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Uber's women-only option goes nationwide in the US

Uber is launching a feature that will allow both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its riding-hailing platform

9 Mar 2026 7:32 pm
Explosives thrown near New York City mayor's residence investigated as 'ISIS-related terrorism'

New York Citys police commissioner said authorities are investigating whether men who brought improvised explosive devices to a protest outside New York Citys mayoral residence were inspired by ISIS

9 Mar 2026 7:19 pm
Combat-shaped lawmakers face new Mideast war

As Congress responds to President Donald Trumps attack on Iran, lawmakers who served on the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan are making their voices heard

9 Mar 2026 5:08 pm
World shares tumble as Iran war pushes crude prices over $110 a barrel

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index plunged more than 5% after oil prices soared to well over $100 a barrel due to disruptions from the war in the Middle East

9 Mar 2026 1:08 pm
Travelers encounter long waits at some airports as DHS shutdown affects security checkpoints

Travelers complained of long waits Sunday that in some cases lasted hours at security checkpoints at airports in Houston and New Orleans

9 Mar 2026 12:29 pm
Jury selection to begin in South Florida for 5 charged in 2021 assassination of Haitian president

Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the trial of five men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Mose

9 Mar 2026 10:29 am
Where things stand after another weekend of war

The Iran war has begun its second week

9 Mar 2026 9:56 am
Kansas City airport evacuated as authorities investigate potential threat

Flights that landed after the threat was reported were held on the taxiway.

9 Mar 2026 12:44 am
Police investigate a potential explosion outside the US Embassy in Oslo

Norwegian police are investigating a potential explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo

8 Mar 2026 3:57 pm
Decades after violence in Selma spurred the Voting Rights Act, organizers worry about its fate

Alabama is marking the 61st anniversary of a key event in the Civil Rights Movement, when state troopers attacked voting rights marchers in Selma

8 Mar 2026 11:13 am
Winning numbers drawn in Saturdays Powerball

The winning numbers in Saturday evenings drawing of the Powerball game were: 17-18-30-50-68, Powerball: 24

8 Mar 2026 11:13 am
Olympian Eileen Gu heads up Chinese New Year parade in her native San Francisco

San Francisco has rung in the Year of the Fire Horse with its annual Chinese New Year parade with thousands cheering on hometown hero and Olympic champion Eileen Gu as its grand marshal

8 Mar 2026 10:22 am
Federal judge rules Trump administration's actions to dismantle Voice of America are illegal

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's actions to dismantle the Voice of America over the past year are illegal

8 Mar 2026 9:58 am
Pentagon and FAA agree to conduct anti-drone laser tests in New Mexico

The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration have agreed to conduct anti-drone laser tests in New Mexico after the militarys deployment of the lasers led the FAA to suddenly close airspace in Texas twice in the last month

8 Mar 2026 9:58 am
Police investigating after device thrown at anti-Islam protest in New York City

Authorities say a counterprotester demonstrating against a Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City event Saturday lit and threw a device at the protesting crowd after someone from that group used pepper spray on the counterprotest

8 Mar 2026 7:55 am
Faith leaders seek access to ICE detention centers during Lent and Ramadan

Faith leaders ministering to detained migrants has become far more contentious.

7 Mar 2026 8:28 pm
The Latest: Israel hammers Beirut and Tehran as Iran fires missiles at Israel and the Gulf

Irans president has rejected a U.S. call for unconditional surrender as Israeli and US airstrikes keep hitting Iran

7 Mar 2026 4:02 pm
Videos show US citizen's shooting death in Texas last year by federal immigration agent

Newly released videos showing the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by a federal immigration agent in Texas last year call into question assertions by the Department of Homeland Security that a driver intentionally rammed an agent with his car

7 Mar 2026 12:08 pm
Iranian attacks target Gulf States as US warns bombing will intensify

Intense Iranian fire is targeting the Gulf Arab states as Israel and the United States kept up their airstrikes targeting the Islamic Republic

7 Mar 2026 12:08 pm
War in the Middle East ensnares many Muslim pilgrims in travel chaos

The travel chaos from the war in the Middle East has ensnared many of the Muslims who have converged on Saudi Arabia for the Umrah pilgrimage, leaving them stranded and scrambling to find other ways home

7 Mar 2026 12:02 pm
Alabama man facing execution for deadly robbery asks for clemency as he didn't kill victim

Charles Sonny Burton is scheduled to be executed March 12 for his role in a 1991 robbery in which a man was fatally shot

7 Mar 2026 12:02 pm
After a president-filled celebration, Rev. Jesse Jackson's family gathers for a private homegoing

The family of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is honoring him with a private memorial at Rainbow PUSH headquarters in Chicago

7 Mar 2026 12:02 pm
Oil and gas prices rapidly rise as Iran war shows no signs of letting up

The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East

7 Mar 2026 12:02 pm
Iran war deaths could resurface Trumps complicated history with military sacrifice

President Donald Trump will visit Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Saturday to view the dignified transfer for six soldiers killed during his war with Iran

7 Mar 2026 12:02 pm
US detainees in Iran risk becoming collateral damage in war, families and supporters fear

Families and supporters of Americans detained in Iran worry that their loved ones risk becoming collateral damage amid continued Israeli and American bombardment, or victims of retaliation from Irans repressive regime

7 Mar 2026 12:02 pm
Trump looks to turn attention to Western Hemisphere, at least for a moment, at Americas summit

President Donald Trump is set to gather with Latin American leaders at his Miami-area golf club on Saturday

