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Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump has vowed not to sign any bills into law until the SAVE America Act is passed, escalating his pressure campaign to get a sweeping voting bill across the finish line before this fall's elections. The bill's future is murky in the Senate, where it lacks enough support to clear the 60-vote filibuster threshold. Republicans in the Senate are divided over how to pass it and whether it's possible ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
New research details how embedded AI is widening the risk surface inside global enterprises. Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) are no longer emerging capabilities inside enterprise environments. In 2025, they became a persistent operating layer for how work gets done. Developers ship faster, marketers generate more content, analysts automate research, and IT teams rely on AI to streamline ...
Source: cio.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Despite rare act of multilateralism, there is no guarantee the IEA's release of 400m barrels from reserves will depress prices When the global economy was still in the grip of the devastating 1970s oil crises, exposing the chokehold exerted by a few important oil states, the International Energy Agency (IEA) was created, in the hope of limiting future shocks. Almost half a century on, the IEA's 32 members have ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
and his ilk warmongers," host Abby Phillip remarked. "He used to suggest that it was like **** Cheney and Lindsey Graham were in a cabal together. He now has Lindsey Graham in his ear every day." when it comes to war with Iran, a conflict the senator has celebrated with a since joint U.S.-Israeli attacks began earlier this month. to keep the U.S. out of global conflict but seems to have little vision for where the ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
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 -
The acquisition includes Moltbook creators Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, though financial terms were not disclosed. Meta has acquired Moltbook, a social network for AI agents, and will integrate the team into Meta Superintelligence Labs. The deal, first reported by Axios and confirmed to TechCrunch, includes Moltbook creators Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition adds an "always-on ...
Source: techbriefly.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 -
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 weekly newsletter that surfaces under-the-radar stories about what Trump is doing to the law—and how the law is pushing back. It seems fair to assume that Donald Trump's second presidency hasn't turned out quite the way Ed Martin had hoped. The former interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia has faced a series of embarrassing setbacks over the past 14 months, tumbling down the Justice ...
Source: slate.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved leucovorin, a synthetic form of vitamin B9, as a treatment for a rare genetic condition that causes folate deficiencies in the brain. The decision comes just months after U.S. president Donald Trump, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. , and FDA chief Marty Makary lauded the drug as a treatment for autism. After a scientific review, ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
US President Donald Trump has said that Iran is "welcome" to participate at the upcoming World Cup in North America, despite the ongoing Middle East war, FIFA chief Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday. The war, triggered by US-Israeli strikes on February 28, has thrown into doubt Iran's participation at this summer's men's football World Cup, jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States. During a meeting ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Two people have been killed in tornadoes in the Midwest region of the United States amid a spate of extreme weather, according to authorities. At least four tornadoes touched down as intense "supercell" thunderstorms swept across northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). "Supercells" are the rarest form of thunderstorms. They are known to be ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
A whistleblower complaint has triggered a federal investigation into claims that a former member of a government cost-cutting team said he had access to sensitive Social Security data and planned to use it after moving to a private sector job. The internal watchdog of the Social Security Administration is examining the allegations, which involve a former software engineer linked to the Department of Government ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The update enables users to generate documents, spreadsheets and presentations using prompts. Google on Tuesday introduced new Gemini-powered artificial intelligence features for Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. The update allows users to generate fully formatted documents, spreadsheets, and presentations by pulling data from Gmail, Chat, and Drive. These tools aim to increase productivity by enabling content ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
By Month-over-month existing-home sales were bleak in January, plummeting by 8.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 3.91 million units, according to a report by the National Association of Realtors. These data include the sales of existing (not newly built) single-family homes, condos, and co-ops. Existing-home sales make up more than 90% of housing sales in the U.S., according to the NAR , so they're ...
Source: miamiherald.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 -
ROME, Ga. (AP) — Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller advanced to a runoff for Marjorie Taylor Greene's former U.S. House seat in Georgia after no candidate won a majority in Tuesday's special election. President Donald Trump in February endorsed Fuller, a district attorney who prosecutes crimes in four counties, to succeed Greene in Georgia's 14th Congressional District. Greene, once among ...
