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Feb. 28, 2026 — Governments across the Persian Gulf moved to shut or restrict civilian airspace after Iran launched attacks on U.S. bases across the peninsula in retaliation for strikes on Tehran earlier the same day. The cascade of measures included a temporary closure of Qatari airspace that halted Qatar Airways operations and reported restrictions … Read more

Lead: On Feb. 27–28, 2026, U.S. and Israeli forces carried out coordinated strikes across Iran, including an attack reported near the compound of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran. The strikes prompted immediate retaliatory launches by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps toward Israel and raised alarms across the Gulf as airspace closures and sirens … Read more

Lead: Late Friday, Feb. 26, 2026, President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI models, and the Department of Defense followed with a contractor ban announced by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The directive arrived ahead of U.S. market reopenings, with Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures set to open Sunday … Read more

Lead: In the March 2–6 week on The Bold and the Beautiful, several romantic flashpoints escalate: Will reels after seeing Electra with RJ, Dylan offers unexpected comfort and kisses him, and Deacon’s romantic life becomes more tangled as past and present collide. Storylines pivot around breakups, temptation, and renewed passion, setting up new conflicts for … Read more

Following tonight’s Denver at Oklahoma City game, AP’s Cliff Brunt interviewed crew chief James Williams to clarify multiple officiating decisions. Williams explained why Nikola Jokić was not assessed a technical foul for a pre-whistle forearm contact, why Luguentz Dort’s foul was upgraded to a flagrant 2 and resulted in ejection, and why the separate confrontation … Read more

The three-hour premiere of Survivor 50 on CBS delivered the network its most-watched Wednesday night in four years, since the Season 42 finale on May 25, 2022. Nielsen measured an average audience of 5.06 million viewers for the opener, which peaked at 6.18 million in its first half-hour and retained at least 90% of viewers … Read more

Short-handed Cleveland saw a chance to cap a strong February undone in a chaotic overtime at Little Caesars Arena on Friday, Feb. 28, 2026, as the Detroit Pistons edged the Cavs 122-119. The Cavs rode an 8-3 month surge into the matchup but were missing key starters and could not close out a late rally … Read more

Lead: Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love announced on Friday that he will perform on-field work at the NFL Scouting Combine, running the 40-yard dash and taking part in position drills on Saturday. The decision comes as fewer overall prospects are appearing for on-field testing at this year’s Combine. Love is widely regarded as the … Read more

Who: Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a 56-year-old nearly blind Rohingya refugee. When/Where: found dead on 24 February in upstate New York, after being released from federal custody on 19 February and left near a Tim Hortons in Buffalo. What/Result: family and city officials say he was dropped at a closed coffee shop miles from home; … Read more

On Friday, Feb. 27 at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky, WWE SmackDown served as the final Elimination Chamber go-home show. An apparent backstage attack left Jey Uso laid out and removed from his Chamber spot, prompting an impromptu main event in which Logan Paul replaced Uso and defeated Jacob Fatu after Undisputed WWE … Read more

Lead: Cuban interior ministry officials said late Friday that a Florida-flagged speedboat opened fire on Cuban border patrol forces off the island’s north coast this week, prompting return fire that left four attackers dead and multiple arrests. Authorities told AP that ten Cuban nationals departed the U.S. in two boats but one vessel failed, so … Read more

OpenAI said late on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, that it reached terms with the U.S. Department of Defense to deploy its AI models on the department’s classified network, hours after the Pentagon moved to blacklist rival Anthropic. The deal, announced by CEO Sam Altman on X, follows a day in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth … Read more

Jiri Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg will headline UFC 327 on April 11 at Kaseya Center in Miami to fight for the vacant undisputed light heavyweight (205-pound) championship after Alex Pereira vacated the belt. The matchup was announced by UFC CEO Dana White on Feb. 27, 2026. Prochazka, a former titleholder, returns after consecutive finishes following … Read more

Lead During ESPN’s “Cavaliers–Pistons All-Access” broadcast at Little Caesars Arena on Feb. 27, 2026, a persistent arena horn cut into a bench interview with Donovan Mitchell and the network’s commentators. The horn began sounding mid-interview and continued for roughly 12.5 minutes, forcing arena staff to power-cycle systems to silence it. ESPN producers and on-air talent … Read more

Lead: A Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll conducted Feb. 25–26, 2026, of just over 1,000 U.S. adults finds President Donald Trump’s Feb. 24 State of the Union failed to convince most Americans that he is prioritizing prices and affordability. While voters list jobs, prices and health care as their top concerns, the president devoted a small … Read more