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The NFL is widely recognized as the biggest ratings driver among all the major sports but the league is expected to seek even more money for its broadcast rights after the UFC and NBA recently inked historic increases in separate deals.Right now, the NFL is early in a deal worth more than $110 billion that runs through the early 2030s with CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN, Amazon Prime Video and Netflix among those paying hefty fees to air football games during the year. But with the NFL expected to hit $25 billion in revenue in 2026, the league is expected to…

Mike Perry wasn’t fighting at BKFC KnuckleMania VI this past weekend but that doesn’t mean he didn’t throw some punches after a wild brawl erupted in the crowd.New video emerged on Tuesday showing a melee breaking out in the crowd in Philadelphia involving Perry and former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez along with members of family. In the video, Perry is engaged in some sort of verbal altercation with several people in the crowd and Alvarez appears to be standing next to him.A moment later, another person comes into the frame and shoves Perry, who falls backwards and then lunges…

WEST 2026 — The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is changing how it delivers cloud services to provided faster capabilities to warfighters due to the pace of conflict, an official announced today. “In order to address that change our leadership … has developed what we are calling the DISA Cloud Environment,” Nolan Brown, technical director for DISA’s Hybrid Cloud Solutions, said at the annual WEST conference. “The DISA cloud environment is our attempt to modernize what we deliver to the warfighter through a host of tools and products … to accelerate the speed of deployment for new capabilities where it’s…

Lockheed Martin on Monday unveiled its Lamprey Multi‑Mission Autonomous Undersea Vehicle, an unmanned underwater vehicle that can attach itself to ships, launch torpedoes and deploy airborne drones.With a 24-foot payload bay, the Lamprey can be modified to perform a wide range of operations, from the seabed to the surface, according to the company. It can loiter on the ocean floor and recharge its batteries by attaching to a host ship, in addition to collecting intelligence from the ocean floor while offering a low stealth profile.Below the surface, the Lamprey can launch both antisubmarine torpedoes and decoys. At surface level, it…

Alex will be joining the Street Fighter 6 roster on March 17, 2026. He’ll be the third character that joins Season 3, preceded by Sagat and C. Viper. Ingrid will be the final character that joins in late Spring. As such, Takayuki Nakayama, director for Street Fighter 6, has been leaving little teases of Alex on his X page. He recently dropped new concept art of Alex. It wasn’t too…

Democrats in both chambers of Congress on Tuesday reintroduced legislation that would provide civilian federal employees with a 4.1% average pay increase in 2027.The Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act, introduced by Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., and Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, would provide federal workers with a 3.1% across-the-board increase in basic pay next year, in addition to an average 1% boost to locality pay.Lawmakers have introduced similar legislation each year for more than a decade, albeit with slightly different raise figures, and is aimed at setting a benchmark ahead of negotiations over federal worker compensation once budget talks in…

People’s Daily Online (Xinhua) 15:24, February 09, 2026 BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) — The newly released files on the late U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein have sparked scrutiny across the Atlantic, prompting the resignation of several political figures over their ties to the convicted sex offender. The Norwegian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that Mona Juul has stepped down as Norway’s ambassador to Jordan, also accredited to Iraq, after revelations about her contact with Epstein. Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide called the resignation “right and necessary,” saying Juul’s contact with the convicted sex offender showed a “serious failure of judgment”…

Riyadh, February 2026 – ARQUIMEA, a Spanish technology company specialised in defence and security with more than 20 years of experience, is taking part in World Defense Show, one of the leading international defence industry events, held in Riyadh from 8 to 12 February, where it is presenting the evolution of its loitering munition portfolio and multi-domain unmanned systems. ARQUIMEA’s participation in the event takes place against a backdrop of the growing importance of unmanned capabilities, autonomy and precision as key elements in current operational concepts. In this context, loitering munition systems and solutions designed for complex environments are playing…

“If someone makes you bleed, spit it in their face, and hit them as hard as you can,” Morono wrote. “I got to make my 24th walk to the Octagon and, as always, had the time of my life. I always go in there to win — no matter what it takes. They threw a young, hungry kickboxer my way, and we got to throw down on the biggest stage in the world. This warhorse has some miles on him for damn sure. If this was my last ride, I’ll go out with my head held high. In a perfect…

AFGE and other plaintiffs want to stop FEMA from resuming layoffs that began in early 2026, but were temporarily paused due to last month’s major winter storm. Justin Doubleday@jdoubledayWFED February 10, 2026 6:26 pm 2 min read A group of unions and nonprofits is seeking an emergency court order to stop the Federal Emergency Management Agency from restarting staff layoffs. Lawyers for the American Federation of Government Employees and other plaintiffs requested a preliminary injunction today to prohibit FEMA from continuing cuts that had started in early 2026, but were temporarily paused due to a damaging winter storm that swept…