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Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
The price of Brent crude oil, the international standard, spiked back over $100 as Iranian strikes hit ships and the American-Israeli showed no signs of slowing. include Iran's attacks against commercial ships around the and Iraq's port of Basra, escalating its defense strategy of squeezing the oil-rich Gulf region to threaten global economic stability after 13 days of U.S. airstrikes. The Israeli military also is ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Global oil prices are continuing to surge despite the International Energy Agency's (IEA) announcement of the largest release of emergency reserves in history. Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose about 15 percent after the Paris-based IEA on Wednesday announced plans to release 400 million barrels to stabilise prices amid the fallout of the United States and Israel's war with Iran. Oil prices hovered at ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
New security innovations in the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform unify AI-driven protection, zero trust access, and post-quantum readiness across hybrid multicloud environments F5 , the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, unveiled new security capabilities that strengthen protection for AI-driven and modern applications. Integrated within the F5 Application Delivery and Security ...
Source: aithority.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
A popular Washington game is to oversell tax cuts to lower-income people. Republicans have excelled at this for half a century. Now Democrats want to play, too. In the most familiar version of the game, a Republican president promises to slash income taxes but ends up mainly doing so for rich people. Ordinary people may get a cut, but it's very small. Thus President George W. Bush's tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Commentary: Whatever Meta and OpenAI paid, it was too much. Other, better programs can do the same jobs. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Both Moltbook and OpenClaw are irredeemably insecure. The AI business has become downright crazy. First, OpenAI hired Peter Steinberger , creator of the popular, horribly insecure open-source agent framework OpenClaw . Now, ...
Source: zdnet.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — Outdated intelligence likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed over 165 people, many of them children, in the opening hours of the conflict, according to a U.S. official and a second person briefed on findings of a preliminary U.S military investigation into the incident. The bombing of the school and its casualties involving ...
Source: military.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee said on Thursday that recent incidents involving the government use of a laser-based anti-drone system in Texas put the flying public at risk and government agencies must address serious issues. "These incidents highlighted serious process failures that expose the flying public to unacceptable safety risks," ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
HOUSTON — A day later than its manager originally proclaimed, the United States punched its ticket to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic. The Americans got the help they needed from Italy and could start to relax by the middle innings as Italy routed Mexico 9-1 on Wednesday night, giving the Azzurri the top spot in Group B and assuring the Americans advancement as the second-place team.
Source: washingtonpost.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article President Trump said he is not fearful that Iran would launch an attack on US soil The FBI reportedly warned California police departments in February that Iran could retaliate against the U.S., if it were to conduct strikes , by using drones aimed at the West Coast, according to ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The consumer price index increased a seasonally adjusted 0.3% for the month, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 2.4%. The core CPI posted a 0.2% monthly reading and 2.5% annual rate, compared with forecasts for 0.2% and 2.5%. All of the figures were in line with Wall Street estimates. Rent rose just 0.1%, the smallest monthly increase since January 2021. Food prices accelerated 0.4% for the month and were up ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Seven women from the Iranian national soccer team remain in Australia , an Australian government official said Wednesday, as the rest of their team journeys back to a country at the center of a widening conflict in the Middle East . They had arrived to play in the Asian Women's Cup before the United States and Israel began striking Iran on Feb. 28, and were knocked out of the tournament over the weekend. Six of the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The Miami Heat star scored the second-most points in a game in NBA history on Tuesday night. Some may question exactly how he got there Second in points, last in ethics? That will be the accusation against the Miami Heat and Bam Adebayo, after the big man moved into second on the NBA's single-game scoring list with 83 points against the woeful Washington Wizards on Tuesday. Adebayo surpassed the 81 points that Kobe ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
FIFA President Gianni Infantino says Iran's participation in the World Cup would be welcomed by United States President Donald Trump, with whom he met and discussed the upcoming tournament amid the ongoing war in the Middle East. Infantino said on Wednesday that Trump "reiterated that the Iranian team is welcome to compete in the tournament", which is being cohosted by the US, Mexico and Canada in June and ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate scheduled for execution Wednesday night for a murder he did not commit or even witness. Charles "Sonny" Burton and five other men robbed an AutoZone in Talladega, Alabama, in 1991, but Burton had left the building before ...
Source: theweek.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Major storms whipped up tornadoes in parts of Illinois and Indiana that leveled homes, killing at least two people and injuring others, and another round of rain, hail and strong winds made its way through the region Wednesday, authorities said. Several intense supercell thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana on Tuesday, including one supercell responsible for at least four tornadoes, ...
