US News

Coast Guard suspends search for 6 aboard missing Bermuda-to-Boston medical jet

The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday suspended its search for six people aboard an air ambulance that vanished on a Bermuda-to-Boston flight, AP reported. Crews searched more than 4,400 miles over 66 hours after finding a…

• Wounded soldiers question Army planning before deadly Kuwait drone strike — Soldiers told the Associated Press that commanders moved troops to Kuwait's Port Shuaiba despite warnings it lacked drone defenses, before a March 1 Iranian drone strike killed six U.S. soldiers. The Army declined to…

Politics

Trump announces Super Intelligence Force led by Clayton

President Donald Trump said Sunday he is forming a Super Intelligence Force led by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, with FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson, Pentagon CTO Emil Michael, and OPM Director Scott…

• Trump rallies in Ohio for Husted, backs data centers amid midterm blitz — President Trump campaigned Saturday in Vandalia, Ohio, for Sen. Jon Husted and GOP governor nominee Vivek Ramaswamy as part of a 32-day midterm push. He defended data centers while backing a bill meant to shield…
• Vance chairs secret Camp David meeting on Iran war and Yemen — Vice President JD Vance chaired an unannounced Camp David meeting Friday with Trump’s top national-security aides on the Iran war and Saudi plans against Yemen’s Houthis, three U.S. officials told Axios. CBS News…
• Trump says seniors will get $90 Medicare Part B payments — President Donald Trump announced Friday that the government will send one-time $90 payments to more than 20 million Medicare Part B enrollees to help with premiums, drawing on the Medicare Improvement Fund. Most…
• House Republicans privately fear losing majority, CNN reports — Four weeks from Election Day, a growing number of House Republicans privately doubt they can hold the majority and are talking about limiting a possible Democratic wave, CNN reported Saturday, citing more than a…

Technology

Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro could arrive by November, Bloomberg says

Apple is preparing a redesigned MacBook Pro with a touch-enabled OLED screen and a much lighter body, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported. He says it could debut this month or next with current M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.…

World

Yemen government forces say they seized district by Bab el-Mandeb with Saudi air cover

Yemeni government forces took large parts of Dhubab district near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Monday with Saudi air support, military sources told Reuters, a day after leader Rashad al-Alimi ordered a push to retake…

• FlyDubai co-pilot planned to crash jet at Israel's main airport, sources say — The Omani co-pilot who attacked his captain on FlyDubai flight FZ1073 planned to crash the jet into a Tel Aviv skyscraper or Ben Gurion Airport, a source with knowledge of the UAE probe told Reuters. Israel has…

Finance

Schneider Electric to buy PTC for $22.6 billion in its biggest deal ever

France's Schneider Electric agreed Monday to buy Boston-based software maker PTC for about $22.6 billion in cash to grow its AI and data-center business. PTC shares jumped more than 30% before the U.S. open, while…

Entertainment

Meryl Streep as Aslan sparks debate over Netflix's new Narnia film

Netflix's upcoming Narnia film casts Meryl Streep as the voice of the lion Aslan, prompting criticism from some Christian commentators and a defense from C.S. Lewis scholars. Director Greta Gerwig has not directly…

• Paramount-Warner deal closes Tuesday as TV leaders take shape — Paramount Skydance's $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery is set to close Tuesday, Variety reported. HBO's Casey Bloys is poised to run both HBO Max and Paramount+, and CBS's George Cheeks is set to…
• Taylor Swift's 'Showgirl' jumps back to No. 1 after encore tracks — Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' leaped from No. 21 to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 after she added four new songs, Billboard reported. It is the album's 13th week at the top, on 173,000 equivalent units, up…