Lead: As NFL teams prepare for the 2026 league year, roster architects are weighing cuts that could free significant cap space and reshape rosters. Across the league, decisions hinge on injuries, contract structures and looming roster-bonus dates; some moves are simple accounting while others could alter a team’s competitive window. Examples range from veteran releases … Read more
Lead: An Arizona mother in December developed rapidly worsening respiratory failure after catching the flu, and doctors say years of vaping after nearly 30 years of smoking may have left her lungs fragile enough to tear during routine expansion. The 49-year-old, who had used e-cigarettes for four years and typically finished a pod every two … Read more
Lead Apple Inc. announced on February 16, 2026 that it will host a product event on March 4, inviting media to in-person gatherings in New York, Shanghai and London. The company said the meetings will be an “experience,” language that suggests a smaller-scale presentation than the major keynotes held on its Cupertino campus. Bloomberg reported … Read more
League One side Mansfield Town have been drawn at home to 14-time winners Arsenal in the FA Cup fifth round, with ties scheduled across the weekend of 7-8 March. Mansfield reached this stage after a dramatic 2-1 second-half comeback at Turf Moor to defeat Premier League Burnley. The draw also produced an all-Premier League tie … Read more
Feb. 16, 2026 — Columbia University announced disciplinary steps after newly released documents showed Jeffrey Epstein helped his girlfriend gain admission to the university’s dental college. The school said it has severed ties with Dr. Enrico Magnani and removed Dr. Linda Moss-Salentijn from administrative duties while she remains a tenured faculty member. Columbia also identified … Read more
Lead US military satellites and open-source imagery have positioned the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and accompanying vessels off Oman, roughly 700km from Iran, weeks after the carrier reportedly entered the region in late January. The Lincoln, carrying about 90 aircraft and 5,680 crew, joins a wider US deployment that BBC Verify has tracked, including … Read more
In western Massachusetts this winter, Valley Medical Group — a 90-provider primary care practice with four sites and roughly 400 staff — chose to join an Independent Physician Association (IPA) rather than sell to a hospital system. The move follows a January round of layoffs that trimmed about 40 employees, and leaders say joining an … Read more
Lead On Monday, February 16, 2026, U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe ordered the federal government to restore the President’s House site in Philadelphia to its physical condition as of January 21, 2026 — the day before slavery-related interpretation panels were removed. The order requires the National Park Service to secure and maintain the exhibits … Read more
Lead: In February 2026 Ricursive Intelligence, a startup that applies AI to chip design, closed a combined $335 million in funding within months of launching, including a $300 million Series A at a $4 billion valuation led by Lightspeed and a prior $35 million seed from Sequoia. The company was founded by Anna Goldie (CEO) … Read more
Lead Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler returned to her team at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics after a provisional suspension tied to a positive test for the banned substance letrozole was set aside on appeal. She resumed training on Monday at the Antholz-Anterselva Biathlon Arena and is eligible only for the women’s relay on Wednesday. The … Read more
Lead Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly weighing whether to reopen merger discussions with Paramount after the rival studio submitted an improved proposal this month. The consideration comes after WBD agreed in December to sell its streaming and studios business to Netflix for $83 billion; Paramount previously offered about $108 billion for the entire company. Paramount’s … Read more
Lead Robert Duvall, the versatile actor known for immersing himself into a wide array of film, stage and television characters, has died at 95. His wife, Luciana Duvall, announced on Feb. 16, 2026, that he passed away at home on their horse farm in The Plains, Fauquier County, Virginia. Over a career spanning decades he … Read more
Lead: Dana Eden, 52, a co-creator and executive producer of the Apple TV series Tehran, was found dead on Sunday in a hotel room in Athens while the show’s fourth season was being filmed. Greek police said initial evidence did not indicate foul play and that Eden’s brother discovered her. Eden had travelled to Greece … Read more
On Feb. 16, 2026, a heated public comment session in Frisco, Texas — a fast-growing suburb north of Dallas where roughly one-third of residents are of Asian descent — turned attention from policy to prejudice. Residents and outside speakers contested the H-1B visa program, linking it to job losses and alleged fraud, while some framed … Read more
Feb 16, 2026 — Atle Lie McGrath of Norway left the men’s Olympic slalom course in Bormio after missing a gate in his second run, abandoning his skis and walking toward the woods as a potential gold slipped away. Loïc Meillard of Switzerland ultimately won the gold on the Stelvio, with Austria’s Fabio Gstrein taking … Read more
