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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

Lead: Preliminary counts from Nepal’s 2026 parliamentary election indicate a landslide for the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) led by Balendra “Balen” Shah, with the party winning the majority of directly elected seats and leading in proportional representation as counting continues. The surge follows nationwide Gen Z–led anti-corruption protests in September 2025 that toppled the previous … Read more

J. Todd Inman, a Republican member of the five-seat National Transportation Safety Board, was dismissed by the White House on March 6–8, 2026, two years after his Senate confirmation in 2024. Inman, who had taken a visible role in the NTSB probe of the Jan. 29, 2025 midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport that … Read more

Lead On March 8, 2026, a woman fired multiple rounds into the Beverly Hills residence of singer Rihanna, striking a wall of the colonial-style mansion, law enforcement told reporters. Los Angeles police responded at 1:21 p.m. and later arrested a 30-year-old female suspect about 30 minutes after the emergency call. The pop star was at … Read more

Lead: On March 8, 2026, U.S. stock futures plunged as crude oil climbed above $100 a barrel amid heightened U.S.-Iran hostilities and reported cuts in Middle East output. Dow futures fell roughly 848 points (about 1.8%), while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures dropped near 1.7% and 1.9% respectively, signaling a jittery start to the … Read more

Lead On March 8, 2026, the Baltimore Ravens acquired defensive end Maxx Crosby, 28, from the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for two first-round draft picks, a move that immediately reshaped AFC North dynamics. Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase reacted angrily on a live Twitch stream after learning the news, saying he was furious … Read more