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Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Championing his new war with Iran at a campaign rally in Kentucky on Wednesday, President Donald Trump repeatedly boasted of how amazingly well his Middle East "excursion" has gone. Imagining the shock and awe Iran's regime felt on the receiving end of so much American superpower, Trump told the crowd, "They don't know what the hell hit them! … They said, 'What the hell is happening?!'" Much of the world is ...
Source: nymag.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Markets on Wall Street retreated and oil prices jumped another 5% again early Thursday as the war in Iran approached its second week with no indication that the United States and Israel were ready to scale back their attacks. Futures for the S&P 500 lost 0.5% before the opening bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were 0.6% lower. Nasdaq futures were also down 0.5%. On Wednesday, the Dow ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
New security innovations in the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform unify AI-driven protection, zero trust access, and post-quantum readiness across hybrid multicloud environments F5 , the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, unveiled new security capabilities that strengthen protection for AI-driven and modern applications. Integrated within the F5 Application Delivery and Security ...
Source: aithority.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
A popular Washington game is to oversell tax cuts to lower-income people. Republicans have excelled at this for half a century. Now Democrats want to play, too. In the most familiar version of the game, a Republican president promises to slash income taxes but ends up mainly doing so for rich people. Ordinary people may get a cut, but it's very small. Thus President George W. Bush's tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Commentary: Whatever Meta and OpenAI paid, it was too much. Other, better programs can do the same jobs. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Both Moltbook and OpenClaw are irredeemably insecure. The AI business has become downright crazy. First, OpenAI hired Peter Steinberger , creator of the popular, horribly insecure open-source agent framework OpenClaw . Now, ...
Source: zdnet.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — Outdated intelligence likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed over 165 people, many of them children, in the opening hours of the conflict, according to a U.S. official and a second person briefed on findings of a preliminary U.S military investigation into the incident. The bombing of the school and its casualties involving ...
Source: military.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee said on Thursday that recent incidents involving the government use of a laser-based anti-drone system in Texas put the flying public at risk and government agencies must address serious issues. "These incidents highlighted serious process failures that expose the flying public to unacceptable safety risks," ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
HOUSTON — A day later than its manager originally proclaimed, the United States punched its ticket to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic. The Americans got the help they needed from Italy and could start to relax by the middle innings as Italy routed Mexico 9-1 on Wednesday night, giving the Azzurri the top spot in Group B and assuring the Americans advancement as the second-place team.
Source: washingtonpost.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article President Trump said he is not fearful that Iran would launch an attack on US soil The FBI reportedly warned California police departments in February that Iran could retaliate against the U.S., if it were to conduct strikes , by using drones aimed at the West Coast, according to ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The consumer price index for February will be reported at 8:30 a.m. ET Wednesday and is expected to show that prices rose only slightly right before the Iran war sent energy costs skyrocketing. Analysts and economists surveyed expect inflation overall to have risen 0.3% from January. Year over year, inflation is expected to remain tracking at 2.4%. Core inflation, which excludes the often-volatile categories of ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Gold Coast, Australia — The Iranian women's soccer team left Australia minus seven of its members who were granted asylum, after tearful protests of their departure at Sydney Airport and frantic final efforts inside the terminal by Australian officials who sought to ensure the women understood they were being offered asylum. As the team's flight time drew nearer and they passed through security late ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
MIAMI — It's Wilt, then Bam. Bam Adebayo had a night for all time on Tuesday, with a point total second to only Wilt Chamberlain in the NBA record books. Adebayo scored 83 points, setting league marks for free throws made and attempted in a game for the Miami Heat in a 150-129 win over the Washington Wizards. "An absolutely surreal night," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Obviously, we've been blessed to have ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The 2026 edition of the FIFA World Cup kicks off in three months, but what was set to be one of the most straightforward editions to organise in the tournament's history appears to be growing more complicated by the day. The Israeli-United States war on Iran has created massive uncertainty across the globe, and FIFA's showpiece event is already feeling the ramifications along with policy and political issues that ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate scheduled for execution Wednesday night for a murder he did not commit or even witness. Charles "Sonny" Burton and five other men robbed an AutoZone in Talladega, Alabama, in 1991, but Burton had left the building before ...
