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Top News Stories for Sunday, March 8th 2026
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East. The conflict, in which nearly every country in the Middle East has sustained damage from missiles or drone strikes, has left ships that carry roughly 20 million barrels of oil a day stranded in the Persian ...
Source: pbs.org
Saturday, Mar 7th, 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? WASHINGTON – In ducking a vote on authorizing war against Iran this week, Congress ceded its constitutional responsibilities yet again, some lawmakers warned, ...
Source: huffpost.com
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
He's quickly shaken things up. Jackson, a health care executive, is pumping millions of dollars of his own money into an already crowded race and aggressively courting supporters of Donald Trump — even though the president has backed a different candidate. Prior to Jackson's late entrance, the May 19 primary had seemed to be shaping up as a three-way race among Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who is the Trump-endorsed ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Iran war exploded further late Saturday as pillars of flame rose above an oil storage facility in Tehran, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised "many surprises" for the next phase of the week-old conflict. Iranian state media confirmed the strike on the oil facility as Associated Press video showed the horizon glowing against the night sky. Israel's ...
Source: pbs.org
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
The Florida Bar, a regulatory body for legal professionals in the state, has walked back a statement indicating there was an investigation into Lindsey Halligan, a former United States attorney under President Donald Trump. On Friday, Jennifer Krell Davis, a spokesperson for the bar association, issued a clarification to US media, denying any probe. Reports of an investigation emerged in February amid an exchange ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
Every spring, millions of people lose an hour of sleep for a reason that has nothing to do with late nights or early alarms. The clocks simply move forward. Daylight saving time returns this weekend across much of North America, bringing the familiar seasonal shift. Many people barely notice it because their phones and computers adjust automatically. Others still remember to change wall clocks, ovens, and car ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
The US Army is deploying an American-made counter-drone system that has intercepted more than 1,000 Shahed-type drones in Ukraine to the Middle East, two defense officials confirmed on Saturday to Business Insider. One of the US officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss military developments, said that the Merops system will arrive in the Middle East within a week. Once it arrives, it'll be ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly released videos showing the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by a federal immigration agent in Texas last year call into question assertions by the Department of Homeland Security that a driver intentionally rammed an agent with his car immediately before he was killed. The videos, including from officer body cameras, offer the first visual account of the shooting of Ruben Ray ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Gautami Nadkarni, 33, who lives in New Jersey. The following has been edited for length and clarity. org in 2018. My job was to design scalable cloud solutions that would help Google's enterprise customers manage their data and operations. At the time, cloud computing was the thing everyone in the industry was talking about. inner voice" told me to move towards ...
Source: insider.com
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
Ian Huntley became one of Britain's most reviled killers after he was jailed for two life sentences for murdering 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002. Soham murderer Ian Huntley has died following a prison assault. The 52-year-old was taken to hospital after being found in a pool of blood following an alleged attack by an unknown inmate on 26 February. The former school caretaker was attacked in a ...
Source: news.sky.com
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon also supported blocking Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from being in line for the throne. The Canadian prime minister has joined a growing list of Commonwealth leaders backing the removal of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession. Mark Carney, who previously served as the governor of the Bank of England, condemned the ...
Source: news.sky.com
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two children were among at least 10 people killed on Saturday in a Russian missile that hit a five-story residential building in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, officials said. Sixteen others were wounded. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack and called for an international response. He said that Russia struck Ukraine overnight with 29 missiles and 480 drones, ...
Source: pbs.org
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
The Food and Drug Administration's embattled vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency — the second time in less than a year that he's departed after controversial decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty drugs for rare diseases. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced the news to FDA staff in an email late Friday, saying Prasad would depart at the end of April. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer, an assistant professor of history and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I've had a no-tech policy in my classroom for years now. But after I realized AI was creating a trust problem between my students and me. I decided to take it a step ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
Six people are dead following unconfirmed tornadoes in Michigan and Oklahoma on Friday, authorities said. Powerful storms have ripped across Michigan, tearing the roof off a home improvement store, sending parts of a storage building flying and knocking down trees as tornado warnings were issued across the southern part of the state. The Branch County Sheriff's Office said there were 12 reported injuries and three ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
690,741 9,518 Market yield on U.S. treasury securities at 10-year constant maturity. Updated daily. Welcome, + Economists say the weaker payroll report is unlikely to change the Federal Reserve's current stance on interest rates Article Summary BLS data shows U.S. nonfarm payrolls fell by 92,000 in February and unemployment rose to 4.4%, with December and January figures revised lower by 69,000. Economists said the ...
Source: housingwire.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released three previously withheld documents from the Epstein files that include accusations against President Donald Trump, who had a close friendship with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The documents detail an FBI interview in 2019 with a woman who alleged that Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1980s , when she was between the ages of 13 and 15 years old. ...
Source: truthout.org
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
An elementary school in the Iranian capital Tehran's Niloufar Square has been struck in US-Israeli attacks, according to Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei. Baghaei on Friday shared a video on X, purportedly showing Shahid Hamedani School with students before and after the attack, without elaborating on the circumstances or the number of casualties. If confirmed, this would be the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
On March 6, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade suspended its order directing Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to issue refunds for duties paid on "unliquidated and liquidated" entries pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The suspension comes in response to the declaration filed earlier in the day by CBP's Executive Director of Trade Programs Directorate, Brandon Lord, ...
Source: natlawreview.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 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. AI's projected water demand will create major problems not just for the average American, but for the industry itself. Reading time 3 minutes AI is incredibly thirsty . The data centers that run these models already use massive amounts of water, ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
3 min read THE RUNDOWN was always destined to straddle a tricky line between fact and fiction . But now, actress Daryl Hannah is claiming that the creative liberties taken with her character in the show has had a negative impact on her personal life and her reputation in the public eye. Hannah penned a March 6 essay for that criticized her depiction in the FX series. She explained that the "irritating, ...
Source: elle.com