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Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
The US-Israeli attacks on Iran Saturday stirred hopes for regime change among some Massachusetts residents with ties to the country, even as others denounced President Trump's use of force abroad. Many learned of the joint strikes when they awoke Saturday — hours after Iranian media first reported explosions in Tehran, and after Trump, in a video on Truth Social, urged Iranians to seize control of their ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
OpenAI has agreed to deploy its own artificial intelligence models within the Defense Department's classified network after rival Anthropic PBC saw its relationship with the Pentagon implode over surveillance and autonomous weapons concerns. OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said late Friday that he'd reached an agreement with the department that reflects the company's principles on prohibiting "domestic ...
Source: bradenton.com
Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's military, backed by artillery and air power, struck more military installations deep inside Afghanistan overnight and into early Saturday, after Pakistan said it was in "open war" with its eastern neighbor. Pakistan claimed more than 300 Afghan forces had been killed since fighting erupted Thursday night during a broad Afghan cross-border attack into Pakistan. Afghanistan rejected ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
By OpenAI just broke its own record. The company behind ChatGPT announced Friday it has raised $110 billion in new funding, nearly tripling the $41 billion round it closed in March 2025, which was itself the largest private tech fundraise in history at the time. The company said Amazon ( AMZN ) is investing $50 billion , with Nvidia ( NVDA ) and SoftBank committing $30 billion each. The deal values OpenAI at $730 ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
Lifestyle Travel Iran Conflict Upends Travel Plans Beyond Gulf Region The Gulf Region is an international air crossroads. Military action between the United States and Iran has upset air traffic for connecting passengers bound for worldwide destinations. Updated Feb 28, 2026, 08:14pm EST The Persian Gulf region is an air crossroads. It's home to the connecting hubs for several national carriers with global reach, ...
Source: forbes.com
Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
In response, some are offering a simple proof point: They need fewer workers to get the job done. The most recent example of a CEO cutting workers en masse while talking up AI's transformative power is Block cofounder and CEO Jack Dorsey. On Thursday, he announced plans to The cheapest way for a CEO to boost a company's stock price — and to signal readiness to capitalize on the AI boom — is to conduct a ...
Source: insider.com
Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in Israeli attacks , with U.S. support, on Saturday. He was 86 years old. President Trump announced the Iranian leader's death on social media , saying Khamenei could not avoid U.S. intelligence and surveillance. A source briefed on the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran told NPR earlier Saturday that an Israeli airstrike killed Khamenei . During his 36-year rule, ...
Source: npr.org
Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The death toll rose to 22 on Saturday from the crash of a military plane carrying 18 tons of new banknotes a day earlier near Bolivia's capital, damaging about a dozen vehicles and scattering bills on the ground, a police commander said Saturday. Another 29 people were injured, mostly passengers traveling on public transportation where the plane crashed. Among the dead are 12 men, ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
Caspar San Giorgio to appear in court after defacing London statue with slogans including 'Zionist war criminal' A 38-year-old man has been charged with criminal damage after Winston Churchill's statue outside the Houses of Parliament was sprayed with graffiti labelling the former prime minister a "Zionist war criminal". The Metropolitan police arrested Caspar San Giorgio, of no fixed address, shortly after 4am on ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Former President Bill Clinton will testify to the House Oversight Committee in a high-stakes deposition for the committee's probe into Jeffrey Epstein on Friday. The closed-door meeting is expected to take place at 11 a.m. at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in Westchester County, N.Y. Chappaqua has been the Clintons' primary residence since they left the White House at ...
Source: foxnews.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
The changes come on the heels of yet another delay for the Artemis II mission, which aims to send four astronauts on a 10-day mission around the moon. NASA on Friday announced a major overhaul to its Artemis moon program , a "course correction" that will add missions and increase the pace of launches ahead of a targeted lunar landing attempt in 2028. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the changes will increase ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Secretary Hegseth has accused Scouting America of losing their way since allowing girls and LGBTQ+ boys to join Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said that Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts, is agreeing to several "key reforms" in exchange for maintaining federal ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Friday extended an order protecting refugees in Minnesota who are lawfully in the U.S. from being arrested and deported, saying a Trump administration policy turns the "American Dream into a dystopian nightmare." U.S. District Judge John Tunheim granted a motion by advocates for refugees to convert a temporary restraining order that he issued in ...
Source: pbs.org
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
OTTAWA, Ontario — American hockey player Brady Tkachuk said Thursday that he did not appreciate a doctored TikTok video shared by the White House that made it look like he was disparaging Canadians after winning Olympic gold , calling it fake and something he would never say. The video includes fabricated audio of Tkachuk referring to Canadians as "maple syrup eating (expletive)," with the expletive bleeped ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Home » » On Feb. 26, the Pentagon shot down "a seemingly threatening" drone in southwest Texas that was later revealed to belong to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). A U.S. official shared that a laser weapon was used to neutralize the drone, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to close airspace around Fort Hancock, a small community near the U.S.-Mexico Border and about 50 miles ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — At least two retail customers pursuing tariff-related refunds have filed proposed class-action lawsuits in U.S. courts against companies that also sued to recoup costs from the import taxes the U.S. Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump imposed without the legal authority to do so. The federal court lawsuits brought against delivery company FedEx and French eyewear company ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
REGISTER NOW REGISTER NOW Topics More from TechCrunch Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch After years of appeals, Google has finally received conditional approval to export high-precision geographic information out of South Korea, a move that opens the door to let the company provide proper Google Maps services in the country, such as walking and real-time driving directions. The move reverses a long-standing policy on data ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
( The Hill ) — New polling released on Friday reveals that more Americans say they sympathize with Palestinians than they do with Israelis, a new statistic coming several months after Israel and Hamas struck a deal to pause their devastating war in the Gaza Strip. Gallup found that 41 percent of Americans sympathize with the Palestinians compared to the 36 percent who say they sympathize with the Israelis. ...
Source: wfla.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer Target will stop selling cereals containing synthetic colors by the end of May. The Minneapolis-based discounter said Friday it had been phasing out synthetic colors in cereals for several years. Right now, 85% of its cereal sales already come from products made without synthetic dyes. Target said it has worked with national brands ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com