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Top News Stories for Saturday, March 28th 2026
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
Republicans in the US House of Representatives have rejected a bipartisan deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and instead approved a different plan, prolonging the shutdown that has caused huge delays at airports. Their Senate colleagues backed a bill that would have reopened most of DHS but excluded funding for immigration agencies to garner support from Democrats. House Republican leaders ...
Source: bbc.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack on Israel on Saturday, raising concerns about the rebel group entering the fighting in the Middle East. Israel said it intercepted the missile, the first time it has faced fire from Yemen since the start of the war last month. The Iranian assault wounded at least 15 U.S. service members, including five who were seriously wounded in the attack, ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
Tiger Woods arrested for suspected DUI after rolling his car Tiger Woods was released on bail late on Friday, hours after his Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its side and the golfer was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, officials said. Woods had been travelling at "high speeds" on a residential road and, after the crash, showed "signs of impairment", Martin County Sheriff John ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
News WebTechExperts / Pixabay US District Judge blocks government ban on Anthropic AI A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from designating the artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" and banning federal contractors from using its technology. US District Judge Rita Lin ruled in favor of Anthropic, halting a presidential directive that ordered all federal agencies ...
Source: jurist.org
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced on March 27 that it is raising prices across its PlayStation 5 lineup, effective April 2. The increases apply to the PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal in the US, UK, Europe, and Japan. This is the second price increase in less than a year. Sony raised prices by $50 across the board in August 2025. The latest round is significantly larger, with some models going up by ...
Source: bradenton.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia on Saturday began implementing a new government regulation approved earlier this month that bans children younger than 16 from access to digital platforms that could expose them to pornography, cyberbullying, online scams and addiction. With the move, Indonesia became the first country in Southeast Asia to ban children from having accounts on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
Catch up on select AI news and developments from the past week or so: AI fluency emerges as a new driver of workforce inequality . New research shows that experienced AI users significantly outperform newcomers, creating a widening gap in productivity and economic opportunity. The divide is not simply between users and non-users, but between levels of proficiency, with more experienced users achieving higher ...
Source: marketingprofs.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
March 27 (UPI) -- The signature of President Donald Trump will appear on future paper currency, according to the Treasury Department, which said the move was in honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States. "There is no more powerful way to recognize the historic achievements of our great country and President Donald J. Trump than U.S. dollar bills bearing his name, and it is only appropriate that this ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
No compatible source was found for this media. — The House Ethics Committee on Friday said it has found most of the allegations against Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick "had been proven," but said it would wait to recommend any possible disciplinary action until after Congress' upcoming April recess. in federal pandemic relief funds and using some of the money to boost her congressional campaign. ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
Hacker group Handala has taken credit for the release of the files, which include personal photos and documents. Pro-Iranian hackers say they've infiltrated the account of FBI director Kash Patel after posting his personal photos and documents online. The release included years-old pictures of Mr Patel, along with a work CV, and other personal records - many of them seemingly more than a decade old. In a message ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
A woman who claims Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused her filed a lawsuit claiming the US government and Alphabet Inc. 's Google failed to protect her identity and that of other victims amid the release of millions of pages of records about the disgraced financier. The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, claims the Department of Justice violated US law requiring it to remove her personal identifying information ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
Netflix subscribers will have to pay more to watch their favorite TV shows and movies after the streaming platform raised its prices. The price hike, implemented this week, raises the cost of the standard plan with ads by $1 a month and the cost of the standard and premium plans by $2 a month, according to pricing posted on its website. Netflix raised its prices by similar amounts in January 2025, when it was ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
The super-low mortgage rates of 2020 to 2022 — the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropped below 3% even as inflation shot toward 9% — are one of the factors in this frozen housing market, where sales of existing homes have plunged by nearly 25% from 2019 for the third year in a row, and where mortgage applications have plunged by about 35% from 2019. Homeowners who financed and re-financed a home ...
Source: wolfstreet.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
The researchers knew something was off. It was July 2023, and they were on a boat in the Caribbean Sea, tracking a sperm whale, when they came across a larger group: 11 whales, bunched together near the surface. Only they weren't as active or social as marine biologist Shane Gero had come to expect. "They were just laying there calmly," he said. The researchers launched two aerial drones and started filming. About ...
Source: npr.org
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
The Mexican navy said Thursday that it was searching for two boats transporting humanitarian aid for Cuba with nine crew of different nationalities on board. The vessels set sail last Friday from Isla Mujeres in Mexico's southeastern state of Quintana Roo and were due to arrive in Havana on Tuesday or Wednesday this week, the navy said in a statement. It said that there had been neither "communication nor ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to former first lady Jill Biden accidentally shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday morning, according to police. The Philadelphia Police Department said the incident happened shortly before 8:45 a.m. at the airport. Police said preliminary reports indicate the agent accidentally fired his gun while in an unmarked Chevrolet SUV near the 1 PIA Way ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
HANALEI, Hawaii (AP) — A helicopter crashed on a remote beach on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, killing three people and injuring two others, authorities said. The helicopter was carrying one pilot and four passengers when it crashed Thursday afternoon at Kalalau Beach, the Kauai Fire Department said. The beach is on the Na Pali Coast on Kauai's north shore. Police said three people died and two others were ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
Ban includes two exceptions: AI can still be used for translations, and to make minor copy edits Wikipedia has banned the use of artificial intelligence in the generation or rewriting of content for its voluminous online encyclopedia. In a recent policy change , Wikipedia said that the use of large language models (or LLMs) "often violates" its core principles and will not be allowed. The English language version ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
More than 7 million student loan borrowers who have been enrolled in a Biden-era repayment plan will receive notices beginning Friday with instructions to seek a new plan to repay their debt, the Education Department said. Borrowers enrolled in the SAVE plan, which was struck down by a federal court earlier this month, have been in forbearance since July 2024 as a legal battle played out in courts. Starting July 1, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
BERLIN (AP) — A whale that was stranded for days in shallow water at a Baltic Sea resort in Germany has swum free from a sandbank overnight after a last-ditch rescue effort. But it isn't out of danger yet. An excavator spent Thursday digging an escape channel. The whale then swam through it overnight, marine biologist Robert Marc Lehmann said Friday, German news agency dpa reported. But he cautioned that it ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
US defense secretary axed the four officers' names from list to become one-star generals, the New York Times reports Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, is reportedly attempting to block the military promotion of four officers – two women and two Black men – to become one-star generals. The remaining promotion list includes about three dozen officers, most of whom are white men, though a few women ...
Source: theguardian.com