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Neil Sedaka, the singer-songwriter behind dozens of hits of the 1960s and ’70s, dies at age 86

By LEANNE ITALIE
Feb 27, 2026 6:43 pm - Neil Sedaka, the hit-making singer-songwriter whose boyish soprano and bright melodies made him a top act in the early years of rock ‘n' roll and led to a second run of success in the 1970s, has died.
Trump orders all federal agencies to phase out use of Anthropic technology

By MATT O'BRIEN and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Feb 27, 2026 4:28 pm - President Donald Trump said Friday he was ordering all federal agencies to phase out the use of Anthropic technology after the company’s unusually public dispute with the Pentagon over artificial intelligence safety.
Sweden says it intercepted Russian drone during visit by French aircraft carrier

Feb 27, 2026 4:22 pm - A Russian drone carried out an unauthorized flight off southern Sweden earlier this week while a French aircraft carrier was docked in the port of Malmö, the Swedish military said Friday, in what the defense minister said was a violation of his country's airspace.
US military used a laser to shoot down a Border Protection drone

By Victoria Craw and Alex Horton
Feb 27, 2026 4:15 pm - The U.S. military fired a laser to bring down a drone operated by Customs and Border Protection in Texas, officials and lawmakers said, triggering a second airspace closure along the Mexico border this month and further exposing the apparent lack of coordination among government agencies.
Bill Clinton says he 'did nothing wrong' with Epstein as he faces grilling over their relationship

By STEPHEN GROVES
Feb 27, 2026 12:00 pm - Former President Bill Clinton told members of Congress on Friday that he “did nothing wrong” in his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and saw no signs of Epstein's sexual abuse as he faced hours of grilling from lawmakers over his connections to the disgraced financier from more than two decades ago.
Scouting America will alter its policies to maintain support from the US military, Pentagon says

By BEN FINLEY and JAMIE STENGLE
Feb 27, 2026 8:20 am - Scouting America will alter several policies at the urging of the Pentagon, including a requirement that members use “biological sex at birth and not gender identity,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday.
Iranian agents obstructed care at hospitals packed with wounded protesters

By SARAH EL DEEB
Feb 27, 2026 6:42 am - As wounded anti-government protesters poured into an Iranian hospital during last month’s crackdown, a young doctor hurried to the emergency room to help treat a man in his 40s who had been shot in the head at close range.
Pakistan is in 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes, defense minister says

By MUNIR AHMED and ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN
Feb 27, 2026 6:39 am - Pakistan and Afghanistan traded attacks in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the countries that Pakistan’s defense minister said Friday means they are now in “open war.”
NTSB chair slams House aviation bill as ‘watered-down’ after 67 deaths near Washington

By JOSH FUNK
Feb 26, 2026 9:32 pm - The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it’s misleading for members of the House to say their package of aviation safety reforms would address the recommendations that her agency made in January to prevent another midair collision like the one last year near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people.
Kash Patel purges more FBI agents tied to Mar-a-Lago investigation

By Perry Stein and Aaron C. Davis
Feb 26, 2026 9:27 pm - FBI Director Kash Patel continued his purge Thursday of FBI agents and staff tied to the probe into Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents after he left office in 2021, firing at least a dozen agents across the country this week.

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