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By KAMILA HRABCHUK KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian delegation will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys in the run-up to another round of trilateral talks with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday. Rustem Umerov, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Secretary, is due to hold talks with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, delivered on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, as transcribed by The Associated Press: Related Articles Iran pushes back against Trump ahead of Geneva talks in face of major US military deployment Army pilot wounded in Maduro raid gets Congressional Medal of Honor during Trump’s speech…
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By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran pushed back Wednesday against President Donald Trump’s pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program, alternating between calling his remarks “big lies” to saying negotiations may yield an agreement through “honorable diplomacy.” The remarks by two Iranian officials ahead of Thursday’s…
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LOS ANGELES — Success has dropped in for occasional visits with the USC men’s basketball team this season. It traveled with the Trojans to the Maui Invitational in late November and strode into Minneapolis to see them pull off a gritty overtime win against Minnesota. USC earned these dates with success because of an unwillingness…
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LOS ANGELES — It was well past midnight on the East coast but the nation must know, Donovan Dent is back. If that wasn’t clear after Dent’s heroics against No. 10 Illinois last weekend, it is now. For a kid from Riverside, if that game-winning layup was his dream shot, his performance against rival USC…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Ontario Christian’s Kaleena Smith, (#11), drives to the basket and looks to score against Sage Hill’s Addison Uphoff, (#23), in a semi-final CIF Southern Section Open Division girls basketball playoff game, February 24, 2026. (Photo by John Valenzuela/Contributing Photographer) Sage Hill’s Eve Flower,…
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LOS ANGELES — Seven lead changes in the final four minutes. A pair of double-digit leads squandered. And yet Luka Doncic still had a chance to turn a second-half collapse into a buzzer-beating victory. Coming out of an after-timeout play, Doncic appeared to have his shot from the left wing as Deandre Ayton ate Anthony…
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SAN CLEMENTE — Newport Harbor’s baseball team relied on major contributions from the bottom of its lineup to beat San Clemente 7-3 Tuesday in a Loara Tournament game at San Clemente High. Six of Newport Harbor’s eight hits came from the six through nine spots in the batting order and those players combined for five…
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Xavi Cadena (38) of El Dorado is greeted by teammates at home plate after hitting a home run against Notre Dame in a non-league baseball game at El Dorado High School in Placentia on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Jacob Madrid (15) of Notre Dame watches the ball sail…
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By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A helicopter pilot wounded in the raid that captured then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro received the Congressional Medal of Honor during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening. Trump said Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Slover, who appeared using a walker, was the pilot…
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