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
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
