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Lead Since the outbreak of the Iran war in early March, roughly 90 vessels — including at least 16 oil tankers — have traversed the Strait of Hormuz even as much commercial traffic has halted and the waterway was widely described as effectively closed. Maritime intelligence and trade analytics firms report Iran has exported more … Read more
Lead: On Tuesday in Geneva, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) appeals panel annulled Senegal’s 1-0 victory in the Jan. 18 final in Rabat and ruled that Senegal forfeited the match, awarding host nation Morocco a 3-0 default win and the Africa Cup of Nations title. Senegal announced it will appeal the decision, without specifying … Read more
Venezuela defeated Team USA 3-2 on Tuesday in Miami to claim the country’s first World Baseball Classic title, spoiling a late American comeback. Maikel García’s sacrifice fly and Wilyer Abreu’s fifth-inning homer put Venezuela ahead, Bryce Harper’s two-run blast tied it in the eighth, and Eugenio Suárez’s ninth-inning RBI double gave Venezuela the lead they … Read more
Dayton’s First Four produced two dramatic outcomes Tuesday as No. 11 Texas and No. 16 Howard both advanced to the main bracket. In the late game Tramon Mark hit a go-ahead jumper with one second left to deliver a 68-66 win over No. 11 NC State. Earlier, Howard claimed the first NCAA Tournament victory in … Read more
Lead: Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton secured the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, positioning her to replace retiring Senator Dick Durbin. With roughly 90% of precincts reported, Stratton led Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi by more than six percentage points, according to the Associated Press. The contest, driven by a surge of late … Read more
Lead On Tuesday, March 17, 2026, a bright fireball streaked over the Cleveland area, producing a loud boom that shook homes and alarmed residents. Witness reports and video submissions said the phenomenon was visible across multiple states, with the American Meteor Society receiving accounts from Wisconsin to Maryland. Officials from the National Weather Service in … Read more
Lead Iranian state media has confirmed the death of Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, after an air strike that officials say targeted his convoy. The killing, confirmed early in the current phase of the conflict, has prompted vows of retaliation from Iran’s military leadership and fresh missile exchanges with Israel. The … Read more
Lead: Illinois’ March 17, 2026 primary closed at 7:00 p.m. local time, and vote-counting through the evening produced a string of key projections: Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton led and was later projected to win the Democratic U.S. Senate primary, Daniel Biss was projected the winner in the crowded 9th Congressional District, and Republican Darren Bailey … Read more
Lead Ali Larijani, Iran’s top national security official and a longtime power broker, was reported killed on March 17, 2026, according to the Israeli military and Iranian state media. He was 67. Iranian and foreign statements say he died in an Israeli airstrike amid a broader campaign of attacks that began on Feb. 28, 2026. … Read more
Lead: On March 17, 2026, the United Farm Workers (UFW), the nation’s largest farmworkers union, announced it will not participate in Cesar Chavez Day observances scheduled for March 31, 2026, after allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior linked to Chavez resurfaced. UFW said it has no direct reports but described the claims as serious enough to … Read more
Venezuela defeated Team USA 3-2 in Miami on March 17, 2026, clinching the country’s first World Baseball Classic title after a tense ninth-inning finish. Eugenio Suárez’s go-ahead extra-base hit in the bottom of the ninth and Daniel Palencia’s closing strike sealed the victory after Bryce Harper had tied the game in the eighth. Eduardo Rodríguez … Read more
Lead Chief Justice John Roberts warned Tuesday at Rice University’s Baker Institute in Houston that personally directed attacks on federal judges threaten the rule of law and “got to stop,” a statement delivered two days after President Donald Trump publicly denounced a judge who ruled against the administration. Roberts avoided naming any one person or … Read more
On March 17, 2026, U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ordered the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to return 1,042 full-time Voice of America (VOA) employees to work, concluding that agency senior adviser Kari Lake’s overhaul was arbitrary and unlawful. The ruling found Lake had assumed powers beyond her legal authority and failed to … Read more
Lead: Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton won the Illinois Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday, projected by NBC News, defeating U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin. The decisive edge came from vote-rich Cook County, where Stratton led with 40 percent to Krishnamoorthi’s 29 percent and Kelly’s 23 percent with roughly … Read more
Lead: Taylor Frankie Paul spoke publicly about domestic violence allegations tied to an open investigation as she attended a press preview for ABC’s The Bachelorette in New York City ahead of the show’s March 22, 2026 premiere. The inquiry involves Paul and her ex, Dakota Mortensen, who has appeared on the Hulu series The Secret … Read more
