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Lead Voters in northwest Georgia are deciding who will replace former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene as voting closes Tuesday in a special election for the 14th Congressional District. Greene resigned at the beginning of the year after a public rupture with former President Donald Trump, leaving the seat unfilled and narrowing the Republican majority in … Read more
Lead: On 9 March 2026 the S&P/ASX 200 index tumbled 4.3%, the steepest single-day fall for Australian equities since the pandemic sell-offs in March 2020. The move surpassed the 4.2% drop on 7 April 2025 and has pulled the index back to November levels; a further slide would erase gains back to May 2025. The … Read more
Lead On March 8, 2026, the U.S. State Department issued mandatory departure orders for American staff at its embassy in Riyadh and directed personnel at consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran to prepare to leave. Officials described the step as a response to a recent series of attacks on or near diplomatic facilities, including drone strikes, … Read more
March 8, 2026 11:16 PM UTC — Global markets shifted sharply as a deepening conflict centered on Iran pushed Brent crude above $100 per barrel and lifted the US dollar against most major currencies. Investors moved into the greenback as a perceived safe-haven while traders weighed the prospect of tighter oil supplies and potential US … Read more
Lead After an upset-heavy Week 18, the AP Poll Top 25 looks poised for sizable movement as the regular season closes and conferences shift toward tournament play. Power programs such as Duke, Arizona and Michigan enter the final week having reinforced their standing, while UConn, Florida, Iowa State and Houston produced results that could alter … Read more
Oil surged above $100 a barrel on March 8–9, 2026 as an active international conflict tightened supply expectations, sending Asian equities and U.S. and European futures downward before losses moderated; reports that Group-of-Seven ministers were discussing a coordinated release of petroleum from reserves helped cap the selloff. Equity indexes in Asia fell as much as … Read more
On March 9, 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine dispatched interceptor drones and a specialist team to protect U.S. military sites in Jordan after a formal U.S. request. The request was made on Thursday and, according to Mr. Zelensky, the Ukrainian unit departed the next day and was expected to arrive in the Middle East … Read more
Lead: Iran’s clerical Assembly of Experts on 9 March 2026 appointed Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, as the country’s new supreme leader following the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in recent US‑Israeli strikes. The selection comes amid an escalation of regional violence that has pushed Brent and WTI crude above $100 a barrel, prompting market … Read more
Lead: The Las Vegas Raiders have agreed to acquire cornerback Taron Johnson from the Buffalo Bills in a draft-pick swap, intervening before Johnson could reach free agency. The deal sends a sixth-round pick to Buffalo while Las Vegas parts with a seventh-round selection. Johnson, 29, had spent his entire NFL career with the Bills after … Read more
Lead: A Pennsylvania State Police corporal, Timothy O’Connor, was shot and killed during a traffic stop in West Caln Township on Sunday night, authorities said. Officials say Cpl. O’Connor had stopped an allegedly erratic driver and was approached near Compass and Michael roads when the driver fired, killing O’Connor; the driver then died by suicide. … Read more
Lead: Many adults discover that confident lessons from childhood classrooms — from science charts to history vignettes — don’t always hold up to later research. Across a viral online thread, readers recalled widely taught “facts” that fell apart after new evidence, revised definitions, or deeper historical study. The examples span biology, astronomy, nutrition, and civic … Read more
On March 8, 2026, in Las Vegas at the Meta Apex, Jai Opetaia and Brandon Glanton met in a cruiserweight match that was supposed to be the debut world-title showcase for Zuffa Boxing. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) announced on the day before the card that it would not sanction the bout and warned it … Read more
On Feb. 28, 2026, video released by Iran’s semiofficial media and verified by independent researchers suggests a Tomahawk cruise missile struck a naval base adjacent to the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, Iran, at the same time the school was heavily damaged and local officials reported 175 people killed, many of them children. The … Read more
Lead The 2026 Writers Guild Awards were presented on Sunday in New York, where film and television writers gathered to collect honors for work across original and adapted screenplays, television series and documentary writing. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners won best original screenplay (accepted on his behalf by Miles Caton), and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After … Read more
The Buffalo Bills traded veteran cornerback Taron Johnson to the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, according to NFL Media reporter Ian Rapoport. The move, announced late in the day, sends Johnson to the Raiders while the teams exchanged a sixth-round pick for a seventh-round pick. Johnson, 29, played 13 games in 2025 and finished the … Read more
