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Top News Stories for Saturday, March 14th 2026
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 -
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
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Washington — A federal judge has quashed a pair of grand jury subpoenas sent to the Federal Reserve Board as part of a criminal probe by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office, saying they were merely a pretext to pressure Chairman Jerome Powell into voting for lower interest rates or resigning. "There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas' dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Every year, hundreds of news outlets shut down. HuffPost is committed to reporting that explains the world, holds power accountable, and centers real people's stories. Become a member and help keep this journalism strong. Already a member? WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate did something pretty rare this week: It overwhelmingly approved a package of reforms aimed at lowering housing prices amid rising inflation, a ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, who was born in Lebanon and became a naturalized US citizen, lost two brothers, a niece and a nephew in the airstrike The armed suspect who drove a vehicle into the hallway of a large Michigan synagogue complex that includes a school had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon just last week, an official said on Friday. A potential mass-casualty event was ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
US airport security officers missed their first full paycheck as a partial funding shutdown of the government approached the one-month mark. US airport security officers missed their first full paycheck Friday as a partial funding shutdown of the government approached the one-month mark, with no breakthrough in a congressional standoff that is beginning to disrupt travel across the country. The lapse in funding is ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Mortgage rates have been climbing as the conflict in the Middle East rages on and oil prices remain elevated, causing fears of higher inflation. The average rate on a typical 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 6.35% as of Thursday, compared with 5.9% before the Feb. 28 U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. Here's what homebuyers should know about interest rates as they shop for mortgages. Potential homebuyers who've been ...
Source: cnbc.com
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 -
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 -
A Georgia prosecutor said Friday that he had dismissed vehicular homicide charges against a high school student who fatally struck his math teacher during a prank last week. Hall County District Attorney Lee Darragh confirmed the dismissal to NBC News without comment. The family of Jason Hughes, the North Hall High School teacher who was killed, had called for the charges to be dropped . In addition to the homicide ...
Source: nbcnews.com