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Cadillac has become the first American auto giant to step into the fiercely competitive world of Formula One with a dedicated team. The storied U.S. brand unveiled the official team livery for its inaugural 2026 season during theSuper BowlSunday night.

The Super Bowl ad, which aired during the fourth quarter, shows the black and white livery. It features part of President John F. Kennedy's 1962 speech in which he said, "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."

"That challenge is one that we are willing to accept ... and one which we intend to win," the edited speech said in the ad. The short feature closed out with the phrase: "THE MISSION BEGINS."

Leading Cadillac's effort is team principal Graeme Lowdon, who's built the team from the ground up, including new facilities in Indiana, the home of Indycar; North Carolina, the home of NASCAR; and Silverstone, England, the home of F1.

Speaking with CBS before the livery reveal, Lowdon called the road to get Cadillac into the F1 game "lengthy, with lots of twists and turns."

He recently shared that Cadillac had hired more than 500 people to join the new team, from a pool of some 143,000 applicants.

"There's a lot of expectation, and quite rightly so," Lowdon told CBS News. "General Motors is a hugely respected and impressive entity ... so there is that pressure, but that's what Formula One's about."

On the track, the American brand will be represented by former Mercedes team driver Valtteri Bottas, originally from Finland, and Mexican former Red Bull driver Sergio Perez. Widely considered to be veterans in the sport, they have a total of 16 Grand Prix victories and more than 500 race starts between them.

Having that level of experience behind the wheel, for an otherwise new team, was the chief motivator behind signing those two drivers, according to Lowdon.

"These guys know how to win," he said. "But above all else, they have an ability to gel a team together, so they're the focal point for the engineering activities, the garage activities, everything to do with operating a team at the highest level."

A slow start in a fast sport?

Experts say American fans hoping Cadillac will deliver a blockbuster first season as it steps into the ring against longtime heavyweights such as Ferrari and Mercedes may be disappointed.

The odds of Cadillac winning an F1 race, or even finishing on the podium this season, aren't generally considered very strong.

A winning Formula One car, and a winning team behind it, can take at least several seasons to develop, and require consistent investment.

Ross Brawn, the man widely credited as the architect behind German F1 sensationMichael Schumacher's success, told CBS News at the 2026 Autosport Awards in London that American fans may need some patience.

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"It's very tough," Brawn said about the expectations for the Cadillac team this season. "They've got some very good people there. They have been sensible in choosing a lot of experienced people, but it's going to be very tough, so give them a bit of time."

David Croft, a prominent Formula One commentator for Britain's Sky Sports network, urged fans this year to look for development, not podium placement.

"Wherever they start the hope for me is that that's not where they'll finish," he told CBS News at the 2026 Autosport Awards. "They've got the drive and the determination, and they've got the right people in place to be a success eventually in Formula One, but it's going to take a bit of time."

Formula One's growing popularity in the U.S.

According to ESPN, which has long held Formula One broadcasting rights in the U.S., 2025 was the biggest season to date for average viewership for the sport, with 16 of the 24 races setting viewership records. The broadcaster has said that over the past eight years, average viewership per Grand Prix more than doubled, from 554,000 to 1.3 million in the U.S.

Formula One is still dwarfed in the U.S. as a racing spectator sport, with overall viewership for the Nascar Cup Series, for instance, averaging 3.2 million in 2025.

But insiders say the trajectory is undeniable, and encouraging.

"There was a time we'd go to Austin, the U.S. Grand Prix, and nobody would know what Formula One is when we got to passport control, let alone who we were," Croft told CBS. "Now people know who we are and what Formula One is, what it stands for."

Many pundits see the success of Netflix's "Drive to Survive" series behind F1's rising popularity in the U.S.

Croft also credited the addition of two more races in the United States, in Miami and Las Vegas. Alongside races in Texas, Mexico, Canada and Brazil, a total of six F1 races now take place within American time zones, making it easier for fans to tune into the action live, he noted.

Lowdon hopes Cadillac can ride the wave of popularity, and that fans will enjoy following the new team's journey - even if it means settling for relatively small "wins" at first.

"It's really so difficult to achieve success that, if you come along and join the journey ... then [fans] can enjoy, if you like, the minor victories along the way," he said. "Even just producing a car as complex as this is a minor victory in itself."

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New England quarterback Drake Maye said he received shoulder injections beforeSunday's 29-13 Super Bowl loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

"I shot it up, so not much feeling," Maye said when asked how his shoulder felt. "It was good to go, and it felt all right."

Heading into the Super Bowl, Maye waslimited in practice with a shoulder injuryhe suffered in the AFC championship win over the Denver Broncos. On the team's initial injury report, the 23-year-old quarterback was listed as questionable with a shoulder injury and an illness that caused him to miss a practice.

