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Martinelli's 28 points send Northwestern to yet another win over Indiana 72-68Feb 24, 2026 9:16 pm - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Nick Martinelli scored 28 points, Jake West added 16 points and Northwestern rallied to beat Indiana 72-68 on Tuesday night for its first six-game win...
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Pentagon appeals order blocking Sen. Mark Kelly’s punishment for call to resist unlawful ordersFeb 24, 2026 9:09 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is appealing a judge's order that blocks him from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders, according to a court filing on Tuesday.
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From Cabinet secretary to doomsday president: What being the designated survivor is likeFeb 24, 2026 9:05 pm - They typically start the day as low-profile Cabinet secretaries. They end it that way, too, God willing. But when the rest of the government is gathered together for a big event, like President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night, a designated survivor is kept away to ensure someone in the line of leadership succession stays alive.
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Northeast US digs out from brutal snowstorm that disrupted flights and canceled schoolFeb 24, 2026 7:59 pm - Millions across the northeastern United States on Tuesday contended with treks to school and work as they dug out from a major — and in some areas record-breaking — storm that blanketed the region with snow, canceled flights, disrupted transit and downed power lines.
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Cartel violence fuels doubts about FIFA World Cup games in MexicoFeb 24, 2026 7:54 pm - Hugo Alejandro Pérez was in his house a few miles from the Mexican stadium that is slated to host FIFA World Cup games when gunfire and explosions erupted just outside his door.The 53-year-old restaurant owner was already skeptical about his city, Guadalajara, hosting the international sporting event.
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House rejects bill requiring aircraft locator systems to prevent midair collisions like last year’sFeb 24, 2026 7:30 pm - The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year’s tragic midair collision near Washington, D.C., to require all aircraft flying around busy airports to have key locator systems to prevent such crashes. The collision of an airliner and an Army helicopter killed 67 people in January 2025.
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Hegseth warns Anthropic to let the military use the company’s AI tech as it sees fit, AP sources sayFeb 24, 2026 7:24 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic's CEO a Friday deadline to open the company's artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use or risk losing its government contract, according to a person familiar with their meeting Tuesday.
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Scarification: The simple seed-starting trick that helps tough-coated seeds sprout fasterFeb 24, 2026 6:14 pm - The hard coating on some seeds makes it difficult for them to sprout. Scarification can help to get them started.
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Zelenskyy says Putin has ‘not broken’ Ukrainians as he marks 4 years since Russia’s all-out invasionFeb 24, 2026 4:33 pm - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared Tuesday that Russia has not “broken Ukrainians” nor triumphed in its war, four years after an invasion that has severely tested the resolve of Kyiv and its allies and fueled European fears about the scale of Moscow’s ambitions.
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Iranians worry over American military buildup as last-chance round of talks nearsFeb 24, 2026 3:44 pm - As the United States assembles its greatest military firepower in decades in the Middle East, Iranians are warily awaiting the next round of talks with the U.S. in Geneva this week — negotiations that many see as a last chance for their ruling theocracy to strike a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump.