Sources: NBA presents 3 comprehensive anti-tanking proposals
March 27, 2026, 09:00 am ET The NBA presented three broad anti-tanking concepts to its…
Sources: NBA presents 3 comprehensive anti-tanking proposals
March 27, 2026, 09:00 am ET The NBA presented three broad anti-tanking concepts to its Board of Governors on Wednesday as part of this week’s meetings in New York, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania, with each expected to be amended before a formal vote in May. Each of the three concepts would be a radical…
Rick Scott joins House conservatives in panning Senate Homeland Security funding deal
Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.), one of President Trump’s closest Senate allies, said on Friday that he opposed passing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill in the early hours of the night, while most of America was sleeping. “In the morning, the Senate passed a bill to fund many functions of the Department of…
Average IRS tax refund is up 10.9%, latest filing data shows
Pheelings Media | Istock | Getty Images The average tax refund is 10.9% higher so far this season, compared with about the same period in 2025, according to the latest IRS filing data. As of March 20, the average refund amount for individual filers was $3,571, up from $3,221 roughly one year ago, the IRS reported on Friday. The…
Women’s March Madness 2026: Previews, live updates, analysis from Friday’s Sweet 16
March 27, 2026, 02:19 pm ET The Sweet 16 is here! And some of the sport’s most storied franchises square off on Friday, with UConn taking on North Carolina and Notre Dame taking on Vanderbilt. In the late games, No. 1 seed UCLA faces Minnesota, before Duke’s offensive attack stacks up against LSU’s high-powered scorers….
Hegseth removes 2 Black and 2 female officers from promotion list: Report
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly blocked the promotions of two black and two female Army officers to one-star generals. The New York Times reported Friday that Hegseth pressed senior Army leaders, including Secretary Dan Driscoll, for months to release the officers’ names, but was repeatedly refused. Then earlier this month, Hegseth dropped the names……
1.4 million face tax refund delays amid IRS paper check phaseout
Tunyada Kongkapan | E+ | Getty Images A growing number of filers are facing tax refund delays amid a government-wide phaseout of paper checks. House Ways and Means Committee Democrats this week sent another letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, with “additional concerns” about roughly 1.4 million IRS notices sent to filers about refund delays…
European Commission confirms cyberattack after hackers claim data breach
The European Union’s top executive body has confirmed a cyberattack after hackers allegedly stole troves of data from its cloud storage. European Commission spokesperson Nika Blažević confirmed to TechCrunch on Friday that the commission “discovered a cyberattack that affected part of our cloud infrastructure.” “We have taken immediate action and contained the attack. Risk mitigation…
Former Raiders center Barret Robbins dies at age 52
Ryan McFaddenMarch 27, 2026, 01:41 pm ET to close Ryan McFadden covers the Las Vegas Raiders for ESPN’s NFL Nation. Prior to ESPN, McFadden was the Denver Broncos beat reporter for The Denver Post. McFadden also wrote about the Baltimore Ravens and University of Maryland athletics for The Baltimore Sun. multiple authors Henderson, Nev. –…
Jeffries presses Johnson to pass Senate DHS bill; open to helping GOP with rule
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) threw his support behind a Senate-passed bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), declaring it a victory for Democrats because it funds airport screeners but not immigration enforcement operations. After speaking with other House Democrats in the Capitol basement, Jeffries urged Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to… Source…
Every Cure’s drug repurposing could change rare disease treatment
Dr. David Fajgenbaum, one of the founders of Every Cure, a nonprofit focused on drug repurposing. Courtesy of Every Cure A version of this story first appeared in the CNBC Cures newsletter. Click here to sign up. There are over 10,000 rare diseases — 95% of which don’t have a cure. It can cost billions…
