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Lead Researchers at the University of Toronto reported in a 2023 study that the natural speed of everyday speech can indicate early cognitive decline. The team tested 125 healthy adults aged 18 to 90 and found that people who speak more slowly in conversational tasks tended to take longer to retrieve words in follow-up naming … Read more
Lead In Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, Grammy-winning singer Chappell Roan rebutted claims by Brazilian-Italian footballer Jorginho Frello that a security guard behaved aggressively toward his 11-year-old stepdaughter at a hotel in Sã o Paulo. Jorginho said his wife, Catherine Harding, and the child were staying in the same hotel while Roan was in Brazil … Read more
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump held a phone call on Sunday evening to discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing Middle East war that began on 28 February. Both leaders, according to a Downing Street spokesperson, said reopening the strait was essential to stabilise global energy markets … Read more
Lead: The British spin-off Saturday Night Live UK arrives in the United States tonight on Peacock, with the first episode available to stream Sunday at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. The show premiered in the U.K. on Saturday, March 21, hosted by Tina Fey with musical guest Wet Leg and drew nearly 230,000 … Read more
Lead: Elon Musk announced plans for a joint chip-manufacturing initiative for Tesla and SpaceX during a Saturday night event in downtown Austin, Texas. The proposal, described by Musk as a “Terafab,” appears from a shared image to be sited near Tesla’s Austin headquarters and gigafactory. Musk framed the project as a response to slow external … Read more
March 22, 2026 — Financial markets opened in volatile fashion on Monday as the war in Iran entered its fourth week with no clear sign of de-escalation. Global oil benchmarks swung sharply — crude briefly jumped about 1.9% before reversing to trade near $110 a barrel, down roughly 1.8% from the intraday peak. US S&P … Read more
Lead: Slovenia’s parliamentary election on Sunday produced an almost dead-heat between Prime Minister Robert Golob’s liberal Freedom Movement and the opposition Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) led by Janez Janša. With roughly 99% of ballots counted, the Freedom Movement recorded 28.5% against the SDS’s 28.1%, leaving the path to government dependent on smaller parties. Both camps … Read more
Lead Fresh, escalatory threats from Washington and Tehran on March 22, 2026 raised the prospect of attacks on civilian energy and water systems across the Middle East. President Trump warned that U.S. forces could strike Iranian power plants if the Strait of Hormuz was not reopened within 48 hours; Tehran replied that any such strikes … Read more
President Donald Trump announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers will begin deploying to U.S. airports on Monday to relieve Transportation Security Administration (TSA) staff strained by a partial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding lapse. The move, overseen by White House border czar Tom Homan, is intended to help with crowd control and … Read more
Lead: Extremist Israeli settlers carried out coordinated attacks on multiple Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank on Saturday night and into Sunday, burning homes, vehicles and agricultural land after the fatal collision that killed 18-year-old Yehuda Sherman. Israeli security forces intervened in some locations and made a number of arrests, while Palestinian emergency services … Read more
Lead On March 21–22, 2026, heavy rain forced widespread evacuations on Oahu’s North Shore as floodwaters rose and threatened a local dam; by Saturday afternoon officials began allowing residents to return. Emergency crews on Oahu conducted at least 200 rescues and state authorities reported about 5,500 people evacuated. The storm system shifted its center toward … Read more
Lead Slovenia’s March 22, 2026 national vote produced a razor-thin outcome: exit figures put Prime Minister Robert Golob’s Freedom Movement slightly ahead of former prime minister Janez Janša’s Slovenian Democratic Party, but no clear governing majority emerged. The Freedom Movement earned 28.6% of the vote and 29 seats in the 90-seat National Assembly; the SDS … Read more
Lead On March 22, 2026, at about 4:45 p.m., a meteorite struck a two-story house in an unincorporated area of northwest Harris County, north of Houston, leaving a fist-sized hole in the roof. The fragment fell into a bedroom, ricocheted off the floor and damaged another section of ceiling. No one was injured, and the … Read more
Stock futures were little changed on Sunday night as markets absorbed a sharp escalation in U.S.-Iran tensions, after major U.S. benchmarks posted a fourth consecutive weekly loss. President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum threatening strikes on Iranian power plants if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened, and Tehran in turn warned it would target … Read more
March 22, 2026 — Syracuse University is moving to finalize an agreement to hire Gerry McNamara as the next head coach of its men’s basketball program, multiple sources reported. McNamara, fresh off a two-year stint as Siena’s head coach that culminated in an NCAA Tournament berth this month, would return to his alma mater to … Read more
