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Top News Stories for Wednesday, March 25th 2026
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
The feud between California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has escalated after Bonta asked a court to stop Bianco's investigation into alleged election fraud. In a 70-page petition filed with California's 4th District Court of Appeal on Monday, Bonta wrote that "the Sheriff's misguided investigation threatens to sow distrust and jeopardize public confidence" in upcoming elections. The ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. White House official says president will now reverse course on his hard-line over a DHS deal as airport security lines cause headaches nationwide Removed from bookmarks Donald Trump reversed course and will accept an offer from Democrats to reopen parts of the Department of Homeland Security, excluding ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has listed five objectives that the U.S. wants to achieve before ending its war with Iran. Now, as he suggests the U.S. may soon be "winding down" the operation after three and a half weeks, some of his key aims remain undefined or unfulfilled. Trump most recently outlined five goals for the massive air campaign. That's up from four laid out by his staff and since the ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Multicloud security and application delivery company F5 Inc. and data security company Forcepoint LLC today announced a new partnership designed to help enterprises secure artificial intelligence across its lifecycle, from foundational data discovery and classification through runtime protection and continuous assurance. The partnership seeks to address the issue whereby, as organizations rapidly deploy AI across ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — A runway warning system failed to sound an alarm before an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck that crossed its path while landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport, federal investigators said Tuesday. National Transportation Safety Board investigators are looking at whether that lack of warning or any other problems with the airport's layers of safety precautions could have prevented the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Trump admin to decide which router makers get exemptions from FCC import ban. The Federal Communications Commission yesterday announced it will no longer approve consumer-grade routers made outside of the US, citing a President Trump directive on reducing the use of foreign technology for national security reasons. The action will prevent foreign-made routers from being imported into or sold in the US. Routers ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Tech 5 min read A jury on Tuesday found Meta violated New Mexico law in a case accusing it of failing to warn users about the dangers of its platforms and protect children from sexual predators. The jury found Meta liable on all counts, including for willfully engaging in "unfair and deceptive" and "unconscionable" trade practices, and ordered the company to pay $375 million in damages. Meta for years has faced ...
Source: edition.cnn.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. The Interior Department announced Monday the US would reimburse TotalEnergies for the amount it paid in leases for offshore wind projects during the Biden administration Removed from bookmarks The Trump administration will pay almost $1 billion for a French energy company to abandon plans to build wind ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
OpenAI confirmed on Tuesday that it is discontinuing its once-viral AI video app, Sora . OpenAI's $1 billion deal with Disney , which included licensing of over 200 Disney characters to appear on Sora, is also ending. We're saying goodbye to Sora. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you. What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing. ...
Source: cnet.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Trump's 'turnback' policy was a 'humanitarian catastrophe,' advocates warn. Justices may let him bring it back Removed from bookmarks The Supreme Court's conservative majority appears ready to let Donald Trump's administration resume blocking asylum seekers from U.S. border crossings if ports of entry ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Scientists found that the experimental vaccine was more than 70% effective at preventing Lyme disease in a trial of nearly 10,000 volunteers. Reading time 3 minutes Ticks and the many diseases they can spread to people are a growing public health threat. With any luck, though, humanity may soon have a new weapon to use against the dreaded bloodsucking menace. A vaccine tailored to prevent Lyme disease has just ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
NASA announced ambitious long-range plans Tuesday to spend $20 billion over the next seven years to build a moon base near the lunar south pole featuring habitats, pressurized rovers and nuclear power systems. The announcement came just over a week before the planned launch of NASA's Artemis II around-the-moon mission. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman kicked off a series of meetings with contractors at NASA ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
NEW YORK — Kalshi and Polymarket, the two biggest prediction market platforms, rushed to institute new industry guardrails and add new surveillance tools on Monday after two key senators announced legislation that could severely curtail the industry's prospects. Kalshi said it would ban political candidates from trading on their own campaigns, and it would preemptively block anyone involved in college or ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Delta Air Lines suspended its airport escorts and red coat services for Congress members and their staff, citing the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. The move comes a week after Delta CEO Ed Bastian blasted Congress for failing to authorize pay for Transportation Security Administration agents during the shutdown. TSA is a division of DHS. Airline executives have railed against lawmakers in ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
A noted professional cornhole player who is a quadruple amputee is behind bars after authorities said he shot and killed a front seat passenger Sunday night while he was driving in Maryland. Dayton Webber, 27, was behind the wheel when he opened fire on Bradrick Michael Wells during an argument as they were traveling in a car in the town of La Plata, the Charles County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Webber, ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
March 24 (UPI) -- The Department of Defense has announced new restrictions on reporters, including removing their office space from the Pentagon, after a judge last week struck down a Trump administration policy that threatened journalists' credentials for obtaining unauthorized information. Under the new policy announced Monday, reporters will be required to work from new office space outside the Pentagon but in ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's reported plan to slash the state's estate tax exemption threshold to $750,000 highlights a real problem—the US under-taxes inherited wealth. And the plan has triggered a familiar round of backlash. Beneath the reflexive outrage to an admittedly flawed plan lies a central tension: Why does the tax code treat inherited wealth more generously than income earned through work? ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Financial markets experts are raising concerns about possible insider trading after an unusual spike in oil futures trading only minutes before President Trump announced talks with Iran on Truth Social. Mr. Trump's announcement, which he posted on social media shortly after 7 a.m. EST on Monday, caused oil prices to tumble and the Dow Jones Industrial Average to surge more than 1,000 points . The president also ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Israel says it will take control of large buffer zone in southern Lebanon Israeli troops will control a large swathe of southern Lebanon as part of their campaign against Hezbollah, Defence Minister Israel Katz says. Katz said troops had blown up bridges on the Litani River, about 30km (19 miles) from the Lebanon-Israel border, and a security zone would be established, with displaced residents not being allowed ...
