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Kate Middleton laughed and held hands with the 3-year-old daughter of a soldier serving in the Irish Guards on Tuesday, March 17, in an adorable moment

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• The Princess of Wales and honorary Colonel of the Irish Guards attended the regiment's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade at Mons Barracks

• Kate raised a customary glass of Guinness with the soldiers and their families, taking just a tiny sip of the drink after revealing that she no longer drinks much alcohol since being diagnosed with cancer in 2024

Kate Middletonshared an adorable moment with the young daughter of a soldier serving in the Irish Guards during a St. Patrick's Day event on Tuesday, March 17, holding hands with the toddler as the girl giggled, swung from Kate's arms and jumped on her legs.

Vienna, the 3-year-old daughter of Lance Sergeant Mills, who led the drums and pipes during Tuesday's parade at Mons Barracks, couldn't contain her excitement as Kate bent down to greet her. "Are you excited?" Kate asked the girl, theIndependentreported. She told Vienna she had "beautiful hair" and applauded as she twirled.

Themother of threebeamed as another soldier's daughter, 3-year-old Mila, approached her. Kate took her hands and complimented her on her green dress and bow, asking if "mummy" helped her with it.

The moment was captured onXby royals reporter Cameron Walker.

The Princess of Wales and honorary Colonel of the Irish Guards attended the regiment's St. Patrick's Day Parade at Mons Barracks on Tuesday, dressed for the occasion in an emerald green coat and matching hat. She wore the Irish Guards' gold shamrock brooch on her lapel, adding a spray of shamrocks for a festive finish.

Katestyled her hair in a braided updo, which fashion stylist Leanne Jones toldHello!magazinecould be a nod to Irish heritage and Celtic folklore. "Traditional hairstyles often featured intricate plaits symbolizing status and identity," she said.

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"No part of Kate's wardrobe is unplanned, so it wouldn't be surprising if the combination of rich green tones and this braided detail were a quiet tribute to Ireland today," Jones added.

The princess presented shamrocks to the officers and guardsmen in attendance, also extending a sprig to the regimental mascot, an Irish wolfhound officially named Turlough Mor but better known as Seamus. The parade concluded with a royal salute and a march-past, during which Kate took the salute as Colonel, a role she took over for her husband,Prince William, in 2022, as part of areshuffling of royal rolesfollowingKing Charles' accession to the throne.

Kateraised a customary glass of Guinnesswith the soldiers and their families following Tuesday's parade, smiling as the Irish Guards cried three cheers of "Hip, hip, hooray" in her honor. She took only a small sip of the drink, having revealed during a visit to Southwark Brewing Company in London on March 12 that sheno longer drinks much alcoholbecause of a previous cancer diagnosis.

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Kate announced in an Instagram video in 2024 that she wasundergoing treatment for cancer, which doctors had detectedduring an earlier abdominal surgery. The princess has not disclosed publicly the specific type or stage of cancer she was diagnosed with.

Shewent into remission last year, revealing the news as shemade a surprise visitto the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, where her own cancer was treated.

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An Amtrak train carrying more than 100 people collided with an 18-wheeler in Texas on Tuesday morning, officials confirmed.

In a statement, Amtrak said "a vehicle came into contact with the train on Union Pacific Railroad tracks near Houston."

The train was traveling from Los Angeles to New Orleans with 93 passengers and 11 crew members onboard, it said.

Officials in Missouri City, about 20 miles southwest of Houston, confirmed that fire personnel were responding to an accident involving the Amtrak train and an 18-wheeler and had extinguished a fire.

Missouri City Fire Chief Mario Partida said fire crews responded to reports of the accident on the southwest side of Houston around 11 a.m. local time.

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Amtrak said there were no reports of serious injuries.

Partida told NBC News that two minor injuries were reported and treated at the scene. He added that no crew members, including the conductor and the 18-wheeler driver, were injured.

The train did not derail as a result of the incident, Partida confirmed, but a fuel spill occurred. A hazardous materials team contained it, and there is no risk to the public.

Passengers were evacuated and taken to the next train station on buses, officials said.

"As a precaution, customers were moved off of the train. They will continue east aboard chartered buses," Amtrak said in a statement.

JASPER, Ga. (AP) — There was a shooting Tuesday at a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in a small town at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains in Georgia, and the gunman was shot and killed, police said.

VA Clinic Shooting

A Veterans Affairs employee was taken by helicopter to a hospital after the gunfire Tuesday afternoon, VA spokesman Peter Kasperowicz said.

Jasper police responded to the scene around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, the city said in a statement. Outside the VA clinic, the officers confronted the gunman, who was shot and killed, authorities said.

The gunman was from the Jasper area, Jasper Police Chief Matt Dawkins told reporters at the scene. But details about him were not immediately released.

