Lead: Baltimore Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said on March 11, 2026 in Owings Mills, Md., that he was “gutted” after the team backed out of a trade to acquire five-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Maxx Crosby from the Las Vegas Raiders. The deal, which would have sent two first-round picks to Las Vegas and … Read more
José Antonio Kast was inaugurated as Chile’s president on March 11, 2026, in Valparaíso, marking a decisive rightward shift in the country’s politics. Kast, a long-time far-right figure, captured a December runoff with more than 58% of the vote and succeeds leftist Gabriel Boric after a four-year term. He has framed his incoming four-year administration … Read more
Researchers report that a specific gut bacterium, Parabacteroides goldsteinii, increases in older mice and contributes to age-related memory decline. In experiments described in Nature, young (2-month-old) mice co-housed for one month with old (18-month-old) mice acquired older animals’ microbiomes and showed marked short-term memory loss. Introducing P. goldsteinii alone into young mice reproduced the deficit, … Read more
Lead Atlassian announced cuts of roughly 1,600 roles—about 10% of its workforce—on 12 March 2026 as it restructures to accelerate investment in artificial intelligence. The company also said its chief technology officer will step down at the end of March and be succeeded by two designated AI-focused leaders. Shares rose more than 4% in extended … Read more
Lead: At the GDC Festival of Gaming, Xbox executives disclosed the first technical outline for their next console, codenamed Project Helix. Jason Ronald, VP of Next Generation, said the system is being co-designed with AMD and targets a major jump in rendering and simulation capability. Microsoft said alpha developer hardware will begin reaching studios in … Read more
Lead: In her new memoir Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!, Liza Minnelli recounts a passionate extramarital relationship with director Martin Scorsese during the mid-1970s that coincided with escalating cocaine use. The liaison unfolded while they worked on the 1977 musical New York, New York, at a time when Minnelli was married to Jack Haley … Read more
Grammarly and Superhuman have moved to halt an AI feature that presented writing edits as being “inspired by” named experts after pushback from journalists and other creators. The contested tool — launched in August as an “Expert Review” agent — drew on third‑party language models and public material to surface suggestions attributed to identifiable writers. … Read more
Lead On March 11, 2026, the U.S. Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to permit the administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 Haitian nationals living in the United States. The emergency filing seeks to overturn a federal district court injunction that blocked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Feb. 3 decision to end … Read more
NASA aims to return astronauts to the lunar surface in 2028, but a report published by the agency’s Office of the Inspector General on Tuesday warns that the human landing system (HLS) program faces delays, technical shortfalls and unresolved crew-safety risks. The OIG found testing gaps and incomplete crew survival analyses for both SpaceX’s Starship … Read more
Lead Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said on the day of the report that Baltimore had actively pursued a trade to acquire Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby, but the transaction collapsed after Crosby failed the Ravens’ physical because of a knee issue. DeCosta described the outcome as painful for all parties, saying he followed medical … Read more
Federal officials said on March 11, 2026, the Trump administration would open new trade investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, aimed at what it calls unfair foreign trade practices. The inquiries, handled by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), could lead to tariffs after required investigations and consultations. Officials … Read more
In February, U.S. consumer prices rose 2.4% year over year, a pace that appeared to be moving inflation toward the Federal Reserve’s 2% objective. That reading, released in late February, offers little clarity for Fed officials who face a rate decision next week as oil prices spike after the outbreak of hostilities tied to Iran. … Read more
Lead: On Wednesday, powerful spring storms spawned multiple tornadoes and destructive hail across parts of the Midwest, killing two residents of Lake Village in northwestern Indiana and flattening buildings in Kankakee, Illinois. National Weather Service crews reported several intense supercell thunderstorms moved through northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana, producing at least four suspected tornadoes. Local … Read more
Lead Kacey Musgraves has released a new single, a playfully frank country tune that frames sexual frustration as plainspoken humor. The song leans on minor-key Spanish guitar and spitfire wordplay to chart a 335-day “dry spell,” while teasingly spelling out the singer’s lust in everyday, Western-flavored images. The single arrives ahead of an upcoming album … Read more
Lead U.S. military hospitals have received a far larger number of casualties than early public statements indicated after President Donald Trump ordered surprise strikes that prompted Iran’s counterattack on March 1. The blast at a tactical operations center near the Shuaiba port outside Kuwait City killed six U.S. service members and sent dozens more to … Read more
