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This photograph taken in Le-Perreux-sur-Marne, outside Paris on February 9, 2026 shows undated pictures provided by the US Department of Justice on January 30, 2026 as part of the Jeffrey Epstein files

How Jeffrey Epstein pulled Bill Gates and Microsoft into a web of sex, money, and secrets

How a convicted sex offender became a seven-figure negotiator for Microsoft’s No. 2 executive is the story of how Epstein got into the inner circle of Gates.

By Eva Roytburg and Jim EdwardsMarch 10, 2026

Alabama Gov. opts not to execute a man who didn’t kill anyone

Burton was set to die this week for a 1991 murder — even though another man pulled the trigger. Alabama’s governor said she couldn’t let that stand.

By The Associated Press and Kim ChandlerMarch 10, 2026

Man hailed as a hero for finding the Ship of Gold and then jailed for losing the coins now released after a decade in prison

He was a celebrated deep-sea explorer who pulled off one of the greatest shipwreck discoveries in history. Then he went on the run, landed in prison, and refused to say where the missing gold went.

By The Associated Press and John SeewerMarch 10, 2026

OpenAI sued by parents of girl critically wounded in Canada school shooting

The lawsuit said ChatGPT was used by the shooter as a trusted confidante, collaborator and ally, and it behaves willingly to plan a mass casualty event.

By The Associated PressMarch 10, 2026

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Eileen Gu and Alysa Liu: 2 Olympians, 2 Californians, 2 countries

In China, Gu is known as “frog princess,” rewarded for her excellence with millions of dollars. In America, she’s called a traitor.

By Didi Tang and The Associated PressMarch 10, 2026

Trump calls war in Iran ‘a little excursion … to get rid of some evil,’ predicting end to hostilities soon

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the war against Iran could be short-lived, but he left open the possibility of an escalation in fighting if global oil supplies are disrupted by the Islamic Republic, which chose a new hard-line supreme leader. Oil prices briefly shot to their highest level since 2022 a day after Iran selected […]

By Jon Gambrell, Will Weissert, Samy Magdy and The Associated PressMarch 10, 2026

‘ISIS’: Two New York teenagers arrested for throwing handmade explosives at anti-Islam protesters have disturbing inspiration, authorities say

The homemade devices, which did not explode, were hurled Saturday during raucous counterprotests.

By Jake Offenhartz, Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz and The Associated PressMarch 10, 2026

Former Goldman Sachs CEO says DEI programs are ‘counterproductive,’ arguing ‘you’re branding the people in that program’

Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein thinks some DEI initiatives are self-defeating.

By Jake AngeloMarch 10, 2026