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    US, Israel pound Iran as Trump signals willingness to talk to new leadership after Khamenei’s death
    Iran vowed revenge Sunday after the killing of its supreme leader and traded strikes with Israel as part of a widening war prompted by a surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment a day earlier.
    A motorcycle drives past a picture of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei along an empty street in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026, following the confirmed death of Khamenei in U.S. and Israeli strikes.
    Iran’s supreme leader killed in attack launched by US and Israel, officials say
    Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, Israeli officials said on Saturday.
    People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026.(AP Photo)
    Marylanders take strong stances after US and Israel launch attack on Iran
    The attacks have been anticipated for weeks as the Trump administration has made comments hinting at a campaign against the Iranian regime.
    FEBRUARY 28, 2026 -  Crowds of people during the at the protest in McKeldin Plaza against the strikes on Iran.
    Joe Biden flies commercial from Reagan Airport, ends up stuck in delays like everyone else
    Biden, who has rarely made public appearances since leaving office last year, sat, like many of his fellow passengers, awaiting a flight that would take him to Columbia, S.C.
    President Joe Biden is seen on a plane before takeoff traveling from Washington to South Carolina, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
    Federal prosecutors won’t appeal death penalty ruling in Luigi Mangione case
    Federal prosecutors won’t appeal a ruling that bars them from seeking the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
    FILE - Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for an evidence hearing, Dec. 18, 2025, in New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Pool Photo via AP, File)
    Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks’ estate over use of her ‘stolen’ cells for medicine
    Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks, which alleged the drugmaker profited from her cells taken without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs for medical advances.
    FILE - Attorney Ben Crump, second from left, walks with Ron Lacks, left, Alfred Lacks Carter, third from left, both grandsons of Henrietta Lacks, and other descendants of Lacks, outside the federal courthouse in Baltimore, Oct. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)
    The end of Hollywood or a brighter future? What a Paramount-owned Warner Bros. means for movies
    Two of Hollywood’s oldest studios may be consolidating into one. In a shocking twist after a monthslong bidding war, Paramount has emerged as the apparent victor in the fight to acquire Warner Bros.
    The Paramount Pictures water tower is seen in Los Angeles, Dec. 18, 2025, with the Hollywood sign in the distance. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
    Prosecutor calls delayed charges against Kilmar Ábrego García ‘extraordinary’ but justified
    Kilmar Ábrego García’s mistaken deportation has galvanized both sides of the immigration debate.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura, behind left, arrive at the federal courthouse Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
    Takeaways from State of the Union: Sales mode to pitch economy, draft on patriotism
    Trump took the high road to honor the gold medal-winning U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team and a war hero before pivoting abruptly to ridiculing Democrats.
    U.S. President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the Capitol on February 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump delivered his address days after the Supreme Court struck down the administration's tariff strategy, and amid a U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf threatening Iran.
    Trump’s State of the Union seeks to calm economic jitters: ‘We’re winning so much’
    A main theme will be that the country is booming with a rise in domestic manufacturing and new jobs, despite many Americans not feeling that way.
    President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.
    House rejects bill requiring aircraft locator systems to prevent midair collisions
    The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year’s tragic midair collision near Washington, D.C., to require all aircraft flying around busy airports to have key locator systems to prevent such crashes.
    Family members of the people who were killed in the midair collision near Washington Reagan National Airport listen during a news conference as Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., speaks, not shown, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
    Maryland sues to block planned Washington County ICE detention center
    The suit asks a federal judge to void the Department of Homeland Security’s purchase of a warehouse and block any further development of the property.
    his new warehouse off Hopewell Road outside Hagerstown has beed toured by government officials for possible use as an ICE detention facility.
    After Supreme Court rebuke, Democrats call for government to refund billions in Trump tariff money
    A trio of Senate Democrats is calling for the government to start refunding roughly $175 billion in tariff revenues that the Supreme Court ruled were collected because of an illegal set of orders by President Donald Trump.
    The U.S. Capitol surrounded by trees, in Washington, D.C., on June 12, 2025.
    Millions are stuck at home due to blizzard warnings and travel shutdowns in northeastern US
    A massive snowstorm pummeled the northeast United States from Maryland to Maine on Monday, forcing millions of people to stay home amid strong wind and blizzard warnings, transportation shutdowns, and school and business closures.
    Women sipping coffee at a coffee shop watch as pedestrians pass during a snow storm, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, in New York.
    TSA says PreCheck still operational after previous announcement of suspension during funding fight
    The Transportation Security Administration said Sunday that its PreCheck program would remain operational despite an earlier announcement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that the airport security service was being suspended during the partial government shutdown.
    Cornia Lemon of the Transportation Security Administration checks a traveler's identification at BWI Airport on Jan. 23.
    Armed man shot dead inside secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service says
    An armed man drove into the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as another vehicle was exiting before being shot and killed early Sunday morning, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service.
    FILE - This is an aerial view of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla.
    US beats Canada for first men’s hockey gold at the Olympics since 1980
    Jack Hughes scored in overtime and the U.S. defeated Canada 2-1 in the gold medal final at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday to earn the nation’s third men’s title at the Games and its first since the “Miracle on Ice” in 1980.
    United States' Kyle Connor (81), Zach Werenski (8), Jack Hughes (86) and Clayton Keller (91) react after receiving their gold medals after the United States defeated Canada in the men's ice hockey gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.
    Trump approves disaster assistance to DC to help with sewage spill into Potomac River
    President Donald Trump has approved emergency assistance to Washington, D.C., to help the city address a sewage system leak that dumped at least 250 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River.
    Raw sewage flows into the Potomac River after a massive sewage pipe rupture in Glen Echo, Md., Friday, Jan. 23, 2026.
    Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda
    The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda.
    The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.
    Slavery exhibit removed by Trump administration is returning to Independence Mall in Philadelphia
    An exhibit detailing the lives of nine people enslaved by President George Washington in Philadelphia is being reinstalled Thursday, despite an ongoing legal fight between the city and the Trump administration.
    Panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at the President's House Site in Philadelphia are put back Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.
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