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Representative Tony Gonzales announced on March 5, 2026, that he will not run for another term in Congress after growing bipartisan pressure tied to revelations about his interactions with a former district staffer. The decision follows the public release of text messages showing Gonzales pursued a relationship with Regina Santos-Aviles in 2024; Santos-Aviles died by … Read more

Israel launches massive strikes on southern Beirut after evacuation order Lead: Israel carried out large-scale airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on 5 March 2026, hours after ordering more than 500,000 residents to evacuate immediately. The military said it was targeting Hezbollah positions; the evacuation order covered neighborhoods that include hospitals and government offices … Read more

Lead: On Mar. 5, 2026 in Denver, Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James recorded the 15,838th field goal of his career, overtaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s all-time leader in made field goals. The milestone came with 12.3 seconds left in the first quarter when James hit a turnaround baseline jumper over Nuggets forward Zeke … Read more

Director Michael Bay has filed a civil suit after accusing two women of causing extensive damage to his Bel Air estate in a hit-and-run incident first reported in September 2024. According to legal documents obtained by TMZ and filed on March 5, 2026, Bay says a 2016 Cadillac ATS drove over the curb, tore through … Read more

In late February and the first days of March 2026, a U.S. Army Central memo reviewed by CBS News indicates Iranian-aligned actors likely located and tracked American troops who had been moved off base as part of force-protection measures. On March 1, a drone strike at the Shuaiba port in Kuwait killed six U.S. service … Read more

Lead: The US Department of Defense has formally designated Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, a move announced as effective immediately and prompting the AI company to say it will sue. The designation bars use of Anthropic technology for defense contracts while leaving non-defense commercial relationships intact, according to company statements. CEO Dario Amodei said Anthropic … Read more

The final Oscar voting window closed at 5 p.m. PT, and the ballots make clear the outcome is far from settled: Academy members’ anonymous submissions reveal a two-film duel at the center of the season. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another dominate many categories, but voter behavior—late viewing, split loyalties … Read more

Lead: New research mapping Antarctica’s grounding line finds the continent lost nearly 5,000 square miles of grounded ice since 1996—an area equivalent to about ten times the City of Los Angeles. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used three decades of satellite imagery to quantify where ice sheets have … Read more

Lead In a recent hands-on preview of Sword Art Online: Echoes of Aincrad, the game revealed itself as a single-player, anime-styled action-RPG that deliberately wears MMO trappings. The demo put me into a quest called The Lost Log inside the Town of Beginnings and highlighted a first-for-series change: you create your own character rather than … Read more

Lead On March 5, 2026 (10:26 PM UTC; updated March 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM UTC), Asia-Pacific markets oscillated as the prolonged conflict in the Middle East continued to dictate risk appetite. Stocks pared earlier losses while the dollar weakened and investors sought shelter in gold; oil moved lower on the session. The MSCI Asia … Read more

Lead: An international team has produced the most complete, high-resolution map of cold molecular gas at the center of the Milky Way, using ALMA after a four-year campaign. The map focuses on the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ), the dense, turbulent region around the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* roughly 4 million times the mass of … Read more

Senate Democrats on March 5, 2026, blocked for the third time a stopgap spending measure intended to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, insisting they would not approve funding without new limits on immigration enforcement. The procedural vote fell 51–45, short of the 60 votes needed to advance the bill. Democrats sought visible-identification rules for … Read more

On Thursday, 5 March 2026, the US House of Representatives voted 212–219 to reject a war powers resolution that would have compelled withdrawal from hostilities with Iran until Congress authorized further action. The measure, jointly sponsored by Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna, failed largely on party lines after a parallel GOP-led defeat in … Read more

Lead The 2026 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis (Mar. 5) gathered 272 top college prospects for measurement and testing, and while high-profile names like Jeremiyah Love and Sonny Styles reinforced their standing, a group of lesser-known players markedly improved their NFL IQ draft scores. Using NFL IQ’s pre- and post-combine metrics, analysts identified ten under-the-radar … Read more

Lead Pop star Britney Spears was arrested in California on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs after being stopped by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) at about 21:30 local time (05:30 GMT) on Wednesday. Authorities say she was driving alone on US-101 southbound when officers observed erratic, high‑speed behavior. Spears was … Read more