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Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon as the US apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, intensifying its campaign targeting the Islamic Republic's fleet of warships. Iran launched new retaliatory attacks early Friday against neighboring countries that host US forces. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The latest strikes mark a full week of attacks affecting countries ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
United States President Donald Trump has announced that Kristi Noem will be replaced as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), marking the first major change to his cabinet since his re-election. Noem, who has overseen Trump's controversial immigration crackdown, will instead serve as a special envoy for the Shield of the Americas, a newly created security initiative. Her removal follows a tense, ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Trade groups urge court to create a simple blueprint for tariff refunds. It has been two weeks since the Supreme Court blocked Donald Trump's emergency tariffs , but an estimated 300,000 US businesses still have no idea if or when they will receive refunds. Economists have estimated that more than $175 billion was unlawfully collected, and the US could end up owing substantially more than that the longer the refund ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Gonzales admitted Wednesday to having an affair with Regina Santos-Aviles, who worked in his Uvalde office Representative Tony Gonzales has dropped his bid for re-election after admitting to having an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide. The Texas Republican wrote in a ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
The Justice Department on Thursday released previously unseen documents from the Epstein files that included new summaries and notes from interviews the FBI conducted with a woman from South Carolina who made allegations against the late sex offender and President Donald Trump, according to an NBC News analysis. In a series of 2019 interviews with the FBI, the woman said she was a sexual assault victim of Jeffrey ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
If Democrats expect to flip a U.S. Senate seat in Texas, they'll need all the stars to align. This almost never happens, because politics has a way of scrambling the constellations. But on Tuesday, the first star blinked on. I'm referring to state Rep. James Talarico's victory over Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary. Most political prognosticators agree that Talarico, an eloquent young Democrat who ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
UK lenders have begun raising mortgage interest rates as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has raised fears that inflation will rise and curb further Bank of England rate cuts. Nationwide has increased rates some of its products by up to 0.25%, while HSBC UK and Coventry Building Society have also said they will increase rates. The increases come after changes to the financial market's view of what the Bank ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
And Anthropic says it will fight back in court. The US Department of War has issued the first such designation ever applied to an American company, demanding that defence contractors certify they do not use Claude. Anthropic says the action is unlawful and retaliatory. For months, the conversations between Anthropic and the US Department of War were framed, at least publicly, as a negotiation. The San Francisco AI ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
The drones Iran is launching at US forces are the same ones Ukraine has fought for years. Ukrainian soldiers say their battlefield experience offers lessons that matter in this fight. Alex Eine, the commander of a small Ukrainian drone unit , said it was "surprising" to see reports out of the Middle East of multimillion-dollar interceptors being used to combat cheap Iranian one-way attack drones. "When long-range ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! In the midst of recent developments and controversies surrounding a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense, OpenAI released the GPT-5.4 model. The release comes at a time when users are reportedly leaving ChatGPT for rival chatbots , particularly Anthropic's Claude. GPT-5.4 is ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
The U.S. and Israeli war on Iran has drawn opposition from China and stoked tensions between Beijing and Washington. The military action will set the "mood music" for a high-stakes meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in China, experts say. Before the Trump-Xi summit, top U.S. and Chinese trade officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, are expected ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined. Already a member? Cuba appears to be next on Donald Trump 's hit list. But not just yet. The president appeared to suggest U.S.-assisted regime change in the communist-run Caribbean ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Follow Earth on Google Addiction affects millions of people worldwide, yet treatments often target only one substance at a time. A medication that could reduce cravings for several addictive substances would mark a major shift in addiction treatment. Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report that GLP-1 receptor agonists, a group of medicines used to treat type 2 diabetes and ...
Source: earth.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Seven of the nation's largest tech companies signed President Donald Trump's Ratepayer Protection Pledge on Wednesday, agreeing to cover the cost of all power needed to fuel their data centers. The CEOs of Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI gathered at the White House to sign the , which Trump first announced last ...