"We don't know what led up to it," Dawkins said.

Jimmy Mooney was shopping at a nearby Goodwill store when he heard gunfire.

"We heard the gunshots going off," he said. "There was probably 17 of us inside the Goodwill that was shopping, and, they had come and told us to get in the back of the store and during that time we could see the officers running down the hill. Gunshots started going off."

The Jasper police chief said the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be investigating the shooting along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

When asked about the suspect's background, a Pickens County sheriff's spokesman said he did not know whether he had a military background.

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The clinic will remain closed for the rest of the week, Kasperowicz said.

"VA is rescheduling appointments as necessary and ensuring Veterans and staff have access to counseling and chaplain services in the wake of this tragic event," he said in an email.

The VA's Office of Inspector General will assist local authorities in the investigation, he added.

The outpatient clinic in Jasper offers services that include primary care and specialty health services, including laboratory, telehealth and mental health care, according to its website.

Jasper, a town of about 5,000 people, is roughly 60 miles (97 km) north of downtown Atlanta. Signs on a highway through the town call it Georgia's "First Mountain City" as the Blue Ridge Mountains come into view as motorists from Atlanta head north.

Photos from the local newspaper, the Pickens Progress, showed more than a half-dozen law enforcement officers responding to the scene, wearing tactical vests near a strip mall in the town.

The clinic opened in the summer of 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said in a news release announcing its grand opening.

"The new Pickens County VA Clinic will increase access and ensure that our Veterans continue to receive the high-quality health care that they have earned and deserve closer to their home," officials said in the release.

Martin reported from Kennesaw, Georgia.

Former models and crew members ofThe Price Is Rightare speaking out about the uncomfortable culture on set during theBob Barkerera of the show.

Though the CBS game show has promised fun for the whole family since it began its run in 1972, several women who worked on the show insist that the work environment was far from family-friendly. In a clip from E!'s new docuseries,Dirty Rotten Scandals, Kathleen Bradley and Holly Hallstrom detail some of the behavior that made life very difficult for them and their fellow models (nicknamed "Bob's Beauties"), back when the show was hosted by Barker.

"When I initially started the show, everybody was pretty cool, really friendly, especially the crew," Bradley began. "But over a course of time, I kind of noticed the guys were kind of talking, looking, gawking at the girls. I found out this is a little more commonplace than I thought."

Barbara Hunter, who came aboard as a producer just a few years into the show's run, said that such bad behavior wasn't just targeted at the models.

"It became common knowledge to stay away from this person or stay away from that person," she said of her own experience. "There was stuff going on where you had to say, 'Hey, stop that.' One time, I was in the elevator and one of the men just stuck their hands right on my boobs. I had to push him away."

She added, "I didn't say anything. It became instinct to know how to handle it."

Bradley recounted a similar experience, sharing that there was "one guy in particular" who was "too friendly" with the women.

"He would rub up against us, joking around. It's totally inappropriate," she explained. "I learned the stagehand had been around on the set for a long time and was probably doing it to all the other girls."

Bradley claimed that when she took the issue to the show's producers, nothing changed. "To my surprise, no action was taken," she stated. "I was really taken aback. This was really sexual harassment. So I took matters into my own hands."

Bradley recounted a day when there were golf clubs on set, prompting her to call over the offender for a demonstration.

"I said, 'Do you know how to play golf?' He said, 'Yeah, I play a little bit. Come here. Let me show you,'" she recalled. "So I let him get behind me. And I backed up and accidentally hit him right in the groin — accidentally on purpose, that was."

She added, "We were so exhausted and tired of the treatment. You just have to do what you have to do."

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Hallstrom then criticized Barker, the show's host of 35 years who retired in 2007 anddied at 99 in 2023after battling Alzheimer's. The former model claimed that if anyone complained to Barker, who she said was "in charge of the show," that he would tell her "to get over it or look for a new job."

The women shared that the complaints eventually did make their way up the ladder, but claimed that CBS' solution was to institute a "10-Second-Rule" stating that no one was allowed to "openly stare at a model for more than 10 seconds."

Hallstrom slammed this move as "a joke," explaining, "There was no one monitoring how long the guys were staring at the models… It was an appeasement. They did things that made it look like they were taking action, so you will stop complaining and go away."

She added that the situation grew more complex after Barker allegedly began an affair with model Dian Parkinson, one of the longest-serving models on the show.

"It took a toll," she said of the relationship. "There was fighting on the sets, yelling, and it was massive. And it ultimately, I think, destroyedThe Price is Right."

Entertainment Weeklyhas reached out to representatives at CBS for comment.

Barker hostedThe Price Is Rightfrom its premiere on Sept. 4, 1972 through his June 2007 retirement. Across that period he won 14 Daytime Emmy Awards as the show's host and four more as an executive producer, in addition to a lifetime achievement Emmy in 1999.

