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Top News Stories for Thursday, March 12th 2026
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Major developments we're following: ▶ With fast-moving developments, the conflict in the Middle East can be hard to follow. See the war in maps, graphics and images from the AP . Romania allows US to increase presence at its air bases Romania's top defense body on Wednesday approved a request from the United States to increase its troop presence and use of the NATO country's air bases to facilitate its ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
SARASOTA, Fla. ( WWSB ) - Gas prices across the U.S. and Florida's Suncoast continue to rise as the ongoing conflict in Iran drives swings in crude oil prices, according to AAA. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.57, while diesel is averaging $4.83 per gallon, according to AAA data. In Florida, a gallon of regular gas is averaging $3.70, with diesel reaching $5.04 per gallon. Some gas ...
Source: mysuncoast.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Coffee and beef prices soared while egg prices plunged 42.1% The latest inflation data from the Labor Department showed that price increases continued at a steady pace in February, though some items saw notable price hikes or declines. The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that the consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.4% from a year ago in February, a figure that was in line with the expectations of ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The acquisition includes Moltbook creators Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, though financial terms were not disclosed. Meta has acquired Moltbook, a social network for AI agents, and will integrate the team into Meta Superintelligence Labs. The deal, first reported by Axios and confirmed to TechCrunch, includes Moltbook creators Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition adds an "always-on ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
, a weekly newsletter that surfaces under-the-radar stories about what Trump is doing to the law—and how the law is pushing back. It seems fair to assume that Donald Trump's second presidency hasn't turned out quite the way Ed Martin had hoped. The former interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia has faced a series of embarrassing setbacks over the past 14 months, tumbling down the Justice ...
Source: slate.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Two people killed in Indiana as officials warn millions from Texas to Michigan remain at risk of severe weather A series of tornadoes hit parts of Texas, Illinois, and Indiana late Tuesday and overnight, as forecasters warn that the threat of severe weather, including flooding, will continue on Wednesday for tens of millions of people from Texas to Michigan. At least four tornado touchdowns were reported in eastern ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
From the very beginning of the DOGE saga, many of us raised alarms about what would happen when a bunch of inexperienced twenty-somethings were handed unfettered access to the most sensitive databases in the federal government with essentially zero oversight and zero adherence to the security protocols that exist for very good reasons. We wrote about it when a 25-year-old was pushing untested code into the ...
Source: techdirt.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The update enables users to generate documents, spreadsheets and presentations using prompts. Google on Tuesday introduced new Gemini-powered artificial intelligence features for Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. The update allows users to generate fully formatted documents, spreadsheets, and presentations by pulling data from Gmail, Chat, and Drive. These tools aim to increase productivity by enabling content ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
By Month-over-month existing-home sales were bleak in January, plummeting by 8.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 3.91 million units, according to a report by the National Association of Realtors. These data include the sales of existing (not newly built) single-family homes, condos, and co-ops. Existing-home sales make up more than 90% of housing sales in the U.S., according to the NAR , so they're ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
ROME, Ga. (AP) — Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller advanced to a runoff for Marjorie Taylor Greene's former U.S. House seat in Georgia after no candidate won a majority in Tuesday's special election. President Donald Trump in February endorsed Fuller, a district attorney who prosecutes crimes in four counties, to succeed Greene in Georgia's 14th Congressional District. Greene, once among ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Diddy aside, it's not that hard to get a pardon from Donald Trump. The president has used his clemency powers to help out 1,500 January 6 rioters , congressional fraudster George Santos, and a corrupt MAGA sheriff , just to name a few. He pardoned Rudy Giuliani , though it won't help him with his legal troubles, and he hasn't ruled out pardoning Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell . Trump ...
Source: nymag.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
Meta has launched new artificial intelligence-powered anti-scam tools for its platforms WhatsApp , Facebook and Messenger . These tools are designed to help users of these platforms spot and avoid scammers, the company said in a Wednesday (March 11) press release . "Across our apps, our systems find and remove malicious accounts," Meta said in the release. "But we know that scammers try to avoid our detection and ...
Source: pymnts.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The so-called "millionaires tax" passed the Washington House Tuesday night after more than 24 hours of debate, teeing up the bill for final approval today or tomorrow. The controversial measure creates a 9.9% tax applied to taxable, personal annual income that exceeds $1 million. Washington is currently one of nine states without an income tax and the move is expected to face challenges in court and as a ballot ...
Source: geekwire.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Florida woman accused of firing gunshots at Rihanna's home in Los Angeles was charged Tuesday with one count of attempted murder and other felony offenses including 10 counts of assault on a person with a semiautomatic firearm. District Attorney Nathan Hochman said that the singing superstar, her partner A$AP Rocky, their three small children and her mother were all on the property at the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Two Supreme Court justices weighed in on the court's growing pattern of granting emergency orders at a rare public joint appearance where they laid out their conflicting views. Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh addressed criticism of the court's handling of emergency petitions at a lecture series Monday honoring former US Attorney and Judge Thomas J. Flannery. The event was held at the federal ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com