Touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro Expected Late 2026, Adds Dynamic Island and Touch-Optimized macOS

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Lead On February 24, 2026, reports based on Bloomberg coverage say Apple is developing a touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro that will adopt the iPhone’s Dynamic Island and a hole-punch front camera. The machine is expected to arrive toward the end of 2026 and use next-generation M6 Pro and M6 Max chips built on a 2‑nanometer … Read more

Live updates: Trump delivers State of the Union address

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Lead: President Donald Trump delivered a State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol tonight, focusing on the economy, immigration and healthcare while touting tariff-driven gains. He repeatedly framed the speech as proof the nation is “winning again,” and named members of the US men’s Olympic hockey team. … Read more

Paramount Raises Offer to $31 a Share for Warner Bros. Discovery

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Feb. 24, 2026 — Paramount Pictures has increased its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery to $31 a share, reopening formal negotiations that could upend an $83 billion sale of large assets to Netflix. Warner Bros. Discovery said the revised $31-per-share proposal could reasonably be expected to produce a “superior proposal” to the Netflix … Read more

‘Abolish ICE’ Wins Chicago’s Snowplow Naming Contest

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Lead: On Feb. 24, 2026, Chicago voters selected the political slogan “Abolish ICE” as the winner of the city’s annual You Name a Snowplow contest, a decision announced after roughly 13,300 public submissions and nearly 40,000 votes. The name will be painted on one of the city’s powder-blue snowplow trucks and could appear on Chicago … Read more

Alysa Liu welcomed at SFO after historic Olympic gold

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Who: Alysa Liu, a 20-year-old figure skater from Richmond in the Bay Area. When/Where: She arrived at San Francisco International Airport late Monday night after competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. What: Liu returned as the first American woman to win Olympic figure skating gold since 2002, and she was met by … Read more

Rep. Tony Gonzales Resists Calls to Resign Over Affair

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Lead: U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas declined Tuesday to step down amid growing Republican demands after a report that he had an alleged affair with a former staffer who later died by self-immolation. The calls for his resignation came from several GOP colleagues as Gonzales faces a competitive Republican primary on March 3 and … Read more

Mountain West Announces Updated 2026 Football Matchups – Mountain West Conference

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Lead On February 24, 2026, in Colorado Springs, the Mountain West Conference released revised matchups for the 2026 college football season after adding North Dakota State. The updated slate features 10 programs competing in 40 conference games across four time zones. Each team is scheduled for eight conference games — four at home and four … Read more

15 States Sue Over Federal Vaccine Schedule Rollback

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Lead: On Feb. 24, 2026, a coalition of 15 states led by Democratic officials filed suit against the federal government seeking to overturn a January decision that reduced the number of diseases in the routine childhood vaccination schedule from 17 to 11. The complaint names the Department of Health and Human Services and Secretary Robert … Read more

Spirit Airlines reaches deal to emerge from bankruptcy, avoiding closure threat

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Lead Spirit Airlines announced on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, that it has reached an agreement with creditors that will allow the carrier to exit bankruptcy this spring or in early summer. The deal is designed to cut debt and operating costs so the ultra‑low‑cost carrier can continue operating, but as a materially smaller business. Management … Read more

Lindsey Vonn’s crash injury explained: How long could her recovery take and will she ski again?

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Lead Two and a half weeks after her crash in the Olympic downhill at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Lindsey Vonn returned to the United States and left hospital care. Medical updates and Vonn’s own video post describe a severe left-leg injury—a complex tibial fracture, tibial plateau involvement and fibula-head break—complicated by compartment syndrome and a broken right … Read more

Waymo adds 4 more cities to its robotaxi service, now 10 total (Tesla: still 0) – Electrek

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Lead On Feb 24, 2026, Waymo began driverless robotaxi operations in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando, bringing its active footprint to 10 U.S. cities. The launches follow Waymo’s phased “select riders” rollout pattern and cover downtown cores plus nearby districts; airports and highways are not included in the new zones. Each area opens to … Read more