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A rescuer helps an elderly woman to leave her home damaged by Russian aerial guided bomb in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
March 16, 2026

Zelenskyy waiting on US and Russia for next round of talks

KYIV (AP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he was ready for the next round of trilateral peace talks to end Russia’s more than four-year-old invasion of Ukraine, but that it was up…
People line up in the street to buy bread in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 13, 2026.
March 16, 2026

Islandwide blackout hits Cuba as island struggles with deepening energy crisis

HAVANA (AP) — Officials in Cuba reported an islandwide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen and its power grid continues to crumble. The…
A student prepares to leave school, August 13, 2014, southeast of Brookhaven, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
March 13, 2026

In rural America, a teacher pipeline from abroad, including Jamaica, starts to dry up amid H-1B visa changes

Like many school systems facing teacher shortages, South Carolina’s Allendale County has looked overseas for help. A quarter of the teachers in the rural, high-poverty district come from other…
Haiti's President Jovenel Moise sits with his wife Martine during his swearing-in ceremony at Parliament in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday February 7, 2017.  (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)
March 12, 2026

Widow of Haiti president describes his killing at US trial of four charged with conspiracy

MIAMI (AP) — The widow of Jovenel Moïse - Haiti’s last elected president - described being shot and wounded during the 2021 assassination of her husband while testifying Wednesday in the United States…
Big oil tanks are pictured in front the BP refinery in Gelsenkirchen, one of the biggest fuel producers in Germany, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
March 12, 2026

Oil jumps to US$100 per barrel and stocks sink worldwide with no clear end in sight for Iran war

NEW YORK (AP) — With no clear end in sight, the war with Iran sent oil prices back to $100 per barrel on Thursday, and stocks sank worldwide. The S&P 500 fell 1.4% and resumed its sharp swings…
Shipping containers line the Ever Most cargo vessel docked at the Port of Oakland on April 3, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
March 11, 2026

Global energy concerns mount as Iran effectively stops cargo traffic in the Strait of Hormuz

PARIS (AP) — Gasolene 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,…
The OpenAI logo is displayed on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen with output from ChatGPT, March 21, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
March 11, 2026

Family sues ChatGPT-maker OpenAI over school shooting in Canada

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The parents of a girl critically wounded in a school shooting in Canada alleged in a civil lawsuit Monday that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI knew the shooter was planning a…
A JetBlue passenger jet, front, taxis at Palm Beach International Airport, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
March 10, 2026

FAA briefly grounds all JetBlue flights due to short system outage

All JetBlue flights were briefly grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration early Tuesday at the request of the airline as it dealt with a short system outage. The ground stop was lifted about…
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March 10, 2026

Jamaican man on gun and drug charges in Bahamas pleads not guilty, remanded

NASSAU, Bahamas, Mar 10– A Jamaican man has been remanded in the Bahamas after he pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of drug and gun possession. The prosecution told Acting Chief Magistrate…