Source: pbs.org
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
A whistleblower complaint has triggered a federal investigation into claims that a former member of a government cost-cutting team said he had access to sensitive Social Security data and planned to use it after moving to a private sector job. The internal watchdog of the Social Security Administration is examining the allegations, which involve a former software engineer linked to the Department of Government ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Washington — The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new investigations into the trading practices of a number of U.S. trading partners, which could lead to more tariffs after the Supreme Court struck down some of President Trump's tariffs last month. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the U.S. will investigate concerns of "structural excess capacity" — manufacturing more goods ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Meta said Wednesday that it's launching a new suite of tools to tackle today's social media scams on WhatsApp, Facebook and Messenger. These tools will be tackling fraud problems plaguing social platforms , such as the alarming number of people falling for fake celeb-bait profiles . Meta says it removed over 159 million scam ads in 2025. A Meta representative didn't immediately respond to a request for ...
Source: cnet.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Police in Switzerland said they were investigating whether a bus fire that killed at least six people was started deliberately. Police spokesperson Frédéric Papaux of Fribourg canton or region, said an unspecified "voluntary act" could have caused the fire Tuesday evening in the town of Kerzers, about 15 miles west of the capital Bern. Five people were also injured in the fire, which for locals echoed ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Sarah K. Burris March 11, 2026 | 11:41AM ET Bank Corey Lewandowski was unconcerned with laws while working at the Department of Homeland Security, staff told the New York Post. In a tell-all piece, staff who worked under outgoing DHS Secretary Noem and Lewandowski revealed details of their work environment. It's consistent with what Lewandowski said last year, according to another Post report. In that case, ...
Source: alternet.org
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
A preliminary military investigation into the bombing of an Iranian girls' school shows that the U.S. was at fault, disproving President Donald Trump's claims that it was Iran's doing. The ongoing investigation determined it was an American Tomahawk missile that struck the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building in the city of Minab on Feb. 28, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The strike killed over ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Amazon is expanding access to its health care virtual assistant, Health AI , the company said on Tuesday. This feature was originally available only to One Medical members, but it will now be available to most customers on the Amazon app and website. It'll be rolled out over the next few weeks, with the goal of making it available to all US Amazon customers. Amazon's Health AI can answer general health care ...
Source: cnet.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
SARASOTA, Fla. ( WWSB ) - Gas prices across the U.S. and Florida's Suncoast continue to rise as the ongoing conflict in Iran drives swings in crude oil prices, according to AAA. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.57, while diesel is averaging $4.83 per gallon, according to AAA data. In Florida, a gallon of regular gas is averaging $3.70, with diesel reaching $5.04 per gallon. Some gas ...
Source: mysuncoast.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
March 11 (UPI) -- The United States resumed Global Entry, a program that allows trusted travelers to quickly get through U.S. customs, on Wednesday after a short break. The service began again at 5 a.m. EDT Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security said. "We are working hard to alleviate the disruptions to travelers caused by the Democrats' shutdown," a DHS spokesperson said in a statement. The program was ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Salesforce warns that a threat campaign is exploiting overly permissive Experience Cloud guest configurations to harvest data from public portals. Salesforce is urging its customers to review their Experience Cloud 'guest' configurations as cybercrime group ShinyHunters claims a new campaign involving data theft and extortion tied to exposed Salesforce environments. The group recently posted screenshots on its leak ...
Source: csoonline.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Newly released documents also show Peter Mandelson was offered highly classified briefings before formal vetting was complete Keir Starmer overruled officials who warned of a "reputational risk" in making Peter Mandelson US ambassador, despite being handed a dossier of evidence about the peer's relationship with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, documents reveal. The disclosure in newly released files will raise ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
All things that go up must eventually come down. NASA expects the Van Allen Probe A satellite to come crashing back to Earth after a 14-year journey through space. The agency predicts that the probe will begin re-entry around 7:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday but says that time may be off by as much as 24 hours, meaning it could come down at any point in the next day or two. Launched in 2012, the Van Allen Probe A is ...
Source: cnet.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Ivanna Lisette Ortiz of Florida, 35, allegedly fired 10 shots with a semiautomatic firearm into Beverly Hills home A 35-year-old Florida woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly fired shots into the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna on Sunday. Ivanna Lisette Ortiz was charged on Tuesday with one count of attempted murder, 10 counts of assault on a person with a semiautomatic firearm and three ...
Source: theguardian.com