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
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
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 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
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
Lead Michigan announced on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, that sophomore guard L.J. Cason tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and will miss the remainder of the season. The injury occurred during Michigan’s win over Illinois on Friday night. Cason, a 6-foot-2 reserve who had become a reliable scoring spark off the bench, … Read more
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 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
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
Lead: On Tuesday, February 24, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory switched its automated alert stream to public operations and produced roughly 800,000 individual alerts in its first night of public service. The alerts covered transient and moving objects — from potential supernovas to near‑Earth asteroids and accreting black holes — and were generated as the … Read more
Actor Shia LaBeouf surrendered to New Orleans authorities on Saturday after a newly issued warrant linked him to a Feb. 17 brawl outside the Royal Street Inn & R Bar near the French Quarter. Court records show he faces an additional misdemeanor simple battery charge on top of the earlier arrest stemming from the same … Read more
Lead: President Donald Trump announced a U.S. military campaign against Iran in an eight-minute video posted from Corpus Christi, Texas, on Feb. 28, 2026, asserting the strikes were prompted by “imminent threats.” Independent records and public intelligence assessments show three central claims he advanced — Iran’s direct responsibility for the 2000 attack on the U.S.S. … Read more
On 28 February 2026, US President Donald Trump posted that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been killed in what he described as joint US–Israeli strikes on Tehran. Trump characterized Khamenei as “one of the most evil people in history” and said intelligence and tracking systems had enabled the operation. Israeli and US military … Read more
Lead FC Barcelona beat Villarreal 4-1 at the Spotify Camp Nou earlier today, powered by a Lamine Yamal hat-trick and a stoppage-time strike from Robert Lewandowski. The teenage forward scored twice before half-time and added a third after the break, while Lewandowski capped the win late. Manager Hansi Flick praised the performance, highlighted improvements in … Read more
Lead The Brits Awards red carpet unfolded on Saturday evening at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena, the first time the ceremony has left London in its 50-year history. International and homegrown stars arrived in show-stopping looks, from Harry Styles’s pinstripe suit to Olivia Dean’s yellow floor-length gown. High-profile nominees including Lola Young, Rosalía, Wet Leg and … Read more
