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Lead On 18 March 2026 children at the Joséphine Baker primary school in eastern Dijon discovered a remarkably well-preserved human skeleton seated upright at the bottom of a circular pit. Archaeologists from France’s Inrap say the body is one of several recently exposed in central Dijon that were intentionally buried in a seated position facing … Read more
Lead: The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at its March meeting, with the decision due at 2 p.m. ET on March 18, 2026. The announcement arrives amid a weak February jobs report that showed a net loss of 92,000 positions and a sudden spike in oil prices … Read more
Lead Acting Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl warned on March 18, 2026, that a rising rate of sick calls among Transportation Security Administration officers could force temporary airport closures across the United States. The surge followed a missed paycheck caused by a month-long partial federal shutdown, leaving roughly 50,000 officers working without pay and hundreds … Read more
Lead: On March 18, 2026, the conflict between Iran and Israel intensified: Iran reported strikes on the South Pars offshore gas field while Israel said an airstrike killed Iran’s intelligence minister, Esmaeil Khatib. The attacks came after days of targeted strikes that have removed multiple senior Iranian officials and widened fighting into Lebanon, where Israeli … Read more
Lead Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton was declared the projected winner of the Democratic primary for the US Senate on Tuesday night after a late surge in support, with roughly 90% of votes tallied, according to the Associated Press. The victory positions her to replace Senator Dick Durbin, 81, who is retiring after five terms. … Read more
Lead In the third week of Operation Epic Fury (March 2026), inexpensive Iranian drones have been striking U.S. facilities and Gulf states while U.S. missile defenses attempt to intercept them. Journalists on the ground in Erbil and regional reports describe repeated drone overflights and frequent intercepts that often destroy drones before they reach intended targets. … Read more
Lead: In the predawn hours of March 18, 1990, two men dressed as police officers entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, tied up the on-duty guards and walked away with 13 works of art, including paintings by Rembrandt and Vermeer. The theft—still the largest art heist in U.S. history and commonly valued at … Read more
Lead: GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin faced his confirmation hearing on March 18, 2026, before the Senate Homeland Security Committee as lawmakers debated whether he is fit to run the Department of Homeland Security. The session opened with sharp criticism from Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who accused Mullin of prior conduct unbecoming of a Cabinet-level official. … Read more
At Nvidia’s annual developer conference this week, CEO Jensen Huang pushed back on criticism of DLSS 5, the company’s latest upscaling tech that it describes as “neural rendering.” Huang told reporters that complaints the feature strips creative control are misplaced, and said developers retain hands-on control to tune outputs to their artistic intent. The new … Read more
Lead: Early on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in New York, the WNBA and the WNBA Players’ Association announced they have reached an agreement in principle on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Negotiators said the framework was settled after more than 100 hours of in-person talks over eight days, with a formal term sheet to … Read more
In the days leading up to ABC’s March 22 debut of The Bachelorette season 22, a mugshot of Taylor Frankie Paul circulated widely after being published by an entertainment outlet. The photograph traces back to an alleged February 2023 arrest tied to a domestic-violence accusation by her former boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen. Paul and her representatives … Read more
Israeli officials said on Wednesday that an overnight strike killed Iran’s intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib, marking what Israel described as the third top Iranian death in two days, while Iran launched missile and drone strikes across the Gulf and at Israel. Iran retaliatory strikes used some of its newest multiple-warhead missiles, which Israeli authorities and … Read more
U.S. equity futures rose modestly early Wednesday as oil prices slipped and investors awaited a Federal Reserve policy announcement later in the day. Attention will pivot to after‑hours corporate news: memory maker Micron Technology (MU) is scheduled to report earnings after the close. Nvidia (NVDA) ticked higher after CEO Jensen Huang said the company is … Read more
Lead: The WNBA and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association reached a verbal agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement early on March 18, 2026, in New York, concluding marathon talks at The Langham hotel. The accord comes 51 days before the league’s 30th season tipoff and follows more than 100 hours of in-person bargaining. … Read more
Lead: On March 18, 2026, Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, announced that Israeli forces had killed Iran’s intelligence minister, Esmaeil Khatib, a claim Tehran had not confirmed as of publication. The announcement came a day after Israeli strikes that Tehran confirmed had killed Ali Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani on March 17. Katz said the government … Read more
