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With Selection Sunday looming, 31 of the 68 spots in the 2026 men’s NCAA Tournament have been decided by conference champions. Championship week produced a cascade of automatic qualifiers across midmajors and smaller conferences, with programs from Howard to Gonzaga clinching berths. UMBC — the Retrievers who shocked Virginia in 2018 — secured the America … Read more
Lead On March 14, 2026, Pope Leo XIV formally took possession of the restored apartments in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, a suite his predecessor had declined to use. Ten months after his May 8, 2025 election as head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, the 70-year-old pope moved in with his closest collaborators following extensive … Read more
With Selection Sunday two days away, On3’s Bracketology shows a largely settled 68-team field but several bid-stealers remain alive after Saturday’s conference finals. The latest projection — last updated at 9 am ET on 3/14 — preserves Duke, Michigan, Arizona and Florida as the projected 1-seeds while mapping the First Four and the last teams … Read more
Lead Former president Jair Bolsonaro, 70, has been admitted to an intensive care unit in Brasilia with bronchopneumonia, hospital officials said on Friday. He was transferred from prison after waking with chills and vomiting and is receiving IV antibiotics and non‑invasive respiratory support. Doctors described his condition as serious and said treatment is likely to … Read more
Lead Jürgen Habermas, the German philosopher whose writing on communication, rationality and modern society shaped debates across disciplines, has died at 96. His publisher, Suhrkamp, announced he died on Saturday in Starnberg, near Munich. Over more than half a century Habermas moved between academic theory and public intervention, best known for the two-volume Theory of … Read more
Lead Two violent incidents unfolded less than two hours apart on Thursday: a classroom shooting at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and a vehicle-and-firearm attack at Temple Israel near Detroit, Michigan. Authorities said both scenes could have produced far greater casualties but for swift intervention by trained individuals — ROTC students on the ODU … Read more
Lead U.S. forces conducted large-scale precision strikes on Kharg Island, Iran’s principal crude export hub, late Friday, destroying military storage and defensive sites while, officials say, avoiding oil-export infrastructure. Iran responded with a public warning that damage to its energy facilities would prompt retaliatory strikes on U.S. allies’ oil and gas sites across the region. … Read more
This weekend (March 2026 frame), Universal’s adaptation Reminders of Him emerged as the headline performer for female audiences, netting roughly $19M–$20M for the weekend after leading Friday with about $8M. Disney/Pixar’s Hoppers remained strong in its second frame, pushing toward a roughly $30M weekend and an $88M-plus cume. A24’s indie horror undertone opened to modest … Read more
Lead: On March 14, 2026, a federal judge invalidated two Justice Department subpoenas tied to a criminal inquiry into renovations at the Federal Reserve’s headquarters, briefly clearing the way for Kevin M. Warsh’s nomination as Fed chair. The inquiry, led by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro in the District of Columbia, has been a central obstacle … Read more
Lead: Abdulla Mohtadi, secretary-general of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, told Newsweek his forces could launch ground operations against Iran’s security services if the United States pledged protection and backing amid the joint U.S.-Israeli air campaign. Reports of White House outreach to Kurdish factions intensified speculation about opening a land front, but Mohtadi says … Read more
On March 14, 2026, the United States carried out strikes on military facilities on Kharg Island, the Persian Gulf terminal through which Iran ships nearly all of its oil, marking the first direct U.S. attack on the island. The action came more than two weeks into a broader Middle East conflict that shows no sign … Read more
Lead Over several weeks of public use — on planes, in airports and at crowded events — Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra eased a persistent worry about shoulder‑surfing thanks to a new Privacy Display. The phone pairs that screen tech with meaningful camera hardware upgrades, a large 6.9‑inch display and flagship performance, all at a $1,300 … Read more
On March 14, 2026, at 8:37 a.m. ET SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral and recovered the first-stage booster to the drone ship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic. The liftoff followed a brief, announced slip and a webcast that went live before the countdown. Drone-ship cameras confirmed … Read more
Lead Phil Campbell, the guitarist best known for his long tenure in Motörhead, has died at the age of 64. His family band, Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons, announced his passing after a prolonged stay in intensive care following a complex major operation. Campbell was a central figure in hard rock and heavy metal … Read more
Lead On March 14, 2026, an Israeli air strike hit a health centre in Burj Qalaouiyah, Bint Jbeil District, in southern Lebanon, killing 12 medical workers who were on duty, Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health said. The strike came amid an escalating regional confrontation that widened after US and Israeli strikes on Iran beginning on … Read more
