When the United States sided with Israel in the conflict in the Middle East, Iran launched major missile attacks against Gulf energy infrastructure and Israel. The attacks caused significant damage to U.S. stations in Iran, Iran's key targets include Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG facility, Saudi refineries, and Israeli sites near a nuclear research center. 

Iranian, Israeli,and U.S. strikes have also targeted Iranian gas infrastructure such as in Isfahan and the South Pars field. These strikes have caused the gas prices to rise and fall. 

The recent highest cost for a gallon of gasoline in Ohio has been $3.91 which is a 33 cent raise from last week. The national average cost per gallon of gas is $4.50 which is a $1.50 raise from a few weeks ago. 

Here ae some tips to save you money on gas. Downloading the gas stations apps could save you up to 10 cents a gallon, and most gas stations offer cheaper gas if you pay in cash! Drive Safe! 

  The United States, in coordination with Israel, launched major airstrikes against Iran on February 28, 2026. The military operations targeted nuclear facilities, missile infrastructure, and leadership across the country, including Tehran. In retaliation, Iran stepped up its attacks on energy facilities in nearby Gulf countries, including a major site in Qatar, after an Israeli strike on South Pars, which is the biggest gas field in the world. As these attacks increased, oil and gas prices went up again, making the global energy crisis even worse. 

President Donald Trump warned that there would be no more strikes on South Pars unless Iran attacks Qatar again. If that happens, the U.S. “will massively blow up the entirety” of the gas field. Trump said the U.S. “knew nothing about” the Israeli strike, but a senior official close to Qatar's leaders told NBC News that this was not true.The U.S. announced it targeted Iranian missile sites along the coast of the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has attacked ships to block this important shipping route. Iran’s parliament speaker, a key figure in the government, said that the strait “won’t return to its prewar status. Joe Kent, a former senior intelligence official who quit in protest against the Iran war, is being looked into by the FBI for allegedly leaking classified information, according to a source who talked to NBC News. More than 2,000 people have died across the Middle East. In Iran, strikes from Israel and the U.S. have caused over 1,200 deaths, as reported by the Iranian Red Crescent Society. At least 850 people have died in Lebanon, and 13 have died in Israel. Also, 13 U.S. service members have been killed, with two more dying from causes not related to combat.

By Trinity Watson

20 March 2026

Welcome back to Tales of Mythicality, where in honor of the month of the Irish, I will be telling you about the Leprechaun!

You may know him as a tiny, ginger man that wears a full suit getup around Saint Patrick's Day, but what do you really know about him? Originating in Dublin, Ireland, the Leprechaun is a medieval being that is said to be a small, mischievous man that hides his pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. He is a shoe maker, and can often be found fixing his shoes, which is said to be the perfect opportunity for a human being to capture him to obtain supernatural wealth. While the Leprechaun tale has been around for centuries, the first “real” sighting of one was only in 2006. In the neighborhood of Mobile, Alabama, hundreds of residents of the area gathered, claiming that they all saw a Leprechaun hiding in a tree. From this sighting, the infamous police sketch of a Leprechaun was born, creating one of Youtube's first memes. After the Saint Patrick’s Day festivities are over, every Leprechaun goes back into their prized solitary confinement until the next year.

Alzheimer's is a progressive brain disorder that gradually destroys the brain's memory and thinking skills, leading to the inability to perform everyday tasks. It has been widely recognized as a disorder that is incapable of being reversed, which results in most research being focused on the prevention of the disorder, rather than the attempt to restore the brain's function. 

By studying multiple mouse models as well as human models off the brain, researchers were able to identify a critical weakness at the center of the disease. They found that the brain’s ineptitude to main healthy levels of a cellular energy molecule called NAD, plays a major role in the driving of Alzheimer's. 

Within the mice, they found that restoring the NAD balance in the brain prevented the mice from developing Alzheimer's. As for mice with the advanced disease, they found that restoring the NAD balance allowed for the brain to repair other genetic mutations that were otherwise incurable. 

There has not yet been an official experiment on the human brain yet, researchers are confident that if pursued, a cure for Alzheimer's could be possible.

Below are two articles about the same topic. One is written by a human on the newspaper staff while the other is written by AI. Can you tell which is the human and which is the computer? 

By Alexis Day