World News “Now is the time to seize control of your destiny, and to unleash the prosperous and glorious future that is close within your reach.” President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) AP By The Associated Press
A bombing that targeted an Iraqi military base housing a pro-Iran group killed at least two people, Iraqi authorities said Saturday. File: A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on February 28, 2026. (Photo by AFP) (AFP) The United States and Israel have launched strikes against Iran, with US President Donald
The US-Israel joint operations against Iran has sent the Middle East into tizzy, with explosions in key cities, countries shuttering their airspaces and flights announcing cancellations. The Flightradar24 website was down for several users amid US-Iran conflict. (X/Flightradar24) While the leading international flight carriers have shut their flight operations to the Middle East, the airspace
This winter, it seems like the atmosphere just wants to snow in Connecticut. In addition to the two major snowstorms this winter, several nuisance events brought minor snow accumulation to the state, adding to our seasonal totals. How much snow has Connecticut seen this winter? Typically, quite a range of snow totals can emerge during
The fight between the US government and Anthropic is no longer a contract negotiation dispute. It is a clash over killer robots and mass surveillance – and over who decides how artificial intelligence is used in war. At the centre is a blunt question: can a private AI company refuse to let its systems be
US President Donald Trump on Saturday directed all federal agencies in the country to stop using Anthropic, an AI startup the President heavily denounced in a lengthy Truth Social post. With this move and the Pentagon’s designation of Anthropic as a “supply chain risk”, the AI firm’s work prospects appear to be in danger. US
The United States issued an advisory for its citizens in Pakistan, asking them to remain alert and keep a low profile, in view of recent military confrontation with Afghanistan that has spiked the tensions in region since Thursday. Track updates on Pak-Afghan ‘war’ An army soldier stands guard at a deserted entry point at the
An aircraft of the Bolivian Air Force crashed near the capital city of La Paz just when it was landing on Friday, leading to death of at least 20 people and injuring several others. Emergency personnel work at the site where a Bolivian Air Force Hercules aircraft crashed on Friday evening onto a busy avenue
Milwaukee meteorologist Lindsey Slater is no longer with WISN-TV (Channel 12). The popular morning news meteorologist did not appear on the station’s morning newscasts on Feb. 27 and she is no longer featured on the Channel 12 staff page. Slater also updated her LinkedIn page to reflect that she no longer works at the ABC
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OpenAI has reached a deal on deploying its AI models in the classified network of the US Department of War, the firm’s CEO Sam Altman said in a post on Saturday. The development comes amid the ongoing tussle between the Pentagon and AI startup Anthropic AI. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made the announcement through X
new video loaded: Green Party Defeats Labour in U.K. Special Election transcript Back transcript Green Party Defeats Labour in U.K. Special Election Hannah Spencer, a plumber by trade, won a British parliamentary seat in a district that had been represented by the Labour Party for generations. Her victory signaled frustration from left-leaning voters with Prime
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A far-right agitator caused outrage by testifying before Idaho’s House Business Committee this week wearing an offensive brownface costume. David Pettinger, 49, arrived to discuss a bill concerning unauthorized workers in the state and the prospect of introducing an E-Verify program while wearing brown makeup, sunglasses, a wig, a beard, and handcuffs dangling from his
A standoff between one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent artificial intelligence companies and the United States military came to a head this week, with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refusing to bend to Pentagon pressure over how its AI technology can be used in national security operations, essentially for AI-guided weapons imn war. Anthropic CEO Dario
Morning opening: Russia, Ukraine agree on temporary ceasefire to repair lines to Zaporizhzhia plant Jakub Krupa A local ceasefire around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine has been agreed, with the help of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to allow for necessary repairs of the backup power lines to the plant. The IAEA has
South Korea will soon no longer be one of the few countries where Google Maps doesn’t work properly, after its security-conscious government reversed a two-decade stance to approve the export of high-precision map data to overseas servers. The approval was made “on the condition that strict security requirements are met,” the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure
Pakistan will not compromise on peace and territorial integrity, said its President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday after the country launched what it described were retaliatory strikes against Afghanistan, killing over 130 Taliban fighters. A Pakistani army tank stands at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman on February 27, following overnight cross-border fighting between the two
A powerful Iran-backed Iraqi armed group told its fighters to prepare for the scenario of a long war in neighbouring Iran should the United States launch strikes. US and Iranian negotiators met for a third round of talks on Thursday, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi telling state TV that the talks “made very good
Rock Hill Schools voted this week to name the welcome center at Northwestern High School after Samuel Foster, a 93-year-old educator who was the first Black principal of a fully integrated high school in South Carolina. Foster began his tenure when the York County school first opened in 1971. The naming of the welcome center
