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Saturday, February 28, 2026 · 24 stories
The NYPD said Saturda it's stepping up patrols around religious institutions such as synagogues, among other sensitive locations. The NYPD urged anyone seeing anything suspicious to alert police.
Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty after a judge dismissed two federal charges in the 2024 shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Manhattan federal prosecutors declined to appeal the judge's ruling that barred them from seeking capital punishment.
A Tale of Two Seasons at Columbia, and Two Responses to Student Arrests — when Mahmoud Khalil was detained by immigration agents last year, the university’s response was restrained. it was different with Elmina Aghayeva this week.
iran is responsible for attacks that have killed American civilians and service members and its continuous declarations of "Death to America" while pursuing advanced nuclear capabilities threaten the United States and our allies. may God bless our troops as they conduct this courageous and noble mission." "As a senior Member of the House Armed Services Committee and the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I. in response to the attack on Iran, the NYPD has announced it is increasing security around sensitive sites across New York City as tensions escalate in Iran and the wider Middle East.
Turkish Airlines said on X that flights to Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Jordan will be suspended until Monday and flights to Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman would be suspended on Saturday. Iran's Foreign Ministry said it would defend its homeland and its Revolutionary Guard said it launched counterattacks, firing drones and missiles at Israel and strikes aimed at U.S. Nadav Shoshani said there had been no significant hits in Israel and rescue services said there were no injuries reported from missile barrages across the country.
US and Israel launch joint strike in Iran, US official says — in the months leading up to the attack, close joint planning was carried out between the IDF and the US Army, which enabled the broad attack to be carried out with maximum synchronization and coordination between the armies," the IDF statement said. strike on Iran "included an attack on dozens of military targets and was carried out as part of a broad, coordinated, and joint attack against the regime," a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. and Israel on Saturday, saying in a statement released through Iran's state.
riot police use teargas to disperse people gathering around wreckage of plane loaded with money from central bank At least 20 people. i want to make it clear to those who are trying to take money from the plane involved in this tragedy that this money has no legal value since it has not been issued by the Central Bank and does not have a serial number, and that attempting to use this money is a crime," the Minister of Defence, Marcelo Salinas, said. at least 20 people have been killed and others injured after a Bolivian air force cargo plane crashed in the western city of El Alto, the country's authorities say.
What we know about the joint US-Israel attack on Iran — the US and Israel on Saturday launched a wave of air strikes against Iran, targeting what Israel said were dozens of military sites as well as the compound housing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose whereabouts remain unknown. read more Live: Iran fires retaliatory missiles at Israel, US bases after air strikes Internet access appears to have been cut off in Iran following the strikes, according to the Netblocks network monitor. german airline Lufthansa said it has suspended flights to-and-from Dubai across the weekend, as well as the capital.
Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it condemned the "targeting of Qatari territory with Iranian ballistic missiles", which it said was "a flagrant violation of its national sovereignty" and an "unacceptable escalation". In Doha, Qatar's defence ministry said it had intercepted several missiles apparently targeting the al-Udeid air base, the largest US base in the region. The defence ministry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said in a statement that the country has been subjected to a "a blatant attack involving Iranian ballistic missiles".