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‘This is a hopeful message’: Study shows certain activities could postpone Alzheimer’s by 5 yearsFeb 27, 2026 8:45 am - The hours you spend tracing countries on a globe or puzzling over a chessboard may add up to more than idle time. According to a new study, such mentally stimulating pursuits are linked to years-long delays in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment.
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Kash Patel purges more FBI agents tied to Mar-a-Lago investigationFeb 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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Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergencyFeb 26, 2026 7:51 pm - Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.
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US, Iran wrap round of talks as Trump weighs diplomacy against strikesFeb 26, 2026 7:25 pm - U.S. and Iranian officials completed a round of nuclear negotiations Thursday in Geneva in the shadow of a large-scale U.S. military buildup around Iran. The sides made “significant progress” and an agreement to meet next week to discuss technical details in Vienna, said Oman’s foreign minister, the mediator of the talks.
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Refugee released by Border Patrol found dead, sparking outrageFeb 26, 2026 7:03 pm - Border Patrol agents left a partially blind refugee who spoke little English in the parking lot of a Buffalo coffee shop the night of Feb. 19 shortly before the man disappeared, according to security camera footage reviewed by The Washington Post. He was found dead five days later.
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The spring movie season is bloody. Here are 10 (mostly) fright-free flicks.Feb 26, 2026 3:09 pm - For those of us looking for escape from real-world nightmares, here are 10 of the most anticipated — and mostly fright-free — new movies this spring.
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DOJ reviewing if Epstein files with Trump allegations were wrongly withheldFeb 26, 2026 2:30 pm - The Justice Department said Thursday that it is examining whether it wrongly withheld FBI files that contained allegations against President Donald Trump in its release of millions of pages from the investigatory files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy unlawful, judge findsFeb 25, 2026 4:12 pm - A federal judge in Boston ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration’s policy of deporting undocumented immigrants to countries where they are not citizens is unconsti...
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Cubans attempted to ‘infiltrate’ island on US speedboat, Havana saysFeb 25, 2026 2:51 pm - Cuban forces killed four people on an American speedboat after it opened fire on Cuban border agents Wednesday morning, the country’s Interior Ministry said.
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Eugene Robinson’s family story reflects radical American optimismFeb 25, 2026 1:26 pm - In “Freedom Lost, Freedom Won,” Eugene Robinson writes that his great-grandfather John Hammond Fordham was probably among the crowd on Feb. 18 and watched in awe as history unfolded before his 11-year-old eyes. “Everything I know about him,” Robinson writes, “tells me that he watched those Black victors march into town and saw a bright and limitless future.”