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Top News Stories for Wednesday, March 11th 2026
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump has vowed not to sign any bills into law until the SAVE America Act is passed, escalating his pressure campaign to get a sweeping voting bill across the finish line before this fall's elections. The bill's future is murky in the Senate, where it lacks enough support to clear the 60-vote filibuster threshold. Republicans in the Senate are Voter impersonation and noncitizen voting — the ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The consumer price index for February will be reported at 8:30 a.m. ET Wednesday and is expected to show that prices rose only slightly right before the Iran war sent energy costs skyrocketing. Analysts and economists surveyed expect inflation overall to have risen 0.3% from January. Year over year, inflation is expected to remain tracking at 2.4%. Core inflation, which excludes the often-volatile categories of ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Kong will introduce a new architectural approach for connecting, governing, and scaling intelligence across APIs, AI models and agents , a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, has unveiled its AI Connectivity vision and roadmap, defining a new category for how enterprises connect, govern and scale intelligence across APIs, AI models and agent-based systems. During a live stream from the New ...
Source: aithority.com
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 -
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, a former fracking executive, was accused on Tuesday of manipulating global markets after he posted a striking claim on social media : The American Navy, he wrote, had "successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz to ensure oil remains flowing." The post on X was deleted minutes later, after "oil prices slid at their steepest pace in years," according to the Wall ...
Source: commondreams.org
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The acquisition includes Moltbook creators Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, though financial terms were not disclosed. Meta has acquired Moltbook, a social network for AI agents, and will integrate the team into Meta Superintelligence Labs. The deal, first reported by Axios and confirmed to TechCrunch, includes Moltbook creators Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition adds an "always-on ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
FDA worked with GSK to update Wellcovorin labelling for safe, effective use in adult and paediatric CFD-FOLR1 patients. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its approval for the expanded use of GSK's Wellcovorin (leucovorin calcium) tablets to treat cerebral folate deficiency (CFD) in patients with a confirmed variant in the folate receptor one (FOLR1) gene. The approval marks the first authorised ...
Source: pharmaceutical-technology.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
GENEVA (AP) — Police are investigating whether a bus fire in a town west of the Swiss capital 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 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of Bern. Five people were also injured ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
MIAMI — It's Wilt, then Bam. Bam Adebayo had a night for all time on Tuesday, with a point total second to only Wilt Chamberlain in the NBA record books. Adebayo scored 83 points, setting league marks for free throws made and attempted in a game for the Miami Heat in a 150-129 win over the Washington Wizards. "An absolutely surreal night," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Obviously, we've been blessed to have ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
US President Donald Trump has said that Iran is "welcome" to participate at the upcoming World Cup in North America, despite the ongoing Middle East war, FIFA chief Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday. The war, triggered by US-Israeli strikes on February 28, has thrown into doubt Iran's participation at this summer's men's football World Cup, jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States. During a meeting ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
At the opening of the air war against Iran, the U.S. and Israel won a massively one-sided victory that left Iran's defenses in tatters and much of its leadership dead. "We achieved air superiority within two days, if that," says Mark Gunzinger, an analyst at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. But just because a war starts well doesn't mean it will end that way. "The enemy gets a vote," as former ...
Source: nymag.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 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! With deepfakes becoming more common , YouTube has expanded access to its AI-driven likeness detection system to a pilot group of government officials, journalists and political candidates. The step an earlier rollout of the tool to creators in the company's Partner Program. AI video ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Anthropic says it was blacklisted for opposing autonomous weapons, mass surveillance. Anthropic sued the Trump administration yesterday in an attempt to reverse the government's decision to blacklist its technology. Anthropic argues that it exercised its First Amendment rights by refusing to let its Claude AI models be used for autonomous warfare and mass surveillance of Americans and that the government ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
A New York federal judge ordered a group of states to engage in settlement talks with Live Nation Entertainment Inc. to potentially resolve claims the company illegally monopolized the live event industry. US District Judge Arun Subramanian declined to rule on a request by 27 states and Washington, DC, for a mistrial of the case after the Justice Department reached its own settlement directly with the company. ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
A defunct NASA satellite that launched 14 years ago to study Earth's radiation belts is expected to crash back to the planet on Tuesday. The roughly 1,323-pound spacecraft, known as the Van Allen Probe A, is projected to plunge through the atmosphere at approximately 7:45 p.m. EDT, based on predictions from the U.S. Space Force. Although it will be an uncontrolled re-entry — meaning NASA has no way to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply criticized the Supreme Court on Monday for being quick to issue rulings that have temporarily allowed some of President Donald Trump's controversial policies to stand while legal challenges against them play out in the courts. The justices have signed off on the administration's ban on transgender soldiers in the military, the firing of independent agency heads and the ...
Source: abajournal.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Republican Kay Ivey called execution unfair since Charles 'Sonny' Burton, who will serve life in prison, didn't fire fatal shot The governor of Alabama commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week, even though he was not in the building when the victim of the murder he was sentenced for was killed. Kay Ivey, the Republican governor of the state, reduced Charles "Sonny" ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Following the sharp decline last month, existing home sales bounced back in February as housing affordability improved. Lower mortgage rates and moderating home price growth helped pull buyers back to the market. However, tight inventory will likely continue to push home prices higher if demand outpaces supply growth. Total existing home sales, including single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums, and co-ops, ...
