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Top News Stories for Thursday, March 26th 2026
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Iran's military has said the United States is failing in its war and negotiating with itself to save face, dismissing claims by US President Donald Trump that talks are under way to end the conflict. "Has the level of your inner struggle reached the stage of you negotiating with yourself?" Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperson for the unified command of Iran's armed forces, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said on ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two landmark jury verdicts against social media companies have arrived at the front of a wave of lawsuits alleging that the popular platforms endanger the mental health of children. Financial penalties total $381 million in the two cases involving tech giant Meta in New Mexico and both Meta and YouTube in California. The verdicts highlight a growing shift in the public perception of ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral towards the end of last year as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence but also raised alarms in Hollywood and elsewhere. OpenAI said in a brief social media message on Tuesday that it was "saying goodbye to the Sora app" and that it would share more soon about how to preserve what users had already created on the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Guatemalan nationals Angelina Lopez Jimenez and Wendy Godinez Lopez, nine, apprehended en route to Miami, report says Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) officers targeted a mother and her child at San Francisco international airport for arrest after TSA agents tipped them off, according to a report from the New York Times . The report, which cites federal documents, adds a new dimension to the arrest by ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
A tiny fleet of Martian helicopters will hitch a ride on a revolutionary nuclear spacecraft. NASA is officially sending a fleet of robotic helicopters to Mars in 2028. The mission, called Skyfall, will deploy three advanced rotorcraft to scout future landing sites for human astronauts. But the Martian choppers aren't the biggest news. To get this fleet to the Red Planet, NASA is resurrecting a technology it hasn't ...
Source: zmescience.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Culture How AI Is Creeping Into The New York Times Artificial intelligence seems to be turning up, undisclosed, in the opinion pages of major news publications. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. March 25, 2026, 11:14 AM ET Save Listen − 1.0x + Seek 0:00 11:52 On Sunday, a writer named Becky Tuch posted an excerpt on X from a months-old New York Times "Modern Love"column that had given her pause. "I ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Officials say a new Kansas law is drawing data centers to the state as details emerge about a possible new hyperscale campus in Leavenworth County in the broader Kansas City area. (TNS) — Officials say a new Kansas law is drawing data centers to the state as details emerge about a possible new hyperscale campus in Leavenworth County, among the latest proposals in the broader Kansas City area. Cloverleaf ...
Source: govtech.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has banned the import and sale of all "consumer-grade" internet routers produced in a foreign country, citing "an unacceptable risk" to the national security of the US. The ban, announced in an FCC public notice on March 23, means that all such routers made in foreign countries – not just a few select Chinese vendors – are now placed on the FCC's covered ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Republicans' proposal would restart almost all of DHS operations but excluded key reforms that Democrats want The Senate remained deadlocked on Wednesday over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), after Republicans proposed legislation that would restart all of its operations with the exception of those involved in deportations, but exclude reforms that Democrats want. The Senate minority leader, ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with internet service provider Cox Communications in its copyright fight with record labels over illegal music downloads by Cox customers. The justices ruled unanimously that Cox bears no liability for the copyright violations of its customers, reversing a jury verdict and lower-court rulings. "Cox neither induced its users' infringement nor provided a ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
By Bill Lukitsch, Christopher Vondracek, The Minnesota Star Tribune Delta Air Lines is temporarily pulling back some special perks meant to ease travel for members of Congress amid the ongoing partial government shutdown. The Atlanta-based airline, which runs its second-largest U.S. hub from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, said Tuesday that it would suspend some of its tailored services for congress ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Democratic lawmakers are warning corporate America to not use President Donald Trump's unconstitutional war with Iran as an excuse to jack up prices on US consumers. US Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), along with Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.), sent a letter on Tuesday to the Federal Trade Commission demanding that it investigate and ...
Source: commondreams.org
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Economists have pulled up their risk assessments of a U.S. contraction amid heightened uncertainty over geopolitical risk and a labor market that for the past year has shown strains. "I'm concerned recession risks are uncomfortably high and on the rise," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics. "Recession is a real threat here." Twin concerns about growth and unemployment have triggered talk of ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
NEW YORK — Using the oldest dog genes studied so far, scientists are finding more evidence that our furry friends have been our companions for thousands of years. Scientists think dogs descended from an ancient population of gray wolves somewhere in Europe or Asia. Tens of thousands of years ago, those wolves got used to living with people and became less aggressive. As they became domesticated, their genes ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Amazon acquires Fauna Robotics and its approachable humanoid Sprout The deal, Amazon's second robotics acquisition this month, brings a 50-pound, 3.5-foot bipedal robot called Sprout into the company's portfolio, less than two months after Fauna launched it to research and development partners. Terms were not disclosed. The race to put a humanoid robot in every home has a new entrant. Amazon has acquired Fauna ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert , famous devotee to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth , is co-writing a "Lord of the Rings" movie with his son. Warner Bros. announced early Wednesday that Colbert will script "The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past" along with series veteran Philippa Boyens and Peter McGee, Colbert's son. Producer Peter Jackson revealed Colbert's involvement in a social media video that ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Layoffs reportedly impact Meta's recruiting operations and social media teams Meta is cutting hundreds of jobs Wednesday, the company confirmed to FOX Business. A spokesperson said the layoffs are part of ongoing restructuring efforts, noting that the tech giant regularly adjusts its workforce to better align with its goals. The company is also working to place some affected employees into other roles where ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
A federal judge in San Francisco raised her concerns at a court hearing over the Pentagon's decision to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk, suggesting it might be retaliation for the company's stance on artificial intelligence (AI) use cases. In this latest development of the ongoing dispute between Anthropic and the federal government, lawyers for both parties appeared before U.S. District Judge Rita ...
