Lead: Early on Sunday, an explosion near the U.S. Embassy in Oslo damaged the mission’s public entrance but caused no injuries, Norwegian police said. Authorities received first reports from neighbors at about 1:03 a.m. and have launched a high-priority investigation while searching for one or more suspects. Police spokesperson Frode Larsen said investigators are considering … Read more
Country Joe McDonald, the singer-songwriter whose incendiary performance at Woodstock and satirical anti-Vietnam War anthem became emblematic of 1960s protest, died on March 8, 2026 at his home in Berkeley, California. He was 84. His wife, Kathy McDonald, announced that the cause was complications from Parkinson’s disease. McDonald rose to prominence as the frontman of … Read more
Lead With the NFL’s official free-agency window opening March 11 and the legal tampering period beginning March 9, teams and agents accelerated activity on March 8, 2026. High-profile moves already include surprising cuts, trades and several retention deals, while dozens of pending negotiations and rumors remain unresolved. Clubs from Arizona to Kansas City made early … Read more
Lead Gorillaz made their Saturday Night Live debut on March 7, 2026, performing at Studio 8H alongside host Ryan Gosling. The virtual band played its 2001 hit “Clint Eastwood” and premiered “The Moon Cave,” a track from their new album The Mountain, with guest appearances from Asha Puthli, Black Thought, and Anoushka Shankar. The episode … Read more
Lead Iran’s political landscape entered a sudden transition after the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, and his wife were killed in an Israeli missile strike on his Tehran compound last Saturday. The killing follows nationwide demonstrations in January, which were violently suppressed with estimated deaths in the tens of thousands. Observers and some Iran … Read more
Lead On Saturday in Miami, two walk-off home runs — the first such homers in the tournament’s five prior editions — turned World Baseball Classic pool play into an unmistakable spectacle. Team Netherlands edged Nicaragua on a ninth-inning play that caromed off the third baseman, while Puerto Rico beat Panama in the 10th when A’s … Read more
U.S. equity futures moved in step with rising crude prices after former President Donald Trump said the Iran war is “more popular” than ever with his MAGA base. The comments added a geopolitical overlay to market attention on the energy complex, prompting traders to reassess sector positioning. Dow Jones futures reflected caution as participants weighed … Read more
Lead Pixar’s original feature Hoppers opened to an $88 million global weekend (reported March 2026), marking the studio’s strongest start for a non-franchise animated title since Coco (2017). The debut split was about $46 million domestic and $42 million international (reported with an 81% offshore footprint notation), and it outpaced like-for-like starts for Onward ($65.6M) … Read more
Lead: New York City police say an improvised explosive device was ignited and thrown outside the official residence of Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday amid clashes between anti‑Islam demonstrators and counterprotesters near Gracie Mansion. The NYPD’s preliminary bomb‑squad assessment concluded the device was not a hoax and could have caused serious injury or death. Two … Read more
Apple is reportedly preparing a slate of high-end devices that would push its lineup further upmarket while it continues to sell lower-cost models. Reports indicate at least three new entries — a foldable iPhone, a touchscreen MacBook Pro and next-generation AirPods — that will command price premiums over standard models. The foldable iPhone is said … Read more
Over the weekend of March 7–8, 2026, desalination facilities on Qeshm Island in Iran and on the Gulf island of Bahrain were reported damaged in separate incidents, raising alarm about water security for communities in a water-scarce region. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, publicly accused the United States of striking the Qeshm plant and said … Read more
Lead: On 8 March 2026, airlines and governments coordinated a large-scale repatriation effort after regional airspace instability left thousands of international travelers stranded across Gulf transit hubs. Carriers including Qatar Airways, Emirates, Etihad and IndiGo operated a combined 60 repatriation flights from the UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia to destinations such as the UK, US, … Read more
Bahrain on Sunday accused Iran of striking one of its desalination plants, signaling a worrying expansion of the Iran–Israel–U.S. conflict into critical civilian infrastructure. The allegation came as Israeli strikes set oil depots ablaze in Tehran and Iranian leaders vowed broader operations against U.S. targets across the region on the ninth day of the war. … Read more
India and New Zealand meet in the T20 World Cup final on Sunday, 8 March 2026 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The match starts at 19:00 IST (1:30pm GMT / 8:30am ET / 5:30am PT). India batted first and posted 255; New Zealand, whose captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and opted to … Read more
Lead: Researchers at the SETI Institute say turbulent space weather around other stars can broaden and weaken otherwise ultra-narrow radio transmissions, making them harder to detect from Earth. The paper, co-authored by SETI astronomer Vishal Gajjar and research assistant Grayce C. Brown and published in the Astrophysical Journal in March 2026, argues that stellar plasma … Read more
