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Top News Stories for Saturday, March 14th 2026
Friday, Mar 13th, 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. Voting by mail is a critical part of our democracy. In the 2024 elections, 1 in 3 Americans submitted mail ballots, taking advantage of a simple, safe, and secure way to exercise their fundamental right to vote without having to endure crushingly long lines or travel great ...
Source: slate.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Four of the six crew members aboard a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft that went down in western Iraq have been confirmed dead, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). The two other crew members remain unaccounted for. CENTCOM said that the aircraft went down at about 2 p.m. ET on Thursday. The command said the incident remains under investigation, but that the loss of the aircraft was not caused by hostile fire ...
Source: bnonews.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
In a ruling unsealed on Friday, Boasberg said the subpoenas were served by the government for an "improper purpose." "A mountain of evidence suggests that the government served these subpoenas on the board to pressure its chair into voting for lower interest rates or resigning," the judge wrote in the ruling. "On the other side of the scale, the Government has produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair ...
Source: insider.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Bye-bye to build-to-rent housing. On Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Senate voted 89–10 to pass House Resolution 6644, otherwise known by its cumbersome title, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. The bill is essentially an amalgam of two pieces of wonky housing legislation that the House and Senate have been working on for over a year now, and which make a bunch of modest changes to existing regulations ...
Source: reason.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said that Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is wounded and "likely disfigured." Khamenei took over Iran's leadership following his father's death. The younger Khamenei has not been seen or heard from publicly since the war started, leading to speculation about his whereabouts and health condition. Meanwhile, four of the six crew abroad a US military KC-135 refueling ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday. Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Lebanon, was killed by security after ramming into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township ...
Source: pbs.org
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Users can search for situations such as nearby charging spots, open sports courts, or recommended stops during a trip. Google announced new AI features for Google Maps, including a Gemini-powered conversational tool called "Ask Maps" and an updated "Immersive Navigation" experience. The company stated that Ask Maps is rolling out now in the U.S. and India on Android and iOS, with desktop availability coming soon. ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA cleared its moon rocket on Thursday for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs . The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket will roll out of the hangar and back to the pad next week at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, leading to a launch attempt as early as April 1. It will mark humanity's first trip to the moon in more than 50 years. The Artemis II ...
Source: military.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is scrambling to replace the revenue the federal government lost when the Supreme Court struck down his biggest and boldest tariffs last month. If the effort succeeds, congressional Democrats warn in a study out Friday, the administration's import taxes will cost American households an ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Mortgage rates have been climbing as the conflict in the Middle East rages on and oil prices remain elevated, causing fears of higher inflation. The average rate on a typical 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 6.35% as of Thursday, compared with 5.9% before the Feb. 28 U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. Here's what homebuyers should know about interest rates as they shop for mortgages. Potential homebuyers who've been ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
As the Iran war drags on and the death and devastation grow, I keep returning to a three-minute clip from a Republican presidential debate in February 2016. That debate took place a few days before Jeb Bush was set to hit the campaign trail for the first time with his elder brother, former President George W. Bush. Citing that scheduled appearance, moderator John Dickerson asked Trump about a 2008 interview, in ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Two Democratic lawmakers are proposing tax overhauls that would eliminate federal income taxes for millions of Americans. The two bills — one backed by Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, and the other from Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland — are rolling out as Republicans tout the impact of the tax cuts enacted under the " big, beautiful bill." Those new tax breaks, which include a $6,000 deduction ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
A Virginia man, previously investigated for possible firearms crimes, sold a stolen handgun to the convicted ISIS supporter who then used it during his deadly rampage at Old Dominion University, federal authorities said Friday. Kenya Chapman, who lives in Smithfield, was accused of selling a firearm without a license — allegedly providing the weapon used by Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, who opened fire on a ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
US airport security officers missed their first full paycheck as a partial funding shutdown of the government approached the one-month mark. US airport security officers missed their first full paycheck Friday as a partial funding shutdown of the government approached the one-month mark, with no breakthrough in a congressional standoff that is beginning to disrupt travel across the country. The lapse in funding is ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
By A red fox survived a 14-day voyage across the Atlantic Ocean after stowing away on a cargo ship traveling from England to the United States. The animal, discovered among a shipment of automobiles, is now being cared for at the Bronx Zoo. The fox boarded a ship carrying automobiles that departed Southampton on Feb. 4 and arrived Feb. 18 at the Port of New York and New Jersey. The Bronx Zoo took in the animal the ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
AI-powered toys that "talk" with young children should be more tightly regulated and carry new safety kitemarks, according to a report that warns they are not always developed with children's psychological safety in mind. The recommendation appears in the initial report from AI in the Early Years : a University of Cambridge project and the first systematic study of how Generative AI (GenAI) toys capable of ...
