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Top News Stories for Saturday, March 21st 2026
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel's defense minister threatened a surge in attacks against Iran on Saturday and Britain condemned Iran for targeting a joint U.K.-U.S. base in the Indian Ocean as the war in the Middle East entered its fourth week. The Iranian attack on the Diego Garcia air base — located about 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) from Iran — suggested Tehran has in its stockpile ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
An upcoming season of "The Bachelorette" was pulled Thursday, a spokesperson for Disney said, after a video of its star attacking the father of one of her children was leaked. Taylor Frankie Paul, a reality star who was to lead the new season, slated to premiere Sunday, has been under scrutiny in recent days after it emerged that she was facing a domestic violence investigation, years after pleading guilty to ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
Court's decision to eliminate Save plan and internal shuffling on who handles what when it comes to student loans presents new challenges for borrowers Many Americans with student debt are again facing future upheaval after a federal appeals court recently ordered the end of a Biden-era student loan repayment program, known as the Saving on a Value Education (Save) Plan, a move that coincided with another grim ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent says move will bring 140m barrels to market but insists Tehran will not benefit The Trump administration has waived sanctions on Iranian oil purchases at sea for 30 days to ease surging oil prices driven by the US-Israeli war on Iran. The US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said the waiver would bring about 140m barrels of oil to global markets and help relieve pressure on energy ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
A federal jury in California found Friday that tech tycoon Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders, driving down the company's share price. A federal jury in California found Friday that tech tycoon Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders, driving down the company's share price as he was poised to buy it in a $44 billion deal. The verdict in the class action securities lawsuit means the world's richest person could be ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
For some time now, right-wing forces have been attacking gender-affirming health care for transgender individuals, and especially for trans youth. Those attacks ratcheted up seriously in December, when the Trump administration proposed rules designed to ban gender-affirming care for young people , with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr . flatly calling such care "malpractice." The medical community promptly and ...
Source: commondreams.org
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii suffered its worst flooding in more than 20 years as heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ago , officials said Friday while warning that still more rain was expected during the weekend. Muddy floodwaters smothered vast stretches of Oahu's North Shore , a community world-renowned for its big-wave surfing. Raging waters lifted homes and cars ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — An Iranian man and a Romanian woman have been charged after trying to enter the naval base in Scotland that is home to Britain's nuclear-armed submarines, police said Saturday, Police Scotland said the 34-year-old man and 31-year-old woman will appear at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Monday. As is customary in Scotland, police did not release the suspects' names or the charges they face before ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
We're a couple of headstrong Trump moves away from a full-blown market panic. Sign up for the Surge , the newsletter that covers most important political nonsense of the week, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. Welcome to this week's edition of the Surge, Slate's politics newsletter, which is about to crack this Strait of Hormuz thing any day now. Once again, the "haters" spent all week talking about the ...
Source: slate.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
The unique nature of the April special election and the state's recent redistricting history have presented challenges for Democrats, even as they hold a financial edge in the race. After putting an aggressive redraw of the state's congressional map before voters, some Virginia Democrats are growing uneasy about its prospects for passage one month out from the special election. Virginia Democrats entered 2026 ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
Hachette Book Group, one of the largest publishers in the United States, pulled a forthcoming horror novel Thursday in a decision that followed widespread allegations online that the author relied heavily on artificial intelligence to write the book. On Thursday, a day after The New York Times approached Hachette citing evidence that the novel appeared to be AI-generated, the company said it was pulling the book ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
The agreement increases the salary cap from US$1.5 million to US$7 million and will adjust annually based on league and team revenue growth 2-MIN READ The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the league's players' union said Friday they had reached a tentative agreement on a "groundbreaking" seven-year labour deal after months of tense negotiations. The new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), which ...
Source: scmp.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The Trump administration issued a legislative framework for a single national policy on artificial intelligence. It aims to create uniform safety and security guardrails around the nascent technology while preempting states from enacting their own AI rules. The administration wants Congress "in the coming months" to convert its framework into a bill that President Donald Trump can sign. U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
A federal commission tasked with approving designs for coinage has approved a 24-karat gold coin featuring President Donald Trump, flouting precedent regarding commemorating living presidents and possibly violating federal law. The coin, formally meant to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States, shows Trump standing behind a desk , ...
Source: truthout.org
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The Justice Department filed a new lawsuit Friday against Harvard University, saying its leadership failed to address antisemitism on campus, creating grounds for the government to freeze existing grants and seek repayment for grants already paid. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, is another missive in a protracted battle between the administration of President Trump and the elite ...
Source: wbur.org
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — A senior vice president of Super Micro Computer Inc. and two others affiliated with the company were charged Thursday with conspiring to smuggle billions of dollars of computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China. The men violated U.S. export controls laws by scheming to divert massive quantities of the high-performance servers assembled in the United States to China between 2024 ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
PCWorld reports Microsoft is addressing two major Windows 11 criticisms by allowing Taskbar repositioning to top or sides and improving the Start menu's Recommended section with better customization. A repositioned Windows Taskbar, a better Start menu: Windows 11 changes that users have begged for for years will finally arrive, Microsoft promises. A memo published Friday afternoon by Microsoft's Windows + Devices ...