Source: eyeonhousing.org
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Google brings Gemini deeper into Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive with new beta features A wave of Workspace updates puts Gemini inside Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive, with a benchmark result Google is happy to shout about. The blinking cursor is Google's enemy. Every time a Workspace user stares at an empty document, spreadsheet, or slide deck and reaches for a different tool to get unstuck, that's a moment ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
The office that polices attorney misconduct in Washington, D.C., has filed ethics charges against Justice Department pardon attorney Ed Martin , after Martin last year sent a threatening letter to the Georgetown University Law Center that raised questions about its diversity and inclusion policies while he was serving as interim U.S. attorney, according to court filings made public Tuesday. In a Feb. 17 letter to ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Washington — Unscheduled absences among airport security officers have more than doubled during the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown, with more than 300 employees leaving the agency since the start of the DHS shutdown, according to internal TSA statistics obtained exclusively by CBS News. TSA officer call-out rates have climbed into double-digit percentages at some airports, including ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Federal judge said prosecutors picked to replace Alina Habba repeated error of bypassing congressional approval Three prosecutors installed by Donald Trump's administration to lead the New Jersey attorney general's office after the president's former personal lawyer was disqualified from the role in December were also illegally appointed, a federal judge has ruled. Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, handpicked the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
It's not every day that Apple launches an all-new laptop. Sure, we get improvements, sometimes big ones, on the laptops that it already has — and those are often very exciting. But even in the shift to Apple silicon, Apple has so far avoided actually launching new lines of MacBooks. Until now, that is. The is the long-awaited "cheap" MacBook — the one designed to eat Microsoft's lunch and serve as the ...
Source: bgr.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Ivanna Lisette Ortiz of Florida, 35, allegedly fired 10 shots with a semiautomatic firearm into Beverly Hills home A 35-year-old Florida woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly fired shots into the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna on Sunday. Ivanna Lisette Ortiz was charged on Tuesday with one count of attempted murder, 10 counts of assault on a person with a semiautomatic firearm and three ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Tommy DeCarlo , a Boston fan who later became the band's lead singer, has died at the age of 60 because of cancer. "It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of our Dad, Tommy DeCarlo, on Monday, March 9th, 2026," says a post on social media from DeCarlo's children. "After being diagnosed with brain cancer last September, he fought with incredible strength and courage right up until the very end. ... Rest ...
Source: cleveland.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Caleb Gámez-Cuéllar, 14, and Antonio Gámez-Cuéllar, 18, who performed in Washington over the summer, were placed in immigration detention last month Teenage mariachi musicians who once performed on Capitol Hill have been released from Immigration and ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Complex global events demand clear, independent reporting. We're working to explain the facts, challenge misinformation, and show how the news affects real lives. Help us continue our imperative work. Become a member today. Already a member? The Social Security inspector general's office is investigating a whistleblower complaint alleging that a former employee of President Donald Trump 's effectively defunct ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
The FBI has obtained election audit records from Maricopa County, Arizona , following a grand jury subpoena, as part of its efforts to relitigate the outcome of the 2020 presidential contest, despite multiple reviews of that race demonstrating that no widespread fraud occurred . In a rare but by no means impossible outcome, Joe Biden, the Democratic Party nominee for that year's election, defeated then-incumbent ...
Source: truthout.org
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Federal prosecutors have charged two men accused of throwing improvised explosive devices near Gracie Mansion in Manhattan, alleging they were inspired by ISIS and wanted to carry out an attack bigger than the Boston Marathon bombing, according to a criminal complaint. The complaint, filed Monday in federal court in Manhattan, charges 18-year-old Emir Balat and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi with attempted provision of ...
Source: bnonews.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Anthropic's Claude Code Review is a new tool, available as a research preview beta for Team and Enterprise plans, that sends a team of AI agents to examine every pull request. "We needed a reviewer we could trust on every PR. Code Review is the result: deep, multi-agent reviews that ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Make no mistake, the only person this war is good for is Benjamin Netanyahu Amid the contradictions and denials surrounding the Iran conflict, one admission from the US secretary of state Marco Rubio may offer the clearest insight yet into how the war began, says Donald Macintyre ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
The annual Ig Nobels, a satirical award for scientific achievement, are shifting for the first time from the United States to Europe due to concerns about attendees getting visas, organizers announced Monday. Organized by the Annals of Improbable Research, a digital magazine that highlights research that makes people laugh and then think, the 36th annual ceremony will be held in Zurich. It's usually held in the ...
Source: wbur.org
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Since the advent of AI roughly three years ago, Nvidia provide the computational horsepower that underpins the technology. However, it's Nvidia's software platforms that have proven to be its most durable competitive advantage, helping users get the most out of the processing capability of its chips. As the next phase of AI development unfolds, Nvidia is staying ahead of the curve and is about to go all-in on AI ...
Source: fool.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers Monday about oysters and clams that could be contaminated with norovirus and were sent to nine states, including California, Florida and New York. The shellfish caution covers "certain raw oysters" harvested by Drayton Harbor Oyster Co. and Manila clams harvested by Lummi Indian Business Council from Feb. 13 to March 3, the FDA said in a statement . The potentially ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
High-profile real estate brothers convicted in sex trafficking case Two famous brothers who worked as real estate brokers have been convicted of drugging and raping dozens of women over the course of decades. Tal Alexander, 39, and Oren Alexander, 38, rose to prominence from their sales of luxury real-estate properties in New York and Miami. Along with a third brother Alon, 38, a jury found all three guilty of sex ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
The NBA has called off the Atlanta Hawks' plans for a night celebrating the city's famed Magic City strip club, saying it did so because of "concerns" from many across the league. The Hawks announced the plan last month, saying the team would pay tribute to an "iconic cultural institution" with food – including the club's famous lemon pepper wings – along with a live music performance by Atlanta native ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
March 9 (UPI) -- A daily multivitamin may slow biological aging -- the rate at which our bodies age on a cellular level -- significantly, especially for people biologically older than their actual age. Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Mass General Brigham found that daily cocoa extract and multivitamin slowed biological signals that are predictive of mortality, they write in a study published in the ...
Source: upi.com