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Florida Panthers face a make-or-break week as playoff hopes hang by a thread 02/25/2026 01:25pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — By Friday night, the Florida Panthers will have some answers. The back-to-back Stanley Cup champions — in desperate need of wins to keep realistic playoff hopes alive — open their post-Olympic schedule on Thursday against Toronto, then play host to Buffalo the next Trump's portrayal of 'golden age' is out of sync with how Americans see economy 02/25/2026 01:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sought in his first State of the Union address to sell Americans on the idea of a booming economy, falling prices, and soaring jobs, yet he faces a skeptical public with a much gloomier view. Barely 12 hours before his speech, in fact, The Conference Board The hotly contested Texas Senate race is setting spending records ahead of Tuesday's primary 02/25/2026 01:17pm • Candidates and political groups are pouring money into Texas' hotly contested U.S. Senate race at a record pace, partly fueled by Democrat James Talarico's fundraising and allies of Republican Sen. John Cornyn trying to save his long career. Heading into Tuesday's primary elections, the cost of adve Mexican Congress approves trimming work week to 40 hours 02/25/2026 01:13pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican lawmakers approved President Claudia Sheinbaum’s initiative to gradually reduce the work week from 48 hours to 40 hours early Wednesday. The constitutional reform now goes to state legislatures for approval, where Sheinbaum's governing party controls the majority. It p Bucknell wins 75-73 against Army 02/25/2026 01:07pm • WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Amon Dorries scored 23 points and Achile Spadone added 21, including the two clinching free throws with 6.9 seconds left, in Bucknell's 75-73 win over Army on Wednesday. Dorries had six rebounds for the Bison (9-21, 6-11 Patriot League). Spadone went 8 of 16 from the field. A sinkhole opens at an Omaha intersection, swallowing an SUV and a pickup truck 02/25/2026 01:05pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Surveillance video captured the dramatic moment a sinkhole opened up on a busy intersection in south-central Omaha, Nebraska, swallowing up two vehicles. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon in a trendy section of the Midwest city, when a sport utility vehicle and a pickup tr Democrats hold competing 'People's State of the Union' address to protest Trump 02/25/2026 01:02pm • As President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address, at least 30 Democratic members of the Senate and House held their own "People’s State of the Union" near the U.S. Capitol. The event started more than an hour before the president spoke. One after another, for more than Court throws out judgment blaming Montana asbestos deaths on BNSF railroad 02/25/2026 12:52pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a judge’s finding that BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people in a Montana mining town where thousands have been sickened by asbestos exposure. Following a civil trial, a jury in 2024 awarded $4 million each to the estat Co-host Sri Lanka knocked out of T20 World Cup after losing to New Zealand 02/25/2026 12:48pm • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A counterattacking 80-run partnership for the seventh wicket between captain Mitchell Santner and Cole McChonchie guided New Zealand to a 61-run win that knocked host Sri Lanka out of the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday. Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and el Canada pledges food aid for Cuba as US fuel blockade continues 02/25/2026 12:48pm • TORONTO (AP) — Canada announced Wednesday it is sending $8 million Canadian (US$6.7 million) in food aid to people in Cuba as the island faces an escalating fuel crisis as oil shipments have slowed following U.S. threats of tariffs. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said she not discuss Canada' Caesars Sportsbook Promo Code WTOP250BM: Claim $250 Bonus for Celtics-Nuggets, Any NBA Game 02/25/2026 12:42pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Set up a new account with Caesars Sportsbook promo code WTOP250BM and grab this $250 bet match bonus. This is an opportunity for Iconic American flags on display together marking anniversary of Iwo Jima 02/25/2026 12:42pm • As America celebrates its semiquincentennial, museums across the D.C. area are focusing on many of the country’s triumphs. Eighty-one years ago this month, thousands of U.S. Marines were fighting one of the most pivotal battles of World War II: the Battle of Iwo Jima. During that battle, See the world in vertical: Top photos by AP photojournalists 02/25/2026 12:35pm • Feb. 18 - 24, 2026 AP mobile scroll: a selection of standout vertical images published by The Associated Press in the past week. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Cal Raleigh not focused on trying for another 60-homer season in Seattle 02/25/2026 12:33pm • PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Cal Raleigh has already gone deep this spring, yet the switch-hitting Seattle Mariners catcher isn't focused on trying to hit 60 home runs again this season. Raleigh, who had an MLB-leading 60 homers last year, hit a 427-foot homer against the Chicago White Sox in an exhibitio Trump administration hits Iran with new sanctions as nuclear talks near 02/25/2026 12:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed another tranche of sanctions on people and companies accused of enabling Iran’s ballistic missile program, drone production and illicit oil sales as the U.S. presses Tehran to make a deal ahead of nuclear talks this week. The sancti