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A source toldUs Weeklythat theNew Jersey Devilsforward and Canadian singer-songwriter Tate McRae are officially a couple.

"Tate and Jack are dating," the source said. "They started casually seeing each other late last year, so it's still new, but they are exclusively seeing each other."

Hughes, who scored the winning goal in overtime against Canada in the gold medal game at the2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games, had been seen with McRaeon several occasionssince their first public appearance together last December.

Jack Hughes #86 of Team United States celebrates after their gold-medal win during the Men's Gold Medal match between Canada and the United States on day 16 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena on Feb. 22, 2026 in Milan, Italy. It seemed only fitting that the player who gave his two front teeth to Team USA's quest for Olympic hockey gold would score the game-winning goal in a 2-1 overtime victory over Canada.

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Jack Hughes' gritty smile tells the story of USA's OT win over Canada

Jack Hughes#86 of Team United States celebrates after their gold-medal win during the Men's Gold Medal match between Canada and the United States on day 16 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena on Feb. 22, 2026 in Milan, Italy. It seemed only fitting that the player who gave his two front teeth to Team USA's quest for Olympic hockey gold would score the game-winning goal in a 2-1 overtime victory over Canada.

The 22-year-old Canadian singer, who earned her first Grammy Award nomination last year for the soundtrack single "Just Keep Watching" from the film "F1," has also been spotted supporting Hughes at Devils games.

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McRae is a big hockey fan, serving as a celebrity captain and performing live at the 2024 NHL All-Star Game in Toronto.

She is perhaps best known for her breakout hit "You Broke Me First," released in 2020.

McRae received some backlash from Canadians after her public support for Team USA at the Olympics, which led her to post on social media that she was still "Canada down."

Us Weeklyreports that the relationship started when Hughes messaged McRae on Instagram.

"They are making it work during this busy season, but hope to have more time together next month when his season ends," the magazine's source said.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Jack Hughes, Olympic hockey hero, dating Tate McRae, Canadian singer

It was true, and potential targets of the 2024 scheme included now-President Donald Trump, then-President Joe Biden and former presidential candidate and ex-U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, the man told jurors at his attempted terrorism trial in New York on Wednesday. But he insisted his actions were driven by fear for loved ones in Iran, and he figured he'd be apprehended before anything came of the scheme.

"My family was under threat, and I had to do this," the defendant,Asif Merchant, testified through an Urdu interpreter. "I was not wanting to do this so willingly."

Merchant said he had anticipated getting arrested before anyone was killed, intended to cooperate with the U.S. government and had hoped that would help him get a green card.

U.S. authorities were, indeed, on to him - the supposed hit men he paid were actually undercover FBI agents - and he wasarrested on July 12, 2024, a day before an unrelatedattempt on Trump's lifein Butler, Pennsylvania.  During a search, investigators said they found a handwritten note that contained the codewords for the various aspects of the plot, CBS Newspreviously reported.

Merchant did sit for voluntary FBI interviews, but he ultimately ended up with a trial, not a cooperation deal.

"You traveled to the United States for the purpose of hiring Mafia members to kill a politician, correct?" Assistant U.S. Attorney Nina Gupta asked during her turn questioning Merchant Wednesday in a Brooklyn federal court.

"That's right," Merchant replied, his demeanor as matter-of-fact as his testimony was unusual.

The trial is unfolding amid the less than week-oldIran war, which killed Iranian Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khameneiin a strike that Trump summed up as "I got him before he got me." Jurors are instructed to ignore news pertaining to the case.

The Iranian government has denied plotting to kill Trump or other U.S. officials.

Merchant, 47, had a roughly 20-year banking career in Pakistan before getting involved in an array of businesses: clothing, car sales, banana exports, insulation imports. He openly has two families, one in Pakistan and the other in Iran - where, he said, he was introduced around the end of 2022 to a Revolutionary Guard intelligence operative. They initially spoke about getting involved in a hawala, an informal money transfer system, Merchant said.

Merchant testified that his periodic visits to the U.S. for his garment business piqued the interest of his Revolutionary Guard contact, who trained him on countersurveillance techniques.

The U.S. deems the Revolutionary Guard a "foreign terrorist organization." Formally called the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the force has been prominent in Iran under Khamenei.

Merchant said the handler told him to seek U.S. residents interested in working for Iran. Then came another assignment: Look for a criminal to arrange protests, steal things, do some money laundering, "and maybe have somebody murdered," Merchant recalled.

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"He did not tell me exactly who it is, but he told me - he named three people: Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Nikki Haley," he added.

In 2024, multiple sources familiar with the investigationtold CBS NewsMerchant planned to assassinate current and former government officials across the political spectrum.

Merchant allegedly sketched out the plot on a napkin inside his New York hotel room, prosecutors said, and told the individual "that there would be 'security all around' the person" they were planning to kill.

"No other option"

After U.S. immigration agents pulled Merchant aside at the Houston airport in April 2024, searched his possessions and asked about his travels to Iran, he concluded that he was under surveillance. But still he researched Trump rally locations, sketched out a plot for a shooting at a political rally, lined up the supposed hit men and scrambled together $5,000 from a cousin to pay them a "token of appreciation."

