Why Daylight Saving Time Persists Despite Health Risks, Research Shows

SUMMARY  WASHINGTON — As the United States prepares to move clocks forward for daylight saving time on Sunday, March eight, medical researchers warn the shift may increase risks of heart attacks, strokes and fatal car crashes.  Despite decades of debate and growing scientific evidence linking the biannual clock change to negative health effects, federal lawmakers … Read more

Trump Demands ‘Unconditional Surrender’ From Iran as Airstrikes Hit Tehran, Escalating Regional Crisis

SUMMARY  Airstrikes struck Iran’s capital early Saturday as US President Donald Trump said Washington would accept no agreement with Tehran short of “unconditional surrender,” intensifying a rapidly widening conflict that has already triggered missile exchanges with Israel, drone interceptions near Saudi oil infrastructure and urgent diplomatic warnings from the United Nations. The escalating Iran conflict … Read more

Israel Iran Conflict Escalates as Beirut Struck by Airstrikes, Trump Demands Iran’s Unconditional Surrender

SUMMARY  Israel launched extensive airstrikes on southern Beirut on Thursday, following a mass evacuation order affecting more than 500,000 residents, as the United States called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” amid a rapidly expanding Middle East conflict.  The strikes, targeting Hezbollah command centers and drone storage facilities, coincide with retaliatory Iranian missile launches against US and … Read more

Map Shows How Big Iran Is Compared With the 50 US States Amid US/Israel Conflict

SUMMARY  Military strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran have killed at least 1,045 people since Saturday according to regional authorities as Tehran launched retaliatory drone and missile attacks on Israel and several Gulf countries escalating tensions across the Middle East. As the conflict intensifies policymakers and analysts are examining Iran’s vast geography … Read more

Magnitude 4.9 Earthquake Strikes Louisiana Near Shreveport, Among Strongest in State History

SUMMARY  A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck rural northern Louisiana early Thursday, shaking communities south of Shreveport and marking the second strongest tremor recorded in the state’s modern history, according to the US Geological Survey. Residents across northwest Louisiana felt brief shaking around 5:30 AM local time when the quake struck about 6.2 miles west of … Read more

Iran Regional Conflict Expands as Drones Land in Azerbaijan Amid Widening Middle East Strikes

SUMMARY  Two Iranian drones landed in Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave Thursday as the Iran regional conflict widened across the Middle East with new strikes reported in Israel and Iraq while US/Israeli attacks on Iran entered their sixth day according to regional officials. The expanding Iran regional conflict underscores growing fears that military exchanges between Iran Israel … Read more

Drone targets US base in Iraq as Iran expands regional strikes amid escalating US/Israel war

SUMMARY  BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces shot down a drone that attempted to strike a United States military installation near Baghdad International Airport late Wednesday, according to Iraqi media and security officials, as Iran’s widening retaliation against US assets intensified across the Middle East during the sixth day of the US/Israel war with Iran. The … Read more

Total lunar eclipse casts ‘blood moon’ glow across Asia, Pacific and the Americas

SUMMARY  A total lunar eclipse turned the moon deep red Tuesday as Earth moved directly between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow visible across Asia, Australia, the Pacific and the Americas. The celestial event, commonly known as a blood moon, occurs when sunlight filters through Earth’s atmosphere and scatters shorter blue wavelengths, leaving … Read more

Suspected Iranian drones strike US Embassy in Riyadh, spark fire and shelter order

SUMMARY  Suspected Iranian drones struck the US Embassy in Riyadh early Tuesday, causing a minor fire and prompting a shelter in place order across Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic hubs, according to US and regional officials. The suspected Iranian drones incident marks a sharp escalation in cross border hostilities, directly affecting diplomatic infrastructure in the Saudi capital. … Read more