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WATCH: Massive warehouse fire forces residents to shelter in place in Pennsylvania
Officials in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, are urging residents to avoid the site of a large industrial fire in Abington Township due to air quality concerns. Evacuations have been recommended.ABC News - Feb. 19 -
Trump vents frustration with Boeing over Air Force One delays
President Trump is airing grievances with Boeing over delays in delivering new Air Force One jets, telling Republican governors on Thursday he was “getting a little tired” of the hold up. “I bought ...The Hill - Feb. 21 -
Trump is using tariffs as a blunt-force tool. It won’t work | Mike Williams
The steel industry needs to modernize. Tariffs can help, but the government must go beyond trade policy. Last week, Donald Trump revived a trade war from his first term, implementing a 25% tariff ...The Guardian - Feb. 21 -
Will New York Force More Mentally Ill People Into Treatment?
Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed changes to the state’s mental health laws, but they face opposition from lawmakers and civil-rights groups.The New York Times - Feb. 21 -
Pakistan security forces kill 6 militants in a raid in the northwest
Pakistan's military says troops acting on intelligence have raided a militant hideout in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country's northwestABC News - Feb. 21 -
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Emirates boss warns against forcing airlines to finance Heathrow’s third runway
Sir Tim Clark says higher landing fees to fund the project could prompt legal challengesFinancial Times - Feb. 24 -
Residents attack Bangladesh air force base in altercation with soldiers, 1 dead
Reports in Bangladesh say a group of residents have attacked an air force base, prompting soldiers to open fire that killed at least one and wounded several othersABC News - Feb. 24 -
World Cup winner who was '2mm from death' forced to retire
Double South Africa World Cup-winning prop Steven Kitshoff is forced to retire because of a serious neck injury.BBC News - 6d -
Israeli assault forces 40,000 Palestinians to flee their West Bank homes
Israel says its military operation in occupied West Bank refugee camps is to "prevent the return of residents and the resurgence of terrorism."CBS News - 6d -
Why this newly public biotech could become a force in obesity treatments
Metsera’s GLP-1 peptide has a long half-life, meaning it could be administered once a month. The company is ready to scale up.MarketWatch - 6d -
The Next Phase of Trump’s Large-Scale Work Force Cuts Is Underway
Workers at a handful of agencies have begun receiving notifications that they are part of the “reduction in force” directed by the president, after a wave of firings that targeted probationary ...The New York Times - 5d -
U.S., Canada forces conduct drills in Greenland in sub-zero temps
Local temperatures were regularly below 0 degrees Fahrenheit and the coldest days reached minus 29 degrees F (-34 C), officials said.CBS News - 4d -
Mississippi Judge Lifts Order That Forced Newspaper to Remove an Editorial
The judge’s order against The Clarksdale Press Register in Clarksdale, Miss., had alarmed press advocates, who said it was a violation of the First Amendment.The New York Times - 4d -
Saudi border forces accused of killing ‘hundreds of Ethiopian migrants’
Witnesses making the crossing from Yemen report coming under machine-gun fire and seeing rotting bodies. Saudi Arabia’s forces are accused of using indiscriminate force against migrants on their ...The Guardian - 3d -
Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism visiting 10 college campuses
The Federal Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism announced Friday it would be visiting 10 university campuses that experienced antisemitic incidents since October 2023. The Department of Justice ...The Hill - 3d -
Defense Health Agency head forced to abruptly retire: Report
The head of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), the health system for millions of service members and their dependents, was forced to abruptly retire Friday, Reuters reported. Army Lt. Gen. Telita ...The Hill - 2d -
Pentagon Sending Combat Forces to the Border in Line With Trump Directive
The troop mobilization indicates that President Trump is breaking with recent presidents’ practice of limiting deployments along the U.S.-Mexico border mostly to small numbers of active-duty ...The New York Times - 1d -
U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea in show of force
The South Korean navy said it was the first U.S. aircraft carrier to travel to South Korea since June.CBS News - 1d -
Why a Rare Women’s Hockey Fight Happened and Forced a Rule Change
The first real punches in the Professional Women’s Hockey League were thrown on Feb. 20. They likely won’t be the last.The New York Times - 5h -
