As Selection Sunday approaches, bubble teams are racing to lock up bids and avoid the peril of the First Four in Dayton. This week’s movement lifted the Locks to 34 teams while four squads advanced to “Should Be In” and 18 remain true bubble candidates. Notable upward moves include TCU and Missouri gaining stronger at-large … Read more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection told a Court of International Trade judge on Friday that it cannot immediately begin issuing refunds for reciprocal tariffs imposed last year by President Donald Trump, which the Supreme Court recently found unlawful. The agency said its current technology, established procedures and staffing levels make immediate compliance infeasible, while estimating … Read more
Lead Hungarian authorities detained seven Ukrainian citizens and seized two armored cash-transport vehicles on Friday, saying the stop was part of a money‑laundering probe. The detained individuals were employees of Ukraine’s state bank Oschadbank and were moving cash between Austria and Ukraine as part of routine interbank services. Hungarian officials reported the cargo included $40 … Read more
On Day 7 of an expanded Israel–Iran conflict, Israeli forces said they launched a large-scale strike campaign on Tehran and carried out attacks in Beirut’s southern suburbs on March 6, 2026; Iran responded early Friday with missile and drone launches toward Israel and several Gulf states, and humanitarian groups report heavy civilian tolls and mass … Read more
Lead A new international analysis published in March 2026 concludes that human activity is warming the planet at the fastest rate on record. By filtering out natural influences such as volcanic activity, solar cycles and El Niño, the researchers find the global warming rate roughly doubled in the last decade compared with the 1970–2015 period. … Read more
Lead: Last week, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced a major rework of the Artemis program to raise SLS launch cadence and emphasize lunar surface activity. The update moves a crewed test of one or both commercial human landers into an earlier mission profile and sets a goal of one or two crewed lunar landings in … Read more
Lead: This weekend most of the United States will spring the clocks forward at 2 a.m., creating a 23-hour day that disrupts sleep, shifts morning light and leaves millions frustrated. Polling shows large public unease with the twice-yearly switch, but lawmakers remain gridlocked because proposed fixes—permanent daylight saving time, year-round standard time or compromise adjustments—split … Read more
On March 6, 2026, the U.S. national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline climbed to $3.32, marking an 11 percent increase (34 cents) over the previous week and the highest level since September 2024. The jump follows disruptions to oil and gas flows tied to the conflict that began on Feb. 28 in … Read more
New infrared observations from the James Webb Space Telescope in February 2026 confirm that near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 will fly past the Moon in 2032 at an estimated distance of about 13,000 miles, eliminating a previously nonzero chance of a lunar impact. The rock, discovered by the ATLAS survey in late 2024, measures roughly 174 … Read more
Lead At Mobile World Congress 2026, a cluster of makers pitched a simple proposition: carry a second, pared-back phone to give yourself space from your main device. Vendors including Unihertz and Light showed compact hardware—the Unihertz Titan Elite 2 and the Light Phone III among them—that prioritize typing, durability or deliberate limitations over endless feeds. … Read more
Lead: The U.S. military will exhume the remains of 88 sailors and Marines from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu who were buried as unknowns after the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) says disinterments are scheduled to begin in November or December, using modern … Read more
Apple and the Sydney Opera House on March 5, 2026 announced a yearlong collaboration in Australia aimed at expanding access to arts, design and cultural programming for young people. The partnership names Apple as the founding partner of a new international children’s festival scheduled later this year and pledges support for the Opera House’s Centre … Read more
Lead: In the opening days of Operation Epic Fury in early March 2026, independent estimates put U.S. spending at extraordinarily high levels. A bipartisan think tank calculates roughly $891 million per day for the first four days — about $3.7 billion in total — driven by an intense barrage of precision munitions and a rapid … Read more
Lead: On the evenings of March 7 and 8, 2026, skywatchers across much of the Northern Hemisphere can watch Venus and Saturn draw very close in the western twilight. The two planets approach to roughly one degree apart — about the width of a finger held at arm’s length — and are best seen about … Read more
Kristi Noem’s removal as Homeland Security secretary unfolded over a brief, intense stretch this week after a year of mounting controversies. A Senate interrogation over a $220 million advertising campaign and contradictory accounts about whether President Trump approved the expenditure crystallized internal and presidential frustration. Trump privately and publicly signaled displeasure, then tapped Sen. Markwayne … Read more
