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Top News Stories for Saturday, March 14th 2026
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
, a weekly newsletter that surfaces under-the-radar stories about what Trump is doing to the law—and how the law is pushing back. Voting by mail is a critical part of our democracy. In the 2024 elections, 1 in 3 Americans submitted mail ballots, taking advantage of a simple, safe, and secure way to exercise their fundamental right to vote without having to endure crushingly long lines or travel great ...
Source: slate.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Four U.S. service members have been confirmed dead after a military refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq, with rescue teams now searching for two other crew members, U.S. Central Command said. The KC-135 Stratotanker, the military's flying fuel station, went down at around 2 p.m. ET on Thursday during a mission over western Iraq, CENTCOM confirmed in a statement posted to X early Friday. Six crew members ...
Source: mediaite.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Score one for Jerome Powell. US District Judge James Boasberg has tossed two subpoenas that the Justice Department served on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, ending — for now — its criminal probe into the Fed Chair. In a ruling unsealed on Friday, Boasberg said the subpoenas were served by the government for an "improper purpose." "A mountain of evidence suggests that the government served these ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Editor's Note: The RISMedia series Legislative Round-Up looks at pending and passed federal and state-level legislation that impacts real estate professionals. Private listings a hot topic in state legislatures Private listings are currently one of the most contentious debates in the real estate industry, at the center of ongoing litigation between real estate giants Compass and Zillow. State legislatures ...
Source: rismedia.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
You are not logged into your account. You have a registered email address and password on pressherald.com, but we are unable to locate a paid subscription attached to these credentials. Please Thank you for your support of local journalism! DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The American military has ordered 2,500 Marines and an amphibious assault ship to the Middle East, a U.S. official said Friday, in a major ...
Source: pressherald.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, who was born in Lebanon and became a naturalized US citizen, lost two brothers, a niece and a nephew in the airstrike The armed suspect who drove a vehicle into the hallway of a large Michigan synagogue complex that includes a school had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon just last week, an official said on Friday. A potential mass-casualty event was ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Users can search for situations such as nearby charging spots, open sports courts, or recommended stops during a trip. Google announced new AI features for Google Maps, including a Gemini-powered conversational tool called "Ask Maps" and an updated "Immersive Navigation" experience. The company stated that Ask Maps is rolling out now in the U.S. and India on Android and iOS, with desktop availability coming soon. ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
SpaceX has started commissioning a second launch pad at the company's Starbase facility in Texas. Welcome to Edition 8.33 of the Rocket Report! NASA officials seem optimistic about launching the Artemis II mission next month, so confident that they will forgo another fueling test on the Space Launch System rocket to check the integrity of fickle seals in a liquid hydrogen loading line. The rocket will return to the ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is scrambling to replace the revenue the federal government lost when the Supreme Court struck down his biggest and boldest tariffs last month. If the effort succeeds, congressional Democrats warn in a study out Friday, the administration's import taxes will cost American households an ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Mortgage rates have been climbing as the conflict in the Middle East rages on and oil prices remain elevated, causing fears of higher inflation. The average rate on a typical 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 6.35% as of Thursday, compared with 5.9% before the Feb. 28 U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. Here's what homebuyers should know about interest rates as they shop for mortgages. Potential homebuyers who've been ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Trump and Hegseth Are Missing a Fundamental Thing About the War With Iran The U.S. and Iran are fighting different wars. to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. It is commonly noted that the United States and Iran are fighting an " asymmetric war ," but it is less widely understood what this means. The phrase does not mean merely that the two sides are ...
Source: slate.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
By Reality Check is a Herald series holding those in power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at tips@miamiherald.com. If Florida voters approve big cuts in property taxes , that would mean a sharp drop in revenue that Miami-Dade counts on to fund public safety, transportation and the county hospital system. Of the $3.2 billion in property ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A man was charged Friday with selling a stolen gun to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former member of the Army National Guard who used it to kill one person and wound two others at Old Dominion University, federal authorities said. The charges come a day after the attack by Jalloh, who had previously spent eight years in prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State group. Authorities say ...
Source: pbs.org
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
TSA workers haven't been paid for a month as Democrats and Republicans remain deadlocked over ICE reform demands Airport security lines in Austin stretched outside the door early Friday with passengers waiting hours to board their flights amid pressure on Congressional lawmakers to reach a deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Video footage posted online showed Transportation Security ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
By A red fox survived a 14-day voyage across the Atlantic Ocean after stowing away on a cargo ship traveling from England to the United States. The animal, discovered among a shipment of automobiles, is now being cared for at the Bronx Zoo. The fox boarded a ship carrying automobiles that departed Southampton on Feb. 4 and arrived Feb. 18 at the Port of New York and New Jersey. The Bronx Zoo took in the animal the ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
University of Cambridge study finds AI-powered toys can misread emotions and respond inappropriately to children It was all going well. Charlotte, five, was chatting with an AI soft toy called Gabbo at a London play centre about her family, her drawing of a heart to represent them and what makes her happy. She even offered a couple of kisses to the £80 toy with a face like a computer screen. It was when she ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
In honor of World Sleep Day, I decided to embark on a sleep experiment. Earlier this month, I noticed my son's baby monitor, the Nanit Pro , started showing his sleep score every morning. This number tells you how well your child slept the night before on a scale from zero to 100. Sleep scores track how long it takes to fall asleep, sleep cycles, heart rate throughout the night and any disruptions that may have ...
