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People gather on Lake Mendota near an inflatable Statue of Liberty crown and torch at the 2026 Winter Carnival on Feb. 7 in Madison, Wis. Kayla Wolf for NPR hide caption toggle caption Kayla Wolf for NPR MADISON, Wis. — Earlier this month, Madison, Wis., was host to the city's 14th annual Frozen Assets Festival.

FILE - People stand in line at check-in counters at El Paso International Airport, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in El Paso, Texas. Morgan Lee/AP hide caption toggle caption Morgan Lee/AP The U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone, members of Congress said Thursday, and the Federal Aviation Administration

Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. Patrick Sison/Associated Press hide caption toggle caption Patrick Sison/Associated Press The Pentagon is headed for a showdown with Anthropic, one of the world's most powerful AI companies, over the military use of

Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. AP/AP hide caption toggle caption AP/AP ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's defense minister said that his country ran out of "patience" and considers that there is now an "open war" with Afghanistan, after both countries launched strikes following an Afghan cross-border attack. In a post on X Friday, Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, after testifying before House lawmakers as part of a congressional investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein Thursday in Chappaqua, N.Y. Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption toggle caption Yuki Iwamura/AP Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent more than six hours in a

James Hickman holds a photo montage of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson before a public visitation at Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in Chicago on Thursday. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption toggle caption Nam Y. Huh/AP CHICAGO — A line of mourners streamed through a Chicago auditorium Thursday to pay final respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.

Warner Bros. Discovery said Thursday that it prefers the latest offer from rival Hollywood studio Paramount over a bid it accepted from Netflix. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg The Warner Bros. Discovery board announced late Thursday afternoon that Paramount's sweetened bid to buy the entire company is "superior"

Cranes are seen on the grounds of the White House as construction work continues for U.S. President Trump's new ballroom in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Oliver Contreras/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Oliver Contreras/AFP/Getty Images President Trump's White House ballroom project can proceed for now, after a court ruling Thursday. A US District Court judge