Source: bbc.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
In December, the Egyptian said his relationship with head coach Arne Slot had broken down, adding that it felt like he had been "thrown under the bus" by the Premier League club. Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, the club has announced. The 33-year-old has reached an agreement with the Premier League team that will see him close a "remarkable" nine-year chapter at Anfield. In a statement, ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Minnesota officials on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over its refusal to cooperate with state investigators probing the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents earlier this year, as well as the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, who was wounded but survived. Agents with the US Department of Homeland Security and its immigration agencies descended on Minnesota's Twin Cities and surrounding ...
Source: commondreams.org
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Apple Maps ads will look and work a bit like current App Store ads do. One benefit of most of Apple's hardware and software is that it's relatively privacy-focused and light on advertising, compared to something like modern Windows or the Roku operating system. But ads have still crept into various apps and services over time, and Apple confirmed today that its Maps app would begin showing ads to users in the US ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Afghanistan's Taliban government on Tuesday announced that it released a U.S. national who had been detained in the country for more than a year. The foreign ministry said in a statement it agreed to the release after a letter from his family, and that Dennis Coyle "would be pardoned and released" for Eid, the holiday marking the end of Ramadan. The U.S. State Department later confirmed Coyle's release. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
PCWorld reports that major customers like Apple and Qualcomm notably did not endorse this venture, signaling potential industry tensions. The architect of many modern smartphones and some PCs, Arm Ltd., just put on a hard hat and picked up a hammer and a nail. Arm, whose intellectual property formed the blueprints of smartphones designed by Apple, Qualcomm, and Samsung, said Tuesday afternoon that it has entered ...
Source: pcworld.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com The targeting of Iranian missiles at the Diego Garcia UK-US military base on Friday has sent alarm bells ringing in Europe. Diego Garcia is over 2,500 miles (4,000km) from Iran and, if a missile from Tehran can reach there, it could also reach Paris, Berlin or even London. "Previously, we thought Iran's ...
Source: theweek.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Effective AI systems often require data that runs afoul of traditional data management standards. Evolving those standards to suit AI means adopting new practices and policies — and new investments. Getting data right for AI is essential for CIOs to deliver successful outcomes from AI initiatives. That part is clear. What's less clear is what that process entails given the nature of AI data use — and ...
Source: cio.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
A U.S. Park Police officer was seriously wounded Monday evening in a shooting in Washington, law enforcement officials said. Park Service Police Chief Scott Brecht told reporters late Monday night that at least two officers were driving in an unmarked white Tesla during an ongoing investigation when two gunmen ambushed them. The circumstances of the ambush of an unmarked car weren't clear. The assailants were still ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Diplomatic sources say negotiations in Islamabad may begin next week, though no formal agreement is in place Pakistan's military leadership has been attempting to broker negotiations between the US and Iran, after the White House confirmed that Pakistan's army chief, Asim Munir, had a call with Donald Trump on Sunday to discuss the conflict. Diplomatic sources said the US and Iran could meet for negotiations in ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here . Massachusetts recently released new data on abortions. And as I reported last week , the numbers signal dramatic changes in national abortion dynamics — and the Bay State's role in that picture — since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. ...
Source: wbur.org
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Images and videos online showed large plume of smoke and flames billowing out from refinery, but no one was injured An oil refinery fire near the Texas coast was put out on Tuesday and a temporary shelter-in-place order was lifted, hours after a large explosion at the complex shot plumes of smoke into the air, officials said. No one was injured in Monday's explosion at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, about 90 ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
More than 300 species of migratory freshwater fish are in dire need of "urgent coordinated cross-border collaboration" amid a crisis of rapid collapse, according to a report released Tuesday at a key United Nations conservation conference in Brazil . "Some of the longest, most important migrations of species on Earth are happening beneath the surface of the world's rivers and many are rapidly collapsing," the ...
Source: commondreams.org
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were set on fire early Monday morning in London, in what British police are investigating as an antisemitic hate crime. Though it has not been classified as a terrorist incident, counter-terror officers have been put in charge of the investigation. No one was injured. Religious and political leaders condemned what Prime Minister Keir Starmer called a ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Donna Motsinger alleges she was drugged and raped by Cosby in 1972 after he gave her a glass of wine in his limo A California jury found Bill Cosby guilty of sexual assault in a civil trial on Monday, awarding Donna Motsinger $19.25m in damages. Motsinger alleged in the case that while working as a restaurant server in 1972, she was drugged and raped by Cosby after he gave her a glass of wine in his limousine. ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A statue of Christopher Columbus has been placed on the grounds of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House, the latest effort by President Donald Trump's administration to recognize the controversial explorer. The statue is a replica of one that was tossed into Baltimore's harbor in 2020 during Trump's first term at a time of nationwide protests ...
Source: pbs.org
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
The Senate on Monday night confirmed President Donald Trump's nomination of Sen. Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Mullin advanced out of Senate committee last week after a fiery confirmation hearing. The Oklahoma Republican will take the place of Kristi Noem, whose tenure at the department was mired in controversy. U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump's nominee to be ...
Source: cnbc.com