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Top News Stories for Sunday, March 22nd 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 -
(Bloomberg) -- The US has allowed the sale of Iranian oil and petrochemical products that have been loaded onto tankers, its latest effort to counter rising oil prices due to the Middle East war. The Department of Treasury issued a general license for energy that's already on vessels as of Friday, with such purchases authorized through April 19. The measure follows similar moves for Russian oil on the water in a ...
Source: bostonglobe.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 -
Police say two people tried to enter Faslane base in Scotland, home to core of UK's submarine fleet and Trident nuclear weapons Two people have been charged, one of them Iranian, after they allegedly tried to enter HM Naval Base Clyde in Scotland, which houses the UK's nuclear Trident submarines. A 34-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman were charged after the incident at the base, which is known as Faslane. Police ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
How Can Non-Human Identities Enhance Agentic AI Performance? What strategies are you employing to manage non-human identities (NHIs) within your organization? The notion of NHIs encompasses more than just machine identities; it's about the seamless coordination between cybersecurity and R&D to secure the cloud environment. Understanding Non-Human Identities in Cybersecurity Non-human identities, or NHIs, act as ...
Source: securityboulevard.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
US Treasurer Brandon Beach says there is 'no profile more emblematic' for the coin than that of 'our serving President, Donald J Trump' The U.S. Mint is moving forward with a gold commemorative coin featuring President Donald Trump after a federal arts commission approved a design Thursday, with Treasury officials citing a legal authority that allows the inclusion of a sitting president despite longstanding ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
One year after the Trump administration launched its offensive against Harvard University in the name of combating antisemitism, the Justice Department on Friday sued the school yet again , saying faculty and leadership had "turned a blind eye to antisemitism and discrimination against Jews and Israelis." This is the second lawsuit by the Justice Department against Harvard in little more than one month, the prior ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
3 min read The co-founder of Super Micro Computer and two others were charged with diverting $2.5 billion worth of servers with Nvidia's artificial intelligence chips to China, in violation of US laws barring exports to that country without a license. Yih-Shyan Liaw, known as Wally; Ruei-Tsang Chang, known as Steven; and Ting-Wei Sun, known as Willy, were charged with conspiring to violate export control laws, ...
Source: edition.cnn.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Reading time 2 minutes It's been a long time coming, but Microsoft says it has some fixes in the pipeline that might make using Windows 11 less of a nightmare—and yes, one of those fixes has to do with scaling back how often Windows shoves Copilot down your throat. According to a blog post from Pavan Davuluri, EVP of Windows & Devices at Microsoft, updates will roll out to Windows Insiders starting next month ...
Source: gizmodo.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 -
Martinez Lake, about 145 miles west of Phoenix, reached 110F (43.3C) on Thursday amid scorching south-west heat A small community in the Arizona desert has broken a record for the highest March temperature ever recorded in the US, as the south-west bakes in a blistering late-winter heatwave. The astonishing temperature was recorded just outside Martinez Lake, Arizona, which reached 110F (43.3C) on Thursday, ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
When Amazon introduced its Fire Phone , in 2014, that first attempt at a mobile phone of its own was so poorly received the company stopped selling it only a year later . According to Reuters , that's not stopping the retail giant from trying again. Amazon is reportedly developing a mobile device that would sync with its existing ecosystem of software and hardware, including Alexa-based smart hubs and its ...
Source: cnet.com
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? NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration's restrictive Pentagon press access policy, which threatens journalists with being ...
Source: huffpost.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 -
A Georgia woman is facing a murder charge after police say she took pills to induce an abortion in violation of a state law that prohibits most abortions. The woman, Alexia Moore, was arrested on March 4, months after she was rushed to the emergency room with abdominal pain, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. During an investigation, police learned that Moore allegedly took misoprostol, a drug that induces ...
Source: nbcnews.com
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 -
During a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Mar. 18, FBI Director Kash Patel admitted the agency has been purchasing data that can be leveraged to track a person's movement and location history. The United States Supreme Court ruled in 2018 (in the case of Carpenter v. United States) that law enforcement agencies must secure a warrant in order to access a person's location data from cellphone providers; however, ...
Source: securitymagazine.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 -
Defense secretary had said relatives of service members killed in refueling tanker crash told him 'do not stop until the job is done' The father of a US military member killed in the Iran war has contradicted Pete Hegseth's claim that bereaved families urged him to "finish" the job in the Middle East. Hegseth, the defense secretary and a former weekend Fox News host, told reporters at a Pentagon briefing on ...
Source: theguardian.com
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 -
March 20 (UPI) -- At least five people were injured Friday after a Delta Air Lines flight hit severe turbulence on its final approach to Sydney, Australia. Delta told the BBC that Flight 41 from Los Angeles with 160 passengers and crew on board " encountered brief turbulence " as it landed at Sydney Airport, injuring four flight attendants. The Airbus A350 touched down "safely and normally," said a Delta ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
Meta's biggest swing at creating a social network for VR looked like it was dying a quick death in June. Horizon Worlds , a platform that Meta said would be deemphasized for VR in favor of mobile earlier this year, was going to disappear from VR on June 15. And then, yesterday, Meta changed its mind. Sort of. The original news, which broke Tuesday, was a shock to people like me who thought Meta would at ...
Source: cnet.com