Source: cdn.meritalk.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By BARBARA ORTUTAY SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk continued to defend his actions in the months leading up to his 2022 purchase of Twitter in court Thursday as he faces a class action lawsuit claiming he misled investors and caused them to lose millions of dollars. The civil trial in San Francisco centers on a class-action lawsuit filed just before Musk took control ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Google is making changes to the Play Store after settling its legal fight with Epic Games, focusing on three areas: more billing options, lower fees with new programs for developers, and a program for registered app stores. The rollout begins in the European Economic Area, the ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
March 5 (UPI) -- Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Thursday that the department will be pushing for increased nutrition education in medicine. Kennedy made the announcement after having communicated with dozens of medical schools in the last couple of months to increase what doctors learn about human nutrition. Fifty-three medical schools have agreed to start requiring that ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Iran denied involvement and has blamed the attack on Israel, but the Azerbaijani defence ministry placed the blame on Tehran From Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan , called a security meeting on Thursday regarding the alleged drone strike in the Nakhchivan region and delivered a speech stating that "any hostile force will feel the full might of our 'Iron Fist'". The Iranian armed forces have denied ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Apple Inc. this week unveiled a new series of products, including the iPhone 17e, M4 iPad Air, M5 MacBook Air, and MacBook Neo, alongside updated MacBook Pro models and new Studio Displays. The announcements outline a strategic expansion of Apple's product lines, focusing on AI integration across its M-series chips and introducing more budget-friendly options to compete in various market segments. On Monday, Apple ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Is It Really Illegal to Bet on Inside Information About the Iran War? How About MrBeast? Kalshi and Polymarket are creating a new kind of dilemma. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account's 'Saved for Later' section. On prediction markets, there are many ways you can make or lose money on America's foreign wars. There's been plenty of demand lately. Before the U.S. captured Nicolás ...
Source: nymag.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Listen up, flyers: United Airlines said it will start removing passengers from flights who refuse to wear headphones while listening to content on their personal devices, and such behavior could lead to a permanent ban. The airline revised its contract of carriage on Feb. 27 to include the new provision, which sits under the " refusal of transport " section that outlines the instances in which United can boot its ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
'High-quality growth' target of 4.5-5% outlined at Two Sessions as Chinese premier talks of complex situations at home and abroad China has set its target for GDP growth to a record low of 4.5-5%, the first time since 1991 that the figure has dropped below 5%, reflecting an economic strategy that is shifting away from export-led growth to a model that leaders hope will be more resilient to external shocks. Li ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
By Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times Trader Joe's, Ralphs and others have recalled some frozen food products amid concerns they may be contaminated with glass. The recalls come weeks after Monrovia, California-based Trader Joe's recalled batches of its private-label chicken fried rice with best-by dates between Sept. 8 and Nov. 17 due to glass. Trader Joe's on Tuesday expanded the recalls to include vegetable fried rice ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
A federal judge blocked Florida's Republican Gov. from enforcing his executive "decree" against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), concluding that the order to designate the group a "terrorist organization" violated the First Amendment and "bears all the hallmarks of unconstitutional coercion." In a 30-page order on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a preliminary injunction, writing ...
Source: lawandcrime.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
The Phone 4a series brings fun and thoughtful design, plus camera upgrades and seriously useful features, to Nothing's lineup. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Phone highlights include the Glyph Interface, colors, and camera. The Phone 4a isn't available in the US. The Phone 4a Pro is. On Thursday morning, there was much ado about Nothing. The ...
Source: zdnet.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Flaws in the web management interface give unauthenticated attackers remote root access. Cisco has handed security teams one of the largest ever patching workloads affecting its firewall products, including fixes for two 'perfect 10' vulnerabilities in the company's Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software. Overall, the March 4 release , the first of its semiannual firewall updates for 2026, addresses 25 ...
Source: csoonline.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
Small in stature, he was filled with energy, one-liners, fiery competitiveness and football creativity. He could be funny, his blue eyes twinkling behind those black-rimmed glasses. He could be moody. He always seemed confident. who died Wednesday, March 4, at 89 , was at N.C. State in what many longtime Wolfpack fans call a golden era of Pack sports. Holtz and the football team won an ACC championship in 1973. The ...
Source: bradenton.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes In the days before 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas took his own life, he was allegedly directed by Google Gemini to carry out a "mass casualty attack" at a storage facility by the Miami International Airport to retrieve a "vessel" that he was told was inside a delivery truck. That "vessel" was allegedly a humanoid robot that he believed to contain his AI "wife." When the mission failed, Gemini ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
Catholic priests in Rhode Island preyed on hundreds of children for decades, and were protected by bishops more concerned with the church's reputation than the victims, according to a new report on clergy sexual abuse that echoes findings elsewhere . The report, released Wednesday by Attorney General Peter Neronha, follows a multiyear investigation into the Catholic Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island. Neronha said ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
The New England Patriots have informed wide receiver Stefon Diggs that he'll be released when the new league year begins next week, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the team hasn't announced its intention. Diggs posted a goodbye on social media, thanking the Patriots for the season and saying: "We family forever." Diggs ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
Harry Styles is breaking his silence on the "difficult" process of mourning his friend and former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne in the spotlight. The "Strip That Down" singer tragically died in October 2024 at just 31 years old following an accident in Buenos Aires—and looking back, Styles revealed he "struggled" with how to navigate his grief in the public eye. Appearing in a new Apple Music interview ...
Source: instyle.com