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In the SEC Tournament quarterfinals on Friday, No. 15 seed Ole Miss edged No. 2 seed Alabama 80-79, knocking the Crimson Tide out of the conference bracket and handing Alabama a late-season wakeup call. The Rebels, playing their third game in three days, relied on a hot start and late resilience to hold off Alabama … Read more
Lead: Two US defence officials told CBS News, and the BBC reported four hours ago, that additional US Marines and accompanying warships are expected to be redeployed to the Middle East. The reinforcements are said to come from an amphibious ready group and its Marine expeditionary unit, typically centered on the Japan-based amphibious assault ship … Read more
Lead: Six U.S. airmen were killed when a KC-135 refueling tanker crashed in western Iraq on March 13, 2026, during operations targeting Iranian forces, U.S. Central Command said. The other aircraft involved landed safely, and CENTCOM said the crash was under investigation and “not due to hostile or friendly fire.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered … Read more
Lead: Iowa health officials say an Illinois resident who tested positive for measles visited Independence, Iowa, and stayed at the Comfort Inn and Suites on March 4–5, 2026. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (Iowa HHS) was notified by the Illinois Department of Public Health after the traveler was confirmed infectious. Officials are … Read more
Lead On March 13, 2026, President Trump used executive authority to order the restart of offshore oil operations off Santa Barbara County, citing energy shortages linked to the war with Iran. The administration invoked the Defense Production Act to empower the Department of Energy to compel Sable Offshore Corp. to restore the Santa Ynez Unit … Read more
On March 13, 2026, the NHL Department of Player Safety issued a five-game suspension to Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas for a knee-on-knee collision that ended Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews’s season. Matthews left Thursday’s game in Anaheim with a Grade 3 MCL tear and a quad contusion and will be re-evaluated in two … Read more
President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced on Friday that Cuba has been conducting talks with the United States even as the island faces an acute fuel shortage that has left large sections of the country in prolonged darkness. In a 90-minute press conference carried on state media, Díaz-Canel framed the exchanges as limited, respectful dialogues aimed at … Read more
Lead: A federal jury on Friday convicted eight people on terrorism-related charges in connection with a July shooting outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Fort Worth, Texas, and one defendant was found guilty of attempted murder. Prosecutors linked the group to antifa tactics and said they intended to attack the facility; defendants’ lawyers denied any … Read more
Lead: On March 13, 2026 at Madison Square Garden, St. John’s beat Seton Hall 78-68 to move one victory from repeating as Big East Tournament champions. The Red Storm withstood a late Pirate surge and closed the game on an emphatic run, preserving a 19-point advantage they had built earlier. Zuby Ejiofor led the way … Read more
Lead: Global markets opened cautiously as U.S. Dow Jones futures moved lower on concern that rising oil prices and renewed tensions involving Iran could sap investor risk appetite. The weakness arrived ahead of Nvidia’s GTC developer conference and Micron’s scheduled earnings report, events that market participants flagged as potential catalysts for technology-sector volatility. Traders cited … Read more
Lead: On March 13, 2026 at Daikin Park in Houston, Team USA defeated Canada 5-0 in a single-elimination World Baseball Classic quarterfinal, advancing to the semifinals. Logan Webb started for the United States and worked into the middle innings before the bullpen closed out the shutout. Canada deployed Michael Soroka to start but removed him … Read more
Lead NASA’s Artemis II — the first crewed mission to the Moon’s vicinity since 1972 — is proceeding toward a planned liftoff no earlier than April 1, 2026 at 6:24 p.m. EDT (22:24 UTC) from Kennedy Space Center. The four-person crew will ride the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft on a roughly … Read more
Lead: Federal prosecutors on Friday charged Kenya Chapman with selling a stolen handgun to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, the former Virginia Army National Guard member who used the weapon in an Old Dominion University classroom attack that killed one person and wounded two others. The indictment follows an April shooting in which Jalloh reportedly shouted “Allahu … Read more
Lead On March 13, 2026, the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology updated U.S. cholesterol-management guidance, recommending broader prevention efforts and an initial, one-time lipoprotein(a) blood test for all adults. The guidance, issued jointly and published in Circulation and JACC, aims to expand risk assessment beyond LDL cholesterol and encourage earlier intervention … Read more
Lead This week Iran’s participation in the 2026 World Cup has swung between confirmation and apparent withdrawal. A public post by former US president Donald Trump raised immediate safety and exclusion questions, coming after Fifa president Gianni Infantino said Trump had told him Iran would be welcome. Iran’s football federation responded that no one can … Read more
