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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

The final Oscar voting window closed at 5 p.m. PT, and the ballots make clear the outcome is far from settled: Academy members’ anonymous submissions reveal a two-film duel at the center of the season. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another dominate many categories, but voter behavior—late viewing, split loyalties … Read more

Lead: New research mapping Antarctica’s grounding line finds the continent lost nearly 5,000 square miles of grounded ice since 1996—an area equivalent to about ten times the City of Los Angeles. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used three decades of satellite imagery to quantify where ice sheets have … Read more

Lead In a recent hands-on preview of Sword Art Online: Echoes of Aincrad, the game revealed itself as a single-player, anime-styled action-RPG that deliberately wears MMO trappings. The demo put me into a quest called The Lost Log inside the Town of Beginnings and highlighted a first-for-series change: you create your own character rather than … Read more

Lead On March 5, 2026 (10:26 PM UTC; updated March 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM UTC), Asia-Pacific markets oscillated as the prolonged conflict in the Middle East continued to dictate risk appetite. Stocks pared earlier losses while the dollar weakened and investors sought shelter in gold; oil moved lower on the session. The MSCI Asia … Read more

Lead: An international team has produced the most complete, high-resolution map of cold molecular gas at the center of the Milky Way, using ALMA after a four-year campaign. The map focuses on the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ), the dense, turbulent region around the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* roughly 4 million times the mass of … Read more

Senate Democrats on March 5, 2026, blocked for the third time a stopgap spending measure intended to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, insisting they would not approve funding without new limits on immigration enforcement. The procedural vote fell 51–45, short of the 60 votes needed to advance the bill. Democrats sought visible-identification rules for … Read more

On Thursday, 5 March 2026, the US House of Representatives voted 212–219 to reject a war powers resolution that would have compelled withdrawal from hostilities with Iran until Congress authorized further action. The measure, jointly sponsored by Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna, failed largely on party lines after a parallel GOP-led defeat in … Read more

Lead The 2026 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis (Mar. 5) gathered 272 top college prospects for measurement and testing, and while high-profile names like Jeremiyah Love and Sonny Styles reinforced their standing, a group of lesser-known players markedly improved their NFL IQ draft scores. Using NFL IQ’s pre- and post-combine metrics, analysts identified ten under-the-radar … Read more

Lead Pop star Britney Spears was arrested in California on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs after being stopped by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) at about 21:30 local time (05:30 GMT) on Wednesday. Authorities say she was driving alone on US-101 southbound when officers observed erratic, high‑speed behavior. Spears was … Read more

Lead: In the United States, heart disease remains the top cause of death for cisgender women, and recent projections show the number affected will climb through 2050, with more than 22 million women impacted and the steepest rise among ages 20–44. Awareness that heart disease is the leading killer of women fell from 65% in … Read more

Lead: In early March 2026, leaked WhatsApp logs revealed that a group chat for conservative students at Florida International University (FIU) contained sustained racist, antisemitic, sexist and homophobic messages. The chat, created after the September 2025 killing of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, included more than 400 uses of the N-word and calls for … Read more

Gap Inc. said severe winter storms in January forced about 800 temporary store closures at the peak, disrupting holiday-quarter momentum and contributing to weaker-than-expected results across its brand portfolio. The company reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $4.24 billion and GAAP earnings of $0.45 per share for the three months ended Jan. 31, 2026, narrowly missing … Read more

Lead: A report published this week says at least one NFL team would have considered absorbing quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s contract if the Miami Dolphins packaged a first‑round pick with him. The discussion — revealed by CBS Sports via an unnamed high‑ranking executive and relayed by NBC Sports’ ProFootballTalk — highlights how limited Miami’s trade options … Read more

Lead Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance was slowed for months under Kristi Noem’s oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, prompting bipartisan complaints and culminating in her removal from the role this week. A Noem policy requiring review of all contracts and grants of $100,000 or more created backlogs that left states and localities … Read more