Lead In June 2024 a 21-year-old college student began what she and clinicians first took to be a urinary tract infection while attending a graduation in Milwaukee. Over the following weeks fevers, severe fatigue and growing pain led to imaging, a biopsy and an unexpected diagnosis of stage IV ALK+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma. After … Read more
Lead: Durham, North Carolina voters head to the polls on March 3, 2026, in a high-profile Democratic primary that could reshape the party’s congressional direction. Incumbent Rep. Valerie Foushee is defending her seat against Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam, who is backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders and national progressive groups. Outside spending and sharp contrasts … Read more
Lead On Feb. 28, 2026, the U.S. announced it had launched “major combat operations” in Iran, after strikes that Iranian sources say hit several ministries in southern Tehran. Markets around the world moved into risk-off mode as investors weighed potential disruption to oil flows and regional trade routes. Analysts warn the economic consequences could exceed … Read more
Lead: European governments reacted with caution on Saturday after coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, holding emergency meetings and taking steps to protect citizens in the Middle East. Key EU capitals urged de-escalation and a resumption of diplomacy even as Australia and Canada signaled clearer support for the military action. Russia and China criticized … Read more
In the early hours of Wednesday, a speedboat carrying 10 Cuban exiles approached the Cuban coast after apparently departing from Florida and was intercepted by a Cuban coastguard patrol boat. The encounter led to an exchange of fire that left four people aboard the speedboat dead and six wounded. The Cuban government said the group … Read more
Lead South Carolina blanked No. 11 Clemson 7-0 on Friday night at Founders Park in Columbia, S.C., as junior right-hander Josh Gunther delivered seven strong innings with a career-high 10 strikeouts in his first collegiate start. The Gamecocks improved to 7-3 on the season while the Tigers fell to 8-1, and Clemson’s five-game winning run … Read more
Lead: NASA’s Artemis II mission will carry four astronauts on a lunar flyby, marking the United States’ first crewed trip beyond low Earth orbit in more than five decades. The crew includes Victor Glover and Christina Koch, who will become the first Black astronaut and the first woman respectively to travel to the moon on … Read more
In the fourth quarter of 2025, Berkshire Hathaway reported operating earnings of $10.2 billion, a drop of more than 29% from $14.56 billion a year earlier. The decline was driven largely by weaker results in the conglomerate’s insurance operations and lower investment returns in that segment. The quarter was the final one reported under Warren … Read more
Lead Researchers using large population genetic databases have found that many inherited disorders once considered “single-gene” with near‑certain outcomes often show far lower penetrance in the general public. Studies comparing clinical cohorts to resources such as the U.K. Biobank and the NIH All of Us cohort reveal that variants tied to severe retinal disease, thyroid … Read more
On 7 August 2025, Kate Fox learned that her husband, Joe Ceccanti, 48, had died after jumping from a railway overpass near Clatskanie, Oregon. In the months and weeks before his death, Ceccanti — an early adopter of AI tools who had used ChatGPT to plan low-cost, movable housing — increasingly treated the chatbot as … Read more
Lead: On February 28, 2026, reports of explosions in Tehran and accounts that the US and Israel struck targets across Iran sent ripples through risk assets, driving sharp losses in cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin plunged intraday to as low as $63,038 before settling near the $64,000 area in New York morning trading. Ether fell more steeply, touching … Read more
Lead On February 28, 2026 President Donald Trump ordered strikes on targets in Iran, a move that immediately raised fresh risks for global oil supplies. Iran currently produces about 3.3 million barrels per day, roughly 3% of world output, and ranks as the fourth-largest OPEC producer. Because much seaborne crude transits nearby chokepoints, events in … Read more
Lead Director Baz Luhrmann’s new film, Epic: Elvis Presley in Concert, builds around a newly released 40‑minute 1972 candid audio tape and restored concert footage to reframe Elvis Presley’s late‑career artistry. The material — uncovered alongside 59 hours of unseen film negatives in Warner Bros.’ vaults — lets Presley narrate parts of his own story … Read more
Lead On 28 February 2026 the United States, joined by Israel, launched a broad airborne assault on Iran that US officials describe as aimed at toppling Tehran’s leadership. The strike followed an eight-minute recorded statement by President Trump and came amid active diplomacy that had been exploring limits on uranium enrichment. The operation proceeded with … Read more
Lead: In late February 2026 Mexican security forces killed Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, a 59-year-old leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). Authorities say the operation, carried out after weeks of intelligence work with U.S. partners, followed surveillance of a woman close to him and a move into a gated community … Read more
