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PHOTOS: Visitors flock to Tidal Basin for peak cherry blossom viewing 03/27/2026 04:50pm • D.C.’s beloved cherry trees officially reached peak bloom Thursday, wrapping the Tidal Basin with puffy white flowers. Peak bloom came earlier than expected, as the National Park Service had projected the Yoshino cherry trees would bloom between March 29 to April 1. Now that more than 70% of cher Wholesale Cash Prices 03/27/2026 04:49pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Wholesale cash prices Friday Thu Fri Foods Broilers - Rubio denies Zelenskyy's claim that the US asked Ukraine to cede land to Russia for security deal 03/27/2026 04:48pm • PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's assertion that the Trump administration is demanding Kyiv hand over its eastern Donbas region to Russia to receive American security guarantees in any ceasefire plan. Speaking to reporters Photos show ICE agents at US airports where the partial government shutdown triggered delays 03/27/2026 04:44pm • Federal immigration officers have arrived at U.S. airports, fulfilling President Donald Trump's pledge to deploy them to help the Transportation Security Administration during a partial government shutdown. The shutdown has caused long lines at security checkpoints across the country. This is a phot Artemis II astronauts arrive at Florida launch site for first moon trip in 53 years 03/27/2026 04:38pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronauts set to become the first lunar visitors in more than half a century arrived at their launch site Friday, joining the towering rocket that stands poised to blast off next week and send them around the moon. Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman flew in with his Timeline of events since Breonna Taylor's shooting death by police 03/27/2026 04:35pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Here is a timeline of events that began with the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was killed by police in her home in Louisville, Kentucky: — March 13, 2020: Officers serving a narcotics warrant fatally shoot Taylor in her home. — March 13, hours later: Police Prince William Co. school system establishes guidance on AI glasses 03/27/2026 04:31pm • Prince William County Public Schools recently established new guidance prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence-enabled glasses in schools as part of the school system’s policy governing cellphone-free education. Under the school system’s policy 729, which sets the guidance for cellphone- Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed 03/27/2026 04:30pm • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly lower Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. May. corn lost 4.25 cents at $4.62 a bushel. May. wheat rose by 0.75 cent at $6.06 a bushel. May. oats was down 0.5 cent at $3.42 a bushel. May. soybeans fell by 12.5 cents at $11.60 a bushel. 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NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, will take a 10-day trip around the moon, without landing. " When stock markets are rattled, even by war, it usually pays for investors to be patient 03/27/2026 04:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — When stock markets are as manic as they've been recently, it’s natural to want to do something to protect your retirement savings. Historically, though, staying calm has usually been best. The U.S. stock market has a track record of recovering from every steep drop it's taken. W Big-name artists, musicians, journalists gather in support of free speech at Kennedy Center 03/27/2026 04:17pm • Actress Jane Fonda spoke about free speech to a crowd of artists, journalists and musicians gathered outside the Kennedy Center on Friday, amid controversy over the president's involvement with the performing arts venue. Many attendees are recognizable faces, including actor Billy Porter, songwri