Source: theweek.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
A tornado struck a home in Lake Village, Indiana, killing an elderly couple. Major storms generated tornadoes that killed at least two people in northwest Indiana and flattened buildings in Kankakee, Illinois, as another bout of rain, hail and strong winds made its way through the region. Several intense supercell thunderstorms swept across northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana on Tuesday, including one ...
Source: news.sky.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security Administration's internal watchdog is investigating a whistleblower complaint into what it describes as a former Department of Government Efficiency worker's potential misuse of data obtained from the Social Security Administration . According to a document the Associated Press obtained Wednesday, the SSA's inspector general informed the leadership of four congressional ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Washington — The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new investigations into the trading practices of a number of U.S. trading partners, which could lead to more tariffs after the Supreme Court struck down some of President Trump's tariffs last month. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the U.S. will investigate concerns of "structural excess capacity" — manufacturing more goods ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Meta's new tools on Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp protect users from scams . They use advanced AI systems to analyze text, images, and surrounding context and identify sophisticated scam patterns. Facebook alerts for suspicious friend requests (Source: Meta) The systems detect ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Police in Switzerland said they were investigating whether a bus fire that killed at least six people was started deliberately. Police spokesperson Frédéric Papaux of Fribourg canton or region, said an unspecified "voluntary act" could have caused the fire Tuesday evening in the town of Kerzers, about 15 miles west of the capital Bern. Five people were also injured in the fire, which for locals echoed ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article 'I'm not worried. I do whatever the f*** I want', top aide allegedly said Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristy Noem's top aide Corey Lewandowski reportedly told colleagues he could "do whatever the f***" he wanted, because Donald Trump would pardon him. Lewandowski, who is ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The attack that killed more than 170 people, mostly children, in an elementary school in southern Iran has prompted anger and calls for an investigation in the United States. But President Donald Trump has been giving contradicting answers about the incident over the past week. In early instances, he blamed Iran for the bombing. More recently, he has claimed that he does not know the details of the strike. The New ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Three years after its $3.9 billion bet on One Medical, Amazon is deploying its healthcare AI assistant across its main website and shopping app, in a direct challenge to OpenAI's ChatGPT Health and Anthropic's Claude for Healthcare. Amazon has opened its Health AI assistant to all US customers, removing the requirement to be a One Medical member or a Prime subscriber to access the product. Previously available only ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
SARASOTA, Fla. ( WWSB ) - Gas prices across the U.S. and Florida's Suncoast continue to rise as the ongoing conflict in Iran drives swings in crude oil prices, according to AAA. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.57, while diesel is averaging $4.83 per gallon, according to AAA data. In Florida, a gallon of regular gas is averaging $3.70, with diesel reaching $5.04 per gallon. Some gas ...
Source: mysuncoast.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The Global Entry travel program has been restored, the Trump administration said Wednesday, after it was paused in February amid the Department of Homeland Security shutdown . A DHS spokesperson said that Global Entry was reactivated as of 5 a.m. EDT Wednesday. Geoff Freeman, the president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, said the organization welcomed the decision to resume the program. "Over the last ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Threat hunters and a collection of unconfirmed victims are responding to a series of attacks targeting Salesforce customers, which the vendor disclosed in a security advisory Saturday. "Salesforce is actively monitoring threat activity targeting public-facing Experience Cloud sites, including attempts to take advantage of overly permissive guest user configurations," the company said in the alert. The ...
Source: cyberscoop.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — The British government said it would publish files related to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the U.S. on Wednesday, as police investigate potential misconduct stemming from the ex-diplomat's ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein . Lawmakers have forced Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government to disclose thousands of files about the decision to name Mandelson to the key ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
A defunct NASA satellite that launched 14 years ago to study Earth's radiation belts is expected to crash back to the planet on Tuesday. The roughly 1,323-pound spacecraft, known as the Van Allen Probe A, is projected to plunge through the atmosphere at approximately 7:45 p.m. EDT, based on predictions from the U.S. Space Force. Although it will be an uncontrolled re-entry — meaning NASA has no way to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES – A Florida woman accused of firing gunshots at gated home in Los Angeles was charged Tuesday with one count of attempted murder and 10 counts of assault on a person with a semiautomatic firearm, court records showed Tuesday. The district attorney's office said 35-year-old Ivanna Lisette Ortiz was charged in the shooting Sunday afternoon outside the superstar's home in the Beverly Hills area. No ...
Source: news4jax.com