Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, described the trials as a sham involving forced confessions and fast-tracked proceedings. The United States has previously said it was “deeply concerned” by reports about Mohammadi’s conviction, describing him as a wrestling champion. People gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran, on January 9. Tehran’s calculus may have shifted because earlier US warnings about executions have lost deterrent value, according to Farahmand. Advertisement Advertisement“Now that the United States has already attacked, the regime no longer has any reason to hesitate in carrying out death sentences,” he said.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGBOSTON, March 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration escalated its attacks on Harvard University on Friday, as it sued the Ivy League school to recover billions of dollars for allegedly failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students. AdvertisementThe Widener Library at Harvard University, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. The following month, the White House demanded $1 billion from the University of California, Los Angeles to resolve similar claims. The complaint said Harvard is set to receive more than $2.6 billion of taxpayer money from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services alone. Last year, the administration canceled hundreds of research grants to Harvard researchers because the school allegedly failed to stop harassment of Jewish students on campus.

A favorite system among nonpartisan groups: ranked-choice voting. How the ranked-choice voting system worksIt’s a system already in place in states like Alaska and in several California cities, including Oakland, San Francisco and Redondo Beach. Here’s how it works: Instead of voting for one candidate, voters choose multiple candidates on their ballots, ranked in order of preference. Take the example of Alaska, where the top four candidates advance after the first round of voting and ranked-choice voting prevails in the second round. Gavin Newsom has not been a fan of ranked-choice voting.

Jenni Murray pictured in 2016 David Hartley/ShutterstockDame Jenni Murray, the veteran journalist best known as the longest-serving host of the BBC’s Woman’s Hour, has died at the age of 75. Advertisement“During her decades at Woman’s Hour, she helped shape the national conversation with intelligence, rigour and a remarkable ability to connect with audiences. She continued to work in journalism following her Woman’s Hour departure, writing for the likes of the Daily Mail and Saga magazine. Dame Jenni was, simply put, a broadcasting icon. “Throughout her three groundbreaking decades on Woman’s Hour, Jenni created a safe space for her audience thanks to her warmth, intelligence and courage.

A fresh wave of attacks began in Tehran as Iranians gathered to mark the Persian new year. Smoke and fire rise near the South Pars gas field following an attack, amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, in Bushehr Province, Iran, on March 18, 2026,. Khalil Ashawi/ReutersStrikes on Iran: As Iranians As Iranians gathered to mark the Persian new year on Friday, a fresh wave of attacks began in Tehran. The embassy has faced multiple rocket and drone attacks since the war began, with Iran-backed militias claiming responsibility. Clarification: This story has been updated to reflect that President Donald Trump may ask Congress for up to $200 billion to fund the Iran war.

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The Cavs played their best basketball with Mobley on the floor. Mobley went 2-6 at the free-throw line. The Cavs went just 21-31 (66.7%) on free-throw attempts. The Bulls picked up two wins against the Cavs earlier this season, largely due to their ability to run in the open floor. The Bulls picked up two wins against the Cavs earlier this season, largely due to their ability to run in the open floor.

The spectrum of potential outcomes is way broader, and the outcome to fix the strait is not inevitable at this point,” one intelligence official said. Trump could send US troops to islands in the strait itself, which would provide strategic positioning to intercept Iranian boats or missiles. Logistically, it’s such a long shoreline, some 100 miles, that it’s difficult to do any one thing to effectively neuter the threat from Iran,” the intelligence official added. The island is internally viewed as a key leverage point that could, potentially, force Iran to agree to reopen the strait. Oil prices have continued to rise as the strait remains closed, with average gas prices in the US steadily ticking higher.

“It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday morning,” the family said in a statement. “In most of my films, you see Chuck Norris, the man in the arena, always dealing with the conflict and having to deal with it physically. In 2005, “Chuck Norris Facts,” penned by Ian Spector, then a high school student, showed up on the internet forum Something Awful. “Chuck Norris was in a knife fight and the knife lost” was plastered across hoodies, tees and coffee mugs and slung to the far-reaching fandom. “Philosophy is the most important tool,” Norris told TV host Dick Cavett during a 1993 appearance on his show.

A night game - and this one was actually scheduled this way, rather than being pushed back to the night to avoid the heat! A high of 103 F today is just… wrong for mid-March, and it’s only a couple of degrees cooler than that now. Don’t think we’ve ever previously had that discussion before Opening Day. Specifically: RHP Kevin Ginkel, RHP Ryan Thompson, LHP Brandyn Garcia, RHP Jonathan Loaisiga and RHP Andrew Hoffmann. One more appearance like that and there’ll almost be no way back for him, considering there are only a handful of spring games left.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have not named their closer to start the 2026 season, and they simply may not. Jason Benetti handles play-by-play, joined by analysts and World Series heroes Luis Gonzalez and Orel Hershiser. In Game 7 of the 2001 World Series, Gonzalez hit the game-winning single as Arizona won its first championship. The Fall Classic heroics capped his best statistical season as he won the Silver Slugger with a .325 batting average, 57 home runs and 142 RBI. An analyst for select Diamondbacks games, Gonzalez won the 2005 Branch Rickey Award for community service.

Conservative commentator Scott Jennings faced the wrath of CNN panelists on Thursday night (March 19) after seemingly playing down the U.S. attacks on Iran while appearing on NewsNight With Abby Phillip. The panel was discussing the ongoing conflict in the Middle East when Jennings said polling shows that MAGA supporters “trust” President Donald Trump on this issue. CNN’s political analyst Josh Rogin fired back at Jennings, telling him, “This is the most unpopular war in American history, and for good reason. Jennings said the U.S. hasn’t “officially” had a war since World War II, while Rogin said the Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan generations “would take issue with that.”“But I’m saying, we haven’t declared war,” Jennings continued. “More countries are getting attacked, energy crisis is growing, the economic crisis is growing, inflation is growing, extremism and attacks on the homeland are growing.

About 40 percent of its estimated 8,000 strikes have been against Iranian security forces and installations that would be used to suppress another popular uprising, a Middle East security official said. Both U.S. and Israeli intelligence officials acknowledge, however, that Iran’s regime is “not cracking” and its hold on power remains intact. “I don’t think any two leaders have been as coordinated as President Trump and I,” Netanyahu said. “We don’t believe that there is a high likelihood to overthrow a regime with the kind of air campaign we planned for Iran,” said an Israeli official. For now, Iran’s regime remains in place and, according to U.S. intelligence assessments, is more hard-line than before.

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