February 27, 2026

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Russia and Ukraine agree local truce to allow repairs at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant -

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Big Tech and banking stocks helped Norway’s $2 trillion wealth fund book a $250 billion profit in 2025 -

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Smartphone market poised for ‘sharpest decline on record’ in 2026 -

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Opinion: Block’s layoffs might just be the biggest story of a tumultuous week. Here’s why -

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One injured in car crash on Belmont Ave in Springfield – WWLP -

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India’s economy grows at faster-than-expected pace of 7.8% in December quarter -

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Andrea Pavan: Italian golfer falls down lift shaft in freak accident as fellow pros donate towards his recovery – Sky Sports -

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Family of Sean Price, killed in I-71 accident, speaks – The Columbus Dispatch -

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Crash closes I-95 southbound in Fairfield Friday, officials say – CT Insider -

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Retro Indy: Kitchen accident led to butterscotch pie and 24-hour eatery – IndyStar -

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UK PM Keir Starmer suffers major blow after his party comes third in key vote -

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One person arrested after stolen vehicle chase ends in crash near Flamingo and Arville – KSNV -

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Swiss Re pops 5% after posting record $4.8 billion profit, plans $1.5 billion buyback -

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Pakistan bombs targets in Afghan cities, minister calls it ‘open war’ -

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See the movie, play the game: How Nintendo is pulling out all the stops to sell the Switch 2 -

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Private equity enters its ‘Darwinian’ era as experts warn some funds face extinction -

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Four Killed, One Critically Hurt in Head-On Crash Near Lake Mille Lacs – KNSI -

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An Indian company is set to build a $2 billion AI hub with Nvidia’s GPUs and go public. Here’s what we know so far -

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Nintendo plans around $1.9 billion share sale by Kyoto bank and others, sources say: Reuters -

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U.S. military shoots down government drone in Texas accident, congressional aides say – The Detroit News -

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Connecticut closing schools for remainder of academic year: governor

Connecticut’s schools will remain closed for the remainder of the academic year due to the novel coronavirus, Governor Ned Lamont said on Tuesday, following similar moves by the nearby states of New York and New Jersey.

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U.S. traffic deaths fell in 2019 for third straight year

U.S. traffic deaths fell in 2019 for the third straight year even as overall road use increased, according to preliminary government data released Tuesday.

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Texas back in business? Barely, y’all, as malls, restaurants empty

The Domain mall in Austin, Texas, is open for business – unlike most of its 100 upscale shops – as the state entered its first work week of eased pandemic restrictions in the hopes of rekindling the economy.

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Texas back in business? Barely, y’all, as malls, restaurants empty

(This May 5 story in 3rd-to-last paragraph, corrects spelling of last name to Huffman, not Hoffman)

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Open for lunch: California counties with few coronavirus cases re-start their economies

California state restrictions banning restaurants from offering sit-down meals have not yet been lifted, but you wouldn’t know that in downtown Yuba City, where families queued cheerfully for tables at the Happy Viking Sports Pub and Eatery.

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Tents and immunity testing: U.S. colleges weigh return to campus life

Classes in tents. Roommates assigned based on coronavirus antibody tests. Residences set aside for quarantined students. U.S. college life could look dramatically different when classes resume in the fall.

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Trump allies on the sidelines in Supreme Court financial records fight

Congressional Republicans who strenuously objected when a Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives panel subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s financial records last year have remained unusually quiet now that the fight has reached the Supreme Court….

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U.S. Senate panel to question Trump’s pick to oversee coronavirus bailout money

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday will start scrutinizing the lawyer tapped by President Donald Trump to oversee a $500 billion fund to rescue larger businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with Democrats worried he is too close to the White House to be i…

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U.S. Supreme Court to weigh overseas anti-AIDS funding restrictions

The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear arguments over whether a U.S. law violates constitutional free speech rights by requiring overseas affiliates of American-based nonprofit groups that seek federal funding for HIV/AIDS relief to formally adopt…

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Researchers double U.S. COVID-19 death forecast, citing eased restrictions

A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts nearly 135,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by early August, almost double previous projections, as social-distancing measures for quelling the pandemic are increasingly relaxed, researchers said…

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