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An Iowa man charged in theslaying of three women in Utahallegedly confessed to the killings, telling authorities "'it had to be done' but he did not like to do it," court documents filed Thursday show.

Charging documents filed in Sixth District Court in Utah allege that Ivan Miller, 22, told law enforcement officers that he shot the women with a .45 handgun and stabbed one of them multiple times.

"Miller said he did it because he needed money," the documents allege.

He was charged with three counts of aggravated murder, according to the documents. It isn't clear if he has a lawyer to speak on his behalf.

The women, who have not been identified, were found Wednesday at two locations near Capitol Reef National Park in south-central Utah.

They do not appear to have had prior connections to Miller, a spokesperson for the Utah Highway Patrol said.

One of the women, described as elderly, was found in a cellar under a shed on her property in Lyman, according to the documents.

Miller allegedly told authorities that he'd stayed the night in the shed and entered the woman's home when she left. He waited for her behind a door, the documents allege, then shot her in the back of the head as she sat down to watch television.

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Miller said he dragged the woman to the basement and took her car, a Buick LeSabre, the documents allege, "but he did not like the car and wanted to find a different vehicle."

He told authorities that he parked near a trail and saw two women — one younger, the other older — exit a white Subaru, according to the court documents.

Miller said he approached the women and shot them, the documents allege. When the older woman continued moving, Miller allegedly said he stabbed her in the heart multiple times with a knife, according to the documents.

He then dragged the women to a ditch and laid them next to each other, the documents state.

Miller said he took the women's credit cards and used one to buy gas.

The husbands of the women who were shot on the trail discovered their bodies and called authorities, a spokesperson for the Utah Highway Patrol said. A Bureau of Land Management ranger who was dispatched to the scene discovered the elderly woman's Buick there.

After abandoning that car, the spokesperson said, investigators believe Miller took a vehicle that belonged to one of the other victims — described in the documents as a Subaru Outback — and fled.

The husband of one of the alleged victims was able to track the location of the Subaru's key fob, according to the documents. Authorities tracked the vehicle to Pegosa Springs, Colorado, where Miller was taken into custody at 2:45 a.m. Thursday.

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration ‌told airlines it wants ‌to potentially cut a few ​hundred additional flights at Chicago O'Hare airport this summer over what it initially ‌outlined last ⁠week, sources told Reuters on Thursday.

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Last week, ⁠the FAA proposed a 2,800 per day limit, ​down from ​the ​3,080 daily operations ‌announced for the summer, but above last summer's 2,680 daily flights, citing concerns about delays and airline ‌over scheduling. The ​FAA told ​airlines this ​week it wants ‌to limit flights ​to around ​2,500 per day, but that number remains under ​discussion, ‌the sources added.

(Reporting by ​David Shepardson; Editing by ​Chris Reese)

TheU.S. Postal Servicewill run out of cash within a year unless Congress lifts a decades-old cap and allows the agency to borrow more money, the new postmaster general warned in an interview.

If it doesn't, the Postal Service might not be able to pay its employees or vendors by February 2027, with potentially dire consequences for mail delivery,Postmaster General David Steinertold The Associated Press.

"How long are employees going to work and vendors going to show up if we're not paying them?" Steiner said in an interview on Wednesday.

The postmaster general is scheduled to testify before Congress later this month about the Postal Service's financial struggles and the need to change longstanding rules and regulations that he considers burdensome. He singled out the $15 billion cap on borrowing that has been in place since 1990.

The Postal Service is an independent agency that is funded mostly through postage revenue and the services it provides. Steiner said it has all the burdens of a government agency, such as having to deliver mail six days a week to every address, but none of the benefits, such as an annual appropriation from the federal budget.

"We have to have a conversation with the American public," Steiner said. "If you want us to deliver everywhere, every day, we'll do it. That's not a problem. But who is going to pay for it?"

Steiner, a former CEO of the nation's largest waste management company and a former member of the FedEx board of directors, took over the struggling Postal Service last July. He said raising the borrowing limit is the easiest thing lawmakers can do immediately to help the agency.

"That will buy us the time to make the fixes we need to make, and we can sail on down the road," he said.

He has called forexpanding the service's revenue base, including extending itslast-mile delivery serviceto more entities. Last-mile delivery refers to the final step of getting a package from a local distribution center to a customer's door, the most labor-intensive part of the delivery process.

USPS's net losses for the 2025 fiscal year totaled $9 billion, even though total operating revenue increased by $916 million or 1.2%, due largely to its Ground Advantage shipping service. Net losses in fiscal year 2024 were $9.5 billion.

