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Top News Stories for Tuesday, March 24th 2026
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Trump administration deploys ICE agents at airports across US United States immigration agents have begun deploying to major airports across the US to help ease long security lines as a government funding standoff leaves many airport security staff off work. The partial government shutdown affects the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), meaning ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
As he left the chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court, where justices had just heard arguments Monday over whether to prevent states from counting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day, Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar texted his staff 3,000 miles away. His directive: Get ready to plan how to run November's midterm elections if the high court changes the rules when it issues its decision in June. "The ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Hopes rose that the Iran war could begin winding down as U.S. President said that his government was holding productive talks with Tehran, but fighting showed no signs of slowing and Iran denied there were talks. Trump extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, saying the U.S. will for five more days to allow U.S. envoys to hold talks with a "respected" Iranian leader. Iranian ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
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Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Stories of survival emerge from deadly New York airport collision as officials investigate its cause
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
NEW YORK – Moments after an Air Canada jet at New York's LaGuardia Airport, killing the pilots and hurling a flight attendant from the aircraft, the passengers took their escape into their own hands. With the smell of fuel in the air and debris dangling from the obliterated cockpit, passengers tore open emergency exit doors, jumped off the plane's wings and then turned around to catch others coming up behind ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
TotalEnergies to invest around $1 billion — the value of its renounced offshore wind leases — in oil and natural gas and LNG production in the U.S. Trump has made no secret of his loathing for offshore wind developments. The announcement comes as the Iran war disrupts global oil and gas supplies, making the U.S.' development of its LNG resources more critical. In this article An aerial view of wind ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's reported plan to slash the state's estate tax exemption threshold to $750,000 highlights a real problem—the US under-taxes inherited wealth. And the plan has triggered a familiar round of backlash. Beneath the reflexive outrage to an admittedly flawed plan lies a central tension: Why does the tax code treat inherited wealth more generously than income earned through work? ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
March 24 (UPI) -- The Department of Defense has announced new restrictions on reporters, including removing their office space from the Pentagon, after a judge last week struck down a Trump administration policy that threatened journalists' credentials for obtaining unauthorized information. Under the new policy announced Monday, reporters will be required to work from new office space outside the Pentagon but in ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
A county sheriff's office in Maryland said Monday that professional cornhole player who's also a quadruple amputee fatally shot a passenger in the front seat of a car he was driving during an argument. Dayton James Webber, 27, was arrested and charged as a fugitive from justice by police in Albemarle County, Virginia, the Charles County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Charles County is seeking his extradition ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
The storage industry has a long and undistinguished history of companies reinventing themselves right before someone else makes them irrelevant. Pure Storage is not doing that. When it announced on February 23 that it was changing its name to Everpure and acquiring AI data intelligence startup 1touch , it was pivoting toward a fight it had already quietly won the right to enter. The distinction matters. ...
