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Lead The Federal Aviation Administration announced it will ask airlines to reduce flights at Chicago O’Hare International Airport this summer, citing concerns that planned schedules could exceed airport capacity and strain safety systems. The request, announced ahead of a meeting next week, targets peak summer days when operations top current levels. The FAA warned that … Read more

Feb. 27 — On tonight’s SmackDown, a masked attacker incapacitated Jey Uso and sent him to a hospital, removing him from the men’s Elimination Chamber match. General Manager Nick Aldis announced he would name a replacement by the end of the show. In the main event, Logan Paul and Jacob Fatu fought for the vacant … Read more

Lead: On Feb. 27, 2026 at Little Caesars Arena during the Detroit Pistons vs. Cleveland Cavaliers game, an arena horn malfunctioned and blared continuously for roughly 12.5 minutes, interrupting a bench interview with Donovan Mitchell. The ESPN “Cavaliers–Pistons All-Access” broadcast cut through the noise as crew and arena staff worked to silence the horn. Technicians … Read more

Lead At UCLA’s Royce Hall on Friday night, the 2026 ACE Eddie Awards honored excellence in film and television editing, with Warner Bros.’ Sinners and One Battle After Another and Netflix’s animated hit KPop Demon Hunters taking top film prizes. Michael P. Shawver won Best Edited Feature Drama for Sinners; Andy Jurgensen claimed Best Edited … Read more

Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, was placed on paid administrative leave on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, after Federal Bureau of Investigation agents executed search warrants at his residence and a district office earlier in the week. The board of education held consecutive emergency closed sessions and cited the need for … Read more

Lead Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney began a short, high-stakes visit to India this week with stops in Mumbai and New Delhi to restore bilateral ties and accelerate trade diversification away from dependence on the United States. He is meeting business leaders in Mumbai and will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in … Read more

On Feb. 27, 2026, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents entered a Columbia University–owned apartment and detained 29-year-old senior Elmina Aghayeva, a student and social media influencer with 114,000 Instagram followers. She was held briefly and released the same afternoon after Mayor Zohran Mamdani reportedly sought President Trump’s intervention during a White House visit. … Read more

On Feb. 27, 2026, three-time Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion posted images from a recent fitting for a Roberto Cavalli dress, sharing a teasing caption and behind-the-scenes snaps that highlighted the garment’s fit. The photos, published the same day, emphasize the artist’s curving silhouette and generated immediate social attention. While Megan did not say which … Read more

Lead: Google has begun adding post-quantum cryptographic material to the public certificate transparency ecosystem to guard HTTPS from future quantum attacks. Announced in February 2026, the change embeds quantum-resistant signatures such as ML-DSA into compact Merkle-based commitments so certificate logs can remain verifiable without large data growth. Chrome already supports the format and Cloudflare is … Read more

On Feb. 27, 2026, Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi told CBS’s Face the Nation that a negotiated U.S.-Iran nuclear agreement is attainable if negotiators are given more time and diplomatic space. Speaking amid ongoing technical talks and renewed U.S. concern about Iran’s program, Albusaidi—who is acting as a facilitator—said negotiators have secured … Read more

February 27, 2026 — Federal prosecutors told the court Friday they will not appeal a judge’s decision that removed the death penalty from the federal case against Luigi Mangione, a move that clears the way for a fall trial. U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed the death-eligible counts in late January, concluding that stalking cannot … Read more

Feb. 27, 2026 — Federal and state officials reported that 13 people held at the Camp East Montana immigration detention facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, tested positive for measles on Feb. 27, 2026. Those infected were placed in quarantine and Immigration and Customs Enforcement medical teams halted all internal movement inside the … Read more

At least 11 people were killed on Friday evening when a Bolivian Air Force C-130 cargo aircraft skidded off the runway at El Alto International Airport and struck vehicles on a nearby motorway. The accident occurred at 18:20 local time (22:20 GMT) as the plane arrived from Santa Cruz; the airport was briefly closed and … Read more

Lead The Federal Aviation Administration will force schedule reductions at Chicago O’Hare for Summer 2026 after airlines published peak operations that the agency says the airport cannot sustain. The action stems from an intensifying competition between United Airlines and American Airlines: United is expanding to its largest-ever Chicago schedule while American has rebuilt to roughly … Read more

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Friday that federal prosecutors have indicted 30 additional people in connection with a January protest inside Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. The charges allege civil rights violations tied to a Jan. 18 disruption at a service; Bondi said 25 of the newly charged were in custody and further … Read more