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Donald Trump’s envoy to France, Charles Kushner, was prohibited from meeting directly with French government ministers after failing to attend a 7pm meeting at the French foreign ministry called to discuss US comments about the killing of far‑right activist Quentin Deranque. The summons came from Foreign Minister Jean‑Noël Barrot following a repost by the US … Read more
Lead Early on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2026, 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin was shot and killed inside the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago after Secret Service agents and a local deputy confronted him. Law enforcement says Martin had entered the property carrying a shotgun and raised it into firing position before he was shot at about 1:30 … Read more
Lead: A federal class-action lawsuit filed Feb. 23, 2026 in U.S. District Court in Maine accuses the Department of Homeland Security and several subagencies of tracking and intimidating people who lawfully observe and record immigration enforcement. Plaintiffs say agents used smartphone scans of faces and license plates and, in at least one viral incident in … Read more
Lead On Monday a powerful nor’easter intensified into a blizzard that buried large parts of the Northeast, from New York City through New Jersey into New England, producing localized totals exceeding three feet of snow and widespread disruptions. Southern Rhode Island recorded measurements as high as 36.2 inches, while Providence saw more than 32 inches … Read more
Lead Students at multiple Iranian universities staged a third consecutive day of demonstrations on 23 February 2026, one month after security forces violently suppressed nationwide street protests that left thousands dead. The campus unrest, concentrated in Tehran institutions including the all-women Al Zahra University and Sharif University, featured anti-government chants and symbolic acts of defiance … Read more
Lead: President Trump has asserted that inflation has been reduced, a point he is expected to highlight in his upcoming State of the Union address on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. Yet ordinary Americans from Charlotte to New York say their household budgets still feel strained by high housing, health care and grocery costs. Workers such … Read more
Ryan Coogler’s long-gestating reboot of The X-Files has been given a pilot order at Hulu, with Danielle Deadwyler attached as a co-lead and Jennifer Yale set to run the series. The pilot, produced by Onyx Collective and 20th Television, will be written and directed by Coogler and reunites key creative partners from his Proximity Media … Read more
Lead: Boston 25 News published a town-by-town roundup of snowfall from the recent nor’easter, but the original story page returns an Error 451 and is blocked for readers outside the United States. That restriction prevents many international residents, travelers and researchers from seeing the station and municipal totals reported there. This article explains what Error … 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
