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San Diego — St. John’s snapped a 27-year Sweet 16 drought on March 22, 2026, when Dylan Darling, scoreless for the night, drew up a last-play and sank a buzzer-beating shot with 3.9 seconds remaining to defeat Kansas and advance. The victory capped a chaotic second-round game in which both teams traded scoring droughts and … Read more
Samsung has confirmed it will begin rolling out AirDrop compatibility through Quick Share for the Galaxy S26 series beginning March 23, 2026. The initial launch will target Korea on that date, with a US rollout scheduled for later the same week and additional regions following. The feature reaches the S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra first; … Read more
Lead Chicago police say a 25-year-old man has been charged in the March 19, 2026 fatal shooting of 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman at the Rogers Park lakefront. Authorities charged Jose Medina with murder and several related counts after the early-morning attack on a pier at Tobey Prinz Beach, a few blocks north … Read more
Lead On Sunday, March 22, 2026, No. 1 Arizona visits Viejas Arena in San Diego as 12-point favorites against Utah State in a West Region second-round NCAA Tournament game. Updated at 04:42 PM ET, our model and lineup analysis—informed by 8+ years of betting experience—lean decisively toward Arizona covering the spread. The matchup pits Arizona’s … Read more
Lead Socialist and allied lists retained control of France’s four largest cities — Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Lille — after Sunday’s municipal run-offs, providing a political lift for mainstream parties ahead of the 2027 presidential contest. Far-left La France Insoumise (LFI) and far-right forces made notable local gains, including victories in Roubaix and Nice, but … Read more
On March 22, 2026, Iranian missile strikes struck the southern Israeli towns of Arad and Dimona, communities near Israel’s primary nuclear research center, injuring more than 100 people. Israeli emergency services reported at least 64 injured in Arad—seven seriously, 15 moderately and 42 lightly—and about 40 injured in Dimona. The attacks came hours after an … Read more
The Tennessee Volunteers and Virginia Cavaliers meet in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 on March 22, 2026, in Philadelphia, PA, with tip-off scheduled for 6:10 p.m. ET on TNT. Tennessee enters as a narrow favorite (-1.5, ML -115) against Virginia (+1.5, ML -105); the total is 137.5 points. Tennessee’s lineup carries questions after freshman … Read more
Lead On March 22, 2026, St. John’s Red Storm took a 34-26 lead over the Kansas Jayhawks at the end of the first period, according to the CBS gametracker play-by-play. The half featured multiple lead changes, several momentum-shifting three-pointers and a string of offensive rebounds that kept both benches active. Zuby Ejiofor delivered a late … Read more
Lead Researchers at the University of Toronto reported in a 2023 study that the natural speed of everyday speech can indicate early cognitive decline. The team tested 125 healthy adults aged 18 to 90 and found that people who speak more slowly in conversational tasks tended to take longer to retrieve words in follow-up naming … Read more
Lead In Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, Grammy-winning singer Chappell Roan rebutted claims by Brazilian-Italian footballer Jorginho Frello that a security guard behaved aggressively toward his 11-year-old stepdaughter at a hotel in Sã o Paulo. Jorginho said his wife, Catherine Harding, and the child were staying in the same hotel while Roan was in Brazil … Read more
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump held a phone call on Sunday evening to discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing Middle East war that began on 28 February. Both leaders, according to a Downing Street spokesperson, said reopening the strait was essential to stabilise global energy markets … Read more
Lead: The British spin-off Saturday Night Live UK arrives in the United States tonight on Peacock, with the first episode available to stream Sunday at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. The show premiered in the U.K. on Saturday, March 21, hosted by Tina Fey with musical guest Wet Leg and drew nearly 230,000 … Read more
Lead: Elon Musk announced plans for a joint chip-manufacturing initiative for Tesla and SpaceX during a Saturday night event in downtown Austin, Texas. The proposal, described by Musk as a “Terafab,” appears from a shared image to be sited near Tesla’s Austin headquarters and gigafactory. Musk framed the project as a response to slow external … Read more
Lead: Slovenia’s parliamentary election on Sunday produced an almost dead-heat between Prime Minister Robert Golob’s liberal Freedom Movement and the opposition Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) led by Janez Janša. With roughly 99% of ballots counted, the Freedom Movement recorded 28.5% against the SDS’s 28.1%, leaving the path to government dependent on smaller parties. Both camps … Read more
Lead Fresh, escalatory threats from Washington and Tehran on March 22, 2026 raised the prospect of attacks on civilian energy and water systems across the Middle East. President Trump warned that U.S. forces could strike Iranian power plants if the Strait of Hormuz was not reopened within 48 hours; Tehran replied that any such strikes … Read more
