Minnesota named national flagship for ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump

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Organizers have designated the St. Paul rally on Saturday as the national flagship of a coordinated, nationwide series of “No Kings” protests aimed at President Donald Trump and his administration. More than 3,100 events are registered across all 50 states and organizers are projecting roughly 9 million participants, with Minnesota expecting up to 100,000 people … Read more

New Cholesterol Guidelines Simplify Targets and Start Prevention Sooner

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Lead: On March 13, 2026, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association published updated cholesterol guidelines that aim to simplify targets and move prevention earlier in adult life. The new recommendations expand routine risk assessment to people aged 30–79 and reintroduce specific LDL cholesterol goals while spotlighting lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), as a … Read more

Bluetti Sora 500: Compact 500W portable panel that outperforms its size

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Lead Bluetti’s Sora 500 is a foldable, 500W portable solar panel that delivered as much as 509W in mid-March testing in southern France at about 600 meters elevation. The panel uses 12 TOPCon N-type cells and a 3S4P half-cut-cell architecture, which the reviewer found produced strong real-world output and better shade tolerance than many older … Read more

Meta orders 10 gas plants for Hyperion campus in Louisiana

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Meta announced on March 27 that it will fund and finance 10 natural‑gas power plants to supply electricity for its growing Hyperion AI data‑center campus in northeastern Louisiana. The deal with New Orleans–based Entergy adds seven newly contracted plants to three earlier approvals, producing roughly 7.5 gigawatts of generation capacity—enough to power over 5 million … Read more

“Now We Have the Proof”: Advocates Hope Jury Rulings Spur Social Media Change

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Online safety advocates in New York and across the United States said a pair of jury verdicts in late March 2026 offer the first concrete legal validation of long-running concerns about social platforms and young people’s wellbeing. Juries in New Mexico and California found Meta—and in the California case, YouTube—responsible for harms to minors, including … Read more

Pittsburgh astronaut Mike Fincke says sudden speech loss in space remains unexplained

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Lead: On Jan. 7, while five and a half months into a mission aboard the International Space Station, 59-year-old retired Air Force Col. Mike Fincke suddenly lost the ability to speak for about 20 minutes. His crewmates quickly alerted ground flight surgeons and used the station’s ultrasound equipment; the episode prompted NASA’s first medical evacuation … Read more

Houthis Launch First Yemen Missile at Israel After Rubio’s ‘Weeks’ Remark

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Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement confirmed it fired a missile at Israel on 27 March 2026, the first Houthi strike on Israel since the Israel–US campaign against Iran began. Israel said it detected a projectile from Yemen while continuing strikes on targets in Tehran; the Houthis said their action responded to repeated attacks on infrastructure across … Read more

Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Yaroslavl oil refinery

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March 28, 2026 — Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were reported to have struck the Slavneft‑YANOS oil refinery in the central Russian city of Yaroslavl overnight, according to Telegram channel Exilenova Plus and regional statements. The attack is said to have occurred in the early hours of March 28, part of a wider series of strikes … Read more

At CPAC, the ‘America First’ Crowd Ponders Giving War a Chance

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Lead At the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas on March 27–28, 2026, Republican activists and officials debated support for the military campaign in Iran that began roughly a month earlier. Organizers aligned with the America First movement pushed attendees toward backing the administration, but informal signals of opinion ranged from wary to willing. An … Read more

Washington diesel prices hit record high twice in a week

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Lead On March 27, 2026, AAA reported diesel reached a new statewide average record in Washington twice within one week, topping out at $6.55 per gallon and $6.69 in Seattle. Local crews observed pumps as high as $7.07 per gallon in Georgetown, Seattle, intensifying costs for truck drivers and freight firms. Operators say higher fuel … Read more