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Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
The United States has temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil, a boost to the Kremlin as Washington tries to contain energy prices sent soaring by the American-Israeli assault on Iran. President Vladimir Putin's team welcomed the move to ease penalties that were imposed over Russia's invasion of Ukraine , and pushed Friday for the U.S. to go further. The decision caused dismay in Europe, where officials feared ...
Source: nbcnews.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 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By KIM TONG-HYUNG and ADAM SCHRECK SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. military says a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting operations against Iran crashed in western Iraq , killing four of its six crew members. The U.S. Central Command , which oversees the Middle East, said the crash followed an unspecified incident involving two aircraft in "friendly airspace," and ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Israel's devastating assault on Lebanon rages on, killing more than 25 people in the capital Beirut and in southern and eastern Lebanon, a punishing front in the wider war launched by the United States and Israel on Iran. An Israeli strike early on Friday hit a car in Jnah, a coastal neighbourhood in southwestern Beirut, and killed one person, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said. An Israeli strike also hit ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
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 average of $2,512 in 2026, up 44% from $1,745 in tariff costs last year. And this at ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
By Reality Check is a Herald series holding those in power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at tips@miamiherald.com. If Florida voters approve big cuts in property taxes , that would mean a sharp drop in revenue that Miami-Dade counts on to fund public safety, transportation and the county hospital system. Of the $3.2 billion in property ...
Source: miamiherald.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 US citizen born in Lebanon, was killed by security after ramming into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township near ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article One critic claimed that the legislation will negatively impact 'low-income voters, students, seniors, women, and Black and Brown Floridians' in Florida passed a bill on Thursday requiring voters to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote, while also limiting forms of ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Old Dominion shooter convicted of Islamic State ties released from prison just 2 years before attack
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Court documents show less than two years after Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was released from prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State, he opened fire in a classroom at Virginia's Old Dominion University on Thursday before ROTC students subdued and killed him. The shooting that left one person dead and another two injured has raised questions about why Jalloh, who the FBI identified as the gunman, was imprisoned and ...
Source: bostonglobe.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 -
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — One grew up in rural Haiti amid the poverty and violence of his beautiful but troubled Caribbean nation. The other grew up in Michigan as a self-described "blue-collar farm kid" from Middle America. Both became pastors in Springfield, Ohio. Both share a goal inspired by their faith: supporting the city's Haitian migrants who fear deportation under President Donald Trump's ongoing ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account's 'Saved for Later' section. It's very much a red-letter day in Washington when bipartisan legislation on any significant topic can get through the choke point of the U.S. Senate. When it's bipartisan legislation on a big-time "affordability" issue like housing, there should be celebratory parades. And leading the parade should be President Donald ...
Source: nymag.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
March began with a series of questions for borrowers, the answers of which had the potential to change the mortgage interest rate climate . Last week, an unemployment report that showed a rise in the rate and a loss of jobs had a mild impact, though rates did tick up slightly in the aftermath. Then, on Wednesday, a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing inflation stuck at 2.4% left many wondering ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
We've already seen mapping functionality make its way into the ChatGPT and Gemini apps, but the big mapping apps haven't had much use for AI–until now, anyway. Google has just announced Ask Maps, a new "conversational experience" for Google Maps that puts Gemini front and center, allowing you to chat with the Maps app about where you want to go and what you want to do. Rolling out today on iOS and Android for ...
Source: pcworld.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
NASA plans to launch four astronauts on a long-awaited trip around the moon as early as April 1, it announced Thursday. Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator of NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, said teams are on track to roll the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft back to the launch pad at Florida's Kennedy Space Center on March 19. "Everything is going pretty well," ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
"The All-American," "Gamebred," "Iron" and several other Ultimate Fighting Championship grapplers have been tapped by FBI Director Kash Patel to train agents how to body-slam bad guys. The first-ever FBI training session led by professional mixed martial artists, including UFC matchmaker Mick Maynard, will take place Saturday and Sunday at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. "This is a tremendous opportunity for ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California Gov. Gavin Newsom said there was no imminent threat to the state, despite a warning from the FBI that Iran could send drones to the West Coast in retaliation for Newsom said drone issues "have always been top of mind." "We've been aware of that information. ... It's all about a posture of preparedness for worst-case scenarios," said Wednesday. The FBI recently warned police ...
Source: news4jax.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 Other companies, such as FedEx, have promised to return tariff refund money to customers who paid higher prices A Costco customer has filed a class action lawsuit against the wholesale retailer in an attempt to force the company to refund customers who paid higher prices for ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Currently available in the U.S. for users 18+ via waitlist, it aims to help prepare for doctor visits while emphasizing it's not a doctor replacement. Ready to let AI pore over your medical records? Claude and ChatGPT are already doing it, and now Microsoft's Copilot is ready to review your chart. Copilot Health is a "separate, secure space" within the Copilot app that "makes sense of your information" from a ...
Source: pcworld.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
Executive Summary A major new study by researchers at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, Northeastern, and other leading institutions tested what happens when AI agents — the kind that can send emails, run software, manage files, and take actions on your behalf — are given real tools in a realistic environment. The results should concern any organization that is deploying or considering these ...
Source: jdsupra.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
The fox is said to be 'settling in well' after mischievous 3,400 mile journey from Southampton to New York A sly fox slipped on to a cargo ship and travelled from Southampton to New York, according to officials at Bronx Zoo. The zoo, which is looking after the animal, said it appears healthy after early examinations. It is unclear how the male red fox boarded the ship, which had been transporting cars, to make the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
A groundbreaking study in galactic archaeology proves the Sun made a treacherous journey to reach its current home in the Milky Way suburbs. Our Sun is actually a cosmic refugee. Around 4.6 billion years ago, it first ignited in a hostile, radiation-blasted neighborhood 10,000 light-years closer to the Milky Way's center than it is now. Today, the Sun harbors a planetary system in the galactic suburbs. How did it ...
Source: zmescience.com
Thursday, Mar 12th, 2026 -
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — René Redzepi, the 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 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 yearslong use ...
Source: bostonglobe.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
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, reversed himself on the Senate filibuster Wednesday after years of unflinching support for the 60-vote threshold to pass most bills. Now, locked in a competitive Republican runoff for his Senate seat and eyeing President Donald Trump's endorsement, Cornyn says he'll support "whatever changes to Senate rules that may prove necessary" to pass the SAVE America Act , a ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — Major storms whipped up tornadoes that killed at least two people in northwest Indiana and leveled buildings in Kankakee, Illinois, authorities said Wednesday, as another round of rain, hail and strong winds made its way through the region. Several intense supercell thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana on Tuesday, including one responsible for at least ...
Source: pbs.org