California community ties all-time March temperature record in the US

NORTH SHORE, Calif. (AP) — A tiny desert community in Southern California reached 108 degrees on Wednesday, tying the highest March temperature ever recorded in the U.S. It came amid a record-breaking winter heat wave in the
US bank regulators to unveil long-awaited capital rule rewrite

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s bank regulators are set to formally unveil softened new draft capital rules on Thursday, in a potential victory for Wall Street banks that could unleash billions of dollars
BET+ to be absorbed into Paramount+ following buyout of Tyler Perry’s ownership stake

The standalone streaming platform BET+ will soon be phased out, with its library moving to Paramount+ as part of a broader strategy to expand the reach of BET programming. The transition comes after Paramount Skydance purchased the
Senator Warren presses Fed chair nominee Warsh to clarify Epstein interactions

March 19 (Reuters) – The top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee is demanding that Kevin Warsh, tapped by President Donald Trump to become the next Federal Reserve chair, explain what if any relationship he had with
Joe Kent’s resignation over Iran war reignites antisemitism fears and debate over Israeli influence

It was no surprise when Joe Kent showed up on Tucker Carlson’s podcast a day after quitting his counterterrorism job in President Donald Trump’s administration. Here was a top official who resigned to protest the war with
The Strait of Hormuz has been disrupted before. A look at past moments that threatened oil flows

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran has thrust the Strait of Hormuz once again into the crosshairs of a geopolitical conflict. Iran has ground to a halt nearly all traffic in the
Many work to reconcile César Chavez’s labor rights activist legacy with sexual abuse allegations

PHOENIX (AP) — Mary Rose Wilcox and her husband marched and fasted alongside César Chavez. They helped him open a radio station in Phoenix and plastered their Mexican restaurant with photos and a mural of the widely
Tehran intensifies attacks on Gulf energy facilities after Israel hits Iranian gas field

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors’ energy infrastructure Thursday, setting Qatari liquified natural gas facilities ablaze as it hit back following an Israeli attack on its main natural
Iranian Americans mark Persian New Year with a mix of sadness and joy

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After thousands of Iranian demonstrators were killed in a January crackdown, Shima Razavi Gacek wanted to keep alive her family’s favorite springtime holiday traditions but didn’t feel like throwing her annual house party
The Latest: Trump threatens to strike world’s largest gas field if Iran attacks Qatar again

U.S. President Donald Trump pledged the U.S. would “massively blow up the entirety” of the world’s largest gas field if Iran attacks Qatar again. Trump made his threat on social media Wednesday night against Iran’s South Pars