On March 6, 2026, two Union City residents — Penni Jo Guthrie, 65, and Keri Ann Johnson, 54 — died of injuries sustained when powerful tornadoes struck Southwest Michigan. The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF‑3 tornado tore through Union City the afternoon of March 6, causing the worst damage and multiple fatalities. Authorities … Read more
Lead: On 9 March 2026 the S&P/ASX 200 index tumbled 4.3%, the steepest single-day fall for Australian equities since the pandemic sell-offs in March 2020. The move surpassed the 4.2% drop on 7 April 2025 and has pulled the index back to November levels; a further slide would erase gains back to May 2025. The … Read more
Lead Voters in northwest Georgia are deciding who will replace former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene as voting closes Tuesday in a special election for the 14th Congressional District. Greene resigned at the beginning of the year after a public rupture with former President Donald Trump, leaving the seat unfilled and narrowing the Republican majority in … Read more
Lead: The United States and South Korea opened a major joint exercise, Freedom Shield, on Monday in Seoul, with South Korea reporting about 18,000 of its troops participating and the drills scheduled to run through March 19. The start of the exercise comes as U.S. forces are also engaged in an intensifying conflict in the … Read more
Lead Global equity markets plunged Monday as the conflict involving Iran and other regional actors pushed oil prices sharply higher, briefly spiking near $120 a barrel and trading above $100 in major benchmarks. Asian bourses led losses: Japan’s Nikkei moved to a 5.2% decline to 52,728.72 and South Korea’s Kospi sank 6% to 5,251.87. Brent … Read more
Oil surged above $100 a barrel on March 8–9, 2026 as an active international conflict tightened supply expectations, sending Asian equities and U.S. and European futures downward before losses moderated; reports that Group-of-Seven ministers were discussing a coordinated release of petroleum from reserves helped cap the selloff. Equity indexes in Asia fell as much as … Read more
Lead After an upset-heavy Week 18, the AP Poll Top 25 looks poised for sizable movement as the regular season closes and conferences shift toward tournament play. Power programs such as Duke, Arizona and Michigan enter the final week having reinforced their standing, while UConn, Florida, Iowa State and Houston produced results that could alter … Read more
March 8, 2026 11:16 PM UTC — Global markets shifted sharply as a deepening conflict centered on Iran pushed Brent crude above $100 per barrel and lifted the US dollar against most major currencies. Investors moved into the greenback as a perceived safe-haven while traders weighed the prospect of tighter oil supplies and potential US … Read more
Lead On March 8, 2026, the U.S. State Department issued mandatory departure orders for American staff at its embassy in Riyadh and directed personnel at consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran to prepare to leave. Officials described the step as a response to a recent series of attacks on or near diplomatic facilities, including drone strikes, … Read more
Lead: Many adults discover that confident lessons from childhood classrooms — from science charts to history vignettes — don’t always hold up to later research. Across a viral online thread, readers recalled widely taught “facts” that fell apart after new evidence, revised definitions, or deeper historical study. The examples span biology, astronomy, nutrition, and civic … Read more
Lead: A Pennsylvania State Police corporal, Timothy O’Connor, was shot and killed during a traffic stop in West Caln Township on Sunday night, authorities said. Officials say Cpl. O’Connor had stopped an allegedly erratic driver and was approached near Compass and Michael roads when the driver fired, killing O’Connor; the driver then died by suicide. … Read more
Lead: The Las Vegas Raiders have agreed to acquire cornerback Taron Johnson from the Buffalo Bills in a draft-pick swap, intervening before Johnson could reach free agency. The deal sends a sixth-round pick to Buffalo while Las Vegas parts with a seventh-round selection. Johnson, 29, had spent his entire NFL career with the Bills after … Read more
Lead: Iran’s clerical Assembly of Experts on 9 March 2026 appointed Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, as the country’s new supreme leader following the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in recent US‑Israeli strikes. The selection comes amid an escalation of regional violence that has pushed Brent and WTI crude above $100 a barrel, prompting market … Read more
On March 9, 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine dispatched interceptor drones and a specialist team to protect U.S. military sites in Jordan after a formal U.S. request. The request was made on Thursday and, according to Mr. Zelensky, the Ukrainian unit departed the next day and was expected to arrive in the Middle East … Read more
Lead: Preliminary counts from Nepal’s 2026 parliamentary election indicate a landslide for the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) led by Balendra “Balen” Shah, with the party winning the majority of directly elected seats and leading in proportional representation as counting continues. The surge follows nationwide Gen Z–led anti-corruption protests in September 2025 that toppled the previous … Read more