Ultimately, other changes are needed, as well, Steiner said, including giving the Postal Service authority to raise postage prices high enough to cover losses. He said increasing the price of a first-class stamp to 95 cents, from today's 78 cents, would be enough to "fix" the Postal Service's fiscal woes. A decade ago, a first-class stamp was 47 cents, although postal officials note it's still the lowest price in the industrialized world and covers a delivery range that's ten times farther than in other countries.

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But he said an independent agency created by Congress to oversee the Postal Service won't allow it, he said.

"If the Postal Regulatory Commission adopted our pricing model, problem solved," he said, adding how the package delivery side of the business could then subsidize the mail side.

Steiner and other Postal Service officials also have called for reforms to its pension and retiree health benefit obligations, including the ability to invest the money in something other than Treasury bills.

Multiple postmaster generals over the past two decades have repeatedly asked Congress or regulators to change the various rules governing the Postal Service. In 2022, Congress did pass the Postal Service Reform Act, which ended a requirement that the agency prefund its retiree health benefits, but it left other constraints intact.

Meanwhile, the Postal Service has seen annual volume plummet from about 220 billion pieces to about 110 billion today as more people pay bills and communicate online.

"Take those 110 billion and put a 78-cent stamp on them. That's $86 billion of revenue that evaporated in 15 years," he said. "If either FedEx or UPS lost $86 billion of revenue, they would have no revenue."

But instead of helping the Postal Service, Steiner said regulators and Congress have imposed costly mandates.

"I like to say we sort of got thrown overboard on a ship into the cold water, right? And instead of throwing us a life preserver, we get thrown an anchor," he said.

Calls on Thursday to some members of Congress who oversee the Postal Service were not immediately returned. A message was also left with Keep Us Posted, an advocacy group launched in 2021 in response to price increases and service delays. Last month, the organization warned the USPS was "headed for a taxpayer bailout" given its cash flow issues. The group urged Congress to pass legislation it says would limit rate increases to once a year, tying them to service performance, among other measures.

Steiner acknowledged he didn't realize the depth of the Postal Service's cash crunch until he took the postmaster general job last year.

"Interestingly, I'm not sure some of the people at the Postal Service realized how dramatic it was," he said.

The 2026 Winter Olympics may be over, but fans of the games still have a few more chances to see their favorite Olympic sports in action before a multi-year layoff. The 2026 Paralympics start are upon us and feature many of the same events already shown off by athletes at the Milan Cortina Games.

With the Paralympics just around the corner, here's everything fans need to know about the 2026 Paralympics, including the start date, events and how to watch coverage of the games.

When are the 2026 Paralympics?

The Opening Ceremony for the 2026 Paralympics will take place Friday, March 6. While that marks the "beginning" of the games, some sports — like wheelchair curling and para alpine skiing — are already underway. Both of those events began Wednesday, March 4, and continued into Thursday. The final events take place Sunday, March 15.

Where are the 2026 Paralympics?

Just like the 2026 Winter Olympics, the 2026 Paralympics will take place in Milan-Cortina in Italy. Milan and Cortina are technically two separate cities, but the event was called the Milan Cortina Games due to their proximity, and the fact that events will be held in both cities during the games.

2026 Paralympics events

The following sports will take place at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games:

• Para alpine skiing

• Wheelchair curling

• Para biathlon

• Para ice hockey

• Para snowboard

• Para cross-country skiing

Many of those sports will feature multiple events. Alpine skiing, for example, will include downhill sitting, downhill standing, super-G, slalom and various other events. The same can be said of biathlon, snowboarding and cross-country skiing, which will also feature multiple events in those sports. Wheelchair curling will hold a mixed doubles event and a mixed team event at the 2026 Paralympics. And Para ice hockey will feature one tournament. The gold-medal hockey game will close out the Paralympics, and is scheduled to be the final event of the Games before the Closing Ceremony.

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2026 Paralympics athletes to watch

Team USA will send a total of 72 athletes the Paralympics in 2026. That isfive more athletesthan the country sent to Beijing in 2022, per Axios.

Here are a few of the biggest names to watch at the games:

• Para skier Oksana Masters: Masters is a multisport Paralympic athlete. During the Winter Paralympics, she competes in skiing, where she's won three gold medals in various para skiing events over the years. She's also a Paralympic rower during the Summer Paralympics, and has two golds in that event.

• Para snowboarder Brenna Huckaby: At age 14, Huckaby had her leg amputated due to cancer. She learned to snowboard following that procedure and has three Paralympic gold medals under her belt.

• Para skier Joshua Sweeney: A former member of the United States Marine Corp., Sweeney received a Purple Heart after being deployed to Afghanistan. He stepped on an IED while overseas, losing both legs. Sweeney initially competed in Para ice hockey, winning a gold medal in the sport at the 2014 Paralympics. He switched to para skiing in 2022 and will compete in that sport in Italy in 2026.

