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Top News Stories for Sunday, March 29th 2026
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans angrily rejected a bipartisan deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and pushed through their own plan late Friday, putting themselves on a collision course with the Senate and extending the agency shutdown that has crippled U.S. airports. Revolting over an agreement their own party struck with Senate Democrats to end the crisis, which had passed the Senate before dawn ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
By On Friday afternoon, Tiger Woods rolled his Range Rover on a two-lane road he knows well, just outside his Jupiter Island home. Local police say he tried to pass a slow-moving pickup hauling a pressure-cleaning trailer. The pass didn't go as planned. Investigators say Woods clipped the trailer's rear, sending his SUV onto its side. He ended up crawling out through the passenger door. Despite how it sounds, no ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
Crowds of people protested Saturday against the war in Iran and President Trump's actions, in "No Kings" rallies across the U.S. and in Europe. Minnesota took center stage , in what organizers said were mass demonstrations involving millions of people. U.S. organizers had estimated that the first two rounds of No Kings rallies drew more than 5 million people in June and 7 million in October. On Saturday, they ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump said he is "very disappointed" with NATO's response to the United States-Israeli war on Iran , accusing the alliance of failing to support Washington despite years of US military spending on its allies. Meanwhile, Iran warned a "heavy price" will be paid after Israeli attacks on nuclear and industrial sites, with Tehran accusing the US and Israel of "playing with fire" by targeting energy ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
A sightseeing company's helicopter crashed near a remote beach off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, killing three people and injuring two others, authorities said. It was the latest in a series of fatal crashes that has plagued the industry for decades. The helicopter was carrying one pilot and four passengers when it crashed Thursday afternoon just off Kalalau Beach, the Kauai Fire Department said. The ...
Source: wbur.org
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
Bank of America has agreed to pay $72.5 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit alleging the bank facilitated financier The deal, which requires sign-off from a judge, would pay "all women who were sexually abused or trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, or by any person who is connected to or otherwise associated with Jeffrey Epstein or any Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking venture, between June 30, 2008 and July ...
Source: insider.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
Three Lebanese journalists were killed in a targeted Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Saturday, their employers have said. Ali Shoeib, a reporter for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al Manar TV, was killed in the town of Jezzine alongside reporter Fatima Ftouni and her brother, cameraman Mohamed Ftouni, both from the channel Al Mayadeen, according to the stations. The strike reportedly hit the journalists' car just ...
Source: bbc.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced on March 27 that it is raising prices across its PlayStation 5 lineup, effective April 2. The increases apply to the PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal in the US, UK, Europe, and Japan. This is the second price increase in less than a year. Sony raised prices by $50 across the board in August 2025. The latest round is significantly larger, with some models going up by ...
Source: bradenton.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia on Saturday began implementing a new government regulation approved earlier this month that bans children younger than 16 from access to digital platforms that could expose them to pornography, cyberbullying, online scams and addiction. With the move, Indonesia became the first country in Southeast Asia to ban children from having accounts on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes JD Vance says that UFOs aren't aliens visiting Earth from distant planets. The Vice President thinks they're actually demons. Vance sat down with Benny Johnson, the right-wing influencer who was fired from two different media outlets in the 2010s for plagiarism . Johnson asked the vice president: "Are you going to release the UFO files?" a reference to President Donald Trump's promise in ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
March 27 (UPI) -- Iran-linked hackers broke into FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email account, multiple news outlets reported Friday. The hackers published photos and emails from the account from before Patel became FBI director, CNN , CNBC and CBS News reported. CNN said a source familiar with the breach confirmed the authenticity of the photos. The emails the group stole from Patel date from around 2011 to ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — After a rare and dramatic public hearing, a special House Ethics subcommittee on Friday found Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., guilty of 25 ethics charges, capping a three-year investigation into in federal relief funds and funneled some of that to her congressional campaign. , after which lawmakers on the panel deliberated overnight for hours before reaching their decision. ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
KEY POINTS In this article GOOG A tablet screen displays a portrait of Jeffrey Epstein beside the U.S. Department of Justice website page titled Epstein Library, Feb. 11, 2026. A victim of notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein filed a class action lawsuit Thursday on behalf of herself and other survivors against the Trump administration and Google for allegedly wrongfully disclosing and publishing personal ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
AI agents are about to overtake cybersecurity — for better, or worse? Artificial intelligence has been a prime concern for cybersecurity for years, but it took on a new urgency at this week's RSAC conference in San Francisco. AI agents in particular were the chief concern on everyone's lips, and no wonder: You've got these things that you give access to your data and applications, let them connect to outside ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to former first lady Jill Biden accidentally shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday morning, according to police. The Philadelphia Police Department said the incident happened shortly before 8:45 a.m. at the airport. Police said preliminary reports indicate the agent accidentally fired his gun while in an unmarked Chevrolet SUV near the 1 PIA Way ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — To the victor go the naming rights. President Trump is prioritizing taking control of the Strait of Hormuz as he grows frustrated with the lack of help from allies to force open the crucial waterway. And once Trump ends Iran's reign of terror over the shipping route, he's considering rechristening it the "Strait of America" or even naming it after himself, sources told The Post. "We are taking ...
Source: nypost.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Defense secretary reportedly removed the names of officers himself before list of potential promotions went to the White House Removed from bookmarks is reportedly attempting to block four Army officers, two women and two Black men, from a military promotion list to become one-star generals – ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
The Trump administration is giving student loan borrowers enrolled in a Biden-era repayment plan an ultimatum: switch to another federal plan or automatically be placed in the most expensive one. There are more than 7 million people in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan , commonly known as Save, which offers lower monthly payments and a faster path to loan forgiveness than other income-driven repayment plans. ...
Source: washingtonpost.com