On Wednesday, Randwick City Council, a municipality on the east coast of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, opened a public consultation period focused on introducing parking fees at beaches within the Randwick area. The consultation, affecting up to thousands of beachgoers in peak hours on hot summer weekends, is set to close on April 15.
Major League Baseball pitcher Max Scherzer signed a full contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, with the team confirming the agreement on February 26, 2026. The agreement, according to Bob Nightengale, will be a salary of US$3 million with incentives up to US$10 million.
The Green Party of England and Wales candidate Hannah Spencer has been declared the winner of Thursday's by-election in Gorton and Denton, a parliamentary constituency in Manchester, which was triggered following the resignation of the previous Labour MP Andrew Gwynne.
On the evening of February 16, 2026, an audience gathered at an undisclosed location to see a performance by three experimental musical acts in Long Island City, Queens, New York, as part of the ongoing Striped Light series of events.
On Sunday, February 1, at 6 PM, in New York City, poets gathered for a poetry reading at Ray’s Pizza and Bagels, at an event hosted by Other Rooms Press. The event also featured an open mic.
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