NFL owners unanimously approved the $9.612 billion sale of the Seattle Seahawks to an ownership group led by Vinod Khosla on Wednesday, Aug. 26, in Atlanta, completing league approval of the record-setting transaction. The agreement, announced July 11, transfers the franchise from the estate of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen,...
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled Wednesday that actress Blake Lively is entitled to recover just over $400,000 of the approximately $8 million in legal fees and costs she requested following an 18-month legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star and director, Justin Baldoni. U.S. District Judge Lewis...
The Food and Drug Administration approved Rasonque (daraxonrasib) on August 26, 2026, marking the first targeted RAS-inhibitor therapy cleared for advanced pancreatic cancer. Manufactured by Revolution Medicines, the once-daily oral tablet is indicated for adults with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma who previously received systemic therapy or cannot tolerate multi-agent chemotherapy. Approval...
Meta Platforms Inc. agreed Wednesday to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle a landmark lawsuit filed by 47 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands alleging its platforms — Facebook and Instagram — were deliberately designed to addict children and teens. The proposed...
SpaceX announced Tuesday that it plans to invest $100 billion in Starbase Louisiana, a massive new Starship launch complex in Vermilion Parish. The 125,000-acre coastal site, near Pecan Island, would become the company’s largest launch facility and is designed to support thousands of flights annually. SpaceX said construction is expected...
The PGA TOUR’s Truist Championship at Quail Hollow Club will join the new Championship Series when the redesigned circuit begins in 2028, adding another established event to the tour’s top tier. The PGA TOUR and tournament announced the decision Wednesday, Aug. 26, making Truist the eighth confirmed regular-season Championship Series...
A Maryland judge on Wednesday barred a constitutional amendment from the November ballot, disrupting Democratic efforts to gain greater control over congressional redistricting. Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Robert Thompson ruled that lawmakers failed to meet a statutory deadline for ballot measures and used misleading language describing the proposal as...
Tim Curry, the British actor best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at 80, his longtime manager and friend Marcia Hurwitz confirmed. Curry died at his Los Angeles home, with reports differing over whether the death occurred Tuesday night or Wednesday. No cause...
New York Giants wide receiver Calvin Austin III will miss the entire 2026 National Football League season after sustaining a torn anterior cruciate ligament during a team practice session. Medical evaluations and subsequent diagnostic tests confirmed the complete ligament tear, which necessitates immediate surgical reconstruction. The development deals a significant...
Canadian guard Bennedict Mathurin has agreed to a two-year, sixteen-million-dollar contract with the New Orleans Pelicans, featuring a player option for the second season. The agreement follows the withdrawal of an eight-point-eight-million-dollar qualifying offer from the Los Angeles Clippers, where Mathurin was previously a restricted free agent. The move provides...