Source: meritalk.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
The state of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, seeking to obtain withheld evidence that could be used to prosecute Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents who committed three separate shootings — two of them fatal — during their brutal immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities earlier this year. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ...
Source: truthout.org
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Mikaela Shiffrin secured a record-tying sixth women's overall World Cup skiing title by holding off a challenge from emerging German rival Emma Aicher in the final race of the season Wednesday in Norway. Shiffrin needed only to finish in the top 15 of a giant slalom and the American standout secured that before Aicher even began her second run. The 31-year-old American matched Austrian downhill great Annemarie ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
From cryptocurrency-based online platforms to oil futures and the United States S&P 500 stock benchmark, traders have made bets worth hundreds of millions of dollars since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran with suspiciously well-timed trades that suggest knowledge of key White House decision-making. One of the most well-documented examples has been Polymarket, a platform that lets users anonymously bet on ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Around 6:30 a.m. Aug. 10, 2019, two guards were making the breakfast rounds in a locked and isolated unit of the federal jail in lower Manhattan when one of them knocked on the metal door of Jeffrey Epstein 's cell. "Come to the door," officer Michael Thomas said. "Come to the door." Epstein did not stir. When Thomas entered the cell, which was unusually cluttered with extra blankets and linens, he discovered ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
A woman who allegedly took abortion-inducing pills, after which the baby was delivered and later died, has been arrested and charged with murder. A judge in Georgia, where the woman resides, however, expressed some concerns about the charge during a hearing Monday. Alexia Moore, 31, of Georgia allegedly consumed about eight misoprostol pills that she purchased online—a typical dose of the medication—and ...
Source: abajournal.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
The United States Department of Defense (DOD) has established a new policy that essentially boots journalists out of the Pentagon building — less than a week after a federal judge ruled that a separate attempt by the agency to restrict journalists was unconstitutional. The DOD announced on Tuesday that it is closing the workspace in the Pentagon that has for years been used by journalists with credentials to ...
Source: truthout.org
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Removal of Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez after arrest during green-card appointment decried as 'flagrant violation' of legal rights A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to return a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ( Daca ) to the US, ruling that her deportation to Mexico last month was a "flagrant violation" of the legal protections afforded to immigrants who arrived in the country as ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Follow Earth on Google When people think of epic animal migrations, they picture wildebeest thundering across the Serengeti or birds crossing oceans. But some of the longest, most important migrations on Earth are happening underwater, in rivers – and a big new UN-backed assessment says they're collapsing fast. The report, called the Global Assessment of Migratory Freshwater Fishes, is being launched by ...
Source: earth.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Israel will occupy southern Lebanon up to the Litani River to create a "defensive buffer," Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday, spelling out for the first time Israel's intent to seize territory amounting to nearly a tenth of Lebanon. Hezbollah calls move 'existential threat,' says it would fight to prevent it from happening Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is ...
Source: cbc.ca
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
White House is defending US authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem the border too overburdened US supreme court justices indicated sympathy on Tuesday toward Donald Trump's administration in its defense of the government's authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem US-Mexico border crossings too overburdened to handle additional claims. The legal dispute centers on a policy called ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Mohamed Salah has announced he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, bringing to a close one of the greatest careers in the club's storied history. In an agreement with Liverpool , the Egypt international will depart on a free transfer this summer despite having 12 months remaining on his contract. Salah's deal is worth about £500,000 a week with performance‑related bonuses so, from a financial ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Park police chief says officer was 'ambushed' by two gunmen who fired as officer drove in unmarked vehicle A US park police officer was seriously wounded on Monday evening in a shooting in Washington DC in what the park police chief called an ambush. The park police chief, Scott Brecht, said in a press briefing that the unidentified officer was "ambushed" by two gunmen who fired at the officer as he drove by in an ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
A large explosion at a Valero oil refinery in Port Arthur, near the Texas Gulf coast, shot plumes of smoke into the air and forced some nearby residents to shelter in place on Monday. Port Arthur Mayor Charlotte Moses told CBS News there were no fatalities or injuries and said "Valero is working diligently to contain the fire." As of late Monday, there were no air quality issues, she said. Still, she urged ...
Source: cbsnews.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 -
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