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What is Super Tuesday? Why it matters and what to watch

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
Feb 29, 2024 7:18 am - The biggest day of this year's primary campaign is approaching as 16 states vote in contests known as Super Tuesday. The elections are a crucial moment for President Joe...
Humorously morose comedian Richard Lewis, who recently starred on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' dies at 76

By MARK KENNEDY
Feb 28, 2024 3:15 pm - Richard Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes while dressed in all-black, leading to his nickname “The Prince of Pain,” has died. He was 76.
Appellate judge refuses to halt Trump's $454 million fraud penalty while he appeals

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Feb 28, 2024 12:26 pm - NEW YORK — A New York appellate judge on Wednesday refused to halt collection of Donald Trump’s $454 million civil fraud penalty while he appeals, rejecting the former pr...
Hunter Biden in defiant deposition tells House GOP he did not involve his father in his business

By FARNOUSH AMIRI
Feb 28, 2024 12:24 pm - WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden appeared Wednesday on Capitol Hill for a defiant, closed-door deposition with lawmakers, a critical moment for Republicans as their impeachment ...
McConnell will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November after a record run in the job

By MICHAEL TACKETT
Feb 28, 2024 11:50 am - WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost...
Lower auto prices are finally giving Americans a break after years of inflationary increases

By TOM KRISHER
Feb 28, 2024 8:28 am - DETROIT — Price increases for cars and trucks in the United States, which helped fuel inflation for nearly three years, are slowing and in some cases falling, helping coo...
Biden is having his annual physical exam. The results will be closely watched as he seeks reelection

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Feb 28, 2024 8:25 am - BETHESDA, Md. — President Joe Biden is visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Wednesday for his annual physical exam — and the results are sure to be cl...
About as many abortions are happening in the U.S. monthly as before Roe was overturned, report finds

By GEOFF MULVIHILL
Feb 28, 2024 8:22 am - The number of abortions performed each month is about the same as before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion more than a ye...
Out-of-control wildfires scorch Texas Panhandle and briefly shut down nuclear weapons facility

By JIM VERTUNO
Feb 28, 2024 6:37 am - A series of wildfires swept across the Texas Panhandle early Wednesday, prompting evacuations, cutting off power to thousands, and forcing the brief shutdown of a nuclear...
Michigan takeaways: Presidential primaries show warning signs for Trump and Biden

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Feb 28, 2024 6:34 am - LANSING, Mich. — Joe Biden and Donald Trump easily won their party’s primaries in Michigan, but Tuesday’s results showed that both candidates have cause for concern in th...

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