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Lead: On Feb. 26, 2026, U.S. and Iranian envoys ended a tense day of diplomacy in Geneva and agreed to keep negotiating next week to try to avert military confrontation over Iran’s nuclear program. Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi, who is mediating, described notable progress and said expert teams will join follow-up sessions. Iran’s Foreign … Read more
Lead One day after federal agents searched the home and district office of Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, the school board convened an emergency closed session on Thursday to consider his status. The raids — which also included a search of a Florida residence linked to a longtime associate — prompted district officials to … Read more
Lead: Members of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City have set aside on-screen rivalries to rally around castmate Mary Cosby after the sudden death of her son, Robert Cosby Jr., on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City police responded to a reported overdose and found Robert deceased; dispatch audio … Read more
For three decades I have lived and worked with Tourette syndrome, and the debate reignited after a BAFTA ceremony last weekend where John Davidson, who has coprolalia, shouted an explicit racial slur while Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan presented an award. The incident, captured on the broadcast and left unedited, has focused public anger … Read more
Flutter Entertainment on Thursday reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that fell short of Wall Street expectations across multiple measures, driven in part by weaker engagement at FanDuel. The company recorded revenue of $4.74 billion and adjusted EPS of $1.74 for Q4, below LSEG consensus of $4.97 billion and $1.95 respectively. EBITDA came in at $832 million … Read more
Lead On February 26, 2026, model and influencer Celina Powell, through attorney Rebecca R. Bordoli, sent a cease-and-desist to fellow creator Deshae Frost after he accused her on a January 26 livestream of sexually assaulting him and transmitting herpes. The letter — obtained by press outlets — demands that Frost stop repeating the allegations, publicly … Read more
Lead: On February 26, 2025, NASA launched the Lunar Trailblazer probe from Kennedy Space Center to map water on the Moon. Mission controllers lost contact roughly one day after launch and the $72 million spacecraft was never recovered. A NASA review panel, released via a Freedom of Information Act disclosure, finds a pointing-software error caused … Read more
Lead Manhattan prosecutors on Feb. 26, 2026 declined to pursue a felony assault charge against 27-year-old Gusmane Coulibaly, who was accused of injuring police officers during an organized snowball fight in Washington Square Park earlier that week. Coulibaly was arrested at his Bronx home and remains charged with obstructing governmental administration (a misdemeanor) and harassment … Read more
President Donald Trump delivered the 2026 State of the Union address on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C.; Nielsen estimates the speech drew 32.6 million viewers across live and same‑day broadcasts. The address lasted 1 hour, 47 minutes and 40 seconds — a record for Trump in time and word count — but represented his smallest … Read more
Lead Pakistan said two of its soldiers were killed and three wounded after the Afghan Taliban launched a cross‑border operation late on Thursday, prompting Islamabad to carry out strikes on Kabul and Kandahar in the early hours of Friday. Officials described Pakistan’s strikes as countermeasures against “unprovoked” fire from Afghan soil, while the Taliban said … Read more
Lead On Thursday, Netflix announced it will not increase its offer for Warner Bros., effectively ceding the contest to David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance. Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said the price required to match Paramount’s latest package was “no longer financially attractive,” framing the acquisition as optional rather than essential. Warner Bros. Discovery’s … Read more
Lead On Feb. 26, 2026, researchers published a paper in Science reporting that genetic traces in modern genomes reveal strong, asymmetric mating patterns between Neanderthals and early modern humans tens of thousands of years ago. The study finds that men who carried high levels of Neanderthal ancestry and women with predominantly modern-human ancestry preferentially paired, … Read more
On Feb. 26, 2026, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton testified under oath for more than six hours at the Center for Performing Arts in Chappaqua, N.Y., before the House Oversight Committee. She said she never met Jeffrey Epstein and denied any knowledge of his crimes, and she abruptly paused the deposition after learning that … Read more
Lead: Leaked images and reporting indicate that Lenovo is developing a foldable gaming device, reportedly called the Legion Go Fold, that can function both as a handheld gaming PC and as a Windows laptop. The screen is said to use POLED technology and fold on a central hinge, expanding from 7.7 inches to 11.6 inches. … Read more
Actor Bobby J. Brown, best known for portraying Officer Bobby Brown on HBO’s The Wire, died on February 26, 2026 after a barn fire in Maryland. The Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined his death was due to diffuse thermal injury and smoke inhalation and ruled the manner accidental. Family members told reporters … Read more