Despite being removed from the injury report and telling reporters he felt well heading into the game, Maye struggled in the Super Bowl. Maye completed 27-of-43 passes for 295 yards, 2 touchdowns,2 interceptions and a fumble,with most of his passing yards coming in the fourth quarter. Maye's second interception was returned for a touchdown and all but closed the game.

Maye's protection also did him no favors. He was sacked six times on Sunday, compared with Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold, who was sacked once. Patriots rookies Will Campbell and Jared Wilson struggled against the power of the Seahawks' pass rushers and the quickness of secondary players on blitzes sent by head coach Mike Macdonald on the left side of the offensive line.

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Despite Maye's performance, he didn't know if his shoulder limited him in Sunday's game.

"I think it would be hard to say that," Maye said. "I was feeling good enough to be out there. I wouldn't put the team in harm's way to not be myself. Just didn't make plays tonight."

Maye struggled this postseason. TheMVP runner-upfinished with a 40.0 QBR in the playoffs, which ranked only above the Chicago Bears' Rex Grossman in 2006 and the Denver Broncos' Peyton Manning during his final season in 2015. Only Manning won a Super Bowl in that group.

Despite facing four of the top six regular-season defenses in yards allowed, Maye was able to win in different ways and help lead his team to the Super Bowl in his second NFL season. Maye moved the ball on the ground when defenses shut down the passing game or when winter weather conditions limited air yards against the Broncos in the AFC championship game.

In the end, it was not enough to win it all.

"This hurts," an emotional Maye said after the Super Bowl. "It definitely hurts. They played better than us tonight," he said. "They deserved to win that game. For the whole team and myself, what a journey it's been for us. I love this team and those guys in the locker room. We left it all on the field and just came up short. We didn't play our best, and that's what happens. ... It's going to sting for a while, but that's what you sign up for."

The Boston Red Sox are pivoting after losing third baseman Alex Bregman to the Chicago Cubs infree agency. Perhaps in response to that move, the team reportedly made a trade for Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Caleb Durbin on Monday, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Durbin, 25, hit .256/.334/.387 as a rookie. It marks the third time in his career Durbin has been traded.

Durbin, who was originally drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 14th round of the 2021 MLB Draft, is known as a scrappy, undersized player who is capable of strong defense at third base.

While he's hit well in the minors, his upside with the bat is a bit of a question after a middling rookie season. Durbin's slash line wasn't overly impressive, though was five percent better compared to the league average. He managed that despite one of the worst average exit velocities in the game and a low barrel rate. Both figures cast doubt on Durbin's ability to be a major producer at the plate moving forward.

But Durbin has been the type of player who has overcome those shortcomings in the past. Even last year, he showed an ability to optimize his approach at the plate, making sure he was pulling his fly balls, a good way for a player like Durbin to maximize his power output. That approach came through in the second half, which saw Durbin club seven home runs in 234 plate appearances. That came with a big reduction in Durbin's on-base percentage, so he'll need to find a way to reconcile that to be the best version of himself in the majors.

In addition to Durbin,the Red Sox alsoreceived Andruw Monasterio, Anthony Seigler and a competitive-balance round B pick, per MLB.com's Mark Feinsand.

Monasterio, 28, hit .270/.319/.437 in limited time with the Brewers last season. He saw time at every position on the infield and even played two innings in left field in 2025. Seigler, a 26-year-old third baseman, hit just under .200 in 73 plate appearances in the majors last year.

In exchange for Durbin, the Red Sox are parting ways with a key piece involved in the Rafael Devers trade. Left-handed pitcher Kyle Harrison is the main player heading to the Brewers in the deal.

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Harrison, 24, didn't see much time in the majors following that trade. After making eight appearances with the San Francisco Giants, Harrison was sent to the minors after being acquiring in the Devers deal. He made three major-league appearances with the Red Sox at the end of the regular season, putting up a 3.00 ERA over 12 innings.

Prior to the 2024 MLB season, Harrison ranked within the top half on most top-100 prospect lists, topping out as No. 23 on MLB.com's list heading into that season. While the lefty hasn't embarrassed himself in the majors yet, he hasn't lived up to those expectations either. The Brewers have a knack for getting the most out of their young pitchers, however, so this could be a great landing spot for Harrison.

The Brewers will also receive 27-year-old pitcher Shane Drohan and 28-year-old infielder David Hamilton in the deal. Hamilton is known more for his defensive ability and has hit just .222 since 2023. Drohan saw his strike-out rate soar in the minors last season, but was old for Triple-A and never got a chance in the majors with the Red Sox.

