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Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Gasoline prices have jumped 64 cents a gallon in two weeks. Diesel is at $4.60 nationally, up 83 cents since the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran in late February. In California, drivers are paying $5.34 a gallon . Fertilizer prices have surged 44 percent. Food prices are climbing. The Trump administration has assured Americans these are temporary disruptions. Once the military objectives are achieved, prices ...
Source: bradenton.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
• Kharg Island hit: Iran's military warned that it could target ports and docks in the UAE after US strikes on Iran's crucial oil export hub Kharg Island . The US military said the attack "destroyed naval mine storage facilities, missile storage bunkers, and multiple other military sites," while "preserving" the island's oil infrastructure. • Trump's threat: President Donald Trump earlier said the US ...
Source: edition.cnn.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... TALLAHASSEE — With only 60 days to pass a full plate of bills and a balanced budget, the Florida Legislature's grand plans to add property tax cuts to their crowded calendar never had a chance. Lawmakers did not even get a budget out before the close of business Friday, the end of the regular session, much less a complicated ballot measure that would ask voters in ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
With voters wary of AI and both parties' ability to tackle it, the issue has not fallen along usual partisan lines, even in an election year. A rare source of bipartisanship has broken out in state capitols across the country: tackling data centers. Legislators from both major parties in red, blue and battleground states alike are rushing to figure out how to regulate the construction and energy consumption of the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Jet fuel prices are rising as the war in the Middle East disrupts global oil supplies, putting cost pressure on airlines as the busy summer travel season approaches. Experts say it's not a question of if airfares will go up , but when, for how long and by how much. The impact may be felt most on long-haul international routes, which burn significantly more fuel than shorter flights. Some airlines outside of the ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
When Luc Beaudoin was in college, he was having trouble falling asleep. Beaudoin was studying cognitive science and psychology, so he started experimenting on himself, and he developed a method that consciously copies what the brain seems to do naturally as we doze off. "If you wake people up as they're falling asleep, they often report that they're having these little micro-dreams," said Beaudoin, who is a ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Ask Maps lets users query the world in natural language. Immersive Navigation rebuilds directions in 3D. Together, they mark the most significant overhaul of Google Maps since Street View. The question Google is now asking its users to ask Maps is: "My phone is dying, where can I charge it without a long wait for coffee?" That a navigation app can handle that query, and actually answer it well, marks a meaningful ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Staff complain that the constant upheaval is destroying morale. Elon Musk has ordered another round of job cuts at xAI after growing frustrated with the poor performance of its coding product, forcing out several more cofounders and parachuting in "fixers" from SpaceX and Tesla to audit the startup. The latest overhaul of the 2-year-old startup follows the success of Anthropic and OpenAI, whose AI coding tools have ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three of the six crew members who died when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed while supporting military operations against Iran were from Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine said early Friday evening in a social post on X that the three crew members were from the Ohio Air National Guard's 121st Air Refueling Wing. "Fran and I are deeply saddened by this news and offer our sincere condolences to their ...
Source: cleveland.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 The judge wrote that the sole purpose of the probe 'is to harass Powell to pressure him to lower rates' A federal judge quashed the Department of Justice's attempt to subpoena Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell , saying the effort was part of the Trump administration's effort ...
Source: independent.co.uk
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 -
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 -
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 -
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A man was charged Friday with selling a stolen gun to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former member of the Army National Guard who used it to kill one person and wound two others at Old Dominion University, federal authorities said. The charges come a day after the attack by Jalloh, who had previously spent eight years in prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State group. Authorities say ...
Source: pbs.org
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 -
The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association and nine other leading medical associations, today issued an updated guideline for the management of dyslipidemia-abnormal levels of one or more types of lipids or lipoproteins in the blood, including cholesterol and triglycerides. It is estimated 1 in 4 U.S. adults has high levels of low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), which increase ...
Source: news-medical.net
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — Many Department of Homeland Security employees were on track to miss a paycheck Friday amid the nearly monthlong lapse in funding for the agency, leading officials to warn of potential disruptions in air travel if more airport security workers call out of work. Travelers have already experienced long security line delays at some major airports, including John F. Kennedy International Airport in ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
The average rate on the 30-year fixed loan hit 6.41% on Friday. Just two weeks ago, rates had dropped to match a multiyear low, briefly touching 5.99%. In an aerial view, two-story single family homes line the streets of neighborhood on Jan. 13, 2026 in Thousand Oaks, California. Mortgage rates surged to their highest level since September on Friday as bond yields moved higher due to the war in Iran. The average ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
FedEx plans to embed artificial intelligence (AI) agents into more than half of its operational workflows by 2028, a move that signals how large enterprises are beginning to deploy AI not just as software tools but as systems that execute operational work. The logistics giant is integrating agentic AI into core processes such as shipment monitoring, exception handling, workflow coordination and internal software ...
Source: pymnts.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 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Grenell, an ally of President Donald Trump who oversaw far reaching changes at the Kennedy Center that prompted many artists to abandon the iconic performing arts venue, will step down as the institution's president. Trump announced the change in a social media post on Friday after it was first reported by Axios. The president said Matt Floca, who manages the ...
Source: pbs.org
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Meta's Avocado isn't ripe quite yet. The company has reportedly delayed the release of its next-generation foundational model until May, according to The New York Times , citing unnamed sources. The model has fallen short "on internal tests for reasoning, coding and writing," compared with rival models from Google, OpenAI and Anthropic. Meta has spent billions of dollars overhauling its efforts to build ...
Source: cnet.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
PCWorld reports that 4K streaming will become exclusive to Ultra subscribers starting April 10, 2025, while standard Prime members lose 4K but gain Dolby Vision support. The Ultra plan includes five concurrent 4K streams and 100 offline downloads, significantly raising costs for users wanting premium streaming features. It's been a little more than two years since Amazon started charging extra for ad-free Prime ...
Source: pcworld.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 -
Cuba, reeling from an oil shortage, has begun direct talks with the United States in an effort to solve "bilateral differences" between the two countries, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Friday. The comments, broadcast nationwide in Cuba, are the first confirmation of negotiations between the Trump administration and Havana. The U.S. and Cuba have been fierce adversaries for nearly 70 years, since ...
Source: latimes.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By CHARLOTTE KRAMON ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia prosecutor has dropped the charges against a teenager who police say was driving the truck that struck and killed a beloved high school teacher when a prank turned deadly, the teen's lawyer said. The victim's family had asked authorities to drop the charges. The 40-year-old teacher, Jason Hughes, died after being taken to ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com