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An Associated Press reporter recounts witnessing the halted execution of a serial killer in Idaho on Wednesday. (Feb. 28)

Austria’s top diplomat appeals for a pause in Mideast fighting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan

Austria’s foreign minister has urged Israel and Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group against escalating the conflict along the volatile Israel-Lebanon border.

A medical worker walks to enter Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. South Korea’s government made a last appeal to junior doctors to end a walkout, with hours left to go before the Thursday deadline on its threats to suspend medical licenses and prosecute the strikers. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Young South Korean doctors resist back-to-work orders, risking prosecution

El bateador designado de los Dodgers de Los Ángeles Shohei Ohtani sonríe en el dugout antes de un entrenamiento de primavera contra los Rangers de Texas el miércoles 28 de febrero de 2024 en Surprise, Arizona. (AP Foto/Lindsey Wasson)

El astro de los Dodgers Shohei Ohtani dice que se ha casado y su esposa es japonesa

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his state-of-the-nation address in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin warns that sending Western troops to Ukraine risks a global nuclear war

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his state-of-the-nation address in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin warns that sending Western troops to Ukraine risks a global nuclear war

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Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks to reporters after meeting with Japan's Industry Minister Ken Saito at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Japan’s industry minister summoned the president of the utility that runs the Fukushima nuclear power plant to his office Wednesday and chided him for a radioactive water leak at the plant earlier this month. (Kyodo News via AP)

Today In History: February 21, Robert Mugabe - president of Zimbabwe

Today in History

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2023. There are 306 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Feb. 28, 1993, a gun battle erupted at a religious compound near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to arrest Branch Davidian leader David Koresh on weapons charges; four agents and six Davidians were killed as a 51-day standoff began.