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Top News Stories for Sunday, March 29th 2026
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans angrily rejected a bipartisan deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and pushed through their own plan late Friday, putting themselves on a collision course with the Senate and extending the agency shutdown that has crippled U.S. airports. Revolting over an agreement their own party struck with Senate Democrats to end the crisis, which had passed the Senate before dawn ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
By On Friday afternoon, Tiger Woods rolled his Range Rover on a two-lane road he knows well, just outside his Jupiter Island home. Local police say he tried to pass a slow-moving pickup hauling a pressure-cleaning trailer. The pass didn't go as planned. Investigators say Woods clipped the trailer's rear, sending his SUV onto its side. He ended up crawling out through the passenger door. Despite how it sounds, no ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
A rolling wave of "No Kings" protests swelled through America's small towns and big cities Saturday, with crowds gathering to blast President Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns, the war in Iran and high gas and food prices. Saturday's demonstrations were expected to draw millions of people nationwide, including thousands for a downtown Los Angeles rally. More than 40 protests were planned for ...
Source: latimes.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump said he is "very disappointed" with NATO's response to the United States-Israeli war on Iran , accusing the alliance of failing to support Washington despite years of US military spending on its allies. Meanwhile, Iran warned a "heavy price" will be paid after Israeli attacks on nuclear and industrial sites, with Tehran accusing the US and Israel of "playing with fire" by targeting energy ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
A sightseeing company's helicopter crashed near a remote beach off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, killing three people and injuring two others, authorities said. It was the latest in a series of fatal crashes that has plagued the industry for decades. The helicopter was carrying one pilot and four passengers when it crashed Thursday afternoon just off Kalalau Beach, the Kauai Fire Department said. The ...
Source: wbur.org
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
Bank of America has agreed to pay $72.5 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit alleging the bank facilitated financier The deal, which requires sign-off from a judge, would pay "all women who were sexually abused or trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, or by any person who is connected to or otherwise associated with Jeffrey Epstein or any Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking venture, between June 30, 2008 and July ...
Source: insider.com
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
Three Lebanese journalists were killed in a targeted Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Saturday, their employers have said. Ali Shoeib, a reporter for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al Manar TV, was killed in the town of Jezzine alongside reporter Fatima Ftouni and her brother, cameraman Mohamed Ftouni, both from the channel Al Mayadeen, according to the stations. The strike reportedly hit the journalists' car just ...
Source: bbc.com
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
Saturday, Mar 28th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! While discussing the mystery surrounding UFOs, Vice President JD Vance , who is Catholic, said he believes what people think of as aliens are actually "demons." While interviewing Vance, conservative commentator Benny Johnson asked the vice president, "You gonna release all the UFO files?" "Ah, we're workin' on it," Vance said. He explained that when he took office he ...
Source: foxnews.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
Hackers claimed the attack was retaliation after Patel vowed to "hunt" them. Iran-linked hackers successfully broke into FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email, the Department of Justice confirmed to Reuters on Friday. Reuters could not authenticate the leaked emails themselves but noted that the Gmail address matched an email account "linked to Patel in previous data breaches preserved by the dark web ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
March 27 (UPI) -- An ethics adjudicatory subcommittee found Friday that 25 of 27 charges of ethics violations against Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., had been "proven by clear and convincing evidence." "Following the hearing, the adjudicatory subcommittee moved into executive session to deliberate. After careful deliberation that lasted until well past midnight, the adjudicatory subcommittee found that ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
A group of survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration and Google on Thursday over the release of their personal information found in the files made public by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). "The United States, acting through the DOJ, made a deliberate policy choice to prioritize rapid, large-volume disclosure over protection of Epstein ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
In the race to define enterprise artificial intelligence, most of the industry is looking up the stack — chasing smarter models, bigger benchmarks and more capable generative AI systems. In some ways, Oracle Corp. is looking in a different direction. At its latest showcase during the Oracle AI World Tour London 2026, the company made a calculated move in the agentic AI market . Instead of competing head-on in ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
Ex-first lady wasn't near 'negligent discharge' and agent is now in hospital while Secret Service investigates incident A US Secret Service agent, working on security detail for the former first lady Jill Biden , shot themself in the leg at the Philadelphia international airport on Friday morning, an agency spokesperson said. The Secret Service special agent suffered a "non-life-threatening injury" after they ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — To the victor go the naming rights. President Trump is prioritizing taking control of the Strait of Hormuz as he grows frustrated with the lack of help from allies to force open the crucial waterway. And once Trump ends Iran's reign of terror over the shipping route, he's considering rechristening it the "Strait of America" or even naming it after himself, sources told The Post. "We are taking ...
Source: nypost.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
U.S. President Donald Trump points on the day he addresses military families as U.S. first lady Melania Trump stands nearby during a visit at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S., February 13, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz Senior military officials are concerned that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is blocking the promotions of four Army officers because of their race or gender, according to a new report. President ...
Source: rawstory.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Borrowers enrolled in the SAVE plan will begin receiving notices about switching to other ways to repay starting Friday Removed from bookmarks enrolled in a Biden-era repayment scheme have been ordered to pick a new plan or risk being automatically placed on one vastly more expensive. Borrowers enrolled ...
Source: independent.co.uk