Source: cnet.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Microsoft has launched Copilot Health , a dedicated, secure space within its Copilot AI assistant that aggregates personal health data from wearables, electronic health records, and laboratory results, then applies AI to surface what the company calls a "coherent story" of a user's health. The product opened its waitlist on 12 March 2026 and is rolling out in phases, initially to English-speaking adults in the ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Welcome to the wildest Academy Awards race in years. The 2026 Oscars are just days away, and a majority of the most hotly contested battles seem to be hanging on a knife's edge. Here's the Vogue verdict on who will win, who should win, and who should've been a contender in 13 key categories. Best picture Will win: Sinners Should win: Sinners Should've been a contender: The Voice of Hind Rajab I don't want to jinx ...
Source: vogue.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
President thanks Grenell for 'outstanding work' and says Matt Floca, vice-president of operations, will take over Donald Trump has announced that Ric Grenell, the longtime Republican foreign policy adviser who oversaw far-reaching changes at the Kennedy Center, which prompted many artists to abandon the performing arts venue, will be replaced by Matt Floca, vice-president of operations at the center. Trump made the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Technology Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers The race to power AI is already remaking the physical world. Three Mile Island's cooling towers have until recently served as grave markers for America's nuclear-power industry. Save Listen − 1.0x + Seek 0:00 26:39 A s we drove through southwest Memphis, KeShaun Pearson told me to keep my window down—our destination was best tasted, not ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
PCWorld reports that 4K streaming will become exclusive to Ultra subscribers starting April 10, 2025, while standard Prime members lose 4K but gain Dolby Vision support. The Ultra plan includes five concurrent 4K streams and 100 offline downloads, significantly raising costs for users wanting premium streaming features. It's been a little more than two years since Amazon started charging extra for ad-free Prime ...
Source: pcworld.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Reading time 2 minutes Despite spending billions of dollars on AI infrastructure and poaching talent from rival companies, Meta's AI ambitions appear to have hit a snag. The New York Times reports , citing several unnamed sources, that the social media company's new foundational AI model is being delayed. The decision reportedly came after the model fell short in internal performance tests for reasoning, coding, ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Cuba, reeling from an oil shortage, has begun direct talks with the United States in an effort to solve "bilateral differences" between the two countries, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Friday. The comments, broadcast nationwide in Cuba, are the first confirmation of negotiations between the Trump administration and Havana. The U.S. and Cuba have been fierce adversaries for nearly 70 years, since ...
Source: latimes.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Reading time 2 minutes The Sun has been a powerful source of energy fueling the solar system for billions of years, but our host star may have had rough beginnings. A new study suggests the Sun migrated away from the center of the Milky Way, settling into a more comfortable place in the galaxy that allowed life on Earth to thrive. A team of researchers from Tokyo, Japan, created a catalog of thousands of stellar ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
After a month of hearings, 12 jurors are set to decide on whether or not social media companies should be liable for harm caused to children using their platforms. Lawyers in a landmark social media addiction trial - which has seen tech giants face a jury - have made their final arguments. After a month of hearings, 12 jurors are set to decide on whether or not social media companies should be liable for harm ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
GENEVA (AP) — Pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump's comments , Iran's national soccer team says "no one can exclude" it from playing in the men's World Cup in the United States. Instead, a post on the team's official Instagram account Thursday suggested maybe the U.S. team should be excluded after Trump indicated that the host country couldn't guarantee the safety of the Iranian players. Trump wrote ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
"The All-American," "Gamebred," "Iron" and several other Ultimate Fighting Championship grapplers have been tapped by FBI Director Kash Patel to train agents how to body-slam bad guys. The first-ever FBI training session led by professional mixed martial artists, including UFC matchmaker Mick Maynard, will take place Saturday and Sunday at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. "This is a tremendous opportunity for ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Democrats in the US Senate have written to Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth demanding answers about the strike on a primary school in Iran that Iranian officials say killed 168 people, including about 110 children. US media have reported that US military investigators believe American forces were likely responsible for hitting the school unintentionally at the start of the joint US-Israeli operation - but that they ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Danish chef René Redzepi has resigned after historic allegations of physical and psychological workplace abuse emerged in the lead up to Noma opening a pop-up restaurant in Los Angeles. The head chef of world-renowned restaurant Noma has been forced to step down over allegations of bullying and abuse. René Redzepi, who founded the three Michelin star restaurant, announced that he would resign in a ...
Source: news.sky.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
By Costco built its business around a fairly simple promise. People pay for membership, and they get the lowest possible prices the chain can deliver. The warehouse club offers the lowest prices of all major chains, according to a recent Consumer Reports study . The data showed that the warehouse club charged an average of 21.4% less than Walmart, which was used as the baseline for the report. "Prices were ...
Source: miamiherald.com