Key takeaways from the 1st primaries of the 2026 campaign
Associated PressKey takeaways from the 1st primaries of the 2026 campaign
The 2026 campaign kicked off Tuesday with high-profile primary elections in Texas, where Republican Sen. John Cornyn is heading toward a runoff vote against state attorney general Ken Paxton. Democrats chose state Rep. James Talarico over U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett to be their candidate. For all the focus on Texas, elections in North Carolina could have a bigger impact on which party ultimately wins the Senate majority in the fall.
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BusinessIranian strikes on Amazon data centers highlights industry's vulnerability to physical disasters
Damage to three Amazon Web Services facilities in the Middle East from Iranian drone strikes highlights the rapid growth of data centers in the region, as well as the industry's vulnerability to conflict. The company's cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, said late Monday that two data centers in the United Arab Emirates were “directly struck” and another facility in Bahrain was also damaged after a drone landed nearby. “These strikes have caused structural damage, disrupted power delivery to our infrastructure, and in some cases required fire suppression activities that resulted in additional water damage,” AWS said in an update on its online dashboard.
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US“I was dumbfounded”: Man breaks down after friend admits he’s not invited anywhere because he’s “poor”
A medical emergency landed him in the hospital, where his savings were wiped out.
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The Daily Dot
USLowell High math teacher on leave after quizzes prompt allegations of fat-shaming, sexist content
The teacher's quiz questions reflect fat shaming, promote values based on looks and imply that girls aren't good at math, parents said.
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San Francisco Chronicle
WorldChina's foreign minister tells Israeli counterpart that attacks on Iran must end
BEIJING, March 3 (Reuters) - China opposes the military strikes launched by Israel and the U.S. against Iran and demands an immediate cessation of hostilities, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his
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Reuters
USTampa man hit, killed by tractor-trailer in I-75 crash that closed interstate's northbound lanes: FHP
All lanes of northbound I-75 have reopened near Bruce B Downs Blvd. in Hillsborough County following a deadly crash that snarled traffic during the morning commute for hours, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
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TechnologyUkraine's military drone guru says the next phase of Russia's Shahed war will be all about new extreme speeds
Beskrestnov warned that interceptor drones may "turn out to be useless" in the next phase, calling for new research into countering faster Shaheds.
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WorldIran's Revolutionary Guards take wartime lead, ensuring harder line, sources say
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, March 4 (Reuters) - Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have tightened their grip on wartime decision‑making despite the loss of top commanders, senior sources say,
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TechnologyVideo May Have Accidentally Revealed America’s Secret F-47 Fighter
Pratt & Whitney's engine promo video accidentally revealed Boeing's classified F-47 sixth-generation fighter design with 1,000+ mile range and drone control.
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TechnologyPope Leo XIV issues warning to priests after noticing problematic trend in sermons: 'The brain needs to be used'
The exhortation pertained to an unsurprising, unsettling trend.
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PoliticsIn a first as president, Trump says he'll attend the White House correspondents' dinner
President Donald Trump says he'll attend this year's White House Correspondent Association dinner on April 25, marking the first time he's done so as commander-in-chief. “The White House Correspondents Association has asked me, very nicely, to be the Honoree at this year’s Dinner, a long and storied tradition since it began in 1924, under then President Calvin Coolidge,” Trump posted on his social media site on Monday evening. Trump was invited annually, but never attended the dinner during his first term and also skipped last year's gathering.
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USCrockett tells supporters at watch party she won’t be returning to speak after confusion at polls
Dallas-area congresswoman and Democratic Senate candidate Jasmine Crockett told her supporters that she wouldn’t return again to speak at her watch party following confusion at voting polls. (AP video by Kendria LaFluer)
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USVirginia woman accused of ramming into another car, stabbing driver in road rage incident
A Virginia woman has been arrested after ramming another car and stabbing a driver in the hand in Fredericksburg, police say.
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WorldTrump's Iran attack rattles Russian hardliners who call for Putin to double down on war in Ukraine
MOSCOW, March 3 (Reuters) - When President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, some Russian hardliners were cautiously optimistic, hoping his unpredictability and transactional nature might benefit Moscow on Ukraine. But his attack on Iran means many now see him as a growing threat to Russia itself and are questioning if Trump is the pragmatic, potentially pro-Moscow strongman ready to deal in realpolitik that they thought he was.
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US‘Say goodbye’: Beloved restaurant chain closing for good next month
The 30-year old restaurant chain will shut its doors for good by April 5.
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USPowerball jackpot winner snags $251M. See where the ticket was sold.
The lucky Powerball winner has not yet claimed their prize.
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USThe Supreme Court doesn't care if you want to copyright your AI-generated art
The highest court in the US declined to review a case about copyrighting artwork created with the help of AI.
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Engadget
USFlorida Man Sues Porsche Claiming His 'New' $281,940 911 GT3 Was Previously Used As A Technician Trainer
The GT3 had just 34 miles on it, and the dealer allegedly said it had just been used as a display vehicle.
