Nation and World
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After a storied civil rights career, Jesse Jackson headed home to South Carolina to lie in state
Mar 02, 2026 2:49 pm - The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. never stopped fighting for civil rights around the world. This includes South Carolina, the state where he was born and raised, and where he first experienced state-sanctioned racial discrimination.
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Gunman was not on the FBI’s radar before he opened fire on a crowded Texas bar, authorities say
Mar 02, 2026 2:47 pm - The gunman who opened fire outside a crowded Texas bar and killed two people in an attack that wounded 14 others was not on the radar of authorities before the shooting, federal and local investigators said Monday.
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National Park Service database flags hundreds of items that might ‘disparage’ America
Mar 02, 2026 1:24 pm - Managers have flagged several hundred displays and materials at hundreds of national park locations since last summer in response to administration orders to scrub sites of “partisan ideology,” descriptions that “disparage” Americans, or materials that stray from a focus on the nation’s “beauty, abundance, or grandeur.”
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A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon blood red on Tuesday across several continents
Mar 02, 2026 11:47 am - A blood-red moon will soon grace the skies for a total lunar eclipse — and there won't be another until late 2028.
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Limited flights from UAE begin as governments seek to extract citizens from Middle East
Mar 02, 2026 8:07 am - Several international airlines cautiously resumed a small number of flights from the United Arab Emirates on Monday, providing the first opportunity for travelers stranded by sweeping airspace closures to leave the country after the U.S. and Israel bombarded Iran, and Iran struck back at targets across the Middle East.
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Hegseth addresses strikes in Iran and says this conflict is 'not endless'
Mar 02, 2026 7:43 am - WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday spoke to widening concerns that the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by...
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War in the Mideast widens as Trump says strikes on Iran could last several weeks
Mar 02, 2026 7:28 am - Israel and the United States pounded Iran on Monday in a campaign that U.S. President Donald Trump said would likely take several weeks. Tehran and its allies hit back against Israel, Gulf states and targets critical to the world’s energy production.
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‘Sinners’ wins best ensemble at Actor Awards, setting up Oscar showdownMar 01, 2026 9:44 pm - After a near awards-season sweep by “One Battle After Another,” “Sinners” won best ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild’s 32nd Actor Award on Sunday, setting up a potentia...
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3 US troops killed and 5 are seriously wounded during Iran attacks, military says
Mar 01, 2026 5:20 pm - WASHINGTON — Three American service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded during the U.S. attacks on Iran, the military announced Sunday, marking the...
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9 killed as protesters try to storm US Consulate in Pakistan over killing of Iran’s supreme leader
Mar 01, 2026 7:44 am - KARACHI, Pakistan — Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in the Pakistani port city of Karachi left at least nine people killed and more than 50 others ...