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass removes fire chief over tensions during deadly blazes
LOS ANGELES — Mayor Karen Bass on Friday ousted Fire Chief Kristin Crowley amid tensions between the two over the way this year's deadly fires were handled.NBC News - Feb. 22 -
Vaccine critic RFK Jr. backs measles vaccine amid deadly Texas outbreak
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, is voicing support for the measles vaccine amid a deadly outbreak, mainly in Texas.CBS News - 8h -
German police have one person in custody following latest deadly car attack
At least two people were killed and several more were injured in a suspected car-ramming in the west German city of Mannheim. NBC News' Meagan Fitzgerald reports on the 40-year-old suspect.NBC News - 2h -
Georgia Republican faces town hall backlash over DOGE's 'chainsaw approach' to federal cuts
Rep. Rich McCormick, who represents a safe GOP district, came under harsh criticism that focused on the Trump administration’s moves to slash federal jobs and budgets.NBC News - Feb. 21 -
At town halls, Republicans feel the heat from Trump and Musk's firing and cutting spree
Republicans members of Congress who held town halls back home this week got an earful from constituents upset about Donald Trump and Elon Musk's firing spree.NBC News - Feb. 21 -
Toxic Town: Jodie Whittaker is absolutely flawless as she battles real-life injustice
The hasty regeneration of Corby’s old steelworks poisoned a generation. Now the story of how it came to court is told in a harrowing, if slightly melodramatic, new Netflix series. Jack Thorne ...The Guardian - Feb. 22 -
How Dyson Daniels’ home town became an unlikely hotbed of Australian basketball talent | Jack Snape
Bendigo has long had fertile sporting soil but has now produced one of the NBA’s best defensive players as well as successful WNBL and NBL 1 teams. Dyson Daniels opened his sparkling silver jacket ...The Guardian - Feb. 22 -
Idaho woman forcibly dragged from local Republican town hall by private security
Idaho woman Teresa Borrenpohl was forcibly removed by three unidentified men at a Kootenai County Republican town hall.NBC News - Feb. 24 -
More than 100 firefighters battle blazes on South Africa's Table Mountain in Cape Town
More than 100 firefighters are battling two blazes on the slopes of South Africa’s Table MountainABC News - 5d -
A Christian town in Syria keeps the biblical language of Aramaic alive. But it fears for its future
An ancient town in Syria is one of the world’s few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have usedABC News - 3d -
Tax breaks, child care and free college: How a Kansas town is enticing people to move there
Neodesha, Kansas, is trying a new way to get people to relocate. Residents may qualify for tax breaks and student loan repayment assistance among other perks.CNBC - 2d -
Seaside town where people 'couldn't wait to leave' is now in demand more than ever
Famously written off in the 1980s, the Merseyside seaside town is now described as being "on the up".BBC News - 1d -
Trump is 'not happy' with Boeing over Air Force One delays, but airlines are growing upbeat
President Trump has expressed frustration about delays of new Air Force One aircraft from Boeing.CNBC - Feb. 20 -
'We felt at home': Israeli weapons firms out in force at Abu Dhabi defense expo
A record 34 Israeli companies exhibited at IDEX this week, the Middle East's largest defense expo hosted biennially by Abu Dhabi.CNBC - Feb. 21 -
Elon Musk Threatens FBI Agents and Air Traffic Controllers With Forced Resignation if They Don't Respond to an Email
Employees throughout the federal government have until 11:59 pm ET Monday to detail five things they accomplished in the last week.Wired - Feb. 22 -
Israeli forces to remain in northern West Bank all year as military operation expands
IDF troops ordered not to allow residents to return to cleared camps as PM delays release of Palestinian prisonersFinancial Times - Feb. 23 -
Chinese fishing fleets using North Korean forced labour in potential breach of sanctions, report claims
Report by Environmental Justice Foundation has found evidence that at least 12 Chinese fishing vessels had employed North Korean crew between 2019 and 2024. Get our breaking news email , free ...The Guardian - 6d -
Australian citizen detained 32 times at Sydney airport accuses border force of systemic racism
Exclusive: Hubert Igbinoba, who is suing the Australian government, says he is singled out because he is black – a claim the government denies. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest ...The Guardian - 6d -
Israeli tanks in the West Bank force around 40,000 Palestinians to flee, officials say
Israel is carrying out a military operation in the occupied West Bank and more than 40,000 Palestinians have been forced out of their homes, according to Israeli officials and the United Nations. ...CBS News - 6d
