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Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli warplanes pounded Beirut and Tehran on Friday as Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries. There was no sign of the war letting up on its seventh day, as U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to rule out negotiations with Iran and called for its "unconditional surrender." The strikes in Lebanon were the heaviest since a 2024 ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
United States President Donald Trump has announced that Kristi Noem will be replaced as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), marking the first major change to his cabinet since his re-election. Noem, who has overseen Trump's controversial immigration crackdown, will instead serve as a special envoy for the Shield of the Americas, a newly created security initiative. Her removal follows a tense, ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Trade groups urge court to create a simple blueprint for tariff refunds. It has been two weeks since the Supreme Court blocked Donald Trump's emergency tariffs , but an estimated 300,000 US businesses still have no idea if or when they will receive refunds. Economists have estimated that more than $175 billion was unlawfully collected, and the US could end up owing substantially more than that the longer the refund ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Gonzales admitted Wednesday to having an affair with Regina Santos-Aviles, who worked in his Uvalde office Representative Tony Gonzales has dropped his bid for re-election after admitting to having an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide. The Texas Republican wrote in a ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
The United States Justice Department has published additional FBI documents, describing interviews with a woman who said President Donald Trump sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager after she was introduced to him by late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . The documents had not been made public under previous congressionally mandated file releases related to Epstein, the disgraced financier, because ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
If Democrats expect to flip a U.S. Senate seat in Texas, they'll need all the stars to align. This almost never happens, because politics has a way of scrambling the constellations. But on Tuesday, the first star blinked on. I'm referring to state Rep. James Talarico's victory over Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary. Most political prognosticators agree that Talarico, an eloquent young Democrat who ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
UK lenders have begun raising mortgage interest rates as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has raised fears that inflation will rise and curb further Bank of England rate cuts. Nationwide has increased rates some of its products by up to 0.25%, while HSBC UK and Coventry Building Society have also said they will increase rates. The increases come after changes to the financial market's view of what the Bank ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
And Anthropic says it will fight back in court. The US Department of War has issued the first such designation ever applied to an American company, demanding that defence contractors certify they do not use Claude. Anthropic says the action is unlawful and retaliatory. For months, the conversations between Anthropic and the US Department of War were framed, at least publicly, as a negotiation. The San Francisco AI ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
The drones Iran is launching at US forces are the same ones Ukraine has fought for years. Ukrainian soldiers say their battlefield experience offers lessons that matter in this fight. Alex Eine, the commander of a small Ukrainian drone unit , said it was "surprising" to see reports out of the Middle East of multimillion-dollar interceptors being used to combat cheap Iranian one-way attack drones. "When long-range ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! In the midst of recent developments and controversies surrounding a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense, OpenAI released the GPT-5.4 model. The release comes at a time when users are reportedly leaving ChatGPT for rival chatbots , particularly Anthropic's Claude. GPT-5.4 is ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
The U.S. and Israeli war on Iran has drawn opposition from China and stoked tensions between Beijing and Washington. The military action will set the "mood music" for a high-stakes meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in China, experts say. Before the Trump-Xi summit, top U.S. and Chinese trade officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, are expected ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 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. Already a member? Cuba appears to be next on Donald Trump 's hit list. But not just yet. The president appeared to suggest U.S.-assisted regime change in the communist-run Caribbean ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Follow Earth on Google Addiction affects millions of people worldwide, yet treatments often target only one substance at a time. A medication that could reduce cravings for several addictive substances would mark a major shift in addiction treatment. Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report that GLP-1 receptor agonists, a group of medicines used to treat type 2 diabetes and ...
Source: earth.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Seven of the nation's largest tech companies signed President Donald Trump's Ratepayer Protection Pledge on Wednesday, agreeing to cover the cost of all power needed to fuel their data centers. The CEOs of Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI gathered at the White House to sign the , which Trump first announced last ...