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Jalopnik
USWisconsin nurse sentenced to prison for sexual relationship with patient
SPARTA, Wis. (WFRV) – A Monroe County nurse has been sentenced to prison after being convicted of engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient under her care. Melissa R. Knutson, of Readstown, was sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by two years of extended supervision. According to prosecutors, Knutson repeatedly engaged in sexual […]
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USMinnesota launches investigation that could bring charges against federal immigration officers
A Minnesota prosecutor announced an investigation Monday that may lead to charges against federal officers, including Border Patrol official Greg Bovino, for misconduct during an immigration enforcement crackdown. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said in a news conference that her office is already looking into 17 cases, including one where Bovino threw a smoke canister at protesters on Jan. 21. Another on Jan. 7 involved federal officers making an arrest outside a high school and deploying chemical irritants while students and staff were in the area.
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BusinessFord Recalls Over 4 Million Vehicles And Tests Investor Confidence
Ford Motor (NYSE:F) has initiated major safety recalls covering more than 4,000,000 trucks and SUVs in the U.S. The recalls address software errors that can affect braking and exterior lighting performance. Additional actions target faults in rear suspension components that may impair steering control. The fixes span both software updates and hardware repairs across a range of recent Ford models. For investors watching NYSE:F at a current share price of $14.09, these recalls occur during a...
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World"I’m Ashamed To Be Catholic": Conservatives Are Losing Their [Redacted] Minds About The Pope's Comments About Iran
Take a shot every time MAGA tries to cancel the pope, and you'll be blackout drunk within seconds.
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WorldExclusive-US turns up heat on Venezuela with threat to indict new leader Delcy Rodriguez
By Sarah Kinosian and Matt Spetalnick CARACAS/WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is quietly building a legal case against Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodriguez including
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BusinessOpenAI investor Vinod Khosla predicts today’s 5-year-olds won’t ever need to get jobs thanks to AI
“The need to work will go away,” Khosla said. “People will still work on the things they want to work on, not because they need to work.”
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Fortune
BusinessNot A Subaru Or Toyota: This Is JD Power's Most Dependable Car Of 2026
The latest reliability data reveals a surprising winner. Here is why the most dependable car of the year is actually not a Subaru or a Toyota.
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PoliticsJudge nixes latest policy requiring 7 days' notice for Congress members to visit ICE facilities
A federal judge agreed on Monday to temporarily suspend the latest version of a Trump administration policy that requires members of Congress to provide a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington ruled that a group of Democratic lawmakers is likely to succeed in showing that the seven-day notice requirement is illegal and exceeds the government's statutory authority. The judge said the Republican administration hasn't cited any “concrete examples of safety issues posed by congressional visits without advanced notice.”
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BusinessCaterpillar’s First Pickup Looks a Lot Like a Ford Super Duty
What you're looking at isn't AI slop that's been driving up Ram prices to unreasonable levels. Caterpillar has unveiled its first-ever pickup, and it was even shown in metal at ConExpo 2026. That said, you don't have to peel away a lot of things to figure out what it's based on, though. It's ...
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USWoman Recovering From Childbirth Killed by Her Husband in an Alabama Hospital Murder-Suicide
Alabama authorities are investigating a murder-suicide that unfolded inside a medical center and involved a married couple who had only just welcomed their first child. The Homewood Police Department confirmed to Us Weekly the investigation into the tragic killing of Precious Elicia J’anae Johnson continues. Johnson, 24, was a patient at the Women’s Medical Center
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Us Weekly
PoliticsPresident Trump Reportedly Wanted Daughter Ivanka Trump to Date Tom Brady Instead of Jared Kushner
President Donald Trump allegedly once embarrassed his son in law, Jared Kushner, while recalling how much he wanted his daughter, Ivanka Trump, to marry NFL star Tom Brady.
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USSemi truck crashes, bursts into flames on I-805 in San Diego
Morning traffic on the I-805 through Mission Valley is delayed due to a vehicle on fire in the southbound lanes.
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KSWB San Diego
USTexas Senate primary in limbo as Jasmine Crockett declares voters have been ‘disenfranchised’
Crockett told supporters there would likely not be a winner declared on Tuesday night in the hotly contested election against
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TheGrio
WorldExclusive-U.S. Marines fired on protesters storming consulate in Karachi, officials say
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - U.S.
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WorldThe truth about what happened to Hitler’s corpse
On April 30 1945, in his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler shot himself dead. Yet despite the efficacy of that bullet, his fate has remained shrouded in speculation, and proved fertile ground for conspiracy theories. Survival myths, exemplified most famously through the fantasy of a South American escape and hideaway, have proved oddly resilient.
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Business5 F-150 Engines You Should Steer Clear Of
The Ford F-150 is by far one of the most popular pickup trucks of all time, but even that hasn't stopped Ford from putting some stinker engines in them.
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WorldCuba's president pushes for 'urgent' changes to island's economic and business model
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Monday that his government should “immediately” focus on implementing urgent transformations to the island’s economic and social model as oil reserves in the Caribbean country dwindle. The comments made during a meeting of the Council of Ministers come as Cuba feels the squeeze of a recent oil blockade coupled with a halt in oil shipments from Venezuela after the U.S. attacked the South American country in January. “We must focus, immediately, on implementing the urgent, most necessary transformations that must be made to the economic and social model," he was quoted as saying by state-owned media.
