“The special election to replace former Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene is projected to head to a runoff after none of the candidates secured a majority of the votes on Tuesday night. Republican Clay Fuller, who received President Donald Trump’s endorsement, is projected to face Democrat Shawn Harris to represent Georgia’s 14th congressional district, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS. The two candidates beat out a crowded field of 17 candidates for the runoff slots. … Harris, the Democrat, received the most votes on Tuesday night, likely due to the fact that the Republican base splintered among many candidates.” (03/11/26)
“Ukraine hit a ‘key’ military factory in a missile strike Tuesday on Russia’s western city of Bryansk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after Moscow gave a toll of six dead in the attack. … In a video posted on social media by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine purportedly showing the attack, a building is rocked by multiple explosions, with plumes of black smoke rising from the site. Zelensky called the strike ‘a completely justified response to the aggressor.’ Russia earlier accused Kyiv of a “terrorist” attack in Bryansk that it said killed six civilians and wounded at least 37 people. It did not say what the target was.” (03/10/26)
“Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted on Tuesday the death sentence of Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton to life without parole, saying his execution, which was set for Thursday, would be ‘unjust.’ In 1991, Burton was one of six men involved in the robbery of an AutoZone store in Talladega that ended with the murder of a customer, Doug Battle; Burton did not pull the trigger in the killing. ‘Doug Battle was brutally murdered by Derrick DeBruce while shopping in an auto parts store. But DeBruce was ultimately sentenced to life without parole. Charles Burton did not shoot the victim, did not direct the triggerman to shoot the victim and had already left the store by the time the shooting occurred. Yet Mr. Burton was set to be executed while DeBruce was allowed to live out his life in prison,’ Ivey said in a statement.” (03/10/26)
“Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has ordered that a shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold [stolen] last week by Hungarian authorities be held in custody for up to 60 days while his country’s tax authority investigates the case. The gold and the money was being transported through Hungary by road when Hungary [stole] it last Thursday. Authorities said they suspected money laundering. The shipment included $40 million and 35 million euros in cash, as well as 9 kilograms (19.8 pounds) of gold — worth, based on the current exchange rates, about $82 million. The [theft] has outraged Ukrainian authorities who accused Hungary’s Russia-friendly government of acting illegally.” (03/10/26)
“Many deadlines related to WNBA collective bargaining agreement have come and gone as negotiations between the league and players’ union have stretched across months, but none are more important than Tuesday. The league said Tuesday, March 10, is the date a term sheet for a new CBA must be completed in order to avoid a delay in the start of the 2026 season, which is scheduled to tip off May 8. There’s been movement from both sides as the deadline approached as the WNBA and WNBPA swapped counterproposals over the weekend. But, as of Tuesday morning, there is no deal.” (03/10/26)
“Patients living with HIV in Havana reported receiving expired antiretroviral medications at state pharmacies as the health system faces supply shortages and difficulties monitoring patients’ conditions. Activist Evelyn Pineda, who lives with HIV along with her 10-year-old son, told Radio Martí that medications are often unavailable and that when they do arrive, ‘you go to pick them up and they are expired.’ … Workers at the state pharmacy located on Aranguren Street in Guanabacoa said the drugs are part of international donations intended for antiretroviral treatment. Staff said they can be consumed ‘as long as they remain sealed and the medication does not change color.'” (03/10/26)
“Lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have asked the country’s Supreme Court to allow Darren Beattie, who was recently tapped by the Trump administration for a senior advisory role overseeing Brazil, to visit him in prison next week, a document showed on Tuesday. Bolsonaro began in November to serve a 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup against his successor, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who defeated him in the 2022 presidential election. … Beattie, a critic of Brazil’s current government, was appointed to the position shaping U.S. policy toward Brazil last month, a move that suggested relations between the two countries remain delicate despite a recent rapprochement. In August, Beattie provoked a diplomatic incident after describing Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes in an X post as ‘the key architect of the censorship and persecution complex directed against Bolsonaro.'” (03/10/26)
“Fifteen years after the 2011 nuclear disaster, color-coded radiation maps hang on the wall of Futabaya Ryokan, the family-run inn Tomoko Kobayashi operates in her near-deserted hometown in northeastern Fukushima. Kobayashi conducted her own radiation surveys before reopening the inn in 2016. Now, she and other monitors share radiation data as part of efforts to rebuild this once-bustling textile town. ‘These empty lots used to be filled with shops,’ Kobayashi says of the pre-disaster town as she heads to a radiation monitoring lab, walking past a kindergarten she attended as a child. It’s now used as a museum because there are too few children since the nuclear crisis. ‘There used to be businesses, community activity and children playing,’ she says. ‘We used to live our ordinary daily lives here, and I hope to see that again.’ Only about one-third of Odaka’s pre-disaster population of 13,000 have returned over the past decade.” (03/10/26)
“A federal judge scolded attorneys for the Justice Department and Live Nation for secretly negotiating a settlement to resolve allegations the ticket giant operated as a monopoly while the trial was underway. Judge Arun Subramanian called the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, Omar Assefi, and Live Nation’s chief executive, Michael Rapino, into court Tuesday to answer questions after he was blindsided by the deal. On Monday the Justice Department and Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, announced they reached a settlement they said will benefit consumers by giving them more options and lowering prices. More than 30 state attorneys general are also part of the case against Live Nation, but said in court filings they were only given one day to decide whether to join the settlement.” (03/10/26)
“Elon Musk’s SpaceX is considering listing its shares on the Nasdaq as the rocket and satellite company explores options for a future public offering that could rank among the largest in history. People familiar with the discussions said the company is evaluating the technology focused exchange for its potential debut, although plans remain under consideration and have not been finalised. As part of the preparations for a possible listing, SpaceX has also explored the possibility of securing early inclusion in the Nasdaq 100 index. The index tracks some of the largest non financial companies listed on the Nasdaq and is closely followed by institutional investors worldwide. Early entry into the index could significantly boost demand for the company’s shares because index funds and exchange traded funds that track the Nasdaq 100 would be required to add the stock to their portfolios.” (03/10/26)
