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Actor Katie Leung told Entertainment Tonight she would not want to revisit the years she spent playing Cho Chang in the Harry Potter films, saying she was very young and easily swayed by outside opinions. Leung, who debuted in 2005’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and went on to appear in five franchise … Read more

On Sunday 8 March 2026, residents of Tehran woke to a city shrouded in thick black smoke after airstrikes struck multiple oil storage sites in and around the capital. Witnesses described streets, balconies and cars coated in soot and reported burning eyes and sore throats as authorities warned of poisonous runoff and potential acid rain. … Read more

Lead The Pentagon announced on March 8, 2026, that a seventh American service member has died in the war with Iran. The service member was seriously injured on March 1 when Iran struck a Saudi military base where U.S. personnel were stationed and died on Saturday night from those injuries while medical staff were preparing … Read more

Lead With the NFL’s official free-agency window opening March 11 and the legal tampering period beginning March 9, teams and agents accelerated activity on March 8, 2026. High-profile moves already include surprising cuts, trades and several retention deals, while dozens of pending negotiations and rumors remain unresolved. Clubs from Arizona to Kansas City made early … Read more

Country Joe McDonald, the singer-songwriter whose incendiary performance at Woodstock and satirical anti-Vietnam War anthem became emblematic of 1960s protest, died on March 8, 2026 at his home in Berkeley, California. He was 84. His wife, Kathy McDonald, announced that the cause was complications from Parkinson’s disease. McDonald rose to prominence as the frontman of … Read more

Lead: Early on Sunday, an explosion near the U.S. Embassy in Oslo damaged the mission’s public entrance but caused no injuries, Norwegian police said. Authorities received first reports from neighbors at about 1:03 a.m. and have launched a high-priority investigation while searching for one or more suspects. Police spokesperson Frode Larsen said investigators are considering … Read more

Lead: Iranian state media reported on Sunday that senior clerics are close to naming a successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as U.S. and Israeli forces continued airstrikes that have hit fuel depots and desalination plants across the region. The strikes, which began after the conflict opened on Feb. 28, have disrupted power and water services … Read more

Lead On Saturday in Miami, two walk-off home runs — the first such homers in the tournament’s five prior editions — turned World Baseball Classic pool play into an unmistakable spectacle. Team Netherlands edged Nicaragua on a ninth-inning play that caromed off the third baseman, while Puerto Rico beat Panama in the 10th when A’s … Read more

Lead Iran’s political landscape entered a sudden transition after the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, and his wife were killed in an Israeli missile strike on his Tehran compound last Saturday. The killing follows nationwide demonstrations in January, which were violently suppressed with estimated deaths in the tens of thousands. Observers and some Iran … Read more

Lead Gorillaz made their Saturday Night Live debut on March 7, 2026, performing at Studio 8H alongside host Ryan Gosling. The virtual band played its 2001 hit “Clint Eastwood” and premiered “The Moon Cave,” a track from their new album The Mountain, with guest appearances from Asha Puthli, Black Thought, and Anoushka Shankar. The episode … Read more

Over the weekend of March 7–8, 2026, desalination facilities on Qeshm Island in Iran and on the Gulf island of Bahrain were reported damaged in separate incidents, raising alarm about water security for communities in a water-scarce region. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, publicly accused the United States of striking the Qeshm plant and said … Read more

Apple is reportedly preparing a slate of high-end devices that would push its lineup further upmarket while it continues to sell lower-cost models. Reports indicate at least three new entries — a foldable iPhone, a touchscreen MacBook Pro and next-generation AirPods — that will command price premiums over standard models. The foldable iPhone is said … Read more

Lead: New York City police say an improvised explosive device was ignited and thrown outside the official residence of Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday amid clashes between anti‑Islam demonstrators and counterprotesters near Gracie Mansion. The NYPD’s preliminary bomb‑squad assessment concluded the device was not a hoax and could have caused serious injury or death. Two … Read more

Lead Pixar’s original feature Hoppers opened to an $88 million global weekend (reported March 2026), marking the studio’s strongest start for a non-franchise animated title since Coco (2017). The debut split was about $46 million domestic and $42 million international (reported with an 81% offshore footprint notation), and it outpaced like-for-like starts for Onward ($65.6M) … Read more

U.S. equity futures moved in step with rising crude prices after former President Donald Trump said the Iran war is “more popular” than ever with his MAGA base. The comments added a geopolitical overlay to market attention on the energy complex, prompting traders to reassess sector positioning. Dow Jones futures reflected caution as participants weighed … Read more