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Lead For four years, President Vladimir V. Putin has oriented Russia’s domestic policy and public finance around the war in Ukraine, a campaign that began on Feb. 24, 2022. The Kremlin’s focus has helped stabilize front-line operations and shape negotiating positions in talks mediated by Washington, but at steep cost: the conflict has killed or … Read more

Lead: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 brings a Moon in Gemini and no Moon Alert, a combination that loosens timing restrictions for shopping and decisions while favoring conversation and adaptability. The daily readings deliver sign-by-sign notes on mood, relationships and practical matters, with most signs encouraged to connect or tidy up loose ends. Eight signs receive … Read more

Lead An NPR investigation found that the U.S. Department of Justice has withheld and removed documents from the public Epstein files database that reference allegations involving President Donald Trump. The review identified more than 50 pages — later characterized by NPR as roughly 53 pages by serial-number analysis — that appear in internal FBI records … Read more

Lead: The 2026 PGA Tour resumes this week with the Cognizant Classic in Florida, kicking off the Florida Swing and featuring major champions such as Shane Lowry and Brooks Koepka. FanDuel Sportsbook lists Lowry and Ryan Gerard as co-favorites at +1600, with Nicolai Højgaard at +2000, Rasmus Højgaard at +2200 and Koepka at +2700. SportsLine’s … Read more

Lead: The 2026 Milan‑Cortina Winter Olympics averaged 23.5 million viewers in the United States, making them the most‑watched Winter Games on U.S. television since 2014 and about 96% larger than the Beijing Games four years earlier. NBCUniversal said the figure combines linear and digital audiences across NBC, Peacock, CNBC, USA Network and other platforms, covering … Read more

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned investors that he is seeing echoes of the run‑up to the 2008 crisis as some competitors pursue higher‑yield lending to lift net interest income. Speaking at an investors session, Dimon said the pattern resembled lending behavior from 2005–2007 and stressed that JPMorgan will not follow suit. The comments were … Read more

President Donald Trump has repeatedly told supporters he has delivered on everything he promised since returning to the White House. In a January Detroit speech he declared, “I’ve kept all my promises, and much more,” and cited items such as ending taxes on tips and Social Security, imposing tariffs on foreign cars, and rolling back … Read more

In late February 2026, a series of suicide attacks inside Pakistan — including a February 6 mosque bombing in Islamabad that killed at least 36 and wounded about 170 — preceded Islamabad’s cross-border air raids into Afghanistan’s Nangarhar and Paktika provinces. Pakistani authorities say the strikes, carried out early Sunday, were intelligence-based and hit seven … Read more

Lead: A fresh leak posted on Chinese social platform Weibo on 24 February 2026 indicates that the next OnePlus flagship, widely referred to as the OnePlus 16, may sport display bezels under 1 millimeter. The tip—credited to user Old Chen Air—compares the rumored design to the OnePlus 15, which shipped with 1.15mm bezels and a … Read more

Lead: On Feb. 23, 2026, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick urged Texas health regulators not to grant a new operating license to Camp Mystic, the summer camp where flooding last July killed 27 girls and the camp’s executive director. The letter, made public and shared on social media, said it would be inappropriate to allow full … Read more

Lead Tyra Banks has asked a federal judge to award her more than $50,000 in sanctions after a Washington, D.C., landlord sued her over a planned Smize & Dream ice‑cream shop. The suit, filed in October 2025 by building owner Christopher Powell, accused Banks and her partner of abandoning a signed lease and sought more … Read more

Feb. 23, 2026 — The Pentagon has summoned Anthropic’s chief executive, Dario Amodei, to the Pentagon for a meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid a standoff over how the company’s A.I. models can be used on classified systems. The visit follows a renegotiation of a $200 million pilot contract after a Jan. 9 memo … Read more

On March 2–4, 2026, Earth will cast its full shadow on the Moon, producing a total lunar eclipse that will create a pronounced “blood moon” for observers across large parts of the night side. The event is the first lunar eclipse of 2026 and will be prominently visible from western North America, Australia, New Zealand … Read more

Nearly six years after the coronavirus first reached Vermont, many residents continue to live with long Covid — a collection of persistent, often disabling symptoms that patients say the health and social systems still fail to meet. In interviews across the state in 2024–2026, patients described severe fatigue, shortness of breath and brain fog that … Read more

Lead Meta is developing a scheduled-messages feature for WhatsApp, a functionality long requested by users and now spotted in a TestFlight beta on 23 February 2026. References and a screenshot of the Group Info screen indicate a new “Scheduled Messages” menu item, though the feature is still listed as in development and not available to … Read more