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Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By DAVID RISING, BASSEM MROUE and WILL WEISSERT BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Fears of a global energy crisis rose Monday as the war in the Middle East raged on, with more U.S.-Israeli strikes on the Iranian capital and Israel's bombardment of Lebanon. An Iranian drone strike temporarily shut Dubai's airport, a crucial global travel hub, underscoring the threats to the ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
University of Rhode Island coach Tammi Reiss was willing to go to some pretty extreme lengths to see her team in the NCAA women's basketball tournament. "All I wanted was for this group to win the championship and feel what it felt like for confetti to fall down and achieve their last goal," she said. "I swear I was going to sell my soul to the devil for that to happen." But she didn't need to go quite that far, ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
President Trump said that he has demanded about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, as Iranian strikes continued to rain down on Gulf countries early Monday. Trump said the US is negotiating with countries heavily reliant on Middle East crude to join a coalition to police the waterway where about one-fifth of the world's traded oil normally flows, but declined to name them. Dubai ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
This Oscar cycle's heavyweight battle is finally over. The politically charged action comedy "One Battle After Another" just managed to outmuscle Ryan Coogler's musically driven vampire thriller "Sinners." It was a 3 hour and 40 minute whirl through cinema and celebration, with Michael B. Jordan winning best actor for "Sinners" and Jessie Buckley winning for "Hamnet," making her the first Irish performer to ever ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Trump once again blames Ukraine president for prolonging war by refusing to accept Russia's demands Donald Trump made clear that his personal grudge with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky hasn't abated during a phone interview with NBC News. Speaking with Meet the Press anchor ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump is bringing back 2020. Many Republicans wish he wouldn't. Conversations with nearly a dozen GOP state and county chairs and strategists reveal a party largely eager to move on from relitigating Trump's election grievances, which they're worried may detract from an economic message that actually motivates voters. But the president won't let it go, subpoenaing to pass legislation to overhaul ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia — Another member of the Iran women's soccer team who accepted a refugee visa to stay in Australia has decided to return to her homeland, a sport official said Monday. That leaves two of an initial seven squad members who'd accepted asylum as sticking with their original decisions. The Iranian women's soccer team had yet to reveal plans to leave Malaysia when most of the seven ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "One Battle After Another" won several awards at Sunday's Oscars , including best picture, director and the first-ever casting award. "Sinners" star Michael B. Jordan, won best actor , earning his first Oscar. Jessie Buckley won best actress for her role in "Hamnet." Amy Madigan took home the first award of the night. She won best supporting actress for "Weapons." She was the first winner ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
swept across much of the nation, making roads impassable in the Upper Midwest and canceling more than 2,000 flights nationwide. Forecasters said mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C., were at greatest risk for high winds and tornadoes. The cold front was expected to move off the East Coast by Tuesday, bringing sharply colder weather in its wake, forecasters said. By Tuesday morning, wind chills below freezing ...
Source: news4jax.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Photos and videos circulating on the social media platform X show huge lines in airports amid an ongoing, partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). photos of the long lines of travelers waiting to check-in their luggage and of passengers waiting to complete security screening on X on Sunday. The airport advised travelers to arrive at the airport two and half hours early for a domestic flight or ...
Source: bradenton.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
A woman raising two children was among the six U.S. service members killed last week when a refueling plane involved in the war with Iran crashed in western Iraq. Tech Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, 34, hailed from a large family in Bardstown, Kentucky, and was "very, very" proud of her military career, her husband Gregory Pruitt said Sunday. "I'll give you something brief -– in a word, radiant," he said on a phone ...
Source: military.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump may delay his China trip due to the Iran war, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday it's not to pressure Beijing on the Strait of Hormuz . Bessent said any delay to Trump's month-end trip to Beijing would not be because of disagreements over the Iran war or efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a bending waterway that's crucial for global shipping. )"If ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Meta is planning to lay off over 20% of its 79,000 employees to balance AI-related spending, according to a Reuters report. The company said its planning capital expenditure of up to $135 billion related to AI this year. So far, Block and Amazon were amongst the firms to announce AI-related job cuts this year. In this article Meta stock was on the up before U.S. markets opened on Thursday following reports the ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
CLEVELAND, Ohio - For years, Minister Mandel Childs taught his students about the importance of health awareness, including the dangers prostate cancer poses to men — especially Black men. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, and at least one in eight men will develop it. In Cuyahoga County, prostate cancer was the leading cause of cancer from 2018 to 2022, accounting for nearly 15% of all cases, ...
Source: cleveland.com
U.S. oil prices top $100 as Trump administration threatens strikes on Iran's crude export facilities
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump has threatened to hit Iran's oil export infrastructure on Kharg Island as the war has entered its third week. About 90% of Iran's oil exports are shipped from Kharg Island. Iran produces around 3.2 million barrels per day and exports about 1.5 million bpd. A direct strike on Iran's export terminal on the island would likely trigger severe retaliation against regional energy infrastructure, ...
Source: cnbc.com
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Brendan Carr said broadcasters must 'correct course' or potentially lose their licenses Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is facing backlash after he threatened broadcasters' licenses amid President Donald Trump's complaints about media coverage of the Iran war. ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
3 min read Federal prosecutors charged a lobbyist with trying to extort a former client and his son to recover half a million dollars in debt, according to court filings . Joshua Nass, a lobbyist who worked to obtain a client's pardon from President Donald Trump, was arrested Friday outside his hotel in New York on charges of attempted extortion. Nass, of South Carolina, appeared before a judge in federal court in ...
Source: edition.cnn.com