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12:02 AM on Friday, February 27

In the years Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green were released in 1996 for Nintendo Game Boy in Japan, marking the debut of Pokémon, the franchise has taken over the globe with its animated shows, mobile games and highly coveted trading cards

11:32 PM on Thursday, February 26

Britain’s Green Party wins a special election for a seat in Parliament in a blow to Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer

10:35 PM on Thursday, February 26

Pakistan’s defense minister says that there is now an 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes

9:20 PM on Thursday, February 26

Members of Congress say the U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone

9:13 PM on Thursday, February 26

US military uses laser to take down Border Protection drone, lawmakers say, and FAA closes airspace near El Paso, Texas

9:03 PM on Thursday, February 26

Relatives of a boat captain from the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia tell The Associated Press that he is missing after a recent U.S. strike on a suspected drug vessel in the region

8:33 PM on Thursday, February 26

The U.S. State Department says it will pay up to $10 million for information leading to the arrests or convictions of two brothers identified as leaders of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel in the state of Baja California, which includes Tijuana

8:20 PM on Thursday, February 26

The chief federal judge for Minnesota has issued a stern warning to the chief federal prosecutor for the state, as well as to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, warning them that they must comply with court orders or they risk criminal contempt charges

5:48 PM on Thursday, February 26

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it’s misleading for members of the House to say their package of aviation safety reforms would address the recommendations that her agency made in January to prevent another midair collision like the one last year near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people

5:10 PM on Thursday, February 26

A Tennessee law that threatens local officials with felony charges and possible imprisonment if they vote for so-called “sanctuary policies” on immigration has been ruled unconstitutional

4:36 PM on Thursday, February 26

Netflix is declining to raise its offer to buy Warner Bros

4:29 PM on Thursday, February 26

President Donald Trump has met with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at the White House to talk about big federal housing investments

2:32 PM on Thursday, February 26

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the artificial intelligence company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to allow wider use of its technology

1:14 PM on Thursday, February 26

The governing board of the Los Angeles Unified School District will meet in a closed session a day after the FBI served search warrants at the district’s headquarters and the home of its superintendent

12:36 PM on Thursday, February 26

Federal immigration agents have detained a Columbia University student in her campus apartment

11:38 AM on Thursday, February 26

Pakistan has carried out airstrikes in Kabul and two other Afghan provinces, Afghanistan’s government spokesperson says

10:49 AM on Thursday, February 26

A social media content creator has been arrested after New York City police said officers were hurt when they were pelted with snow and ice during a massive snowball fight in Washington Square Park this week

7:10 AM on Thursday, February 26

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told members of Congress she had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and didn't recall ever meeting him

12:01 AM on Thursday, February 26

Iran and the United States held hours of indirect negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program but walked away without a deal