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Experts urge informed planning for spring break in Mexico after cartel-related violence 02/26/2026 03:32pm • With spring break on the horizon, travelers may be reassessing their plans to vacation in Mexico after cartel-related violence broke out last weekend in parts of the country. The retaliatory violence in some 20 states that followed the killing of Mexico's most powerful drug lord on Sunday came as ma Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow an end to legal protections for Syrian migrants 02/26/2026 03:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to move ahead with ending legal protections for migrants from Syria, in the latest emergency appeal to the nation's highest court. The Department of Justice wants the court to lift a New York judge's ruling Uruguay and Argentina become first Mercosur members to ratify the EU trade pact 02/26/2026 03:30pm • BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Uruguay and Argentina on Thursday became the first founding members of the Mercosur bloc of South American nations to ratify a long-sought free-trade agreement with the European Union to establish one of the world’s largest free-trade zones. The deal has been negotiated for a The IRS broke the law by disclosing confidential information to ICE 42,695 times, judge says 02/26/2026 03:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Thursday that the IRS broke the law by disclosing confidential taxpayer information “approximately 42,695 times" to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly found that the IRS had erroneously shared the taxpayer inform The Latest: US-Iran talks end in Geneva but ‘will resume soon,’ Omani minister says 02/26/2026 02:59pm • Iran and the United States held talks in Geneva for a third time on Thursday as President Donald Trump seeks to delay Tehran's nuclear program while threatening it by deploying a massive number of aircraft and warships to the Middle East. U.S. special Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff, a billionaire real Israeli strike kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza, health officials say, the latest deaths as truce stalls 02/26/2026 02:51pm • GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on Thursday killed at least two Palestinians, who were identified by relatives as members of Hamas, and wounded five others east of Gaza City, a hospital director said. The Israeli military had no immediate comment. The deaths and injuries were conf Syrian government forces and Druze fighters exchange prisoners from summer clashes 02/26/2026 02:48pm • AL MATUNA, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces and Druze militiamen who control areas in the southern Sweida province on Thursday exchanged prisoners taken in clashes last summer, a rare step toward a possible political resolution of simmering tensions in the country. The exchange was the first What to know about Defense Protection Act and the Pentagon's Anthropic ultimatum 02/26/2026 02:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum this week: Open its artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use by Friday, or risk losing its government contract. Defense officials in the Trump administration also warned they could designate Anthropi Florida deputy kills man who drove into him after fatally shooting 2 people, sheriff says 02/26/2026 02:38pm • PAHOKEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man suspected of killing two people at one location, firing shots at another and then wounding someone at a nearby store before striking the deputy with his SUV and dragging him some distance, authorities said. The attacks happened Dressed to the kilt: Scotland fans get FIFA approval to don traditional sporrans at World Cup games 02/26/2026 02:37pm • GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Scotland supporters can wear their kilts in all their customary glory at the World Cup. The Scottish Football Association told The Associated Press on Wednesday that it had reached agreement with FIFA for sporrans — the traditional fur or leather pouch worn in front of t Man accused of Wyoming wolf torture agrees to plea that would spare him trial, prison 02/26/2026 02:36pm • A Wyoming man who allegedly hit a wolf with a snowmobile, taped the wounded animal’s mouth shut and showed it off in a rural bar before killing it has agreed to a plea deal that would spare him from going to trial and potentially prison. Cody Roberts would instead pay a $1,000 fine and serve 18 mo Iran's foreign minister calls indirect US talks 'one of our most intense and longest rounds of negotiations' 02/26/2026 02:36pm • GENEVA (AP) — Iran's foreign minister calls indirect US talks 'one of our most intense and longest rounds of negotiations.' A red tide in South Africa is causing the mass deaths of crayfish 02/26/2026 02:34pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A toxic algae bloom known as a red tide is causing the mass deaths of crayfish and other ocean life on parts of South Africa's west coast. The environment ministry warned people on Thursday against collecting and eating the crayfish, which could be toxic, and police More organs are being donated after the heart stops, not brain death. Policies are changing too 02/26/2026 02:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they're increasingly coming from people who died when their heart stopped beating, a major shift that can boost transplants but also raises public confusion, researchers reported Thursday. What†America 250: Great Seal of the United States and authentication 02/26/2026 02:16pm • How do we know something is truly what it claims to be? In modern cybersecurity, tools such as multifactor authentication verify identity and keep impostors at bay. Long before digital systems needed protection, the United States created a physical symbol that served much the same purpose: a way to