With a record-breaking western heatwave, a likely El Niño on the way, and simultaneous storms battering the east, 2026 is shaping up to be one of America's most unpredictable weather years in recent memory.
Canterbury has no formal meningitis restrictions, yet the city feels eerily quiet after two deaths and 34 cases linked to a nightclub outbreak. Businesses report plummeting trade as residents and organisers impose their own unofficial lockdown.
BBC presenter Louise Minchin was hospitalised with frostbite after attempting to cycle 300 miles through Canada's Northwest Territories in minus 40 degree conditions, alongside endurance athlete Mimi Anderson.
Karen Hauer, Strictly Come Dancing's longest-serving female professional dancer, has confirmed her departure after 14 years as part of a major BBC shake-up that also sees four other professionals and reportedly both co-hosts leaving the show.
Redundant BrewDog staff at the Castlegate bar in Aberdeen have been told to reapply for their old jobs under new owner Tilray, prompting Unite the Union to label it a fire and rehire scheme.
Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat drops the celebrity cameos but keeps the cringe comedy, turning a fake hot sauce company's corporate retreat into one of 2026's most entertaining hidden-camera shows on Prime Video.
Ronnie O'Sullivan reaches his first ranking final in over two years after a dramatic 6-5 semi-final win over Wu Yize at the World Open, fresh off making snooker history with a record-breaking 153 break.
Belgium claimed gold in a chaotic debut for the mixed 4x400m relay at the 2026 World Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun, setting the fastest ever indoor time of 3:15.60 as collisions and a disqualification decimated the field behind them.
Paris heads to a five-way mayoral runoff on 22 March, with Socialist candidate Emmanuel Gregoire defending a first-round lead against conservative Rachida Dati amid a national surge for the far-right.
Attorney Matthew Bergman is suing AI companies including Character.AI and OpenAI after a string of teen deaths linked to chatbot interactions, forcing Big Tech into an unprecedented legal reckoning.
New analysis suggests Iranian retaliatory strikes on US military bases across the Middle East caused potentially billions in damage, with the $800 million BBC headline figure appearing to be just part of a much larger bill.
The US Department of Defense has designated Anthropic a supply chain risk after the AI company refused to remove restrictions on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons use from its military contract, with government lawyers alleging staff could sabotage military AI systems.