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The average long-term US mortgage rate climbs to its highest level in more than six months, according to Freddie Mac 03/26/2026 12:00pm • MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — The average long-term US mortgage rate climbs to its highest level in more than six months, according to Freddie Mac. Trump says Iran is allowing some oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz as a sign of good faith for talks 03/26/2026 11:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says Iran is allowing some oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz as a sign of good faith for talks. Israeli military says it has sent another division into Lebanon, expanding its operation against Hezbollah 03/26/2026 11:56am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military says it has sent another division into Lebanon, expanding its operation against Hezbollah. Zelenskyy visits Saudi Arabia as Ukraine provides expertise against Iranian drones 03/26/2026 11:54am • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Thursday in Saudi Arabia on an unannounced visit, days after revealing that Ukraine is helping five countries in the Middle East and Gulf region counter drone attacks on their territory during the Iran war. “Arrived in Saudi Arabia. Important meeting Bus sinks in Bangladesh river, killing at least 26 people 03/26/2026 11:49am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A bus carrying about 50 people plunged into a major river in central Bangladesh as it was driving onto a ferry, leaving at least 26 people dead, authorities said Thursday. The bus plunged into the Padma River on Wednesday afternoon in Rajbari district, about 84 kilometers Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro brought into New York courtroom for a hearing in drug trafficking case 03/26/2026 11:43am • NEW YORK (AP) — Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro brought into New York courtroom for a hearing in drug trafficking case. Sports Betting Line 03/26/2026 11:41am • NBA Thursday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at ORLANDO Police in Kenya exhume at least 33 bodies from a mass grave 03/26/2026 11:32am • KERICHO, Kenya (AP) — Authorities in western Kenya said Thursday they have exhumed at least 33 bodies from a mass grave, and the remains were believed to have been transferred there from a hospital morgue. Homicide detectives exhumed the remains of eight adults and 25 children as well as dismember Matzo brei is Passover comfort food fried up in a pan 03/26/2026 11:25am • The traditional Passover food matzo brei (rhymes with fry) is essentially matzo fried with eggs, or scrambled eggs with matzo, depending on how you look at it. The holiday requires observant Jews to stay away from any leavened breads, so matzo, which is unleavened, become a staple. Usually, matzo br A soothing study session: Students cram in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw as musicians play 03/26/2026 11:12am • AMSTERDAM (AP) — From the stage of Amsterdam's historic concert hall, violinist Hyunjin Cho and cellist Efstratia Chaloulakou look out over row after row of young faces illuminated by the glow of laptop screens. The plush red seats of the Concertgebouw's main auditorium are occupied by students cr Afghans hold second mass funeral for victims of an airstrike on Kabul 03/26/2026 11:12am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Dozens of people were buried in a Kabul cemetery on Thursday in the second mass funeral of victims killed in an airstrike that hit a drug rehabilitation center in the Afghan capital earlier this month. Bulldozers opened a large pit into which individual graves were dug fo A knife-wielding man kills a woman at a Tokyo Pokemon shop before taking his own life 03/26/2026 11:11am • TOKYO (AP) — A man brandishing a knife stabbed a woman in a Pokemon store in downtown Tokyo before turning the knife on himself, leaving both dead, Japanese police said Thursday. Officers rushed to the scene in a popular shopping center after receiving an emergency call reporting a rampage by a k Inside Montana's conflict with its capital city over immigration enforcement 03/26/2026 11:09am • The state of Montana is investigating its capital city. Over the past three weeks, the state Department of Justice has threatened to sue the city of Helena. Appearing with the governor by his side Feb. 11, Attorney General Austin Knudsen accused the state capital of violating a state law that bans Iran war deflects attention from Ukraine as an emboldened Russia starts spring offensive 03/26/2026 10:51am • The Iran war has deflected global attention from Russia’s all-out invasion of its neighbor Ukraine as Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II enters its fifth year and an emboldened Kremlin undertakes a spring offensive. The past week showed that neither side is easing up. Russia on Tuesday Things to do in the DC area: Mediation services in Prince George's Co., Blossom Kite Festival … and more! 03/26/2026 10:47am • In Prince George’s County, Maryland, a mystery dinner with student performers is turning conflict resolution into an interactive night of clues, music and community support — all to fund free youth mediation programs. "When we're talking about young people and when we're talking about the ill