The final spots in the 2026 NCAA Tournament first round will be earned on Wednesday in Dayton as the First Four concludes. So before you finalize those Bracket Games selections, don’t forget there could be a bracket buster in action. Wednesday night’s 16-seed battle between Lehigh and Prairie View A&M will play into the South…
NIH Director — and CDC Acting Director — Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, had little trouble Tuesday responding to questions from House members during an oversight hearing. “While the promise of the NIH is strong, we must reflect upon policies and evolve with changing technology,” Bhattacharya told members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health…
A 7-ton meteor that sped across the Cleveland sky at 45,000 miles per hour on Tuesday broke apart in a thunderous boom that startled residents who feared an explosion. People several states away reported seeing the bright fireball even though it was 9 a.m. The American Meteor Society said it received reports from Wisconsin to…
Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard issued a statement on X hours after the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) resigned over war with Iran. Joe Kent posted on X that he was resigning from his situation effective immediately because he couldn’t support Trump’s conflict with Iran. Following the resignation, reports swirled on…
Kiki Shepard, the actor and entertainer best known for co-hosting the syndicated variety show “Showtime at the Apollo,” has died. She was 74. LaShirl Smith, a representative for Shepard, confirmed her client’s death, writing in an Instagram post Tuesday that the loss “hurts an awful lot.” Shepard died Monday in Los Angeles after a heart…
Mar 17, 2026, 05:50 PM ET Morocco was stunningly awarded the Africa Cup of Nations title Tuesday by appeals judges who overturned Senegal‘s victory in a chaotic final in January. The Confederation of African Football said its appeal board ruled Senegal was “declared to have forfeited the Final” and its 1-0 win in extra time…
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Samples returned by JAXA’s Hayabusa-2 mission from the C-type asteroid (162173) Ryugu contain all five canonical nucleobases — purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (cytosine, thymine and uracil) — pointing to a cosmic origin for some of life’s fundamental chemistry. Hayabusa-2 image of the asteroid Ryugu as seen from a distance of 3.7 miles. A…
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, everyone! They say that on Saint Patrick’s Day, everyone is Irish, but Ireland’s new president, a progressive who was inaugurated last November, seems to want to play that down. Catherine Connolly gave her first Saint Patrick’s Day speech as president this week. She said that “Patrick’s” story reminds us of…
Cinnabon has ended its partnership with “The Bachelorette” and “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” in light of allegations of domestic violence between reality star Taylor Frankie Paul and her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen. “Cinnabon has made the decision to terminate its collaboration with ‘The Bachelorette’ and ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,’” a spokesperson for…