Source: bostonglobe.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
Outdated intel likely led US to carry out deadly strike on Iranian elementary school, AP sources say
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
– Outdated intelligence likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on 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 children has become a focal point of ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Amazon is expanding access to its health care virtual assistant, Health AI , the company said on Tuesday. This feature was originally available only to One Medical members, but it will now be available to most customers on the Amazon app and website. It'll be rolled out over the next few weeks, with the goal of making it available to all US Amazon customers. Amazon's Health AI can answer general health care ...
Source: cnet.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Expect to see more alerts about suspicious activities across Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Meta is introducing new tools to help keep users safe from scams. In a blog post detailing the new tools , Meta explained that in 2025 alone, the social platform giant removed more than 159 million scam ads for violating its policies and took ...
Source: zdnet.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will launch a wave of tariff-related investigations into more than a dozen U.S. trade partners, the next phase in President Donald Trump's sweeping global trade wars. In a process that is likely to result in a fresh round of tariffs in the near future, the Office of U.S. Trade Representative is opening the formal probes into major trade partners that include the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
You are not logged into your account. You have a registered email address and password on pressherald.com, but we are unable to locate a paid subscription attached to these credentials. Please Thank you for your support of local journalism! the inclusion of three tax bills that have already passed in at least one chamber into the supplemental budget, urging appropriators to "focus on proposals that generate revenue ...
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Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Salesforce warns that a threat campaign is exploiting overly permissive Experience Cloud guest configurations to harvest data from public portals. Salesforce is urging its customers to review their Experience Cloud 'guest' configurations as cybercrime group ShinyHunters claims a new campaign involving data theft and extortion tied to exposed Salesforce environments. The group recently posted screenshots on its leak ...
Source: csoonline.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said his administration is aware of information about a possible drone threat after ABC News reported that the FBI had warned California police departments about a possible "surprise attack" by Iranian UAVs. "[In relation] to drone strikes, we've been aware of that information," Newsom told reporters on Wednesday. "We transferred that information in real time to our local partners. ...
Source: bnonews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
March 11 (UPI) -- The United States resumed Global Entry, a program that allows trusted travelers to quickly get through U.S. customs, on Wednesday after a short break. The service began again at 5 a.m. EDT Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security said. "We are working hard to alleviate the disruptions to travelers caused by the Democrats' shutdown," a DHS spokesperson said in a statement. The program was ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! With deepfakes becoming more common , YouTube has expanded access to its AI-driven likeness detection system to a pilot group of government officials, journalists and political candidates. The step an earlier rollout of the tool to creators in the company's Partner Program. AI video ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Follow Earth on Google Bright macaws don't belong on Peru's dry coast. They're rainforest birds, built for humid lowlands, not cold mountain passes and desert air. But a new analysis of ancient DNA suggests that centuries before the Inca Empire, people were capturing Amazonian parrots , carrying them across the Andes alive, and keeping them long enough on the coast for the birds to grow new feathers. The ...
Source: earth.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Newly released documents also show Peter Mandelson was offered highly classified briefings before formal vetting was complete Keir Starmer overruled officials who warned of a "reputational risk" in making Peter Mandelson US ambassador, despite being handed a dossier of evidence about the peer's relationship with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, documents reveal. The disclosure in newly released files will raise ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Home » » Three commercial vessels were struck by "unknown projectiles" near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center. The attacks come after both Israel and Iran launched another set of airstrikes overnight, with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) deeming its recent launch as its "most intense operation" since the start of the ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
A 1,300-pound NASA probe is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere today, nearly 14 years after it was launched. The Van Allen Probe A, which was launched in August 2012, is likely to reenter Earth's atmosphere around 7:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday, in a news release, citing the U.S. Space Force. There is a 24-hour margin of uncertainty. Most of the probe is expected to burn up as it reenters the atmosphere, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Reading time 12 minutes Apple's $600 MacBook Neo isn't the pinnacle of design. It can't be at this price point. And still, it's perfect for all the people who don't give a damn about what PC or Mac nerds have to say about memory constraints. The ...
Source: gizmodo.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
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharing a stage, Supreme Court Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh sparred Monday over the many emergency orders the court has issued allowing President Trump to move ahead with key parts of his agenda. The setting was extraordinary, a federal courtroom filled with legal luminaries, including the federal judge singled out by Trump after blocking part of the president's ...
Source: bostonglobe.com