He even reported back to his Revolutionary Guard contact, sending observations - fake, Merchant said - tucked into a book that he shipped to Iran through a series of intermediaries.

Merchant said he "had no other option" than to play along because the handler had indicated that he knew who Merchant's Iranian relatives were and where they lived.

In a court filing this week, prosecutors noted that Merchant didn't seek out law enforcement to help with his purported predicament before he was arrested. He testified that he couldn't turn to authorities because his handler had people watching him.

Prosecutors also said that in his FBI interviews, Merchant "neglected to mention any facts that could have supported" an argument that he acted under duress.

Merchant told jurors Wednesday that he didn't think agents would believe his story, because their questions suggested "they think that I'm some type of super-spy."

"And are you a super-spy?" defense lawyer Avraham Moskowitz asked.

"No," Merchant said. "Absolutely not."

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VATICAN CITY, March 5 (Reuters) - Pope Leo released a video on Thursday praying that God would help world ‌leaders renounce war as a means of resolving conflicts in ‌an unusual appeal as the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran pressed on for the ​sixth day.

"Lord, enlighten the leaders of the nations, so they may have the courage to abandon projects of death," the pontiff said in the video message.

"Today we lift up our prayer for peace in the world, ‌asking that nations renounce ⁠weapons and choose the path of dialogue and diplomacy," he said.

Leo releases a video message each month to ⁠announce his prayer intentions for that month. The pope's intention for March is "for disarmament and peace".

It was unclear if Thursday's video was created specifically ​to respond ​to the U.S.-Israeli military campaign, which ​has set off a regional ‌war with Iranian attacks in Israel, the Gulf and Iraq, and Israeli attacks in Lebanon.

The Vatican did not immediately respond to a question about when the video was recorded.

The Vatican's top diplomat warned on Wednesday that the U.S.-Israeli strikes undermined international law and said nations did ‌not have a right to launch "preventive ​wars", an unusually direct criticism of the ​military campaign.

"If states were to ​be recognised as having a right to 'preventive war' ... the ‌entire world could risk going ​up in flames," Cardinal ​Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's secretary of state, said in an interview with Vatican News.

In his video, the pope asked God to ​help the world ‌understand "that true security does not come from control fuelled by ​fear but from trust, justice and solidarity among peoples."

(Reporting by ​Joshua McElwee, Editing by William Maclean)

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Coady, a 20-year-old Drake University student fromDes Moines, Iowa, was one of six U.S. Army Reserve soldiers killed in a drone attack Sunday at the Port of Shuaiba in Kuwait while supporting Operation Epic Fury, according to the Department of War (DOW).

The GoFundMe campaign, which was set up by Marianne Crandall shortly after Coady was identified Tuesday, has raised more than $94,000 from more than 1,500 donors as of Thursday morning. Coady's father, Andrew, is listed as the beneficiary.

"Declan was more thana soldier— he was a son, a family member, a friend, and a light in the lives of those who knew him," Crandall wrote on GoFundMe. "He served his country with honor, courage, and dedication, embodying the very best of what it means to wear the uniform."

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Coady, the youngest of the four fallen soldiers identified by the DOW, enlisted in the Army Reserve in 2023 as an Army information technology specialist and was posthumously promoted from specialist to sergeant.

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Drake Universityconfirmed Coady was studying information systems, cybersecurity and computer science, and described him as "well-loved and highly dedicated."

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Along with their gifts, GoFundMe donors sent heartfelt messages to the family, expressing their condolences and thanking Coady for his service.

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"Thank You for yourbravery, service and sacrifice," Brandi Vinson wrote. "God bless and comfort his family."

Another donor, Travis Terrell, wrote, "My heart truly goes out to Declan's family and everyone who loved him. No family should ever have to experience a loss like this. You are in my thoughts, and Declan will not be forgotten."

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The campaign's top donor, who was listed as Daniel Buroker, gifted the family $10,000, according to the site.

Crandall said funds raised will assist with funeral and memorial expenses, travel costs and other unexpected costs.

"Let us come together to honor Declan's life, his service, and his sacrifice — and to surround his family with love and support," she wrote.

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Buroker, whose identity could not immediately be confirmed by Fox News Digital, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner contributed to this report.

Original article source:GoFundMe for US soldier killed in Iran war raises more than $94K

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"At present, there are no alternative venues being considered," UEFA said on Thursday about the scheduled March 27 game in Doha between the reigning champions of South America and Europe in a likely matchup of Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal.

"A final decision is anticipated towards the end of next week," said the European soccer body which organizes the game with South American counterpart CONMEBOL.

Argentina and Spain are due to play at Lusail Stadium that staged theepic 2022 World Cup final. Argentina won a penalty shootout against France after Messi scored twice and Kylian Mbappé got a hat track in a thrilling 3-3 draw.

Qatar has close relations with UEFA. Its top soccer officialNasser Al-Khelaïfi,the president of Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain, is a member of the UEFA executive committee.

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"Discussions are ongoing with the local organizers who have made a huge effort to make the match a success," UEFA said.

If Doha is too much of a security risk to host the game, it could be moved to Spain or elsewhere in Europe where nearly all the players in the two squads are based.

The first Finalissima was at Wembley Stadium in London in June 2022.Argentina and Messi beat Italy 3-0.

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