7 Mar 2026 12:02 pm
What to know: Downtown Anchorage braces for a canine takeover as the Iditarods 54th run begins

The Iditarod returns to Anchorage as hundreds of dogs and their mushers line up for the races ceremonial start

7 Mar 2026 12:02 pm
As citizen voting bill stalls in US Senate, some states forge ahead

Strict citizen voting requirements sought by President Donald Trump have stalled in the U.S. Senate

7 Mar 2026 12:02 pm
Winning numbers drawn in Fridays Mega Millions

The winning numbers in Friday evenings drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 08-19-26-38-42, Mega Ball: 24, Megaplier:

7 Mar 2026 12:01 pm
Rep. Darrell Issa to retire in move that raises stakes for GOP holding House control

California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is retiring, just three months after declaring, I can hold this seat

7 Mar 2026 9:01 am
Georgia candidates jockey as sprint begins to primaries for US Senate, governor

Georgias races for governor and U.S. Senate are taking shape as candidates qualify and begin their sprint to the May 19 party primaries

7 Mar 2026 7:42 am
Bail set at $2M for Cleveland woman accused of killing her 2 daughters

A Cleveland woman is jailed with bail set after $2 million after being accused of killing her two young daughters

7 Mar 2026 7:42 am
The US imposes visa restrictions on Rwandan officials after sanctions targeting the military

The U.S. is imposing visa restrictions on several senior Rwandan officials for fueling instability in eastern Congo, the State Department said on Friday, intensifying pressure on the East African country after sanctions announced earlier this week

7 Mar 2026 7:42 am
US to send anti-drone system to the Mideast after successful use in Ukraine, officials say

An anti-drone system developed by an American company and proven to work in Ukraine soon will head to the Middle East to help defend against Iranian drones

7 Mar 2026 7:41 am
Justice Department official eyes cases against Cuba leaders as Trump floats 'friendly takeover'

The top Justice Department prosecutor in Miami is considering criminal investigations of Cuban government officials

7 Mar 2026 7:41 am
Gonzales' departure clears path for Republican gun rights 'absolutist' in Texas congressional race

A gun-rights YouTuber in Texas who goes by the AK Guy on social media has a clear path to the GOP nomination for Congress after Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales ended his reelection campaign over revelations of an affair

7 Mar 2026 7:41 am
A $220 million ad blitz and a public split with Trump mark the end of Kristi Noems DHS tenure

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has lost her job after criticism over a flashy ad campaign tied to President Donald Trumps deportation push

7 Mar 2026 7:41 am
Saks Global to shutter 15 more department stores in bankruptcy restructuring

The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus is closing more of its department stores as it focuses on its most profitable businesses and trims debt during its Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring

7 Mar 2026 7:41 am
Trump administration's embattled FDA vaccine chief is leaving for the second time

The Food and Drug Administrations controversial vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency

7 Mar 2026 7:41 am
Former US Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, Hawaii Senate trailblazer, dies at 74

Former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, a trailblazing Hawaii lawmaker and the first woman to lead the state Senate, has died at 74

7 Mar 2026 7:41 am
Man convicted in political assassination plot he tied to Iranian paramilitary

A Pakistani business owner who tried to hire hit men to kill a U.S. politician has been convicted in a trial that showcased allegations of Iran-backed plotting on American soil

7 Mar 2026 7:41 am
Noem's firing is little comfort to Minneapolis residents struggling to recover from crackdown

A Latino grocery owner in Minnesota says Kristi Noems ousting does not undo the damage from the federal immigration crackdown

7 Mar 2026 7:41 am
Pentagon's chief tech officer says he clashed with AI company Anthropic over autonomous warfare

A top Pentagon official says a fight with Anthropic centered on how the military could someday use artificial intelligence in autonomous weapons

7 Mar 2026 7:41 am
Trump says 'whole educational system' could go out of business without fixes to college sports

President Donald Trump has predicted the destruction not just of college sports but the entire U.S. collegiate system unless the industry is fixed quickly

7 Mar 2026 7:41 am
Man accused of tricking hundreds of teens into sending him pornographic images is brought to US

A Bangladeshi man accused of using social media to trick teenage girls into sending him sexually explicit images and then threatening to share them with their friends and family if they didnt send more has been transported to Alaska to face federa...

7 Mar 2026 7:41 am
Portland residents near ICE building win court order limiting agents' tear gas use

Affordable housing residents near a federal immigration building in Portland, Oregon, have won a court order limiting federal officers use of tear gas during protests at the facility

7 Mar 2026 7:41 am
Dealing with Iran war is 'easy,' Trump says. College athlete pay? Not so much

President Donald Trump says questions about the war in Iran are easy compared to efforts to better regulate college sports

7 Mar 2026 7:40 am
Woman sues author Amy Griffin, saying her memoir 'The Tell' stole stories of sexual abuse

A woman has sued memoir author Amy Griffin, saying Griffin stole descriptions of childhood sexual abuse from incidents in her life

7 Mar 2026 7:40 am
Georgia Republicans push more bills aimed at Fulton County DA Fani Willis

Georgia Republicans are pushing for more restrictions on local prosecutors, saying their investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis proves the moves are needed

7 Mar 2026 4:48 am
Ex-US intel directors daughter sentenced to 35 years for murder

The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a friend after a drunken argument at a Maryland home

7 Mar 2026 4:46 am