WASHINGTON — Top Trump administration officials told lawmakers in classified briefings Tuesday to expect an “overwhelming” and bigger wave of military strikes on Iran in the coming days. “This regime is in its death throes. The amount of firepower coming in the next day or two from us is going to be overwhelming,” said Sen. … Read more
ATLANTA — More and more states are examining plans to cut property taxes during what’s an election year for governors and legislators in most states. But some states’ tax-cutting zeal is hitting political resistance to slashing local government and public school funding. National experts say it’s a property tax revolt — comparing it to earlier … Read more
Amazon said drones struck three of its Middle East data centers, causing outages related to the “ongoing conflict in the Middle East.” Drones directly struck two Amazon Web Services facilities in the United Arab Emirates, and a drone strike near an Amazon data center in Bahrain also damaged that facility, the company said in a post on … Read more
Stock futures plunged and energy prices soared Tuesday as fears spread through global markets that the Iran war may bring prolonged disruption. The reaction came as President Donald Trump indicated the U.S.-Israeli operation may last weeks. Iran’s retaliatory attacks across the Middle East have hit U.S. embassies and Gulf oil facilities and brought shipping through … Read more
Neil Sedaka, the singer and songwriter behind such hits as “Breaking Up is Hard to Do,” “Calendar Girl,” and “Love Will Keep Us Together,” died on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026 at age 86. In this 2020 “Sunday Morning” story, David Pogue talked with Sedaka – as well as Valerie Simpson (of Ashford & Simpson), author … Read more
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Donald Trump seemed to offer another rationale for possible military action against Iran, saying it was working to develop missiles that could “soon” be able to strike the U.S. “They’ve already developed missiles that can threaten Europe and our bases overseas, and they’re working to build … Read more
It’s a familiar frustration for those trying to find a doctor or therapist: You browse the provider directory on your insurance company’s portal and, at first, it seems like there are plenty of options. But it turns out that some providers are not accepting new patients, and others only work in hospital settings. Still others … Read more
NEW YORK — New York City police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan, as a winter storm blanketed the Northeast in snow. A video of the fracas shows two uniformed officers pacing a walkway in the park Monday as snowballs … Read more