Lead: Michigan State and UConn meet in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 27, with tip at 9:45 p.m. ET on CBS. Most books list Connecticut as the slight favorite (around -1.5 to -2), with moneyline quotes near -130 for the Huskies and +110 for the Spartans; totals are shown … Read more
St. John’s faces Duke in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 on Friday, March 27, in Washington, D.C., with tip-off scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET on CBS. Betting markets list Duke as a 6.5-point favorite with a moneyline near -285; many shops have the game total around 142–142.5 points. This preview breaks down matchups, injury notes, … Read more
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has intervened to halt the promotions of four Army officers — two Black service members and two women — who were under consideration for one-star (brigadier general) ranks, according to current reporting. The action, first reported by the New York Times and confirmed to NPR by U.S. officials speaking on … Read more
Lead: At the close of a G7 foreign ministers meeting in France, Senator Marco Rubio said the United States expects to conclude its operations related to Iran “in the next couple of weeks,” asserting that objectives were being met and that the campaign was ahead of schedule. He spoke as allied ministers and the EU … Read more
Lead: New York police say a weekslong undercover operation ended Thursday with the arrest of a New Jersey man accused of planning to firebomb the Brooklyn home of Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani, 31. Federal agents arrested 26-year-old Alexander Heifler at his Hoboken residence after investigators say they found materials and eight assembled Molotov cocktails. The … Read more
Lead Golf great Tiger Woods was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after his Land Rover rolled over near his Jupiter Island home on Friday afternoon, 27 March 2026. Martin County authorities say the crash occurred shortly before 2:00 p.m. on a narrow two‑lane road when Woods attempted to pass a truck and … Read more
Lead On March 27, 2026, the Idaho Legislature passed a bill that would make it a crime for people to use bathrooms, locker rooms or changing rooms that do not align with their sex at birth, including facilities in private businesses. The Senate approved the measure 28–7 after the House had passed it the prior … Read more
Rescuers say a humpback whale that had been stranded on a sandbank near the German Baltic resort of Timmendorfer Strand managed to swim free after an overnight push following a last-ditch trenching effort. The animal, estimated at 12–15 meters (39–49 feet) long, was first seen stuck in shallow water on Monday morning and remained grounded … Read more
Lead On Friday, the bipartisan House Ethics Committee concluded that Florida Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick committed 25 violations of House rules and ethics standards after a seven-hour public hearing that ran into the early morning. The findings center on alleged misuse of funds tied to a roughly $5 million overpayment to her family’s health-care business … Read more
Lead In March 2026 the President issued a presidential memorandum directing the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to identify and use funds with a reasonable nexus to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) operations to provide pay and benefits to TSA staff during the ongoing Department of Homeland … Read more
Lead: Tiger Woods was involved in a single-vehicle rollover on Jupiter Island, Florida, on Friday afternoon, March 27, 2026, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. The collision occurred just after 2 p.m. ET in the town where Woods lives; authorities said they are investigating and a sheriff’s official was scheduled to brief reporters at … Read more
Lead Damar Hamlin will remain with the Buffalo Bills after the team announced on Friday that he has signed a one-year contract. The move marks the second consecutive offseason in which Hamlin has agreed to a single-season deal with the club that drafted him in the sixth round in 2021. Hamlin’s 2025 campaign ended early … Read more
Lead Mexico launched a maritime search after two small sailboats carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba lost contact en route, officials said. The vessels departed from Isla Mujeres near Cancún and were due in Havana around March 24–25; nine people were aboard. Mexican naval assets, patrol aircraft and international partners are combing the estimated route as … Read more
For U.S. businesses and consumers, a four-week U.S.-Israeli war with Iran that has disrupted Persian Gulf energy flows is already translating into higher fuel bills and rising costs for shipped goods. On March 27, 2026, small and mid-size firms from Hawaii to the mainland reported diesel surcharges and steeper freight fees that executives say will … Read more
Kristin Cavallari, 39, revisited an early-2000s television moment at the premiere for The Reunion: Laguna Beach, turning up at Shutters On The Beach in Santa Monica in a white strapless minidress and a black choker. The outfit deliberately echoed her look from the 2004 pilot episode “A Black & White Affair,” where wearing white to … Read more
