👋🏼 Hello, Monday! I'm Phaedra Trethan, digging out from under a mountain of snow. ❄️ ☃️ 😩 |
But first: I may be stuck in a snowstorm in Jersey, but in Florida and Arizona, baseball is already underway and that means spring is on its way! ⚾️ 🌻 ☀️ |
Americans in several Mexican states are being told to shelter in place as the death of a powerful cartel leader set off a wave of retaliatory violence. Gunmen have blocked highways and torched cars after Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, was killed Sunday during a military operation. Since then, there have been at least 27 "cowardly attacks against authorities in Jalisco," as one Mexican security official said, as well as 30 cartel operatives and one bystander killed. The latest from Mexico. | Smoke billows from burning vehicles amid a wave of violence, with torched vehicles and gunmen blocking highways in more than half a dozen states, following a military operation in which a government source said Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho," was killed, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, Feb. 22, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. @morelifediares via Instagram/Youtube, @morelifediares via REUTERS |
A blizzard buried parts of the Northeast, just as the snow and ice from a late January snow storm finally melted after a stubborn stretch of cold weather. Blizzard conditions, several inches of snow, high winds and beach erosion brought states from Maryland to Maine to a standstill. The latest totals, power outages and updated conditions. | A person walks through Copley Square during blizzard conditions in Boston, Massachusetts on Feb. 23, 2026. JOSEPH PREZIOSO, AFP via Getty Images |
Paul Revere's ... pub crawl? 🏇 🍺 |
A traveler who stopped into an 18th century tavern could find a hot meal, a pint of beer or hard cider, a place to sleep — and, in many cases, the news of the day, militia leaders scouting for recruits and talk of rebellion and revolution. Taverns played a vital role in early American society, but few realize how important they were to the move toward independence. "The Revolution would not have taken place without taverns," one historian explained. "They were places that tied people together," the rooms where the change from colonist to citizen happened. | A statue of a Minuteman is outside the Indian King Tavern in Haddonfield, New Jersey. The tavern is one of many in places like New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts that played a role in the American Revolution, Phaedra Trethan |
The 2026 Winter Olympics wrapped up in thrilling fashion Sunday with the USA men's hockey team getting the gold by beating Canada in overtime — days after the USA women's hockey team also beat the Canadians in an electrifying come-from-behind victory to win gold. The final medal count. 🏅 |
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