Source: news-medical.net
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
In honor of World Sleep Day, I decided to embark on a sleep experiment. Earlier this month, I noticed my son's baby monitor, the Nanit Pro , started showing his sleep score every morning. This number tells you how well your child slept the night before on a scale from zero to 100. Sleep scores track how long it takes to fall asleep, sleep cycles, heart rate throughout the night and any disruptions that may have ...
Source: cnet.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Microsoft has launched Copilot Health , a dedicated, secure space within its Copilot AI assistant that aggregates personal health data from wearables, electronic health records, and laboratory results, then applies AI to surface what the company calls a "coherent story" of a user's health. The product opened its waitlist on 12 March 2026 and is rolling out in phases, initially to English-speaking adults in the ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Film This Year's Oscar Winners Will (and Should) Be… The front-runners for some of the ceremony's biggest prizes are far from certain. Illustration by Alisa Gao / The Atlantic* March 13, 2026, 6:22 PM ET Save The run-up to the Academy Awards is a fun, ridiculous, and loopy monthslong stretch. It also encourages something vital to Hollywood's artistic ecosystem: Movie studios, in the hopes of achieving Oscar ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Trump announced that Matt Floca, vice president of facilities operations at the performing arts venue, is set to take over ahead of a two-year renovation project. Ric Grenell, a longtime ally of Donald Trump's, is stepping down from his post as head of the Kennedy Center after a turbulent year that included numerous artists canceling their performances over the president's effort to add his name to the iconic ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
There are over 1,200 data centers scattered across the United States, and thanks to the AI boom, many more are on the way. Those data centers also, it seems, confirm the adage "familiarity breeds contempt." A new survey from the Pew Research Council, conducted in January and published Thursday, found that the more Americans learn about data centers — and their effects on home energy costs, quality of life, ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Amazon says its service requires "significant investment." Starting on April 10, Amazon Prime subscribers will pay $5 per month for ad-free Prime Video without ads, up from the current $3 per month on top of their Prime subscription, Amazon announced today. On that date, Amazon will introduce a new ad-free Prime Video subscription tier called "Prime Video Ultra." Amazon will also increase the number of simultaneous ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is reportedly delaying the release of its next artificial intelligence model at least about two months after internal tests showed the tech falling short of rival models from Google, OpenAI and Anthropic. The leaders of Meta's AI division are considering temporarily licensing Google's Gemini to power its products in the wake of the lackluster results, the New York Times reported this week . ...
Source: nypost.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba's government held recent talks with the U.S., President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Friday, marking the first time that the Caribbean country confirmed such speculation. Díaz-Canel said in a speech that the talks "were aimed at finding solutions through dialogue to the bilateral differences between our two nations. International factors facilitated these exchanges." He did not ...
Source: military.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Reading time 2 minutes The Sun has been a powerful source of energy fueling the solar system for billions of years, but our host star may have had rough beginnings. A new study suggests the Sun migrated away from the center of the Milky Way, settling into a more comfortable place in the galaxy that allowed life on Earth to thrive. A team of researchers from Tokyo, Japan, created a catalog of thousands of stellar ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
After a month of hearings, 12 jurors are set to decide on whether or not social media companies should be liable for harm caused to children using their platforms. Lawyers in a landmark social media addiction trial - which has seen tech giants face a jury - have made their final arguments. After a month of hearings, 12 jurors are set to decide on whether or not social media companies should be liable for harm ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
GENEVA (AP) — Pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump's comments , Iran's national soccer team says "no one can exclude" it from playing in the men's World Cup in the United States. Instead, a post on the team's official Instagram account Thursday suggested maybe the U.S. team should be excluded after Trump indicated that the host country couldn't guarantee the safety of the Iranian players. Trump wrote ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Kash Patel has announced a bizarre collaboration in which UFC fighters will train prospective FBI agents. The sports-mad FBI director and Donald Trump–friendly UFC CEO Dana White unveiled the "historic, first-of-its-kind" partnership, a two-day training seminar that will take place at the FBI Special Agent Academy in Quantico, Virginia, on March 14 and 15. "This is a tremendous opportunity for our FBI agents ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Democrats in the US Senate have written to Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth demanding answers about the strike on a primary school in Iran that Iranian officials say killed 168 people, including about 110 children. US media have reported that US military investigators believe American forces were likely responsible for hitting the school unintentionally at the start of the joint US-Israeli operation - but that they ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — René Redzepi, founder and celebrity chef at the iconic Danish restaurant Noma that won three Michelin stars and other international accolades for its innovative "New Nordic" cuisine , has stepped down from his post following allegations of abuse and assault at the Copenhagen landmark. Redzepi has been dogged for years by reports of mistreatment of his staff as well as his ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
A Costco customer in the US has taken the retailer to court, demanding that the company use potential tariff refunds to return money to shoppers who paid more due to the levies. In a proposed class action lawsuit, customer Matthew Sockov argues that Costco is in the position to potentially recoup its tariff costs twice, "from customers through elevated pricing and from the government". He says that amounts to ...
Source: bbc.com