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Opinion

Almanac for Feb. 27, 2026

Local columns

Today is Friday, Feb. 27, the 58th day of 2026. There are 307 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1933, Germany's parliament building, the Reichstag, was gutted by fire; Chancellor Adolf Hitler, blaming communists, used the fire to justify suspending civil liberties. Also on this ...

US in reverse regarding the global climate crisis

Editorial

Devastating wildfires, flooding and winter storms were among the 23 extreme weather and climate-related disasters in the U.S. that cost more than a billion dollars last year – at an estimated total loss of $115 billion. The past three years have shattered previous records for such events. ...

Jack Hughes or Eileen Gu?

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The Winter Olympics had its thrills and spills — and a deep philosophical divide represented by two American, or American-born, athletes. Jack Hughes, the gold medal-winning American hockey player for the U.S. team, gave voice to a patriotic reflex in his heartfelt expressions of love of ...

Summers to leave teaching at Harvard amid Epstein ties review

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Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University as the campus reviews his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the university announced Wednesday. Summers, who has been on leave since November and whose name appeared hundreds of ...

Almanac for Feb. 26, 2026

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Today is Thursday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2026. There are 308 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1993, a truck bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the North Tower of New York's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 ...