AdvertisementThe market’s losses deepened after oil prices erased an early dip and accelerated in the afternoon. Worries have gotten so high that traders have canceled nearly all their bets that the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates this year, according to data from CME Group. And investors now see little room for central banks worldwide to cut interest rates to help their economies. Besides the Federal Reserve, central banks in Europe, Japan and the United Kingdom also held their interest rates steady this past week. Stocks of smaller companies, which can feel the pinch of higher interest rates more than their bigger rivals, led the way lower.

Iran's new leader sends message but with no proof of lifeA new message attributed to Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was read on state TV. However, there was no accompanying video or audio of him. Khamenei has not made a public appearance since being appointed on March 8. CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh reports on how the lack of proof of life from the new leader could prolong the war in Iran.

I just started crying,” Rosa said of learning the charges would be dropped. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday it would not retry Rosa, 64, for the 1985 killing of an 18-year-old nurse’s aide, Gwendolyn Taylor, in Dorchester. Despite that ruling, prosecutors had planned to retry Rosa, with a new trial scheduled for May. In a court filing this week, however, the district attorney’s office said it was uncertain it could prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt, leading to the decision to drop the case. “Even though the district attorney’s office does not want to admit that they prosecuted an innocent man … those are things that happened,” Natarajan said.

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Originally Published: 20 MAR 26 21:09 ET(CNN) — Nicholas Brendon, who played the character of Xander in the hit ’90s TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” has died. The news was confirmed in a post on Brendon’s verified Instagram on Friday, which was also shared with The Hollywood Reporter. It said the actor died in his sleep of natural causes. “Most people know Nicky for his work as an actor and for the characters he brought to life over the years. The actor is best known for playing Xander Harris, best friend to Buffy Summers, on the hit WB series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” which ran for seven seasons beginning in 1997.

Oddly enough, Hansen Shapiro’s conversation with Tofel garnered more attention than the report itself. (We interviewed Press Forward executive director Dale Anglin on our podcast last month.) A couple of Hansen Shapiro’s observations struck me as being especially pointed and on target. Equity and infrastructureAnother section of Hansen Shapiro’s report that resonates concerns diversity and equity. Since I’ve read the entire report, I can attest that these do a pretty good job of encapsulating Hansen Shapiro’s major findings.

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More research is starting to show that women can benefit from lifting weights, perhaps even more than men. That’s because they are more susceptible to bone density and muscle loss as they age. But experts say gyms need to make a few changes to get more women into the weight room. Michelle Segar is a University of Michigan behavioral scientist who studies exercise habits. She says that feeling out of place and not knowing where to begin are barriers for some women.

It’s finally expected to cool down in Southern California this weekend after a scorching heat wave this week broke temperature records across the region. Temperatures are forecast to be in the mid-80s along the coast and low to mid-90s everywhere else most of next week. “It’s not normal for this kind of year to have this kind of heat, where it’s 20 to 30 degrees above normal. Friday is the last day of the significant heat wave, with temperatures in the 90s and low triple digits in the inland valley areas, according to Lewis. Heat exhaustion and dehydration could result from the heat wave, especially during this time of year, when the temperatures are normally around 70 degrees, according to Lewis.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - FEBRUARY 19: Pitchers workout during spring training for the Colorado Rockies at Salt River Field at Talking Stick in Scottsdale, Arizona on February 19, 2026. Before working for the Rockies, Stone earned his PhD in cellular and behavioral neurobiology from the University of Oklahoma. “Our philosophy is we try to understand how players think, move, and do. While the majority of his work stems from data collection in the lab, Stone will be with the Major League players more often. As a young junior college pitching coach, Stone worked with new Rockies bullpen coach Matt Buschmann.

Senegal’s team jersey will display only one star instead of two at the World Cup, but it has nothing to do with the country being stripped of the Africa Cup of Nations title. The Senegalese Football Federation issued a statement to clarify that production of the jerseys by manufacturer Puma began in August last year and “manufacturing deadlines and industrial constraints did not allow for the interruption of this ongoing process.” Senegal went on to win the Africa Cup in January for its second continental crown after winning the 2021 edition, to which its first star refers. But the Teranga Lions were surprisingly stripped of the second title on Tuesday.

The Army-Navy game is typically held on the second Saturday in December, but its closely guarded TV window is facing pressure as college sports leaders consider expanding the College Football Playoff. Some proposals have called to shift the Army-Navy game to a different day or to broadcast other games at the same time. It’s preserved forever for the Army-Navy game,” Trump said, as he prepared to sign the order. “Thank you for signing that executive order protecting the sanctity of the Army-Navy game,” Navy football coach Brian Newberry told the president. “What’s happened to sports in college?” Trump said then, lamenting recent changes and promising to address them.

Beijing has increasingly turned to the gray zone because it concludes that this approach effectively piles pressure on Taiwan without triggering a strong response. The United States should therefore seek to eliminate China’s perception that gray zone coercion is cost-free. The United States should be prepared to respond to China’s gray zone coercion with asymmetry and creativity. Taiwan could seek to provoke more Chinese gray zone activities if it believed that such coercion would automatically trigger more U.S. security cooperation and support. Ignoring China’s gray zone campaign is itself destabilizing: it teaches Beijing that coercion works, reinforcing the very behavior that makes miscalculation and eventual conflict more likely.

Mark Robinson admitted he lied about a bombshell CNN KFile investigation during the final months of his 2024 gubernatorial campaign, uncovering his extensive history of posting inflammatory and racist comments on a pornography website. Robinson initially denied the report and sued CNN for $50 million that fall as he marched on with his gubernatorial campaign. Now, in a recent podcast interview, Robinson has acknowledged his deception and that he had an “obsession” with pornography and sex. The comments were made under an alias, minisoldr, that CNN was able to link to Robinson by matching numerous biographical details and a shared email address. After leaving office, Robinson dropped the defamation lawsuit against CNN and vowed to retire from politics.

Civil rights leader speaks out about alleged abuse by Cesar ChavezIn an interview with ABC, Dolores Huerta alleged her co-founder of United Farm Workers labor union sexually assaulted her and said both assaults resulted in pregnancies. It comes just days after a New York Times article alleged that Cesar Chavez sexually abused girls and women for decades. The Cesar Chavez Foundation said that it was “deeply shocked" by the disturbing allegations.