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Barker did face a few public scandals relating to the show's on-set culture, though they had little impact on his popularity as the face of the beloved game show. In 1994, Barker was sued for sexual harassment by Parkinson, prompting him to publicly confirm their affair, claiming that she initiated the relationship. Parkinsondropped the lawsuita year later, stating that it was hurting her health.

Hallstrom later publicly called out Barker andThe Price Is Right,claiming that she was dismissed from the show because of slight weight gain caused by her prescription medication. Barker denied the allegations, though Hallstromstands by her claimsin the upcoming docuseries.

Dirty Rotten Scandals: The Price Is Rightpremieres on E! with two back-to-back episodes on March 18.

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By Jarrett Renshaw

March 18 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are betting the oil-price shock sparked by the Iran crisis will be too short-lived to hurt them politically in November, but traders and industry analysts see signs that U.S. pump prices will stay painfully high long after any diplomatic breakthrough.

Oil prices ‌have surged as the conflict disrupted global supply. U.S. crude topped $100 a barrel for the first time since the 2022 Russia-Ukraine shock. U.S. diesel climbed above $5 a ‌gallon, its highest since late 2022. The disruptions stem in large part from Iran's effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the choke point through which roughly one-fifth of global oil normally flows.

Trump has repeatedly said the higher ​energy costs are a small price to pay for neutralizing Iran. On Tuesday, he again predicted energy prices would "drop like a rock" after the conflict ends.

But oil futures, government forecasts and seasonal summer demand point to elevated crude and gasoline prices persisting even if tensions ease, analysts warned, noting that energy costs tend to fall slower than they rise.

"It's going to take time for those prices to come back down," said Matt Smith, an analyst at energy consultant group Kpler.

If fuel costs stay high through the summer, voters could blame Trump's Republican Party for straining household budgets and punish its ‌candidates in November's midterm elections. Polls show voters are worried about ⁠the cost of living. Affordability is the key issue for Democrats, who are within reach of getting a majority in the House of Representatives and narrowing Republicans' margin of control in the Senate.

Trump has long used social media and the White House megaphone to shape the political narrative, ⁠but gasoline prices are hard to spin, said Chris Borick, a pollster and political science professor at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania.

"It's the most in-your-face reminder of affordability concerns, and it's almost impossible to convince voters of some kind of contextual case that outweighs their emotional reaction," Borick said.

White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said Trump has been "right about everything," and oil prices are no different.

"Once the military objectives of Operation ​Epic ​Fury are completed and the Iranian terrorist regime is neutralized, oil and gas prices will drop rapidly—potentially even ​lower this before the strikes began," Rogers said.

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SIGNS POINT TO HIGHER ‌FOR LONGER

The U.S. Energy Information Administration this month sharply raised its outlook for crude and fuel prices. It now projects Brent crude will average about $79 a barrel in 2026, up 37% from a prior forecast of $58, while U.S. retail gasoline is expected to average $3.34 a gallon, up nearly 15% from its prior estimate.

For 2027, the revised government forecasts put global crude prices about 22% higher and U.S. gasoline prices roughly 8.4% higher than previous projections, underscoring expectations that tighter supplies and geopolitical risks could keep energy costs elevated for years.

Oil futures markets tell a similar story, with contracts for delivery well into next year trading above levels seen earlier this year.

U.S. crude futures have averaged $68.10 a barrel so far this year but are expected to average $85.25 ‌for the remainder of 2026 and $71.35 in 2027, according to LSEG. That compares with an average of about $64.70 ​a barrel in 2025.

Florence Schmit, an energy strategist at Rabobank, said any normalization would be gradual.

"Even if they ​signed a peace deal tomorrow, it would take months before we see a full ​resumption of traffic and energy flows," she said, adding prices could ease to the mid-to-high $70s by year‑end.

U.S. drivers are feeling the impact. The national average ‌for regular fuel climbed on Tuesday to $3.79 per gallon from $3.54 a week ​ago and $2.92 a month ago, according to industry data. ​Prices are up sharply from $3.08 a year ago, reflecting broader inflationary pressures in energy markets and tighter crude supplies.

Since the conflict began on February 28, Trump has reviewed a range of options to ease price pressure, with Chief of Staff Susie Wiles taking a lead role in the effort, Reuters has reported.

The administration has already taken ​several steps to blunt the supply shock and stabilize global markets, ‌including easing certain sanctions on Russian energy exports to bring additional crude to the market and joining allied nations in a historic, coordinated release of strategic ​petroleum reserves.

The U.S. release of roughly 200 million barrels from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve is expected to occur over several months, limiting its immediate impact on ​prices.

(Reporting By Jarrett Renshaw; additional reporting by Georgina McCartney; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and David Gregorio)