The Big Rundown  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, history's longest-serving Senate leader, plans to step down as after November's elections. Keep reading
More Big News  It took just four days for a spark to become the largest wildfire ever seen in Texas. Keep reading Also Making Headlines Today's Jaw-Dropper When Joe Torcello first spotted a rabbit hanging around his Los Angeles home, he was smitten. Keep reading
Don't Overlook Florida police helped deliver a happy ending to a terrifying situation that began Monday evening when a 5-year-old girl with autism walked away from her home near Tampa. Keep reading On the Lighter Side Baseball star Shohei Ohtani has stunningly revealed he's married. Keep reading Science Buzz We can't seem to avoid microplastics in drinking water, at least without pricey filtration systems, but we can eliminate the vast majority with two simple steps, according to a new study. Keep reading Wild Card Bradley Cooper says he's "not sure I'd be alive" if not for his 6-year-old daughter Lea De Seine. Keep reading Quote of the Day "The first eight months—I don't even know if I really love the kid. ... And then all of a sudden, it's like no question." Read This Elsewhere The surprising US region that's home to the world's oldest forests Today's 6 Most-Read Stories
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
McConnell's Legacy Isn't in Congress (Daily Rundown by Newser)
Where in the World Is Kate Middleton? Rumors Swirl (Newser Morning 8)
1  At least 70 people were killed in a strike early Thursday on a crowd of Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza City, bringing the total number killed since the start of the Israel-Hamas war to more than 30,000, Gaza's Health Ministry said. Keep reading 2 Kate Middleton hasn't been seen in public since Christmas Day, which of course has led to wild speculation online about what's going on, the New York Times reports. Keep reading
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3 A federal judge has struck down a California law banning possession of club-like weapons, reversing his previous ruling from three years ago that upheld the prohibition on billy clubs, batons, and similar blunt objects. Keep reading 4 Words like "unexpected" and "surprise" are being used to describe an Illinois ruling Wednesday removing Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot. Keep reading 5 Caitlin Clark has another career record on her astounding resume: the most points by any major college women's player to ever take the court. Keep reading 6 The spy satellite that North Korea launched in November is "alive," though it's not clear whether it's spying on anything, experts say. Keep reading
7 A Texas man who had long claimed his conviction more than 20 years ago was based on false testimony and questionable evidence was executed Wednesday for fatally shooting two people, including his cousin, the AP reports. Keep reading 8 Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization, objecting to a vote on the issue Wednesday even after widespread backlash to a recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that threatens the practice. Keep reading This Day in History On February 29, 1504, Christopher Columbus, stranded in Jamaica during his fourth voyage to the West, used a correctly predicted lunar eclipse to frighten hostile natives into providing food for his crew. Find out what else happened on this date here. Yesterday's Most-Read Stories
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