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Top News Stories for Wednesday, March 4th 2026
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article 'War is ugly. It smells bad,' said Senator Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican, who has never served in the military While defending the U.S. strikes against Iran , a GOP lawmaker gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth an unexpected promotion, referring to him as "president" ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
The cost of hauling crude oil from the Middle East to China has skyrocketed as the conflict between the U.S. and Iran disrupts shipping through key routes in the region. Leading maritime insurers have also dropped war risk cover for vessels operating in the Persian Gulf. The strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, located between Oman and Iran, is recognized as one of the world's most important oil choke points. ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
President Donald Trump is walking away from a fight against law firms, but not before shaking the legal industry with threats that have proved effective outside of the courtroom. The Justice Department on Monday moved to withdraw its appeals of court rulings blocking Trump's executive orders against four law firms. The appeals were seen as long shots after federal judges struck down the orders—targeting firms ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Trump said Starmer "has not been helpful", adding: "I never thought I'd see that. I never thought I'd see that from the UK. We love the UK." US President Donald Trump said the historical relationship between his country and Britain was "not like it used to be," in an interview to British daily newspaper The Sun, amid a major transatlantic fall out over US-Israeli strikes against Iran. "This was the most solid ...
Source: digitaljournal.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? WASHINGTON ― Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) excoriated Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to her face on Tuesday for her "failure of leadership," not ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Reading time 2 minutes In its slew of MacBook updates today, Apple also announced a surprising upgrade to its MacBook Air, which will get its new M5 chip and better performance on AI tasks. Apple says the new MacBook Air with M5 chip comes with a ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
British citizens stuck in the Middle East have told the BBC there has been a lack of information about available routes to travel home as Iran's retaliatory strikes across the region continue. Teigan McFadden's flight home from Dubai on Tuesday was cancelled and the 21-year-old says she is running out of her heart medication, while another family told the BBC they were stranded in Oman after their flight from ...
Source: bbc.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 -
Apple's iPhone 17E is officially out at a $599 price, bringing a nice set of upgrades to its more affordable iPhone . If you own an iPhone 16E, you might be wondering whether the changes here are enough to justify buying the newer model. Apple has made two key upgrades, not just in specs but also in durability and quality-of-life features, like introducing MagSafe and increasing base storage. Here's what you ...
Source: cnet.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
The Supreme Court revived a San Diego judge's order Monday and said parents have a right to know about their child's gender identity at school. The decision came in a 6-3 order granting an emergency appeal from lawyers for Chicago-based Thomas More Society. They said the student privacy policy enforced in California infringes on parents' rights and the free exercise of religion. "The parents object that these ...
Source: latimes.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
By Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times After years of ticketing complaints and frustrations , the trial for the Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation officially is underway. As part of its case, the DOJ accused Live Nation of requiring music artists to use its promotional services when they play at one of its venues. Because so many venues are owned by the entertainment company, the government ...
Source: miamiherald.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 -
Amazon data centers located in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were damaged this weekend by drone strikes, disrupting the company's cloud services, Amazon reported on its Amazon Web Services status page . Two UAE facilities were directly struck, and a drone strike close to an Amazon facility in Bahrain caused some infrastructure damage. "These strikes have caused structural damage, disrupted power delivery to ...
Source: cnet.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Sanders, Khanna Pitch Billionaire Tax American billionaires would pay a 5% annual wealth tax under a bill floated by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) , as interest in taxing the wealthy spreads in some states. The proposal, likely dead on arrival in the current GOP-controlled Congress, would raise $4.4 trillion in revenue over a decade, a news release said . But some tax policy analysts ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Stunning photos reveal the 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse Early on Tuesday, a " blood moon " total lunar eclipse made our typically pearlescent moon appear a fiery crimson in what was the first and only total lunar eclipse of 2026. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes directly between the sun and moon. As the star's light filters through Earth's atmosphere, it casts a red hue onto the lunar surface ...
Source: scientificamerican.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 -
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 -
While some factors are out of your control, global health experts say these simple suggestions could help keep you cancer-free. There's some new, promising good news in the fight against cancer. Nearly four in 10 global cancer cases could be prevented—a hopeful takeaway from a sweeping analysis led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and its research partner, the International Agency for Research on ...
Source: thehealthy.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
ATLANTA — Over the past two weeks in a Georgia courtroom, prosecutors portrayed Colin Gray as ignoring obvious warning signs as his son Colt careened toward catastrophe. The teenager had bursts of anger and nursed an obsession with school shooters. Instead of getting help, the father gave him an assault-style rifle as a Christmas gift and let him keep it in his room. On Tuesday, a jury deliberated for less ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Prosecutors argued Colin Gray gave 14-year-old son, who is accused of killing four in 2024 shooting, access to firearm The father of a teenage boy accused of killing two students and two teachers in a mass shooting at a Georgia high school in 2024 was found guilty on Tuesday of second-degree murder and other charges. After roughly two weeks of testimony , jurors deliberated for just a few hours before convicting ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Blockchain analysts identified six suspected insiders who made suspiciously timed bets A single digital gambler known only as "Magamyman" walked away with $600,000 this weekend after successfully betting on the U.S. military's strike against Iranian leadership—and he was not alone. As millions of dollars flooded into controversial prediction markets tied to U.S. strikes on Iran and the death of Ayatollah Ali ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Who says to beware the Ides of March? A March 15 Academy Awards may feel late. By then, it will be almost a year since "Sinners" sunk its teeth into moviegoers last April. Some nominees have been on the campaign trail since the Cannes Film Festival in May. But the upside of a prolonged Oscar race has meant some unexpected late drama. Think about the same movies long enough, and minds can ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unveiled a reworked agreement with the Pentagon on Monday night governing the Defense Department's use of its AI services, which he says provides stronger guarantees that the military won't use OpenAI's systems for domestic surveillance. The new agreement states that "the AI system shall not be intentionally used for domestic surveillance of U.S. persons and nationals," according to a post on ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
For the first time in 34 years, France will boost the number of warheads it maintains in a move that has been condemned by campaigners. Emmanuel Macron has announced France will increase its nuclear arsenal - claiming that France needs to be "feared" on the world stage. The French President will also allow temporary deployment of its nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries for the first time ever. The move ...
Source: news.sky.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars' worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit started the next phase in the refund process by sending it to a lower court to sort out. In a court filing Friday, President Donald Trump 's Justice ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
The Dutch museum has undertaken a two-year study of the 17th-century work "Vision of Zacharias in the Temple" An early biblical painting by Rembrandt van Rijn that was long thought to have been lost has been rediscovered by the Rijksmuseum, according to an announcement today (2 March). Vision of Zacharias in the Temple (1633)—which depicts the story of the high priest Zacharias being told by the angel Gabriel ...
Source: theartnewspaper.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
Today the Supreme Court takes up guns and cannabis, weighing federal law, state legalization, and constitutional rights. Today the Supreme Court takes up guns and cannabis. The august assembly will hear arguments in a case which sits at the volatile intersection of gun rights and cannabis policy, a dispute reflecting decades of legal conflict and rapid cultural change. The case challenges a federal law baring ...
Source: thefreshtoast.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
The iPad Air enjoys a relatively modest update with the M4 chip and 12 gigabytes of RAM. Apple has kicked off the week with the announcement of a new iPad Air , now powered by the M4 chip. This is a fairly modest update, moving the device from the previous M3 to the M4 but otherwise keeping the same hardware and design. The company also announced a new price-friendly smartphone, the iPhone 17e . It still comes in ...
Source: wired.com