Source: pcworld.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the death of a 19-year-old Mexican migrant at a county jail in Florida that has been holding immigrant detainees, according to The Associated Press (The AP) . The AP revealed that Royer Perez-Jimenez's death on Monday is the 46th death reported under ICE custody since the beginning of President Donald Trump 's second term in Jan. 2025. ICE states that ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The states filed a temporary restraining order less than a day after the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department signed off on the $6.2 billion deal. California and seven other states filed an emergency motion on Friday to stop the merger of broadcasting companies Nexstar and Tegna, a corporate tie-up that would create the country's largest operator of local television stations. The eight ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Monitoring the mortgage interest rate climate on a daily basis is an integral part of the homebuying and refinancing processes. But, this March, it was arguably more important than usual. With multiple items on the calendar with the potential to impact mortgage rates , buyers and owners hoping to refinance needed to be more strategic than usual. Now, however, following new inflation and unemployment reports ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The banking industry is reviewing three proposals totaling more than 1,500 pages released Thursday by U.S. financial regulators aimed at streamlining the bank capital framework. While the full impact remains unclear, an initial review suggests the rules are more tailored than previous efforts. Processing Content The proposals cover Basel III, the global systemically important bank, or G-SIB, surcharge and revisions ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The extreme conditions are expected to persist and expand east in the coming days. Preliminary readings of sites in Arizona and southern California indicate that the US has suffered its hottest March day on record. Large parts of the southwest of the United States are trapped in a dangerous heatwave, made worse in some places by a heat dome, with temperatures reaching around 43C (110F) at testing sites. The ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Amazon's second smartphone could forego an app store. Amazon is developing a new smartphone over a decade after discontinuing the Fire Phone, Reuters reported today, citing four anonymous "people familiar with the matter." Reuters said the phone is codenamed Transformer but couldn't confirm what it might cost, how much Amazon has invested into development thus far, or how much Amazon expects to make off the device. ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
A federal judge has struck down some of the Defense Department's strict controls on how journalists with access to the Pentagon are allowed to report — ending a policy that caused many news outlets to leave the Pentagon. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman sided with the New York Times and a reporter at the newspaper, Julian E. Barnes, who sued in December, arguing the new Pentagon policy violated the First ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Nearly 90,000 bottles of children's ibuprofen are being recalled because they may contain a foreign substance, according to a notice issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The recall affects Children's Ibuprofen Oral Suspension, a pain reliever that comes in liquid form. The product was manufactured in India by Strides Pharma for Taro Pharmaceuticals. The medication is intended for ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Sitting federal judges speaking at a panel discussion Thursday said there are increasing threats against them and their family members and warned about the dangers of such threats becoming "ordinary." The was hosted online by the organization Speak Up for Justice. "What's most problematic is that the extraordinary has become ordinary," said U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes of the District of Columbia, according to an ...
Source: abajournal.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Alexia Moore, who was discharged from the U.S. Army with PTSD, is facing prosecution after allegedly taking drugs to induce a miscarriage while over five months pregnant Removed from bookmarks A Georgia woman has become the first person to be charged with murder under the state's restrictive law banning ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
President Trump has called news coverage of the Iran war "criminal" and "unpatriotic," while his FCC chairman threatens broadcasters' licenses. Support journalism that holds power accountable. Become a HuffPost member today. Already a member? OSLO, March 20 (Reuters) - Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit said on Friday she regretted her friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, seeking to contain one ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The data broker loophole is top of mind for privacy advocates following FBI Director Kash Patel's congressional testimony earlier this week , during which he confirmed the Department of Justice component is paying for data that is then used in law enforcement operations. When asked by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., if he could commit to not buying Americans' location data, Patel said the FBI "uses all tools" to do ...
Source: fedscoop.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Trump and his Republican allies in Congress are increasingly intent on a massive overhaul of the country's elections in time for the 2026 midterms. But an important group of people are warning that's not possible: the professionals who actually run those elections . Around the country, state and local election administrators have been warily eyeing the proposed changes contained in the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — James "Jimmy" Gracey, a college student from Illinois who was found dead after going missing while in Barcelona on a break, was likely the victim of an accident, Spanish regional police said Friday. Gracey's body was found Thursday afternoon in the waters off a beach, near where he was last seen outside a Barcelona nightclub with his friends in the early hours of Tuesday. A ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. 'No, I didn't say anything along those lines,' Charles Simmons told NBC News in an interview Thursday Removed from bookmarks The father of a dead U.S. serviceman has denied claims by Pete Hegseth that he told the Defense Secretary to "not stop until the job is done" – referring to the war in Iran ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
No Arrests, But Virtual Servers, IP Addresses Seized and Residencies Searched U.S. authorities seized the attack infrastructure responsible for the largest distributed denial of service attack yet recorded in an international police operation that swept up servers underpinning four botnets. The KimWolf botnet, likely with the assistance of the Aisuru botnet, in December 2025 launched an attack against content ...
Source: govinfosecurity.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Monte Verde site gets a new date, but the big picture doesn't change Stop trying to make "Clovis First" happen; it's not going to happen. A landmark site in the peopling of the Americas is several thousand years younger than we thought. While that means very different things about the site itself, it doesn't change the big picture as much as the researchers who generated the new date are claiming. University of ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Flight 41 from Los Angeles encountered patch of rough air shortly before landing in Sydney, leaving four crew injured Three flight attendants were taken to hospital from Sydney airport on Friday morning after their plane hit a bad patch of turbulence just before landing. Delta Air Lines flight 41 from Los Angeles encountered the turbulence during its descent into Sydney, with four crew members injured, a Delta ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
A day after saying it would shut down its metaverse, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth announced the service will remain available in VR—with limited support. One day after Meta announced it was shutting down Horizon Worlds in virtual reality, the company's chief technology officer, Andrew Bosworth, announced that it's reversing course. "I have a little bit of good news for you here," Bosworth said in a video AMA on ...
Source: wired.com