Missiles target US consulate in north Iraq, no casualties  —  BAGHDAD (AP) — As many as 12 missiles were fired Sunday toward the U.S. consulate in Iraq's northern city of Irbil, Iraqi security officials said.  A U.S. defense official said missiles had been launched at the city from neighboring Iran.

‘His act is wearing thin’: North Carolina Republicans gripe about Madison Cawthorn  —  Rep. Madison Cawthorn is stumbling at home and abroad as his bid to play Republican kingmaker falls flat with voters and alienates colleagues.  —  The 26-year-old, first-term North Carolina Republican saw …

Police investigated ‘unlawful entry’ onto property of White House national security aide … Law enforcement officials have been investigating an incident in which someone accessed the property of a top White House official working on U.S. sanctions against Russia, according to a police report and people familiar with the matter.

Kidnapping of Ukrainian Mayor in Melitopol Met With a Show of Resistance  —  The 33-year-old mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fyodorov, encouraged defiance.  Then he was arrested, and hasn't been heard from since.  —  LVIV, Ukraine — Ivan Fyodorov, as his name suggests, is an ethnic Russian …

Bodies of Russian Soldiers Filling Up Belarusian Morgues, Residents Say  —  The bodies of Russian soldiers killed in battle in Ukraine are filling up morgues in Belarus, local residents told RFE/RL.  —  Russian soldiers killed in battle are being brought by truck to the morgues and then sent …

Police: Woman stabs date in Las Vegas-area hotel room in retaliation for U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian leader  —  21-year-old faces attempted murder charge, among others  —  HENDERSON, Nev. (KLAS) — A woman is accused of stabbing her date she had met online in retaliation …

Leaked Kremlin Memo to Russian Media: It Is “Essential” to Feature Tucker Carlson  —  Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  On March 3, as Russian military forces bombed Ukrainian cities as part …

At Least 9 Reported Killed, Dozens Injured in Military Base Attack  —  Dozens more were injured after missiles hit a base used to ferry weapons and train foreign fighters.  Russia had warned that arms shipments were “legitimate targets.”  —  Here are the latest developments in Ukraine.

GOP congressman calls Trump ‘a would-be tyrant’  —  Republican Rep. Tom Rice (S.C.) slammed former President Trump in a statement on Saturday following the former president's rally in South Carolina, calling him “a would-be tyrant.”  —  At the rally, Trump said Rice is a “disaster” and …

Saudi Arabia executes 81 men in 24 hours  —  Officials say those executed were convicted of charges including terrorism and holding ‘deviant beliefs’  —  Saudi Arabia has executed 81 men over the past 24 hours, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian national, on charges including terrorism and holding …

CBS News poll: Strong support for Russian sanctions even if gas prices increase  —  The overwhelming support for sanctions on Russia's oil and gas, and the willingness to pay more as a result, is the kind of widespread sentiment we don't always see in public opinion these days: bipartisan, cutting across race, region, and even income.

O'Rourke calls Abbott a “thug” and an “authoritarian” who's “got his own oligarch here in the state of Texas”  —  The Democratic nominee for governor slammed the Republican incumbent in harsh terms, presaging a bitter lead-up to an election nearly eight months away.  —  Copy link

Award-winning US filmmaker Brent Renaud killed by Russian forces in Ukraine, authorities say  —  Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker fatally shot near Kyiv, police report  —  Brent Renaud, an award-winning US filmmaker and former contributor to The New York Times …

Possible Outcomes of the Russo-Ukrainian War and China's Choice  —  Hu Wei is the vice-chairman of the Public Policy Research Center of the Counselor's Office of the State Council, the chairman of Shanghai Public Policy Research Association, the chairman of the Academic Committee of the Chahar Institute …

HALLELUJAH!  —  The women of America just won a major decision in Federal Court!  —  All of us don't have to be afraid to speak up, to protest against mistreatment, abuse, or worse.  And didn't we already know—three weeks ago!—that the best civil rights attorney in the world—Robbie Kaplan …

Living in a Florida we no longer recognize  —  TALLAHASSEE — Elections police.  Thought police.  Censoring teachers.  Banning books — then cynically calling it parental involvement.  —  Welcome to America's culture war capital.  —  This is no longer the Florida where you chose to go to college, launch a new career or retire.

Justice Thomas slams cancel culture, ‘packing’ Supreme Court  —  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said he's concerned efforts to politicize the court or add additional justices may erode the institution's credibility, speaking Friday in Utah at an event hosted …

Did masks really help slow COVID-19 spread in schools?  Study says ...  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — Some skeptical parents and anti-mask advocacy groups questioned the necessity of forcing students and teachers to wear masks for the majority of the 2021-22 school year.