advertisement

Log Out

Nation and World

Old Dominion shooting suspect is ex-Army National Guard member with past terror conviction

JONATHAN MATTISE and OLIVIA DIAZ
Mar 12, 2026 11:11 am - The suspect who killed one person and injured two others at Old Dominion University on Thursday has been identified by authorities as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, who pleaded guilty in 2016 to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State, according to the FBI.
Google overhauls its Maps app, adding in more AI features to help people get around

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
Mar 12, 2026 8:32 am - Google Maps will depend more heavily on artificial intelligence to help people figure out where they want to go and the best way to get there as part of a major redesign ...
US applications for unemployment benefits inch down to 213,000 as layoffs remain stable

By MATT OTT
Mar 12, 2026 8:30 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inched down modestly last week as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels despite a weakening job market. T...
Drivers wonder if they should go electric as the war spikes gas prices

By ALEXA ST. JOHN and TAMMY WEBBER
Mar 12, 2026 8:12 am - xperts say prolonged high gas prices may drive some EV interest and sales. Car-buying resource Edmunds says it has seen an uptick in people researching EVs and hybrids.
How the Iran war and surging oil prices are affecting consumers at the gas pump and beyond

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ, MAE ANDERSON and CHRIS RUGABER
Mar 12, 2026 7:18 am - As the war in Iran ratchets up, the price of crude oil has been swinging sharply. Consumers are already feeling the effects of the war and its destabilizing effect on worldwide energy production.
Zelenskyy says Ukraine awaits White House sign-off on US drone production deal

By HANNA ARHIROVA
Mar 12, 2026 7:13 am - Ukraine is awaiting White House approval for a major drone production agreement proposed by Kyiv last year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as countries scramble to modernize their air defenses after the Iran war exposed shortcomings.
Iran’s supreme leader resolves to keep fighting in his first public remarks

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and NATALIE MELZER
Mar 12, 2026 7:03 am - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli attacks have killed top Iranian nuclear scientists.
Iran war has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil choke point. Reopening it is a big challenge

By JOHN LEICESTER
Mar 11, 2026 7:49 pm - Gasoline prices are rising largely because of the Iran war's impact on the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passageway for oil and gas from the Persian Gulf. The waterway off Iran's coast, now effectively closed, is so vital for the global economy that governments are working on blueprints to speedily reopen it to shipping when the shooting stops.
Outdated intel likely led US to carry out deadly strike on Iranian elementary school, AP sources say

By JULIA FRANKEL, MICHAEL BIESECKER and ERIC TUCKER
Mar 11, 2026 7:44 pm - Outdated intelligence likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed over 165 people, many of them children, in the opening hours of the conflict, according to a U.S. official and a second person briefed on findings of a preliminary U.S military investigation into the incident.
Oil shock from Iran war prompts countries to open strategic reserves

By MATT SEDENSKY and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
Mar 11, 2026 7:36 pm - A widening war in Iran has halted oil tankers, made targets of refineries and spooked investors worried about the cascading impact of spiking energy prices.In response, the International Energy Agency agreed on Wednesday to release the largest volume of emergency oil reserves in its history

Showing 281-290 of 243,407 previous next