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Top News Stories for Tuesday, March 3rd 2026
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
Lawmakers from Sanders to Mark Kelly offer mixed feelings on Trump's action and killing of Iranian supreme leader As Republicans celebrated the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , with praise for Donald Trump 's decisive action, Democrats faced their own divisions and a reckoning over how to present a united front. Most were quick to condemn the US president for sidelining Congress to launch an ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
Michael B Jordan upends Oscars race as Sinners wins big at Actor Awards US actor Michael B Jordan has scored a surprise win at the Actor Awards, formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards, giving him a surge of momentum in the final weeks before the Oscars. He was named best actor for his role in vampire horror Sinners, which also scored the top prize of the night - best ensemble cast. "I don't even know ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
) - Florida gas prices are facing uncertainty this week as crude oil markets surged when trading opened Sunday night, the AAA reports. U.S. crude oil prices climbed quickly in overnight trading, exceeding $71 per barrel. The last time oil settled that high was in June 2025. Oil prices are rising largely due to growing instability in a region that is essential to global energy markets. Although the U.S. does not ...
Source: mysuncoast.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
Hundreds of thousands of passengers remain stranded, with key air hubs in Middle East closed amid fallout from US-Israeli strikes on Iran Thousands more flights were cancelled on Monday as the turmoil in global air travel caused by the US-Israel war on Iran continued, with hundreds of thousands of passengers already stranded. Gulf airports and airlines have suspended all operations until at least 10.00 GMT on ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A gunman wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words "Property of Allah" killed two people and wounded 14 early Sunday at a Texas bar, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The FBI is investigating the shooting, which erupted a day after the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Iran , as a potential act of terrorism. Police in Austin shot and killed ...
Source: wfla.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
March 2 (UPI) -- Belgium has seized a Russian oil tanker believed to be part of a shadow fleet of vessels the Kremlin uses to sell its energy products blocked by sanctions, Belgium's defense minister said. The armed forces of the European nation, with the support of French navy helicopters, boarded the oil tanker in the North Sea over the weekend, Defense Minister Theo Francken said in a statement . The vessel was ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
A month after her unexpected death, Catherine O'Hara won a posthumous award at the 32nd Actor Awards for her performance on "The Studio." O'Hara won best female actor in a comedy series Sunday at the Actor Awards , formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards. O'Hara died at the age of 71 on Jan. 30 from a blood clot in the lungs. At the Shine Auditorium in Los Angeles, the crowd stood in a standing ovation for ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
Tomorrow, a spectacular event in the sky will happen that will amaze skywatchers all over the world. PTI News says that there will be a total lunar eclipse, which is the last chance to see this kind of event until 2029. When the Earth is in the way of the Sun and the Moon during a total lunar eclipse , it casts a shadow that slowly moves across the surface of the Moon. This eclipse is special because it will be ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday hears its latest gun rights case concerning a federal law that bars frequent users of illegal drugs from possessing firearms. Gun rights advocates argue the law falls afoul of the Constitution's Second Amendment, which protects the right to bear arms. The case puts a spotlight on the Trump administration's mixed messaging on gun rights . Although the Justice Department ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Mar 1st, 2026 -
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who in more than three decades as Iran's supreme leader turned the Islamic Republic into a regional power, brutally crushing dissent at home, and maintaining unswerving hostility to the United States and Israel, died Saturday during US and Israeli military strikes on his country. He was 86. President Trump announced the death, writing on his Truth Social social-media platform: "Khamenei, one ...
Source: bostonglobe.com