Source: cdn.meritalk.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By BARBARA ORTUTAY SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk continued to defend his actions in the months leading up to his 2022 purchase of Twitter in court Thursday as he faces a class action lawsuit claiming he misled investors and caused them to lose millions of dollars. The civil trial in San Francisco centers on a class-action lawsuit filed just before Musk took control ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Google is making changes to the Play Store after settling its legal fight with Epic Games, focusing on three areas: more billing options, lower fees with new programs for developers, and a program for registered app stores. The rollout begins in the European Economic Area, the ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Home » » Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a new initiative on Mar. 5, 2026, to encourage medical schools to expand their nutrition education programs in the upcoming fall as part of an agreement with the Trump administration. Secretary Kennedy and Education Secretary Linda McMahon reached the agreement as part of the Trump administration's "Make America Healthy Again" initiative . Prior ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Tehran denies responsibility but strike raises prospect of US-Israel war on Iran spreading beyond Middle East Azerbaijan has accused Iran of a drone attack that struck the region of Nakhchivan, hitting an airport and injuring two civilians. The strike would be the first Iranian attack on a Caucasus state since the start of the US-Israel war on the country, and raises the prospect of the conflict spreading beyond ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
The $599 iPhone 17E kicked off Apple's latest round of product announcements, and the $599 MacBook Neo concluded the flurry. In between, we saw updates to both the MacBook Air and Pro lines, a couple of overdue Studio Display monitor refreshes and a new iPad Air . Whew! It's a lot to keep track of, so I've collected all the news in one place. In reverse chronological order, here are all the new products that Apple ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Technology A Technology for a Low-Trust Society Polymarket and Kalshi promise the wisdom of the crowds. They deliver something very different. Illustration by Lucy Naland. Source: Alamy. March 5, 2026, 3:06 PM ET Save Listen − 1.0x + Seek 0:00 11:39 A few hours before Donald Trump gave his State of the Union address, Republican sources told the PBS correspondent Lisa Desjardins that the speech would break ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
(NEXSTAR) – United Airlines is happy to leave you to your own devices during the flight. They just don't want anyone else to hear them. The Chicago-based airline recently updated its contract of carriage to include a requirement that passengers "use headphones while listening to audio or video content." The new mandate, first reported by CBS News, was added on Feb. 27, according to a spokesperson for United. ...
Source: wfla.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
'High-quality growth' target of 4.5-5% outlined at Two Sessions as Chinese premier talks of complex situations at home and abroad China has set its target for GDP growth to a record low of 4.5-5%, the first time since 1991 that the figure has dropped below 5%, reflecting an economic strategy that is shifting away from export-led growth to a model that leaders hope will be more resilient to external shocks. Li ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
By Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times Trader Joe's, Ralphs and others have recalled some frozen food products amid concerns they may be contaminated with glass. The recalls come weeks after Monrovia, California-based Trader Joe's recalled batches of its private-label chicken fried rice with best-by dates between Sept. 8 and Nov. 17 due to glass. Trader Joe's on Tuesday expanded the recalls to include vegetable fried rice ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
A federal judge blocked Florida's Republican Gov. from enforcing his executive "decree" against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), concluding that the order to designate the group a "terrorist organization" violated the First Amendment and "bears all the hallmarks of unconstitutional coercion." In a 30-page order on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a preliminary injunction, writing ...
Source: lawandcrime.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Nothing has taken the wraps off a trio of products including the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro, the more affordable Phone (4a) and the over-ear Headphone (a). All three products come with Nothing's usual touches of stark, minimalist design with transparent materials, affordable prices and more punctuation than you'll find in the British Library. Better yet, they all come in pink. The Phone (4a) Pro will start at ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Cisco released information on a pair of max-severity vulnerabilities in its firewall management software Wednesday that unauthenticated, remote attackers could exploit to obtain the highest level of access to the underlying operating system or on affected devices. The vulnerabilities — CVE-2026-20079 and CVE-2026-20131 — affect the web-based interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) ...
Source: cyberscoop.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
Lou Holtz, the College Football Hall of Fame coach who led Notre Dame to the 1988 national championship and won 249 games over 33 seasons at six schools, has died. He was 89. Notre Dame announced on Wednesday that Holtz died in Orlando, Florida, surrounded by his family. Spokeswoman Katy Lonergan said a cause of death was not provided by the family. Holtz became the first and so far only coach to lead six different ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
The father of a man who committed suicide after interactions with Google LLC's Gemini chatbot launched a lawsuit today alleging that Gemini fueled his son's delusions. Thirty-six-year-old Florida resident Jonathan Gavalas started using Gemini last year for help with writing and shopping. Court documents show he was impressed, writing after the company introduced the Gemini Live AI assistant, "Holy shit, this is ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
PROVIDENCE — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence failed for decades to protect hundreds of children from clergy sexual abuse, and handled accusations of misconduct through "inaction, concealment, and revictimization," according to an investigation released Wednesday by the attorney general's office and Rhode Island State Police. The investigation identified 75 clergy , including 61 who were diocesan ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
The Patriots plan to release wide receiver Stefon Diggs, a league source confirmed Wednesday. The news comes in the lead-up to the start of free agency, in which the Patriots could pursue an upgrade at the position. Potential targets include Mike Evans, Alec Pierce, and Wan'Dale Robinson. A trade for a top wideout, such as A.J. Brown , also remains a possibility. The Patriots signed Diggs to a three-year, $69 ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
Harry Styles is breaking his silence on the "difficult" process of mourning his friend and former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne in the spotlight. The "Strip That Down" singer tragically died in October 2024 at just 31 years old following an accident in Buenos Aires—and looking back, Styles revealed he "struggled" with how to navigate his grief in the public eye. Appearing in a new Apple Music interview ...
Source: instyle.com