• Para ice hockey player Declan Farmer: A long-time veteran of Team USA, Farmer has won three Paralympic gold medals in ice hockey. He's been a big name in the sport since age 14, when he first made the American national team.

• Wheelchair curling athletes Steve Emt and Laura Dwyer: Mixed doubles curling will make its debut at the 2026 Paralympics, and Emt and Dwyer have a shot at a medal. The pair went 4-2 at the world championships in 2025, though missed out on making the playoffs. Emt, 56, will be the oldest person on Team USA's Paralympics roster.

How to watch the 2026 Paralympics?

The 2026 Paralympics will air on various networks and streaming platforms, including NBC, Peacock, USA Network, CNBC and NBCSports, perparalympic.org.

Until the Opening Ceremony, coverage of the games can only be viewed via streaming. That will change Friday night, as USA Network will carry the Opening Ceremony.

CNBC will then carry live coverage of events, with NBC picking up either live coverage during the day or prime-time viewing later at night. Between Monday, March 9, and Friday, March 13, USA Network will carry daily coverage of the 2026 Paralympics.

Coverage will shift back to CNBC Saturday, March 14, with NBC once again providing prime-time coverage later that evening. On the final day of the Paralympics, CNBC will provide early coverage, though NBC will air the gold-medal hockey game.

The 2026 Paralympics Closing Ceremony will air on CNBC.

OlympianAlysa Liushared a scary encounter she had with a fan at the airport.

Liu became a sensation following hergold medal-winning free skateto Donna Summer's "MacArthur Park" at the 2026Winter Olympics. While the figure skater has become known for her carefree and joyful persona, she has suddenly been thrust into the spotlight, which has brought some unwelcome attention.

Liu revealed that she was "chased" after getting off her flight on Wednesday. She asked the public for privacy after the stressful experience.

"So I land at the airport & there's a crowd waiting at the exit with cameras & things for me to sign," Liu shared in an Instagram Story on March 4. "All up in my personal space. Someone chased me to my car bruh. Please do not do that to me."

Liu, who is from Oakland, Calif., has been jetsetting across the country to discuss her skating career and Olympic wins. Her return from the Milan Cortina games has been quite a whirlwind. While disembarking her homecoming flight on Feb. 24 at the San Francisco International Airport, viral TikTok videos showedDelta employees givingher a shout-out andspectators waitingin the airport terminals for her arrival.

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The 20-year-old Olympian became the first United States woman to claim the gold since Sarah Hughes won at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. She also won gold in the team figure skating event alongside teammates Ilia Malinin, Amber Glenn, Madison Chock, Evan Bates, Ellie Kam, and Danny O'Shea.

Before that awkward post-flight encounter, Liu made anappearanceonThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonon Tuesday night, gifting host Jimmy Fallon a wig emulating her iconic halo hair.

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Luckily, Liu appears to be taking time for herself in spite of the madness. She toldTeen Voguethat she rested in the Bay Area immediately after the games.

"I went home and I literally did whatever I wanted for five days," she said. "I didn't have any media, and I had no commitments, so it was really great. I got to see a lot of my friends again, and just relax and catch up on sleep. I skated twice just because I wanted to."

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Cooper Flagg is expected to return to the Dallas Mavericks' lineup for Thursday night's game against the Orlando Magic,according to Marc Stein.

The 2025 No. 1 overall draft pick has missed eight games with a left mid-foot sprain.

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Flagg was upgraded to doubtful for Dallas' loss Tuesday to the Charlotte Hornets and is currently listedas questionable for the Magic game. Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd told reporters that Flagg willplay 20 to 25 minutesversus the Magic before seeing an uptick in minutes Friday at the Boston Celtics, his favorite childhood team.

The Mavericks won only two of the eight games they played without Flagg during this most recent injury. He also missed time this seasonwith a sprained ankleand an illness.

Through 49 games this season, Flagg is averaging 20.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game. With 21 games remaining in the regular season, Dallas is 21-40.

The congressional committee looking into the Justice Department's investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell is expanding its witness list, adding several high-profile figures connected to the pair.

Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the committee, said Thursday the Justice Department will release more Epstein files soon. It is believed roughly three million documents have yet to be published on the DOJ website and tens of thousands have been removed without explanation.

The announcement came one day after a bipartisan group on the committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi, adding her to an already lengthy list.

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Seven others linked to Epstein have been asked to testify, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, two of Epstein's employees, close confidants and Maxwell's former boyfriend.

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Those interviews will likely follow March depositions of longtime Epstein attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn. Both men agreed to settle a $35 million lawsuit with Epstein survivors who accused them of facilitating Epstein's trafficking network.

The settlement still requires a judge's approval, and attorneys for both say they have not admitted or conceded misconduct. Epstein's estate has paid about $170 million to survivors so far.