US service members who died when the military refueling aircraft they were aboard crashed over Iraq last week were made public Saturday, revealing a father who had recently been promoted and a beloved son. The Ohio air national guard said that three of the service members came ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
With voters wary of AI and both parties' ability to tackle it, the issue has not fallen along usual partisan lines, even in an election year. A rare source of bipartisanship has broken out in state capitols across the country: tackling data centers. Legislators from both major parties in red, blue and battleground states alike are rushing to figure out how to regulate the construction and energy consumption of the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Senate Republicans are growing anxious about the midterms. They once felt like they had a glidepath to keep or even grow their majority in November, unlike in the House, where GOP control is razor-thin and members have become increasingly on edge about Democrats returning to power. But the mood is shifting, according to interviews with 10 GOP senators and aides, as the U.S. engages in open-ended war in the Middle ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Jay Carey says he 'set out to demonstrate that the First Amendment is sacred' The Justice Department has moved to dismiss charges against an Army veteran who set an American flag alight near the White House in 2025. Jay Carey was arrested on August 25 after the incident, which was ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Culture Why Trump Got Sick of Ric Grenell The outgoing president of the Kennedy Center leaves the institution renamed, nearly closed, and wildly unpopular. President Donald Trump announced yesterday that he is replacing Richard Grenell as head of the Kennedy Center. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty) March 14, 2026, 5:01 PM ET Save Thirteen months was all it took to break the Kennedy Center. The news of Ric Grenell's ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Investors considering AI stocks need to be patient. The reality is, most companies haven't started using AI on a day-to-day basis. Once they do, they're going to need a lot more computing capacity than is available right now. Those who are bullish on the AI trend should look at this short-term skepticism as a long-term AI buying opportunity. AI usage is rapidly growing, but there's still a large majority of the ...
Source: fool.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
(The Associated Press) — Jet fuel prices are rising as the war in the Middle East disrupts global oil supplies, putting cost pressure on airlines as the busy summer travel season approaches. Experts say it's not a question of if airfares will go up , but when, for how long and by how much. The impact may be felt most on long-haul international routes, which burn significantly more fuel than ...
Source: wfla.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Follow Earth on Google Chatty AI toys are starting to show up as "friends" and "learning buddies" for very young children. A new report warns that these toys can misunderstand kids, handle emotions badly, and blur the line between play and relationship in ways that toddlers and preschoolers may not be equipped to navigate. The authors argue the tech is moving faster than the safety standards meant to ...
Source: earth.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
An explosion has damaged a Jewish school in the Dutch capital Amsterdam, in what the city mayor condemned as a "deliberate attack against the Jewish community". Mayor Femke Halsema said the overnight blast caused limited damage to the outer wall of the school in the Buitenveldert district. No injuries were reported. "This is a cowardly act of aggression towards the Jewish community," Halsema said, stressing that ...
Source: bbc.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Trump won House District 87 by 11 points in 2024, but Democrats, powered by antipathy to Trump, have been showing up in droves in otherwise low-turnout contests. around the country in special elections, with wins in seats even redder than the one containing 1100 S. Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach, Trump's official residence at his Mar-a-Lago country club. "I feel very encouraged," Democratic nominee and ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Jason Hughes died after falling and being struck by a car driven by a student who had just pranked the teacher A Georgia prosecutor has decided to drop charges against a teenager who police say was driving the truck that struck and killed a beloved high school teacher when a prank turned deadly, the teen's lawyer said. The victim's family had urged authorities not to compound the tragedy by prosecuting the teen ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Staff complain that the constant upheaval is destroying morale. Elon Musk has ordered another round of job cuts at xAI after growing frustrated with the poor performance of its coding product, forcing out several more cofounders and parachuting in "fixers" from SpaceX and Tesla to audit the startup. The latest overhaul of the 2-year-old startup follows the success of Anthropic and OpenAI, whose AI coding tools have ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
President Trump on March 13 issued two executive orders on housing to remove regulatory barriers and provide better access to mortgage credit that will help ease the nation's housing affordability crisis. "The president's executive order to remove regulatory barriers will enable builders to build more housing by reducing red tape, streamlining permitting requirements and easing costly ...
Source: nahb.org
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge blocked the Justice Department's efforts to issue a pair of grand jury subpoenas to the Federal Reserve Board, concluding that the effort was merely a "pretext" to pressure Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell into lowering interest rates or resigning. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said in the newly unsealed ruling that the Justice Department offered ...
Source: foxnews.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
March 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Treasury Department issued a 30-day license temporarily allowing Russian oil already loaded onto sanctioned tankers to be sold in the international market as part of an effort to ease an acute supply disruption due to the war with Iran. The Trump administration is banking that the general license permitting Russia to begin selling the estimated 128 million oil barrels will calm a volatile ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Meta's Avocado isn't ripe quite yet. The company has reportedly delayed the release of its next-generation foundational model until May, according to The New York Times , citing unnamed sources. The model has fallen short "on internal tests for reasoning, coding and writing," compared with rival models from Google, OpenAI and Anthropic. Meta has spent billions of dollars overhauling its efforts to build ...
Source: cnet.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
New cholesterol guidelines advise doctors to begin screening and treating people in their 30s, long before the risks of a heart attack and stroke become significantly higher. For the first time, the American Heart Association, along with the American College of Cardiology and other medical groups also recommend screening for two biomarkers in the blood that have been linked to heart risks. The updated guidance was ...
Source: nbcnews.com