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Top News Stories for Sunday, March 15th 2026
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
CAIRO (AP) — Gulf Arab states reported new missile and drone attacks on Sunday after Iran threatened to widen its campaign and further expand the war with the United States and Israel, now in its third week. Israel and the U.S. attacked Iran on Feb. 28, saying they were striking nuclear and military sites and encouraging the Iranian people to rise against their leaders. Iran has responded with attacks against ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The selling point, from state Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka, was simple and direct. The Fort Myers Republican told colleagues they needed to pass a suite of election-law changes — including verifying the citizenship of registered voters and reducing the kinds of ID voters could use to verify themselves at the polls — to ensure that "Florida continues to lead the ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- For years, Ohio's Republican leaders courted data centers with billions in tax breaks and economic development incentives. Now, some of those same lawmakers are showing signs of buyer's remorse. "It's been a U-turn," Buckeye Institute research fellow Greg Lawson said. "In fact, I've even said to a couple of members, this is one of the most rapid turnarounds I've ever seen." In recent months, ...
Source: cleveland.com
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
After two weeks of war against Iran, President Donald Trump may soon be ready to declare victory. But he confronts a challenge: Tehran also gets a vote. With most of Iran's navy eliminated, much of its missile stockpile destroyed and top leaders killed, Trump is nearing the goals his military leaders set at the outset of the war. But two weeks of conflict have not achieved the broader aims Trump has sometimes ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Saturday renewed his criticism and threats against broadcasters over their content, this time with President Donald Trump's criticism of Iran war reporting as the backdrop. Broadcasters who air "fake news" must "correct course before their license renewals come up," Carr posted on X , in remarks accompanied by a screenshot of Trump's Truth Social post ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Culture Why Trump Got Sick of Ric Grenell The outgoing president of the Kennedy Center leaves the institution renamed, nearly closed, and wildly unpopular. President Donald Trump announced yesterday that he is replacing Richard Grenell as head of the Kennedy Center. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty) March 14, 2026, 5:01 PM ET Save Thirteen months was all it took to break the Kennedy Center. The news of Ric Grenell's ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Jan 'Jay' Carey torched the Stars and Stripes to protest against Trump's executive order banning flag burning The prosecution of a man who burned the American flag near the White House in protest of an executive order against flag burning has been dropped by the US Department of Justice. On Friday, the justice department moved to dismiss charges against Jan "Jay" Carey, 55, a military combat veteran who set the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Alex Klinner and Tyler Simmons were two of six American airmen to be killed when their refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday. Two airmen killed when a US aircraft crashed in Iraq have been named. Alex Klinner, 33, was deployed less than a week before his refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on 12 March. All six crew members were killed. "It's kind of heartbreaking to say, he was just ...
Source: news.sky.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Joshua Nass, of alleged $600,000 extortion plot, played role in pardon of man convicted of failing to pay $40m in taxes A New York lobbyist and attorney connected to a presidential pardon issued by Donald Trump in November has been charged with attempting to extort a former client and the client's son over an alleged $500,000 debt. Joshua Nass, 34, was arrested on Friday after being charged in federal court in ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
An explosion has damaged a Jewish school in the Dutch capital Amsterdam, in what the city mayor condemned as a "deliberate attack against the Jewish community". Mayor Femke Halsema said the overnight blast caused limited damage to the outer wall of the school in the Buitenveldert district. No injuries were reported. "This is a cowardly act of aggression towards the Jewish community," Halsema said, stressing that ...
Source: bbc.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
(The Associated Press) — Jet fuel prices are rising as the war in the Middle East disrupts global oil supplies, putting cost pressure on airlines as the busy summer travel season approaches. Experts say it's not a question of if airfares will go up , but when, for how long and by how much. The impact may be felt most on long-haul international routes, which burn significantly more fuel than ...
Source: wfla.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Jason Hughes died after falling and being struck by a car driven by a student who had just pranked the teacher A Georgia prosecutor has decided to drop charges against a teenager who police say was driving the truck that struck and killed a beloved high school teacher when a prank turned deadly, the teen's lawyer said. The victim's family had urged authorities not to compound the tragedy by prosecuting the teen ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
President Trump on March 13 issued two executive orders on housing to remove regulatory barriers and provide better access to mortgage credit that will help ease the nation's housing affordability crisis. "The president's executive order to remove regulatory barriers will enable builders to build more housing by reducing red tape, streamlining permitting requirements and easing costly ...
Source: nahb.org
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
, a severe blow to an investigation that has already attracted strong criticism on Capitol Hill. The investigation into testimony last June by Chair Jerome Powell about a $2.5 billion building renovation has also delayed Senate consideration of , President Donald Trump's pick to replace Powell when his term ends May 15. Judge James Boasberg said that the government has "produced essentially zero evidence to suspect ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Leading medical organizations on Friday recommended major changes in cardiovascular disease prevention, saying people as young as 30 — down from age 40 — should consider statins or other measures to manage cholesterol. Moving beyond just LDL, or "bad," ...
Source: statnews.com