5 Big News Stories Overnight - Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Pittsburgh: Newspaper Closing, 171 Out of Work

MediaPost reports:

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, one of Pennsylvania’s largest newspapers, has formally notified the state that it will close on May 3 and lay off its entire staff – 171 employees. 

The publication filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) announcing the closure. The layoffs will take place during a 14-day period starting on May 4.

It is not clear if this is the result of business problems. Owner Block Communications said it has lost money trying to keep the paper alive. 

“Over the past 20 years, Block Communications has lost more than $350 million in cash operating the Post-Gazette,” the company said in a press release in January. “Despite those efforts, the realities facing local journalism make continued cash losses at this scale no longer sustainable.”

In November 2025, the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the Post-Gazette to compensate staff members for workers’ rights violations committed over the last five years, thus upholding a September 2024 ruling by the National Labor Relations Board. But the Gazette announced it would appeal the decision up to the Supreme Court and that it would close the newspaper if it lost.

Iran: Trump Says Iran War Could End 'Soon'

France 24 reports:

US President Donald Trump on Monday pushed the idea of the Iran war ending soon, but remained vague on a timeline for ending the attacks that have rocked the Middle East and shaken the global economy.

Markets jumped when Trump suggested to CBS News that the US-Israeli assault was "very complete," but during a later speech and press conference he offered shifting accounts of what to expect.

"I think soon. Very soon," Trump told reporters at his Doral National golf club near Miami, Florida, when asked if he thought the war could end in days or weeks.

"Everything they have is gone including their leadership."

U.S.: Trump on the Straights of Hormuz

Donald J. Trump posted to social media:

If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far. Additionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again — Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them — But I hope, and pray, that it does not happen! This is a gift from the United States of America to China, and all of those Nations that heavily use the Hormuz Strait. Hopefully, it is a gesture that will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

PHOTO: Alexander Schimmeck, Unsplash

U.S.: Anthropic Sues U.S. Defense Department, Pete Hegseth for Targeting the Company

Wall Street Journal reports:

Anthropic filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration for designating the artificial-intelligence company a security threat and trying to cancel its federal contracts, bringing the battle between the two sides to the court system.

Shortly after Anthropic filed its lawsuit, 37 AI researchers at competitors OpenAI and Google filed a brief urging the court to side with Anthropic, highlighting how the fight has rippled through Silicon Valley.

In designating Anthropic a supply-chain risk for the Pentagon and directing agencies to cut ties with the company, the administration went beyond its statutory authority with harsh retaliation because Anthropic didn’t agree on how AI should be used by the Defense Department, the company argued.

U.S.: Alexander Brothers Found Guilty

New York Times reports:

Three brothers, including two who were among the country’s most prominent real estate brokers, were convicted in Manhattan on Monday of engaging in a yearslong conspiracy to traffic women and girls for sex.

The brothers — Tal and Oren Alexander, who regularly closed multimillion-dollar real estate deals in New York and elsewhere, and Alon Alexander, a security executive — were found guilty on every count they each faced, and all could now receive up to life in prison when the judge, Valerie E. Caproni, sentences them on Aug. 6.

The verdict comes more than a month after the trial began in Federal District Court, where the jury heard weeks of emotional and often graphic testimony from 11 women who had accused the brothers of rape or sexual assault. The jurors deliberated for about 21 hours over three days.