All Stories from March 7, 2026 (Change date)
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Off the charts: Conant grad Reiger creating NFL draft buzzMar 07, 2026 7:28 pm - Wisconsin edge Mason Reiger has been turning heads in the leadup to the NFL draft. The surge began when the Conant grad was named defensive MVP of the Shrine Bowl.
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Judge rules Kari Lake unlawfully ran US media agency, voiding layoffsMar 07, 2026 7:25 pm - A federal judge in Washington ruled Saturday that Kari Lake has unlawfully served as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees Voice of America, and nullified many actions she has taken in the role, including mass layoffs of staff.
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Intel report warns large-scale war ‘unlikely’ to oust Iran’s regimeMar 07, 2026 6:00 pm - A classified report by the National Intelligence Council found that even a large-scale assault on Iran launched by the United States would be unlikely to oust the Islamic republic’s entrenched military and clerical establishment, a sobering assessment as the Trump administration raises the specter of an extended military campaign that officials say has “only just begun.”
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Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police installed in Capitol at 4 a.m.Mar 07, 2026 5:56 pm - The police officers were taunted and beaten. Some were knocked unconscious and dragged down stone steps, tear gas stinging their throats, to chants of “U.S.A! U.S.A!” on Jan. 6, 2021, as hundreds, then thousands, swarmed the citadel of American democracy.
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Oil and gas prices rapidly rise as Iran war shows no signs of letting upMar 07, 2026 5:51 pm - 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.
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Back injury forces McIlroy to withdraw from Palmer tournamentMar 07, 2026 5:47 pm - Rory McIlroy was feeling good about his golf game going into this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club, but now he has to wonder.
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Trump grieves with families during return of soldiers killed in war in the Middle EastMar 07, 2026 5:45 pm - President Donald Trump on Saturday joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base at the dignified transfer for the six U.S. soldiers killed in the war in the Middle East.
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Olympic champion Alysa Liu withdraws from world figure skating championshipsMar 07, 2026 5:06 pm - Olympic figure skating champion Alysa Liu has withdrawn from the world championships later this month, an unsurprising move for the defending champ after she won the first Winter Games gold medal by an American woman in more than two decades.
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Going green at St. Pat’s paradeMar 07, 2026 4:42 pm -
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Most Democrats in 9th Congressional race cite affordability as top issueMar 07, 2026 4:37 pm - Most of the Democratic candidates for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District seat believe the rising cost of living is the greatest issue facing constituents.