British authorities on Feb. 23, 2026, arrested Peter Mandelson, the 72-year-old former U.K. ambassador to the United States, on suspicion of misconduct in public office after a Metropolitan Police investigation into his links with Jeffrey Epstein. The police said the arrest followed searches of properties in Wiltshire and Camden and that the detained man was … Read more
Lead Lily Collins has been tapped to portray Audrey Hepburn in a feature that dramatizes both the life of the screen icon and the making of her 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The project, being developed by Case Study Films together with Imagine Entertainment and producer Scott LaStaiti, adapts Sam Wasson’s bestseller Fifth Avenue, 5 … Read more
Published Feb 23, 2026 — Daniel Jeremiah of NFL Network released an updated Top 50 list of 2026 draft-eligible prospects ahead of the NFL Scouting Combine. The refresh incorporates tape from college all‑star games and additional film study, and it sets a pre‑Combine picture for teams, scouts and evaluators. Jeremiah places Indiana QB Connor Mendoza … Read more
Stephen Jones said on Monday that the Dallas Cowboys expect to place the franchise tag on wide receiver George Pickens and will finalize that move within the next week. The announcement came via NFL Media reporting and follows national rankings that listed Pickens among the top available free agents; the tag would keep him off … Read more
At the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards, a racial slur uttered aloud by guest John Davidson — who has Tourette’s syndrome — was heard during the BBC One broadcast and was not removed from the two-hour delayed transmission. The audible incident occurred while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting an award; the BBC has … Read more
President Trump has told senior advisers he is prepared to move beyond diplomacy and a limited strike if negotiations with Iran do not force Tehran to abandon its nuclear-weapons capability, U.S. officials said. The administration and Iranian negotiators are set to meet in Geneva on Thursday in what U.S. officials described as a last effort … Read more
Peter Mandelson, a 72-year-old former Labour cabinet minister and ex-UK ambassador to the United States, was arrested at his Camden home on 23 February 2026 on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The arrest follows a Metropolitan Police criminal inquiry opened on 3 February and search warrants executed at addresses in Wiltshire and north London … Read more
Lead Researchers report in Current Biology (published Monday, 23 February 2026) that the familiar horse whinny combines two distinct sound mechanisms: low-pitched vibration from the voice box and a previously unrecognized high-pitched whistle formed in the laryngeal area. The team filmed live horses with an endoscopic camera, scanned laryngeal anatomy, and ran airflow tests on … Read more
Lead The Season 2 premiere of Paradise, “Graceland,” shifts the spotlight away from the Colorado bunker to follow Annie Clay (Shailene Woodley), an unlikely survivor who converts Elvis’s estate into a fallout refuge. The hour traces Annie’s life before, during and after a global catastrophe triggered by a Antarctic supervolcano and a cascade of geopolitical … Read more
Lead Brussels — On Monday European Union foreign ministers failed to agree a fresh package of sanctions on Russia after Hungary unexpectedly objected, blocking a vote that had been tied to a 90 billion euro loan for Ukraine. The meeting came ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began on … Read more
Lead On Feb. 23, 2026, MarketWatch highlighted a widely shared commentary from Citrini Research, co-authored with Alap Shah of Lotus Technology Management, that frames a worst-case market outcome if AI delivers on its promise. The piece is written as a lookback from June 2028 in which unemployment has risen to 10.2% and the S&P 500 … Read more
On Feb. 23, 2026, a powerful winter storm that intensified into a blizzard buried large parts of New Jersey, producing town-by-town totals as high as 25 inches and prompting blizzard warnings across all 21 counties. Snow continued into the morning and early afternoon, with the National Weather Service noting visibility-reducing winds and rates near 2 … Read more
Lead: Four years after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the fighting remains Europe’s largest conflict since World War II, with heavy tolls on soldiers and civilians and far-reaching effects on regional security. The war enters its fifth year on Feb. 24, 2026, with no clear end in sight even … Read more
Skywatchers at the end of February will see six planets grouped on one side of the Sun in a so-called planetary parade. The lineup — visible across much of the globe over the weekend and into the days that follow — will include four naked-eye planets and two that require optical aid. Observers are advised … Read more
Lead: In late February 2026, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asserted on a promotional tour that a Harvard doctor had “cured schizophrenia” with ketogenic diets. Psychiatric researchers and the clinician cited by Kennedy say that claim overstates the evidence. They note the literature contains only small case reports and that larger, … Read more