Source: cdotrends.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity in London were set on fire early Monday morning in London, in what British police are investigating as an antisemitic hate crime. No one was injured in the overnight attack, which shattered windows in nearby homes. Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the "deeply shocking antisemitic arson attack. "My thoughts are with the Jewish community who are ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Under a proposal pitched to Trump, Republicans would offer to reopen all of DHS except ICE and fund the controversial enforcement agency under a separate party-line budget bill. WASHINGTON — On Sunday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., discussed an off-ramp with President Donald Trump to reopen TSA and end the long lines and delays at airports . It would fund all of the Department of Homeland ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
March 23 (UPI) -- Senate Republicans have advanced the nomination of Sen. Markwayne Mullin for secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, paving the way for his confirmation as early as Monday evening. The Senate voted 54-37 Sunday afternoon to invoke cloture, clearing a procedural hurdle permitting a final vote on his confirmation. The vote was mostly along party lines, with Democratic Sens. John Fetterman ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
State of the Climate report finds Earth's energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat Our home planet is struggling with a record energy imbalance, which is warming oceans to unprecedented levels, making weather more extreme and threatening health and food supplies, the World Meteorological Organization has warned. The United Nations body confirmed 2015 to 2025 ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Elon Musk, famously a man with big ideas, is building a semiconductor plant vast enough to power those ambitions. Musk on Saturday announced what he calls the "Terafab," a semiconductor manufacturing plant to be located in Austin, Texas, that will produce chips for Tesla vehicles, SpaceX spaceships and Optimus humanoid robots. Currently, Musk's companies rely on other semiconductor manufacturers, including Samsung, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes , a bipartisan pair of U.S. senators is introducing legislation to ban sports betting on prediction markets platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket. The legislation follows massive growth experienced by prediction markets due to the sports betting category and increasing controversy over whether such activity is even legal at the state level. Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and John Curtis (R-UT) ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Pfizer said it will seek regulatory approval for a Lyme disease vaccine candidate despite failing a late-stage trial. Pfizer said not enough people contracted Lyme disease to be confident in the results, but cited "strong efficacy" for its decision to move forward. Partner Valneva has said the Lyme disease shot could reach annual peak sales of more than $1 billion. In this article Pfizer on Monday said it will seek ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
The French left managed to hold on to key cities, but the far right and mainstream right also won key victories—and the intra-left bickering shows no signs of subsiding. Bluesky M arseille —If you're on the left, one way of looking at France's municipal elections is to say they could've have gone worse. Nearly two years after joining forces to create the New Popular Front alliance, France Unbowed (La ...
Source: thenation.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Routers the FCC has already approved can still be sold, but further approvals of foreign-made routers will not be issued. Reading time 2 minutes On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) essentially made it illegal to sell consumer grade routers that aren't made in the U.S. unless they've already received FCC authorization. This policy update, "does not prohibit the import, sale, or use of any existing ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A civil jury in California found Monday that Bill Cosby was liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972 and awarded her $19.25 million. After a nearly two-week trial in Santa Monica, jurors found the 88-year-old Cosby liable for the sexual battery and assault of Donna Motsinger. Cosby's attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, said in an email that they are disappointed and fully intend ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
At least nine Palestinians have been injured as Israeli settlers rampaged through towns and villages in the occupied West Bank for a second night in a row . A 45-year-old man was shot in the foot late on Sunday during a confrontation with Israeli settlers in Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus, the Wafa news agency reported. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that a 47-year-old Palestinian man was ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Fatih Birol says effect on energy markets of Iran bombings and closure of Hormuz strait not initially understood by world leaders The global energy crisis caused by the war in Iran is equivalent to the combined force of the twin oil shocks of the 1970s and the fallout of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the head of the International Energy Agency has warned. Fatih Birol , the IEA's executive director, said the growing ...
Source: theguardian.com
Iowa beats No. 1 seed and defending champ Florida in March Madness on Folgueiras' 3 in final seconds
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alvaro Folgueiras told Bennett Stirtz he'd be ready for the ball, and he delivered in the clutch. Folgueiras nailed a 3-pointer with 4.5 seconds remaining and Iowa eliminated defending national champion Florida, sending the top-seeded Gators home with a 73-72 victory on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Under first-year coach Ben McCollum, the Hawkeyes reached the Sweet 16 ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Monument made from shattered pieces of original statue tossed into Baltimore's inner harbor by protesters in 2020 A statue of Christopher Columbus has been installed in the grounds of the White House in the latest attempt by Donald Trump to position the controversial explorer as a foundational hero of the US. The president had the 13ft statue, which weighs one ton, placed outside the Eisenhower Executive Office ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Mar 22nd, 2026 -
President Trump has called news coverage of the Iran war "criminal" and "unpatriotic," while his FCC chairman threatens broadcasters' licenses. Support journalism that holds power accountable. Become a HuffPost member today. Already a member? The Minnesota Wild mourned the loss of NHL reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children on social media Sunday. NHL reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children were killed ...
Source: huffpost.com