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Lead: Edge rusher Jaelan Phillips will not be returning to the Philadelphia Eagles after agreeing to a four-year, $120 million contract with the Carolina Panthers, including $80 million guaranteed. The move, announced during the 2025 free-agency period, follows a productive late-season stint in Philadelphia after his trade from Miami. Phillips had publicly praised the Eagles’ … Read more

Lead As the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran intensified this week, global markets sold off and energy prices spiked: Brent crude briefly touched $119.50 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate reached $119.48. U.S. indices fell sharply — the S&P 500 dropped about 88 points to 6,652 and the Dow fell roughly 632 points to 46,870 — … Read more

Lead: The Miami Dolphins have reached agreement with quarterback Malik Willis on a three-year, $67.5 million contract, including $45 million fully guaranteed, sources told NFL reporters. The move follows the team’s release of Tua Tagovailoa earlier Monday, a maneuver that will create roughly $99 million in dead-cap spread over two years via the June 1 … Read more

Jennifer Runyon, an actor best known for roles in Ghostbusters and the sitcom Charles in Charge, has died at 65, her family and friends confirmed. Friends including actress Erin Murphy said Runyon passed after a period of illness; a family representative said she died surrounded by family on Friday. Runyon rose to notice after debuting … Read more

Lead: A New York Times analysis published March 9, 2026 found that individuals with billionaire wealth were responsible for 19% of all reported federal campaign contributions in 2024, concentrating outsized financial power in a small donor class. The analysis shows that this spending was especially decisive in high-stakes contests, including the Montana Senate race won … Read more

Lead: The Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is now understood to be unlikely to deploy to the Middle East as part of efforts to protect British interests. Officials say the carrier is more likely to proceed to the Arctic to join previously scheduled NATO exercises, after being placed on higher readiness. The … Read more

On March 9, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it has reached tentative settlement terms with Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, ending an antitrust trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan after a week of testimony. The deal, which requires approval from U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, would change how Live Nation … Read more

Lead New research and expert commentary underscore that regularly challenging the mind across the lifespan is associated with better cognitive performance and a lower or delayed risk of Alzheimer’s disease. A recent Rush University study tracked nearly 2,000 dementia-free adults aged 53 to 100 over eight years and found that people with the highest lifetime … Read more

As the Middle East war entered its 10th day on March 9, 2026, U.S. pump prices climbed again, lifting the national average to $3.48 a gallon. That represents nearly a 17% increase since Feb. 28, when the first U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran were reported. Oil futures pushed above $100 a barrel after attacks intensified and … Read more

Lead On Monday, markets worldwide reacted sharply after Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, the son of the recently killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as its new supreme leader and oil prices spiked. Brent crude traded above $104 a barrel after earlier approaches to $120, pushing U.S. gasoline and diesel prices above $4 a gallon in some … Read more

On March 8, 2026, amid the Women’s Asian Cup on the Gold Coast, Australia confronted calls to shield Iran’s national women’s soccer squad after players faced a backlash at home for initially remaining silent during the national anthem before their March 2 match. The team — known as the Lionesses — completed their campaign on … Read more

Lead: The 2026 NFL free-agent negotiating window opened at 12:00 p.m. ET on Monday, beginning a two-day tampering period ahead of the official start of free agency at 4:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 11. Teams used the window to contact representatives of unrestricted free agents and, for the first time, directly phone up to … Read more

Lead: The recent conflict in the Middle East and a drone strike at Qatar’s Ras Laffan complex have forced QatarEnergy to stop LNG flows and issue force majeure notices to buyers, upending forecasts that predicted a near-term global LNG glut. Morgan Stanley analysts told Bloomberg that if Qatar’s outage stretches beyond one month the market … Read more

Lead: Apple’s 2026 iPad Air receives a focused hardware refresh: three upgraded silicon elements—the M4 processor, a C1X cellular modem, and an N1 connectivity chip—arrive without major design changes. Priced from $599 with a 128GB base tier and a 60Hz display, the new Air delivers measurable performance gains but few headline features. In real-world use … Read more

Lead Josh Elliott, 54, filed for divorce from ABC journalist Liz Cho, 55, in June 2025, ending an 11-year marriage that began in 2015. Court papers obtained by media outlets say the marriage has “broken down irretrievably,” and the case has since progressed into contested discovery and courtroom skirmishes. Cho responded in November 2025 with … Read more