A man convicted of killing a grocery store owner during a robbery is set Tuesday evening to become the second person executed in Florida this year.
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Northeast US digs out from brutal storm that disrupted flights and canceled school
Neighbors, government workers and a powerful railroad snow-clearing machine nicknamed ''Darth Vader'' scrambled to dig out much of the northeastern United States from a brutal and — in some areas — record-breaking storm that blanketed the region with snow and resulted in thousands of flight cancellations.
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FACT FOCUS: A look at Trump's false and misleading claims ahead of the State of the Union
President Donald Trump will deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term on Tuesday. Priorities for the Republican's administration have centered largely on the economy, immigration, crime, energy and national security.
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State of the Union offers Trump a chance to make the case for his foreign policy approach
President Donald Trump's State of the Union address is expected to tilt heavily on domestic issues, but it's also a chance for the Republican to make the case for his foreign policy efforts to Americans who are increasingly demonstrating uneasiness about his priorities.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge winners use AI and resident input to improve city services
The winners of this year's Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge created innovative projects to improve their cities' core services – many using some combination of artificial intelligence and the wisdom of their residents.
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Trump's State of the Union will seek to calm voters' economic concerns ahead of midterm elections
President Donald Trump will use Tuesday's State of the Union to champion his immigration crackdowns, his slashing of the federal government, his push to preserve widespread tariffs that the Supreme Court just struck down and his ability to direct quick-hit military actions around the world, including in Iran and Venezuela.
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Hegseth and Anthropic CEO set to meet as debate intensifies over the military's use of AI
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to meet Tuesday with the CEO of Anthropic, with the artificial intelligence company the only one of its peers to not supply its technology to a new U.S. military internal network.
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Supreme Court ruling against Trump's tariffs is unlikely to mean an end to trade policy chaos
The Supreme Court's stunning rebuke of President Donald Trump's most sweeping tariffs means he can't conjure up new import taxes on a whim anymore.
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Blizzard prompts Boston Globe management to call off printing paper for first time in 153 years
A record-setting snowstorm has prompted managers of The Boston Globe to call off printing their daily newspaper for the first time in its 153-year-old history.
February 24, 2026
More than 30,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers to end strike in California and Hawaii
An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers will return to work on Tuesday after a four-week strike in California and Hawaii to demand better wages and staffing.
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Volunteers scour the desert for Nancy Guthrie despite authorities urging them to stop
The disappearance of ''Today'' show host Savannah Guthrie's mother three weeks ago has inspired a small number of volunteers to launch their own searches in the dense desert near her home in hopes of cracking the case.
February 24, 2026
Photos of violence in Mexico after the army killed cartel boss Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera
The Mexican army Sunday killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, ''El Mencho.'' That effectively decapitated what had become Mexico's most powerful cartel.
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