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Lead On March 9, 2026 Asian equity markets fell sharply after oil futures jumped above $100 per barrel, driven by disruptions tied to the Middle East. South Korea’s Kospi triggered a circuit-breaker as it plunged more than 8%, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 6.48%, dipping below the 53,000 level. The price spike in Brent and … Read more

Lead: The Writers Guild of America held its 78th annual WGA Awards in New York today, announcing winners across film, television, radio and digital categories. Paul Thomas Anderson won Adapted Screenplay for One Battle After Another, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn and remains an Oscar contender next weekend. HBO’s Noah Wyle medical drama … Read more

Lead: The Cleveland Cavaliers were overwhelmed by the Boston Celtics on Sunday in Cleveland, losing 109-98 at Rocket Arena and completing a Boston regular-season sweep. The defeat—Cleveland’s third loss to Boston this season—left the Cavs searching for answers after a second-quarter collapse and a game-long struggle to match Boston’s efficiency. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with … Read more

Goldman Sachs warned on March 8, 2026 that global oil prices could top 100 dollars a barrel within days and reach 150 dollars by the end of March if the severe disruption to crude flows through the Strait of Hormuz is not resolved. The bank said the volume transiting the waterway has fallen to about … Read more

A U.S. service member has died from wounds sustained during an attack on March 1 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the U.S. military said on March 8, raising the number of American combat deaths in the Iran war to seven. The casualty was seriously injured at the scene and later succumbed to those wounds; … Read more

Lead Todd Inman, a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) member who served as the agency’s initial on‑scene spokesman after the deadly January midair collision over Washington, D.C., has abruptly left the board. Inman said on March 8, 2026, that the White House Presidential Personnel Office terminated his appointment two years into a standard five‑year term. … Read more

On Saturday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, President Donald Trump saluted six flag-draped transfer cases carrying the remains of Army Reserve service members killed in Kuwait while wearing a white Trump-branded hat. Fox News broadcast footage of that ceremony but then, within an hour, substituted archival video from a December dignified transfer in … Read more

Lead On March 8, 2026, women and allies worldwide marked the 115th International Women’s Day with events that blended celebration and protest, from charity runs to street demonstrations. Participants pressed for equal pay, reproductive rights, education and justice while fundraising and community organizing under this year’s theme, “Give to Gain.” Major gatherings — including a … Read more

Lead: Paul Preece Jr., winner of Netflix’s 2023 survival series Outlast, was arrested in Knox County, Tennessee, on March 6, 2026, and is now charged with rape of a child, aggravated sexual battery and attempted rape of a child. Jail records reviewed by media show the detention and formal charges; authorities say the arrest followed … Read more

Lead: On Sunday, March 8, 2026, the U.S. military confirmed a seventh American service member has died amid the widening U.S.–Israel campaign against Iran. The announcement came as Israel struck Iranian oil facilities near Tehran and Iran retaliated by hitting infrastructure in the Gulf, including a desalination plant in Bahrain. Lebanese and Iraqi fronts also … Read more

On Sunday 8 March 2026, residents of Tehran woke to a city shrouded in thick black smoke after airstrikes struck multiple oil storage sites in and around the capital. Witnesses described streets, balconies and cars coated in soot and reported burning eyes and sore throats as authorities warned of poisonous runoff and potential acid rain. … Read more

Lead The Pentagon announced on March 8, 2026, that a seventh American service member has died in the war with Iran. The service member was seriously injured on March 1 when Iran struck a Saudi military base where U.S. personnel were stationed and died on Saturday night from those injuries while medical staff were preparing … Read more

A rapidly widening U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran has pushed tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz toward an effective shutdown, triggering the largest disruption to oil output in modern history and sharp spikes in energy prices. Over the past week crude surged about 36%, forcing Gulf producers to curtail exports as storage tanks fill and … Read more

Lead: According to a Financial Times report, Donald Trump is weighing the option of deploying US ground forces to confront Iranian targets, a development that could sharply escalate tensions across the Middle East and within Washington. The proposal was discussed with senior advisers and military officials and has prompted concern among some Pentagon and diplomatic … Read more

Actor Katie Leung told Entertainment Tonight she would not want to revisit the years she spent playing Cho Chang in the Harry Potter films, saying she was very young and easily swayed by outside opinions. Leung, who debuted in 2005’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and went on to appear in five franchise … Read more