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Lead: On March 1, a Marshall Islands‑flagged tanker, MKD VYOM, was struck about 50 nautical miles north of Muscat, Oman, in what UKMTO later assessed was an attack by an uncrewed surface vessel (USV). The vessel suffered an explosion and fire; one crew member in the engine room was killed and the remainder were evacuated … Read more

Lead Over the weekend and into Monday, Israel and US forces carried out renewed strikes on targets in Iran and Beirut amid a widening regional confrontation. The US urged citizens to leave more than a dozen Middle Eastern countries while reporting six US service members killed following initial Iranian attacks. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards declared the … Read more

Lead The Democratic National Committee has shortlisted five cities to host its 2028 presidential nominating convention and set the gathering for Aug. 7–10, 2028. The DNC also decided not to stage a separate midterm-focused convention this fall, a choice officials say preserves resources for competitive House and Senate races. The move contrasts with Republican discussions, … Read more

Lead An Upstate New York man, Hans Knickerbocker, 40, of Hermon, N.Y., was charged Monday, March 2, 2026, with second-degree murder after his father, Philip A. Knickerbocker, 63, was found dead following a domestic dispute in Russell, St. Lawrence County. Troopers responded at about 7:49 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25, to a home where Philip … Read more

Stocks Recover as Oil Jumps on Iran War Fears Lead: On Monday in New York, oil prices surged amid concerns that a widening conflict with Iran could disrupt global crude supplies, while U.S. equity markets moved from steep early losses to a marginal gain by the close. Benchmark U.S. crude settled up 6.3% at $71.23 … Read more

Getafe stunned Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu on Sunday as Martín Satriano’s 38th-minute strike proved decisive in a 1-0 LaLiga victory. The match featured two red cards late on — Franco Mastantuono (Real Madrid) sent off in the 94th minute and Adrián Liso (Getafe) shown a second yellow at 96′ — but Getafe held … Read more

Lead: A scheduled international review of the United States’ measles elimination status, originally invited for April, was postponed on March 2, 2026, until the Pan American Health Organization’s annual meeting in November after U.S. health officials requested more time to analyze outbreak data. Federal spokesmen said the delay will allow the Centers for Disease Control … Read more

Lead On Monday a small number of evacuation flights departed the United Arab Emirates as governments scrambled to bring home citizens after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran prompted Iranian retaliatory attacks across the region. Airlines including Etihad, Emirates and FlyDubai ran select services from Abu Dhabi and Dubai even as air defenses were active … Read more

Lead Video recordings of depositions involving Bill and Hillary Clinton in the Jeffrey Epstein litigation were released, and footage of Bill Clinton answering questions about a now-public hot-tub photograph drew focused attention. The segment, published at 21:17 GMT, shows Clinton saying he was “almost sure” the photo was taken in Brunei at the end of … Read more

The short form of The Minutes this week: as conference tournaments ramp toward Selection Sunday, the Big East’s much‑heralded revenue‑sharing edge has not translated into a multi‑bid league; instead, Connecticut remains the conference’s lone national title contender while several programs underperformed. Over the next two weeks more than 300 teams remain alive in postseason play, … Read more

Lead: Megan Moroney scored her first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated March 7, 2026, as her third studio album Cloud 9 opened atop the U.S. albums chart in the week ending Feb. 26. The set moved 147,000 equivalent album units, driven by a career-best 78,000 in album sales and 69,000 streaming-equivalent units (71.54 … Read more

Lead: Early on March 1, 2026, a mass shooting outside Buford’s on West Sixth Street in downtown Austin left multiple people dead and dozens hurt. Authorities identified the shooter as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, who was shot and killed by Austin police at the scene; officials said the death toll would rise after an additional victim … Read more

Lead On Monday, March 2, 2026, Pentagon official Pete Hegseth used a combative press briefing at the Pentagon to cast the massive US–Israeli military operation against Iran as an unapologetic, anti–”politically correct” campaign, framing it as a decisive, limited strike rather than a traditional nation‑building war. He defended actions tied to Operation Epic Fury and … Read more

Lead: On March 2, 2026, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar began privately urging allied governments to help convince President Donald Trump to pursue a diplomatic “off‑ramp” that would keep any U.S. military operations against Iran limited and short. The push, described by people familiar with the matter, aims to build a broad coalition to … Read more

Early Monday, three US F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets were mistakenly shot down over Kuwait during the third day of a wider regional air campaign, US Central Command (Centcom) said. The incident occurred at 11:03 p.m. ET on Sunday; all six aircrew ejected and were recovered and are in stable condition, Centcom added. Kuwaiti air-defence … Read more