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Top News Stories for Tuesday, March 10th 2026
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
By Gas prices have soared over the past week in South Florida and across the state. In Florida, the average price per gallon is up more than 60 cents from a week ago. In the Miami area, prices jumped 56 cents a gallon. And oil analysts expect prices to surge even higher later this week. "In just a week, consumers have seen gasoline prices surge at one of the fastest rates in years after oil prices spiked following ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump, at a press conference at his golf club near Miami, the war against Iran will end "very soon" but not this week. He also predicted that oil prices, which had surged to above $100 per barrel due to fears that the Strait of Hormuz would remain effectively closed, will drop. Trump spoke earlier in the day to Russian leader Vladimir Putin about the war, which the U.S. and Israel began on Feb. 28. ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
By Artificial intelligence company Anthropic filed a lawsuit Monday against the federal government for labeling it a supply-chain risk, a designation that is usually reserved for companies doing business with the Chinese government that are a major national security risk. The Anthropic lawsuit alleges that the Pentagon applied the designation inappropriately to punish it on ideological grounds. The suit comes after ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
The Trump Justice Department on Monday reportedly reached a tentative deal with Live Nation—the owner of Ticketmaster—to settle a Biden-era antitrust lawsuit that aimed to break up the company, accusing it of illegally monopolizing the live entertainment industry. News of the settlement, which would not require a breakup of Live Nation, came days after the trial began, with a lawyer for the Trump ...
Source: commondreams.org
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
The Federal Bureau of Investigation had arrested two people over hurling an IED at New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani's Gracie Mansion during a rowdy weekend protest. Both arrested individuals are children of immigrants. New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters on Saturday that an anti-Islam protest was organised by people associated with Jake Lang, a pardoned January 6 rioter and far-right ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
By A federal jury on Monday found the Alexander brothers guilty of orchestrating a sex-trafficking conspiracy involving the drugging and raping of dozens of women over decades, from New York City to their hometown of Miami. The 12-person jury, which deliberated for three days in New York federal court, convicted twins Alon and Oren Alexander, 38, and their older brother, Tal Alexander, 39, of the main conspiracy ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
Federal investigators last week sought and obtained records relating to the 2020 election in Arizona, the Republican leader of the state Senate said Monday. "Late last week I received and complied with a federal grand jury subpoena for records relating to the Arizona State Senate's 2020 audit of Maricopa County," state Senate President Warren Petersen from President Donald Trump, in which he shared a report from ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
The NBA has stepped in to stop a controversial promotional night the Atlanta Hawks had planned to hold, celebrating the city's well-known strip club, Magic City, calling it off after the league said it "heard significant concerns." The Hawks were to hold "Magic City Night" on Monday, March 16, when the Orlando Magic are in Atlanta, to celebrate what the team had described as an "iconic cultural institution," a move ...
Source: nypost.com
Monday, Mar 9th, 2026 -
March 9 (UPI) -- Ohio State University accepted the resignation of its president, Walter "Ted" Carter Jr., after he admitted to an inappropriate relationship. The university's Board of Trustees said in a statement Monday: "The president recently disclosed to trustees that he had an inappropriate relationship with someone seeking public resources to support her personal business." Carter, 66, told the board on ...
Source: upi.com
Sunday, Mar 8th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump vowed to withhold his signature from any bills that reach his desk until Congress passes a controversial voter-ID measure known as the Save America Act. Prominent conservatives are pushing the bill, which would make it significantly more difficult for Americans to vote by requiring proof of citizenship and a photo ID. Democrats plan to kill the bill if it is considered on the Senate floor, ...
Source: cnbc.com