Nation and World
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US stocks climb to their best day since the Iran war began after oil prices ease
Mar 16, 2026 3:47 pm - A drop in oil prices on Monday helped send the U.S. stock market to its best day since the war in Iran began.
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Judge blocks US government from slimming down vaccine recommendationsMar 16, 2026 3:46 pm - A federal judge in Boston has temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child, and says U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely violated federal procedures in revamping a key vaccine advisory committee.
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Afghan man who worked with US military dies after taken into ICE custodyMar 16, 2026 3:39 pm - HOUSTON (AP) — An Afghan immigrant whose family said had worked with U.S. forces in his home country died at a Texas hospital after having been detained by immigration au...
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Utah mom who wrote children's book on grief after husband died killed him for money, prosecutors sayMar 16, 2026 3:24 pm - PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors aimed to drive home their argument that a Utah woman who published a children’s book about grief after the death of her husband killed ...
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Trump says chief of staff Susie Wiles has breast cancer but will keep working through treatment
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Is spring really — finally — here?Mar 16, 2026 9:10 am - Spring gets its official start Friday in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of the vernal equinox. But what does that mean?
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3,800 workers are on strike at one of the largest meatpacking plants in the USMar 16, 2026 8:14 am - GREELEY, Colo. — About 3,800 workers at one of the nation's largest meatpacking plants went on strike Monday in Colorado in what union representatives said is the first w...
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Israel steps up campaign in Lebanon, as Iran keeps stranglehold on shipping
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Trump suggests he may delay China trip, but Bessent says it's not to pressure on Strait of Hormuz
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Israeli military claims brother of man who attacked Michigan synagogue was Hezbollah commanderMar 15, 2026 3:40 pm - JERUSALEM (AP) — The brother of a man who attacked a Michigan synagogue last week, who was killed earlier this month in an Israeli airstrike, was a Hezbollah commander, I...