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Lead Eric Guggenheim is joining CBS’s firefighter drama Fire Country as executive producer and showrunner for its upcoming fifth season, stepping into the role ahead of production on the 2026–27 cycle. The hire follows Deadline’s earlier report that Tia Napolitano will step down as showrunner at the end of Season 4, a post she has … Read more

I cannot open paywalled Financial Times links directly. To produce the detailed, paraphrased investigative-style article you requested about the EssilorLuxottica heir seeking a multibillion buyout of siblings, please either paste the full FT text here or confirm I may rely on available public reporting and official filings to reconstruct the story. Option 1: Paste the … Read more

Lead: On Thursday at CoolToday Park, a Blue Jays–Braves game ended when an umpire’s two-strike call was overturned by the league’s Automated Ball Strike (ABS) review. With two outs in the ninth and the Blue Jays threatening with the bases loaded, home-plate umpire Ryan Wills initially ruled the pitch a ball. Braves catcher Archer Bookman … Read more

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Thursday that American forces “control the skies” over Iran and released video it says documents fresh strikes aimed at degrading Tehran’s mobile missile launch capabilities. The command said the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is conducting around‑the‑clock operations in support of Operation Epic Fury, including maritime‑launched strikes. Officials and … Read more

Bernard LaFayette, a key organizer whose behind-the-scenes work helped make Selma the focal point of the 1965 voting rights breakthrough, died on Thursday morning of a heart attack at age 85, his son Bernard LaFayette III said. LaFayette had led risky voter-registration and community leadership efforts in Alabama that laid the groundwork for the mass … Read more

Lead: Beyond, the maker of plant-based burgers and chicken alternatives, has removed “Meat” from its corporate identity as it pushes into drinks and snack bars. The company — now styled as Beyond The Plant Protein Co. or simply Beyond on packaging — updated its website and social channels this week after launching a sparkling protein … Read more

On March 5, 2026, Lev Parnas announced he will seek the U.S. House seat in Florida’s 27th Congressional District as a Democrat, challenging Republican Representative María Elvira Salazar. Parnas, 54, a Ukrainian‑born naturalized U.S. citizen, made the announcement in a campaign video and a Substack post, saying his experience inside Donald Trump’s orbit motivated the … Read more

Lead: The Houston Texans and defensive end Danielle Hunter have agreed to a one-year contract extension worth $40.1 million, according to multiple reports. The deal follows a previous one-year pact signed last season and keeps Hunter among the highest-paid edge rushers in the league. Hunter, 31, has played two seasons in Houston and was named … Read more

Rising monthly auto payments are pushing potential buyers to delay or abandon new-car purchases across the United States, a shift that dealers and analysts say is already damping industry sales. At the end of last year the average monthly payment for a new vehicle was $774, while the average new-car price approached $50,000. Early 2026 … Read more

Representative Tony Gonzales announced on March 5, 2026, that he will not run for another term in Congress after growing bipartisan pressure tied to revelations about his interactions with a former district staffer. The decision follows the public release of text messages showing Gonzales pursued a relationship with Regina Santos-Aviles in 2024; Santos-Aviles died by … Read more

Israel launches massive strikes on southern Beirut after evacuation order Lead: Israel carried out large-scale airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on 5 March 2026, hours after ordering more than 500,000 residents to evacuate immediately. The military said it was targeting Hezbollah positions; the evacuation order covered neighborhoods that include hospitals and government offices … Read more

Lead: On Mar. 5, 2026 in Denver, Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James recorded the 15,838th field goal of his career, overtaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s all-time leader in made field goals. The milestone came with 12.3 seconds left in the first quarter when James hit a turnaround baseline jumper over Nuggets forward Zeke … Read more

Director Michael Bay has filed a civil suit after accusing two women of causing extensive damage to his Bel Air estate in a hit-and-run incident first reported in September 2024. According to legal documents obtained by TMZ and filed on March 5, 2026, Bay says a 2016 Cadillac ATS drove over the curb, tore through … Read more

In late February and the first days of March 2026, a U.S. Army Central memo reviewed by CBS News indicates Iranian-aligned actors likely located and tracked American troops who had been moved off base as part of force-protection measures. On March 1, a drone strike at the Shuaiba port in Kuwait killed six U.S. service … Read more

Lead: The US Department of Defense has formally designated Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, a move announced as effective immediately and prompting the AI company to say it will sue. The designation bars use of Anthropic technology for defense contracts while leaving non-defense commercial relationships intact, according to company statements. CEO Dario Amodei said Anthropic … Read more