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USPardoned Capitol rioter who said Jan. 6 officer 'needs to be put down' is charged
Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang has been charged with making threatening statements about one of the officers he faced off with at the U.S.
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NBC News
USVideos show Hartford police officer firing 9 shots at man armed with knife
The man shot by police had chased another office with a large knife, the inspector general says.
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World26 Doctors without Borders workers remain unaccounted for in South Sudan a month after attacks
More than two dozen Doctors Without Borders workers remain unaccounted for a month after attacks in South Sudan, the medical charity said. Two facilities operated by the group, known by French acronym MSF, were attacked on Feb. 3 in Jonglei State, northeast of the capital, Juba, where violence has displaced an estimated 280,000 people since December. A hospital in the town of Lankien was bombed by government forces, MSF said, while another medical facility in the town of Pieri was raided by “unknown assailants.”
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BusinessLongtime retailer closing all stores, customers must use gift cards by next week
All sales made are final and purchases can’t be exchanged or returned.
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USColombian Woman Known as “Chucha Grande” Arrested in Barranquilla on Extortion Charges Involving Intimate Images
The suspect was identified as Marelbis Lozano, also known as “Chucha Grande.” She was arrested in Barranquilla while in the act of extorting money from different males through social media… The post Colombian Woman Known as “Chucha Grande” Arrested in Barranquilla on Extortion Charges Involving Intimate Images appeared first on Where Is The Buzz | Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive Interviews & More.
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WorldIsrael sends troops into southern Lebanon as Hezbollah says it is ready for 'open war'
Israel sent troops into southern Lebanon on Tuesday and warned residents of more than 80 villages to evacuate as the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group said it was ready for an “open war” with Israel in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The development came after Hezbollah fired rockets and launched drones early Monday toward northern Israel. Israel retaliated with a wave of airstrikes that killed 50 people in Lebanon, including seven children as well as a Palestinian militant and a Hezbollah intelligence official in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
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USHundreds of properties in this Southern California county to be auctioned with bids as low as $100
Nearly 700 properties are available for bidding starting March 13.
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USMan Who'd Been Detained with His Mother in Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Case Breaks Silence
The search for Nancy Guthrie has passed the one-month mark as authorities continue searching for clues into the 84-year-old's mysterious disappearance
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WorldTrinidad and Tobago declares new state of emergency over persistent violent crime
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago declared a new state of emergency Tuesday, only about a month after the end of the previous one, as authorities in the Caribbean nation continue to grapple with high levels of violent crime. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar cited credible reports of attacks planned against law enforcement officers in reimposing the emergency, which grants the government additional powers, including to make arrests and conduct searches without warrants. Trinidad and Tobago has spent roughly 10 of the last 14 months under an emergency, with the last one ending Jan. 31.
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BusinessBeloved retailer going out of business after 25 years, no longer accepting gift cards
Once a mall staple, the popular fashion retail is winding down operations and offering going-out-of-business sales.
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US89 suspects, including Hillsborough County teacher, arrested in human trafficking operation
A Hillsborough County high school teacher is among 89 suspects arrested in a human trafficking operation that resulted in over 1,200 felony charges, officials announced. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says its Human Trafficking Section and Internet Predator Unit conducted coordinated undercover operations between Jan. 1 and Feb. 6, targeting those seeking to exploit children. “In every instance, they were communicating with law enforcement and arranging their own arrest,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement.
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US‘I did what any good father would do’: Arkansas man accused of murder is now running for sheriff
Aaron Spencer, who made national headlines for killing the man charged with sexually assaulting his teenage daughter, is now running for sheriff of Lonoke County, Arkansas. CNN’s Brynn Gingras spoke with Spencer and local voters ahead of the primary election and his trial.
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USKuwaiti F/A-18 Hornet Responsible For Shooting Down Three USAF F-15E Strike Eagles: Report
The bizarre friendly fire incident resulted in the total loss of all three Strike Eagles, but their crews survived.
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BusinessCathie Wood Lowers Her 2030 Bitcoin Target From $1.5 Million, But Her Belief Remains Steadfast:'Our Conviction Has Gone Up…'
Ark Invest founder Cathie Wood said on Thursday that the firm’s conviction in Bitcoin’s potential has strengthened despite the ongoing drawdown, but lowered the 2030 target from $1.5 million. Stablecoin Adoption Impacting Wood’s Bull Case During an interview with Morningstar...
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PoliticsTexan James Talarico becomes a fresh face of Democrats' midterm hopes after Senate primary win
James Talarico did not mention Donald Trump when he greeted exuberant supporters at his primary night celebration. With his victory over U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, the state lawmaker from Austin will test whether a smiling message of unity and change is enough to answer voters’ frustrations amid discord at home and now a war abroad. “We are not just trying to win an election," Talarico told supporters in the Texas capital early Wednesday.
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WorldBritish Royal Air Force F-35 stealth fighter jets just scored their first-ever combat kill
British forces have shot down drones across the Middle East over the past day as Iran continues to strike.
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