On March 25, 2026, the U.S. ordered roughly 2,000 soldiers from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and announced nearly 7,000 additional Army and Marine forces bound for the Middle East, signaling a renewed possibility of ground operations linked to the Iran conflict. The move follows two Marine Expeditionary Unit deployments dispatched on March 13 and … Read more
Lead The United States Postal Service announced it will apply its first-ever fuel surcharge of 8% to several package services starting 26 April 2026, with the fee scheduled to remain in place through 17 January 2027. The measure targets Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, USPS Ground Advantage and Parcel Select shipments as the agency seeks … Read more
Lead: On March 25, 2026, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte sent criminal referrals to U.S. attorney offices in Florida and Illinois alleging that New York Attorney General Letitia James may have falsified information on homeowner insurance applications. The referrals name a Ft. Lauderdale-based insurer, Universal Property Insurance, and Allstate in Illinois. The Justice … Read more
Lead On March 25, 2026, Meta announced a round of layoffs that affects hundreds of employees across multiple teams, including Reality Labs, recruiting, social media and sales. The cuts arrive as the company intensifies investment in AI infrastructure and data centers, a strategy it expects will require as much as $135 billion in capital spending. … Read more
Lead: On March 25, 2026, the United States circulated a 15-point peace proposal to Iran while dispatching roughly 2,000 paratroopers to the Middle East, a move that could sharpen U.S. leverage in talks or signal readiness to escalate militarily. Diplomats said Pakistan was mediating and proposed talks in Islamabad as soon as this weekend, though … Read more
Lead: A mutated SARS-CoV-2 lineage, identified as BA.3.2, was first detected in the United States in June 2025 in a traveler who tested positive at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on March 19 that BA.3.2 carries spike-protein changes that can reduce recognition by antibodies from … Read more
U.S. stock futures were little changed Wednesday night as investors tracked fresh reports from the Middle East that could affect energy markets and global risk sentiment. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures traded about 0.2% lower while Dow futures fell roughly 101 points (0.2%), following a regular session in which all three major indexes rose. … Read more
On Monday, Putnam County coroner Todd Zeiner was notified that actor Nicholas Brendon had been found dead at his Indiana home; a longtime friend who had been staying there discovered the body. The coroner reported finding an adult male “positioned as if asleep” who had already been pronounced dead on arrival. Local authorities say initial … Read more
Lead On March 25, 2026, Microsoft Corp. saw its shares on track for their worst quarterly performance in 17 years, highlighting investor concern about the company’s core cloud and software businesses. Market observers pointed to a slowdown in Microsoft’s MSFT cloud-computing growth after the company diverted a portion of scarce artificial-intelligence hardware to internal projects … Read more
Lead: On Wednesday, March 25, 2026, a Los Angeles jury found Meta’s Instagram and Google-owned YouTube negligent in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought by a 20-year-old plaintiff identified as KGM (Kaley). Jurors concluded the platforms were designed in ways that helped create addictive usage patterns for minors and awarded $3 million in compensatory damages and a … Read more
On March 25, 2026, the White House told reporters that diplomatic contacts with Iran are progressing even as Iran’s foreign minister publicly rejected the characterization of those exchanges as negotiations. US officials said they are trying to arrange a meeting in Pakistan to discuss an off‑ramp to the conflict, while Tehran said message exchanges through … Read more
Lead: A memo prepared in 2023 for Special Counsel Jack Smith and released to Congress alleges that former President Donald Trump showed a classified map to people aboard a private flight in 2022 and kept another record so restricted that only six U.S. officials had access. Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House … Read more
Lead On March 25, 2026, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google’s YouTube liable for contributing to a woman’s depression and anxiety tied to compulsive social media use and awarded her $6 million. The panel assigned $3 million in compensatory damages and $3 million in punitive damages, with Meta responsible for 70% of the … Read more
Lead: President Donald Trump said on March 25, 2026 that the United States was holding “really good discussions” with Iran to end a war that began nearly a month earlier; Tehran publicly denied any negotiations were underway the same day. The apparent contradiction reflects competing domestic and international incentives for both governments. Trump’s comments aim … Read more
Lead Warner Bros. Discovery unveiled the title, first teaser trailer and a Christmas Day 2026 release for its new Harry Potter television adaptation at an HBO Max UK launch event in London. The series uses the original UK book title, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and will debut globally on HBO Max where the … Read more
