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Top News Stories for Tuesday, March 17th 2026
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
's ouster, some of the fiercest criticism the homeland security secretary received came not from outraged Democrats, but from an ally of "What we've seen is a disaster under your leadership, Ms Noem, disaster," said Thom Tillis, the senior Republican senator from North Carolina, at the outset of a 10-minute skewering of the secretary he dubbed a "performance evaluation". Tillis has become known in Congress for ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
University of Rhode Island coach Tammi Reiss was willing to go to some pretty extreme lengths to see her team in the NCAA women's basketball tournament. "All I wanted was for this group to win the championship and feel what it felt like for confetti to fall down and achieve their last goal," she said. "I swear I was going to sell my soul to the devil for that to happen." But she didn't need to go quite that far, ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
This year saw some Chalamet exhaustion, wins for Warner Bros and memorable music while one winner was nowhere to be seen Warners winning It was always going to be a banner Oscars year for Warner Bros , leading the race with the two major films of the season – Sinners and One Battle After Another – the perfect end to a perfect year of critical and commercial hits for the studio. But with 11 wins tonight, ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Wiles, 68, praised by president as 'one of the strongest people I know', to continue working while having treatment Susie Wiles , the first woman to serve as White House chief of staff, has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer but plans to continue working while undergoing treatment. The 68-year-old revealed on Monday that the illness had been detected in the past week. Both she and Donald Trump struck an ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Meta has formed a $27 billion infrastructure agreement with AI cloud company Nebius . Under the agreement, Nebius will — starting early next year — provide $12 billion of dedicated capacity across multiple locations, the companies announced Monday (March 16). According to the announcement, the effort will involve "one of the first large-scale deployments of the NVIDIA ...
Source: pymnts.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
A federal judge blocked a set of changes to the childhood vaccine schedule recommended by allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, dealing a setback to the Trump administration's efforts to overhaul federal vaccine policy. In an opinion issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy of Boston sided with the American Academy of Pediatrics and other plaintiffs who challenged Kennedy and HHS's ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "One Battle After Another" won several awards at Sunday's Oscars, including best picture, director and the first-ever casting award. "Sinners" star Michael B. Jordan, won best actor, earning his first Oscar. Jessie Buckley won best actress for her role in "Hamnet." Amy Madigan took home the first award of the night. She won best supporting actress for "Weapons." She was the first winner ...
Source: pbs.org
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
US president had earlier hinted trip could be put on hold if President Xi does not help unblock the strait of Hormuz Trump has asked to delay his planned visit to Beijing by about a month due to the Iran war, after earlier hinting he might put the trip off if his prospective hosts do not help to unblock the strait of Hormuz. The US president's summit with China's leader, Xi Jinping, was meant to take place at the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC that the U.S. is allowing Iranian oil tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz. "We've let that happen to supply the rest of the world," Bessent said. Tanker traffic through the strait has plunged as the Islamic Republic attacks commercial ships in the Persian Gulf. Oil prices have surged in response since the start of the war. In this article The United States is allowing ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
swept across much of the nation, making roads impassable in the Upper Midwest and canceling more than 2,000 flights nationwide. Forecasters said mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C., were at greatest risk for high winds and tornadoes. The cold front was expected to move off the East Coast by Tuesday, bringing sharply colder weather in its wake, forecasters said. By Tuesday morning, wind chills below freezing ...
Source: news4jax.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Gobierno Nacional de Colombia expidió nuevas medidas tributarias y territoriales para 2026 En el marco del Estado de Emergencia Económica, Social y Ecológica declarado mediante el Decreto Legislativo 150 del 11 de febrero de 2026, el Gobierno Nacional de Colombia expidió los Decretos Legislativos 0240 y 0243 del 12 de marzo de 2026, a través de los cuales se adopta un segundo ...
Source: jdsupra.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
The US president is seeking $5bn in damages for defamation, and a further $5bn for unfair trade practices, over the editing of January 6 footage in a documentary. The BBC has filed a motion in a US court to dismiss a $10bn lawsuit brought by US President Donald Trump over an edited documentary clip. The broadcaster claimed that the case could have a "chilling effect" on robust reporting. Mr Trump's 33-page ...
