Bigger and bigger data centers are leading to proposals for massive electric power transmission lines, sometimes across hundreds of miles. These high-voltage power lines cost tens of billions of dollars a year and are the latest front line in the battle over tech giants' massive operations. Artificial intelligence advances are seen by President Donald Trump as critical to the nation’s economic and national security. But their energy needs are threatening to overwhelm the power grid and the transmission expansion is drawing opposition from landowners, conservationists, local officials, consumer advocates and states.

As U.S. and Israeli missiles and bombs rain on Iran, Russia has responded with words of indignation — but no action to support its ally. The cautious stance is driven by President Vladimir Putin’s focus on Ukraine and his apparent hope that the Iran war will play into Moscow’s hands by boosting its oil revenues and eroding Western support for Kyiv. While Moscow’s failure to help another ally after the 2024 ouster of former Syrian ruler Bashar Assad and January's U.S. arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro highlighted limits of its influence the Kremlin expects to reap benefits from the Iran war. Russia is already profiting from a surge in global energy prices.

Nigel James Jr. scored 19 points and UConn coach Dan Hurley was ejected in the final second as Marquette hung on for a 68-62 victory that prevented the fourth-ranked Huskies from claiming a share of the Big East regular-season title. UConn trailed 64-62 when the Huskies' Silas Demary Jr. missed a contested driving layup attempt while being defended by Ben Gold.  Marquette’s Chase Ross won the battle for the loose ball and got fouled with one second left. Hurley argued the lack of a foul call and was whistled for two technical fouls before heading to the locker room while shaking his head.

Add another chapter to UConn coach Dan Hurley’s combative history with officials just as March Madness is approaching. Hurley was ejected from the fourth-ranked Huskies’ 68-62 loss to Marquette on Saturday after picking up two technical fouls with one second remaining. Hurley argued that UConn’s Silas Demary Jr. was fouled by Marquette’s Ben Gold while driving to the basket with the Huskies trailing 64-62. Hurley approached John Gaffney and got his chest next to the official’s right shoulder while voicing his displeasure. The Big East fined Hurley $25,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Ford has issued two recalls affecting nearly 1.74 million of its cars in the U.S., due to software issues impacting the vehicles’ rearview camera displays that could increase crash risks. According to notices published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration this week, an internal component inside the infotainment system of certain 2021-2026 Ford Broncos and 2021-2024 Ford Edges may overheat and shut down — preventing the rearview image from displaying when drivers are going in reverse. Meanwhile, some 2020-2022 Ford Escapes and Lincoln Corsairs, as well as 2020-2024 Lincoln Aviators and Explorers, may show a flipped or inverted rearview image.

Families and supporters of Americans detained in Iran worry that their loved ones risk becoming collateral damage amid continued Israeli and American bombardment, or victims of retaliation from Iran’s repressive regime. Advocates for the detainees estimate there are at least six Americans are held in Iran, including some housed in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. Among the Americans currently detained are Reza Valizadeh, an Iranian American reporter, Kamran Hekmati, an Iranian American jeweler from New York, and Afarin Mohajer, a California resident originally from Iran. The Trump administration declined to respond to specific questions about the detainees, but called on Iran to immediately release them.

Cuban officials say they expect to soon restart a large thermoelectric plant after it shut down earlier in the week and sparked a massive blackout. Felix Estrada Rodriguez, a top engineer at Cuba’s Electric Union, told state-owned Canal Caribe that the Antonio Guiteras plant should be operating by Saturday afternoon. Crews have repaired a broken boiler at the plant that caused the outage on Wednesday. It left millions without power in the island’s western region, the second such outage in three months.

The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East. Oil prices surpassed $90 a barrel Friday. The conflict has left ships that carry roughly 20 million barrels of oil a day stranded in the Persian Gulf. That disruption and damage to key oil and gas facilities in the Middle East has led to an interruption in the supply of oil and gas. The fallout is ratcheting up what consumers and business will pay for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, with some drivers already feeling it at the pump.

Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC's Savannah Guthrie, remains missing after nearly 40 days in Arizona. In neighboring New Mexico, Lynette Pino says she has something in common: Her son remains missing nearly 18 years after leaving home to visit his father. Pino says she prays for the Guthrie family to get some answers. Experts say what Pino and the Guthries are experiencing is “ambiguous loss.” A loved one has disappeared, making it maddeningly mysterious and possibly permanent. Tai Mendenhall, a family therapist at the University of Minnesota, says faith and community can help.

Preliminary and partial results show that a new political party led by an ex-rapper is leading Nepal’s parliamentary election, the country’s first since last year’s revolt. The Rastriya Swatantra, or National Independent Party, had already won 60 of 165 directly elected seats and was leading in 61 other constituencies in the results published by Nepal’s Election Commission on Saturday. Its prime ministerial candidate is rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, who won the 2022 Kathmandu mayoral race and emerged as a leading figure in the 2025 uprising that ousted former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli. The 35-year-old rode a wave of public anger toward traditional political parties to emerge as front-runner during the campaign.

The U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have raised concerns among Democrats and others about diminishing American stockpiles of certain weapons. It illustrates a long-standing production problem that some experts say could present challenges if another conflict emerges. Missile defense systems are in high demand, particularly in Ukraine and Israel. Their use in Iran has worried some Democratic lawmakers about sufficient stockpiles. The Trump administration has repeatedly said American forces have all of the weapons they need to fight the war in Iran.

President Donald Trump plans to attend the dignified transfer for the six U.S. soldiers killed in the Middle East. On Saturday afternoon, Trump will join their mourning families at Delaware's Dover Air Force Base as the soldiers' remains return to the United States. The soldiers died last week in a drone strike on a command center in Kuwait. They served with the 103rd Sustainment Command, a logistics unit based in Des Moines, Iowa. Trump has said bearing witness to a dignified transfer is “the toughest thing I have to do” as president.

Pope Leo XIV named a veteran Vatican diplomat as his new ambassador to the United States. Archbishop Gabriele Caccia is tasked with managing one of the Holy See’s most important bilateral relationships, which has come under strain over the Trump administration’s war in Iran and immigration crackdown. Caccia is currently the Holy See’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York. He replaces Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who at age 80 is retiring as apostolic nuncio in Washington.

President Donald Trump is set to gather with Latin American leaders at his Miami-area golf club. The event Saturday comes as his administration is trying to demonstrate it remains committed to sharpening its focus on the Western Hemisphere even as it deals with crises elsewhere. The summit comes just two months after Trump ordered a military operation to capture Venezuela's then-president, Nicolás Maduro. Looming even larger is Trump’s decision to join with Israel to launch a war on Iran one week ago. The leaders of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago are set to attend.

Iran’s president has rejected a U.S. call for unconditional surrender as Israeli and US airstrikes keep hitting Iran. On Saturday, Masoud Pezeshkian also apologizes to Gulf countries after Iranian missiles and drones targeted Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Oman. Saudi Arabia says it intercepted drones aimed at its Shaybah oil field. Dubai International Airport halted flights after alerts, blasts and passengers sheltering in train tunnels. Israel is striking Beirut, southern Lebanon and Tehran. Officials report rising deaths in Iran, Lebanon and Israel, plus six U.S. troops killed.