2026 PGA Awards — Live Winners and Key Takeaways

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The 2026 Producers Guild Awards were held Saturday night at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, with producers, talent and industry leaders gathering for the guild’s annual celebration. The ceremony presented 10 competitive categories for film and a broad slate of television prizes, alongside three special honors and several awards handed out earlier in … Read more

2026 NFL Combine Day 3: Stock Up, Stock Down — Taylen Green Among Movers

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Lead INDIANAPOLIS — On Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium, Day 3 of the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine centered on running backs, quarterbacks and wide receivers, producing clear winners and underperformers ahead of the April 23-25, 2026 draft in Pittsburgh. Several prospects posted eye-catching testing marks — notably Arkansas QB Taylen Green’s record-setting jumps and sub-4.40 … Read more

Giant string of organic molecules on Mars may be one of the best signs of life yet – Live Science

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Lead: In March 2025, NASA’s Curiosity rover detected unusually long organic molecules in a mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, first sampled in 2013. The molecules are alkanes—hydrocarbon chains of roughly 10–12 carbon atoms—measured today at about 30–50 parts per billion (ppb). A new, NASA-led analysis argues that after accounting for 80 million years of … Read more

NFL Combine 2026: Biggest moments, fastest 40s and standout QB/WR/RB workouts

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Lead: On Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis hosted Day 3 of the NFL Combine on-field workouts, where running backs opened the session before quarterbacks and wide receivers took center stage. Arkansas QB Taylen Green rewrote quarterback combine records with a 43.5-inch vertical and an 11-foot-2 broad jump, while RBs produced three … Read more

Pentagon Cuts Ties With Yale, Georgetown and Other Top Universities

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Lead On Feb. 28, 2026, the Defense Department announced it will sever academic relationships with nearly two dozen elite universities and seven Washington think tanks, a move directed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The ban, effective with the new school year in September, is aimed at curtailing what Hegseth described as liberal indoctrination of service … Read more

Could Carnell Tate Be the Giants’ ‘Robin’ Next to Malik Nabers’ ‘Batman’?

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Lead Ohio State wide receiver Carnell Tate told NFL teams at his Saturday NFL Scouting Combine podium that he views himself as a ready-made game-changer and ideal complement for an established star. Tate, listed at 6-foot-2 and 195 pounds, posted 51 catches for 875 yards (17.2 yards per reception) and nine touchdowns in 2025 and … Read more

Knee Injury Sidelines L.J. Cason for Remainder of Season – University of Michigan Athletics

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Lead On Feb. 28, 2026, the University of Michigan announced that guard L.J. Cason will miss the remainder of the 2025–26 season with a knee injury. The team confirmed the decision in an official release from Michigan Athletics and said Cason will enter a rehabilitation program overseen by the program’s medical staff. The announcement removes … Read more

Kodak Black Missed Midland Concert After Plane Trouble, Gave Free Impromptu Set Nearby

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Lead Rapper Kodak Black was unable to appear at a scheduled concert in Midland, Texas on February 28, 2026, after aircraft problems delayed his arrival. According to his attorney, Bradford Cohen, the disruption was caused by issues with a plane originating in Florida and an alternate jet was arranged. By the time Kodak reached the … Read more

Protests erupt across US after Iran strikes and reports of Khamenei’s death

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Lead Anti-war demonstrations spread across the United States on Saturday after news outlets reported that Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, had been killed in strikes on Tehran attributed to U.S. and Israeli forces. Protesters gathered outside the White House and in New York’s Times Square to oppose further U.S. military involvement in the region and … Read more

Jeremiyah Love posts second-fastest 40 time among fastest RB group in Combine history

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Jeremiyah Love recorded a 4.36-second 40-yard dash at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, marking the second-fastest time among running backs at the event. The clocking reinforced Love’s status as a top back in the 2025 draft class after a 2024 regular season at Notre Dame in which he carried 199 times for 1,372 … Read more

Found: Georges Méliès’ 1897 short that first filmed a robot attack

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Lead Georges Méliès’s 1897 one-reel short Gugusse et l’Automate—about 45 seconds long—has been located and restored by the Library of Congress after being thought lost for more than a century. The fragile nitrate print was discovered last September among a box of ten reels that had belonged to a Michigan family and was identified and … Read more

Shia LaBeouf Says ‘Big Gay People Are Scary to Me’ After Mardi Gras Arrest

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Lead: Actor Shia LaBeouf, 39, has linked his arrest during New Orleans’ recent Mardi Gras celebrations to a fear of “big gay people,” according to an interview published Saturday. LaBeouf was detained after an altercation on Royal Street in which police say he struck two people; he was later charged with two counts of simple … Read more

Texas Democrats at a Crossroads After Brutal Senate Primary

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Texas Democrats faced a consequential decision this spring as a bruising U.S. Senate primary between Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico culminated in early voting and an intense statewide contest. The two high-profile Democrats waged an expensive, often personal campaign across the state in the lead-up to Election Day, driving roughly 1.2 million … Read more

Giant Study Reveals the Secret to Heart Health — Not Low‑Carb or Low‑Fat

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A Harvard-led analysis of nearly 200,000 US men and women followed for about 30 years finds that food quality, not simply whether a diet is low in carbohydrates or fat, best predicts long-term heart health. The research, using more than 5.2 million person-years of follow-up, links diets rich in vegetables, whole grains, healthy fats and … Read more