MEXICO CITY (AP) – The Mexican army killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho, ” on Sunday, decapitating what had become Mexico’s most powerful cartel and giving the government its biggest prize yet to show the Trump administration its efforts.
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market rebounded after getting a reminder that the artificial-intelligence technology boom may also have an upside. The S&P 500 climbed 0.8% Tuesday and recovered nearly three-quarters of its loss from the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also rose 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 1%.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Grounded until at least April, NASA’s giant moon rocket is headed back to the hangar this week for more repairs before astronauts climb aboard. The space agency said Sunday it’s targeting Tuesday for the slow, four-mile (6.4-kilometer) trek across Kennedy Space Center, weather permitting.
President Donald Trump gave his State of the Union address Tuesday. He was slated to champion his immigration crackdowns, his slashing of the federal government, his push to preserve widespread tariffs that the Supreme Court just struck down and his ability to direct quick-hit military actions around the world, including in Iran and Venezuela.
NEW YORK (AP) – Cities and towns along the East Coast scrambled to prepare for a bout with heavy snow and damaging winds after forecasters issued blizzard alerts for communities from Maryland to Massachusetts. The National Weather Service warned it could prove significantly more severe than projections made just a few days ago.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to meet Tuesday with the CEO of Anthropic, with the artificial intelligence company the only one of its peers to not supply its technology to a new U.S. military internal network. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has made clear his ethical concerns about unchecked government use of AI.
Today is Sunday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2026. There are 312 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 22, 1980, the “Miracle on Ice” took place at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, as the U.S. Olympic hockey team upset the Soviet Union, 4-3. (The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal two days later, 4-2, over Finland.)
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PARIS (AP) – France will summon U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner to protest comments over the beating death of a far-right activist, the foreign affairs minister said. Jean-Noel Barrot was reacting to a statement by the State Department’s Counterterrorism Bureau, which posted on X that “Quentin Deranque was killed by left-wing militants, should concern us all.”
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