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Lead: Six U.S. airmen were killed when a KC-135 refueling tanker crashed in western Iraq on March 13, 2026, during operations targeting Iranian forces, U.S. Central Command said. The other aircraft involved landed safely, and CENTCOM said the crash was under investigation and “not due to hostile or friendly fire.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered … Read more

Lead: Iowa health officials say an Illinois resident who tested positive for measles visited Independence, Iowa, and stayed at the Comfort Inn and Suites on March 4–5, 2026. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (Iowa HHS) was notified by the Illinois Department of Public Health after the traveler was confirmed infectious. Officials are … Read more

Lead On March 13, 2026, President Trump used executive authority to order the restart of offshore oil operations off Santa Barbara County, citing energy shortages linked to the war with Iran. The administration invoked the Defense Production Act to empower the Department of Energy to compel Sable Offshore Corp. to restore the Santa Ynez Unit … Read more

President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced on Friday that Cuba has been conducting talks with the United States even as the island faces an acute fuel shortage that has left large sections of the country in prolonged darkness. In a 90-minute press conference carried on state media, Díaz-Canel framed the exchanges as limited, respectful dialogues aimed at … Read more

Lead: A federal jury on Friday convicted eight people on terrorism-related charges in connection with a July shooting outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Fort Worth, Texas, and one defendant was found guilty of attempted murder. Prosecutors linked the group to antifa tactics and said they intended to attack the facility; defendants’ lawyers denied any … Read more

Lead: On March 13, 2026 at Madison Square Garden, St. John’s beat Seton Hall 78-68 to move one victory from repeating as Big East Tournament champions. The Red Storm withstood a late Pirate surge and closed the game on an emphatic run, preserving a 19-point advantage they had built earlier. Zuby Ejiofor led the way … Read more

Lead: Global markets opened cautiously as U.S. Dow Jones futures moved lower on concern that rising oil prices and renewed tensions involving Iran could sap investor risk appetite. The weakness arrived ahead of Nvidia’s GTC developer conference and Micron’s scheduled earnings report, events that market participants flagged as potential catalysts for technology-sector volatility. Traders cited … Read more

Lead: On March 13, 2026 at Daikin Park in Houston, Team USA defeated Canada 5-0 in a single-elimination World Baseball Classic quarterfinal, advancing to the semifinals. Logan Webb started for the United States and worked into the middle innings before the bullpen closed out the shutout. Canada deployed Michael Soroka to start but removed him … Read more

Lead NASA’s Artemis II — the first crewed mission to the Moon’s vicinity since 1972 — is proceeding toward a planned liftoff no earlier than April 1, 2026 at 6:24 p.m. EDT (22:24 UTC) from Kennedy Space Center. The four-person crew will ride the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft on a roughly … Read more

Lead: Federal prosecutors on Friday charged Kenya Chapman with selling a stolen handgun to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, the former Virginia Army National Guard member who used the weapon in an Old Dominion University classroom attack that killed one person and wounded two others. The indictment follows an April shooting in which Jalloh reportedly shouted “Allahu … Read more

Lead On March 13, 2026, the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology updated U.S. cholesterol-management guidance, recommending broader prevention efforts and an initial, one-time lipoprotein(a) blood test for all adults. The guidance, issued jointly and published in Circulation and JACC, aims to expand risk assessment beyond LDL cholesterol and encourage earlier intervention … Read more

Lead This week Iran’s participation in the 2026 World Cup has swung between confirmation and apparent withdrawal. A public post by former US president Donald Trump raised immediate safety and exclusion questions, coming after Fifa president Gianni Infantino said Trump had told him Iran would be welcome. Iran’s football federation responded that no one can … Read more

Lead On March 13, 2026, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., moved to halt a Justice Department grand jury probe targeting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell by quashing subpoenas sent to the central bank over headquarters renovations. Judge James E. Boasberg issued a 27‑page decision that criticized prosecutors’ motives and found the subpoenas likely … Read more

Lead: Richard Grenell, appointed by President Donald J. Trump, is stepping down as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after a year marked by departures of high-profile artists and audience boycotts. The White House announced his exit on March 13, 2026, and named Matt Floca, the center’s vice president of … Read more

Lead On March 12, 2026, a 41-year-old man drove a truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a firefight with security officers. Federal officials identified the attacker as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Lebanon. Local religious leaders and a Lebanese official … Read more