Nation and World
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Israel says 2 top Iranian officials killed in airstrikes in blow to Tehran leadership
Mar 17, 2026 6:30 am - Iran's top security official and the head of the Revolutionary Guard's Basij militia were both killed in overnight strikes in a blow to the country’s leadership, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday, while Tehran defiantly fired new salvos of missiles and drones at its Gulf Arab neighbors and Israel.
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After 30 years of waiting, a father and son’s birthday wish comes true
Mar 17, 2026 4:25 am - Jimmy Rush began planning his 80th birthday celebration about three decades ago. He got the idea when he spotted a sign at a restaurant in Mobile, Alabama, that read: “Free oysters to any man 80 years old accompanied by his father.” Rush, then around 50, decided that’s how he would mark the milestone.
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US stocks climb to their best day since the Iran war began after oil prices ease
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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