Source: news.sky.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia — Another member of the Iran women's soccer team who accepted a refugee visa to stay in Australia has decided to return to her homeland, a sport official said Monday. That leaves two of an initial seven squad members who'd accepted asylum as sticking with their original decisions. The Iranian women's soccer team had yet to reveal plans to leave Malaysia when most of the seven ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
A new lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI alleges that its flagship chatbot, Grok , was used to create sexualized deepfake images of three minors — content the complaint says amounts to child sexual abuse material. The proposed class action, filed Monday in a California federal court, accuses the AI startup of profiting from the "sexual predation of real people, including children." "Nearly all the companies ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Outspoken Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino is retiring from federal service at the end of this month, after being pulled away from a high-profile role leading immigration raids in major U.S. cities, two sources directly familiar with his decision told CBS News on Monday. Over the past years, Bovino, a longtime Border Patrol official, has been serving as the chief patrol agent of the El Centro sector along the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 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 As if launching the $600 MacBook Neo to near-universal praise , refreshing the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro lineups with M5 and M5 Pro/M5 Max chips , releasing two Studio Displays ( including the XDR model with HDR and 120Hz ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Nvidia just wrapped up its GTC keynote in San Jose, California. CEO Jensen Huang spoke for nearly three hours, and it was all about how the world's biggest company (by market cap) is building the hardware, software and infrastructure needed to continue its domination of the AI industry. The biggest announcement is Nvidia's partnership with Disney to combine AI and robotics, which culminated in an Olaf droid . The ...
Source: cnet.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Astronomers have discovered a strange new world just 35 light-years from Earth – one permanently covered in a vast ocean of molten rock. The exoplanet, known as L 98-59 d, defies existing models of planetary formation and may represent an entirely new class of planet, according to a study published in Nature Astronomy . The findings come following observations by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and ...
Source: sciencefocus.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
President Trump has called news coverage of the Iran war "criminal" and "unpatriotic," while his FCC chairman threatens broadcasters' licenses. Support journalism that holds power accountable. Become a HuffPost member today. Already a member? An asylum-seeking father of six who fought alongside the U.S. military in Afghanistan died this weekend less than 24 hours after he was detained by federal immigration agents ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
The UK's Companies House has been forced to suspend access to its WebFiling dashboard after being notified of a serious flaw which may have exposed countless businesses to fraud. The government agency, which is in charge of incorporating and dissolving the nation's listed companies, made the move on Friday after being notified by Dan Neidle, founder of Tax Policy Associates. It was brought to the attention of ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
American voters' feelings on Israel and the Palestinian territories have shifted dramatically in recent years, in a sea change that is transforming the Democratic Party and shaping its primaries. A new NBC News poll underscores the depths of the shift. More registered voters view Israel negatively than positively, a change from a few years ago. The change has been especially pronounced among independents and ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a visit at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque REFILE - CORRECTING LOCATION FROM "HEBRON, KENTUCKY" TO "CINCINNATI, OHIO". President Donald Trump unfurled a 492-word attack on the U.S. Supreme Court over its decision to strike down his tariffs. The 79-year-old president aired his grievances in a lengthy Truth Social ...
Source: rawstory.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
NEW YORK — The New York Jets have agreed to a trade that will send quarterback Justin Fields to the Kansas City Chiefs, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Monday. The Jets will receive a sixth-round draft pick in 2027 for Fields and pick up $7 million of his guaranteed $10 million salary for this upcoming season, the person told the AP on condition of anonymity because the teams ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
In a rare move, two films tied for the best live-action short film Oscar — something that's happened only six times before. "The Singers," directed by Sam A. Davis and produced by Jack Piatt, and "Two People Exchanging Saliva," by Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata, won the coveted Academy Award on Sunday evening. Kumail Nanjiani, who presented the award, made sure to make it clear that he wasn't joking ...
Source: nbcnews.com