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February 8, 2026

NFL

Super Bowl LX Showdown

Legacy is a convoluted concept. In football, an entire career can be defined by a single moment in a single game -- especially when that game is the Super Bowl. Here are seven legacies that could be most impacted by the results of Super Bowl LX:
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AP News

“We Will Pay”

Savannah Guthrie told the potential kidnappers of her mother Nancy Guthrie on Saturday that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return, as the frantic search for the 84-year-old Arizona resident has entered a seventh day.
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USA Today

When Will It Get Warmer?

According to a forecast from AccuWeather, a gradual moderation in temperatures is expected to develop during the second week of February across the Midwest and eastern United States.
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Axios

Zelensky Cites Midterm Pressure

The U.S. wants Russia and Ukraine to sign a peace deal that ends the war by June, before President Trump pivots to focusing his energy on the midterm elections, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters.
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Fox News

Melania Doc: Critics vs. Viewers

Rotten Tomatoes is pushing back against claims the audience score for the "Melania" film was artificially inflated. The film has one of the widest gaps in Rotten Tomatoes history, with more than a 93-percentage-point difference between critic and audience scores.
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AP News

Mariah Carey’s Olympic Controversy

Mariah Carey's performance at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics sparked debate over potential lip-syncing and the use of a phonetic teleprompter, as critics questioned the choice of a non-Italian singer for the iconic song "Volare."
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CNN

A Primer on Bad Bunny

Bad Bunny, as he is known, doesn’t explain Puerto Rico in his songs; instead, his songs simply are Puerto Rican. And in that choice, there is politics – even when the song seems to speak only of love, partying, or heartbreak.
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New York Post

Cannabis Aids Aging Brains

A new study is challenging long-held assumptions about cannabis, finding that middle-aged and older adults who use the drug may actually see some brain and cognitive benefits.
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The New York Times

He Designs World’s Biggest Stage

Super Bowl halftime is the world’s biggest stage. He designs it. From Prince’s giant symbol to Kendrick Lamar’s streetlamps, set production designer Bruce Rodgers “makes the impossible possible.”
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The Washington Post

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Showdown

Bad Bunny represents a triumph of American capitalism: he went from bagging groceries and uploading songs on SoundCloud to global stardom because he has produced a product that millions of people are willing to pay for.
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Variety

Green Day Rallies Against ICE

Two days prior to taking part in the Super Bowl‘s opening ceremony, Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong made it clear that football fervor has not tamped down his conscience about current events.
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AP News

Armchair Detectives on the Case

The desperate search for Guthrie, who authorities believe was taken a week ago against her will from her home just outside Tucson, Arizona, has become the latest investigation to pique the widespread interest of online armchair detectives.
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Politico

AIPAC Sparks Democrat Frustration

Centrist Democrats express growing frustration with AIPAC for supporting conservative candidates in primaries, arguing it undermines party unity and jeopardizes election chances, while AIPAC defends its choices as supporting pro-Israel advocates.
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CBC

Email Confirms Andrew Photo

Ten months after Virginia Giuffre's death by suicide, a newly released email appears to support her assertion that she met and posed for a photograph with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
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FOX13 Memphis

U.S. Marshal Dog Incident

A Memphis woman is asking for answers after her dog was injured by a U.S. Marshals agent. She said it happened Wednesday during the arrest of her boyfriend outside of a Whitehaven apartment complex.
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