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
The Buffalo Bills traded veteran cornerback Taron Johnson to the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, according to NFL Media reporter Ian Rapoport. The move, announced late in the day, sends Johnson to the Raiders while the teams exchanged a sixth-round pick for a seventh-round pick. Johnson, 29, played 13 games in 2025 and finished the … Read more
Lead The 2026 Writers Guild Awards were presented on Sunday in New York, where film and television writers gathered to collect honors for work across original and adapted screenplays, television series and documentary writing. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners won best original screenplay (accepted on his behalf by Miles Caton), and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After … Read more
On Feb. 28, 2026, video released by Iran’s semiofficial media and verified by independent researchers suggests a Tomahawk cruise missile struck a naval base adjacent to the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, Iran, at the same time the school was heavily damaged and local officials reported 175 people killed, many of them children. The … Read more
On March 8, 2026, in Las Vegas at the Meta Apex, Jai Opetaia and Brandon Glanton met in a cruiserweight match that was supposed to be the debut world-title showcase for Zuffa Boxing. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) announced on the day before the card that it would not sanction the bout and warned it … Read more
J. Todd Inman, a Republican member of the five-seat National Transportation Safety Board, was dismissed by the White House on March 6–8, 2026, two years after his Senate confirmation in 2024. Inman, who had taken a visible role in the NTSB probe of the Jan. 29, 2025 midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport that … Read more
Lead On March 9, 2026 Asian equity markets fell sharply after oil futures jumped above $100 per barrel, driven by disruptions tied to the Middle East. South Korea’s Kospi triggered a circuit-breaker as it plunged more than 8%, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 6.48%, dipping below the 53,000 level. The price spike in Brent and … Read more
Lead On March 8, 2026, the Baltimore Ravens acquired defensive end Maxx Crosby, 28, from the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for two first-round draft picks, a move that immediately reshaped AFC North dynamics. Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase reacted angrily on a live Twitch stream after learning the news, saying he was furious … Read more
Lead: On March 8, 2026, U.S. stock futures plunged as crude oil climbed above $100 a barrel amid heightened U.S.-Iran hostilities and reported cuts in Middle East output. Dow futures fell roughly 848 points (about 1.8%), while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures dropped near 1.7% and 1.9% respectively, signaling a jittery start to the … Read more
Lead On March 8, 2026, a woman fired multiple rounds into the Beverly Hills residence of singer Rihanna, striking a wall of the colonial-style mansion, law enforcement told reporters. Los Angeles police responded at 1:21 p.m. and later arrested a 30-year-old female suspect about 30 minutes after the emergency call. The pop star was at … Read more
A U.S. service member has died from wounds sustained during an attack on March 1 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the U.S. military said on March 8, raising the number of American combat deaths in the Iran war to seven. The casualty was seriously injured at the scene and later succumbed to those wounds; … Read more
Goldman Sachs warned on March 8, 2026 that global oil prices could top 100 dollars a barrel within days and reach 150 dollars by the end of March if the severe disruption to crude flows through the Strait of Hormuz is not resolved. The bank said the volume transiting the waterway has fallen to about … Read more
Lead: The Cleveland Cavaliers were overwhelmed by the Boston Celtics on Sunday in Cleveland, losing 109-98 at Rocket Arena and completing a Boston regular-season sweep. The defeat—Cleveland’s third loss to Boston this season—left the Cavs searching for answers after a second-quarter collapse and a game-long struggle to match Boston’s efficiency. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with … Read more
Lead: The Writers Guild of America held its 78th annual WGA Awards in New York today, announcing winners across film, television, radio and digital categories. Paul Thomas Anderson won Adapted Screenplay for One Battle After Another, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn and remains an Oscar contender next weekend. HBO’s Noah Wyle medical drama … Read more
On Saturday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, President Donald Trump saluted six flag-draped transfer cases carrying the remains of Army Reserve service members killed in Kuwait while wearing a white Trump-branded hat. Fox News broadcast footage of that ceremony but then, within an hour, substituted archival video from a December dignified transfer in … Read more