With the move, two of the key pieces acquired by the Red Sox in the Devers deal are no longer with the franchise. In addition to shipping out Harrison, theRed Sox also traded awaypitcher Jordan Hicks on Feb. 1. Hicks struggled mightily in limited work with the Red Sox following the Devers trade, posting an 8.20 ERA over 18 2/3 innings. The Red Sox were disappointed enough with that performance that they agreed to part with a better prospect since the Chicago White Sox covered a chunk of Hicks' salary moving forward.

Both the Brewers and Red Sox are expected to contend in 2026 after making the playoffs last season. Despite that, both teams still have a few glaring roster deficiencies. The Red Sox may have plugged one of those with Durbin. The Brewers, meanwhile, are engaging in a bit of a rebuild on the flyafter trading awayace Freddy Peralta earlier in the offseason.

The Durbin trade presents more questions in Milwaukee than answers, but the team has a strong recent track record of getting the most out of its young, unproven players. Harrison could be the next Brewers pitcher to take that leap, and the team does have a handful of impressive infield prospects who could replace Durbin's numbers before long.

Given Durbin's youth and low salary, the Brewers didn't need to make the move. The fact that they did speaks to the team's excitement about Harrison, and could be a sign it didn't see a higher ceiling for Durbin moving forward.

But Durbin has overcome the odds before. And if the Red Sox can further optimize his approach at the plate, there's potential for Durbin to develop into an extremely useful, well-rounded contributor in all facets of the game.

ROME (AP) — The Vatican has given the green light, again, to beatify Archbishop Fulton Sheen, the popular U.S. radio and TV preacher whosepath to sainthood was derailedfirst by a lengthy court battle over his remains and then by concerns about how he handled clergy sexual misconduct cases.

After a rare six-year delay to investigate the concerns, Sheen's beatification can now take place in Peoria, Ill., as originally planned, the Peoria diocese announced Monday.

No new date for the ceremony was immediately announced. But the Vatican's approval now sets the stage for the Illinois-born Sheen to be beatified during the pontificate of theIllinois-born Pope Leo XIV.

"The Holy See has informed me that the cause for the Venerable Servant of God Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen can proceed to beatification," Peoria Bishop Louis Tylka said in a written and video statement on the websites of the diocese and the Sheen foundation. "We are working with the Dicastery of the Causes of Saints at the Vatican to determine the details for the upcoming beatification."

Sheen was an enormously effective evangelizer in the 20th century U.S. church, who in some ways pioneered televangelism with his 1950s television series, "Life is Worth Living." According to Catholic University of America, where he studied and taught before he was made a bishop, Sheen won an Emmy Award, was featured on the cover of Time Magazine "and became one of the most influential Catholics of the 20th century."

Pope Francis hadconfirmed a miracleattributed to Sheen's intercession on July 6, 2019 and had set his beatification for Dec. 21 that year in Peoria. But with less than three weeks' notice, the Vatican postponed the ceremony indefinitely.

It acted after the diocese of Rochester, N.Y., where Sheen served as bishop from 1966-1969,asked for further investigationinto Sheen's tenure and "his role in priests' assignments."

The concerns focused on Sheen's handling of two cases of priests accused of sexual misconduct. Sheen was never accused of abuse himself. A top canonical affairs official from Peoria, Monsignor James Kruse, said in 2019 that an investigation had cleared Sheen of any wrongdoing. Kruse later complained that the Rochester diocese was "sabotaging" the cause, writing a lengthy essay that had been posted on the official Sheen beatification site but later taken down.

Peoria Bishop Tylka's statement made no reference to the concerns that prompted the delay in 2019.

The 2019 investigation was the latest obstacle to bedevil Sheen's cause, coming after an expensive, years-long legal battle between Sheen's relatives in Peoria and the New York City archdiocese over his final resting place.

Sheen, who died in 1979, was interred under the altar of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. His remains were returned to Peoria in 2019 after a court ruled Sheen's niece could bury him there.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Yes, the wedding depicted duringBad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime showwas real.

About five minutes into the 13-minute extravaganza at Levi's Stadium, the latter part of a wedding ceremony was shown, with a smiling officiant declaring the couple married, and the husband and wife, both wearing white, shared a kiss as dancers and musicians surrounded them and smiled.

The couple parted to reveal Lady Gaga and Los Sobrinos, a Puerto Rican salsa band who played on Bad Bunny's most recent album and at hisPuerto Rican residency. They played part of Gaga's "Die With a Smile" before Bad Bunny joined the scene for his hit "Baile Inolvidable."

He danced amid the wedding guests and the embracing couple.

After the show, his representative confirmed that the couple had actually been married during the show. The unnamed husband and wife had invited Bad Bunny to their wedding, but he said they should instead be part of his halftime show.

The artist served as a witness and signed their marriage certificate. There was a real cake too.

The wedding scene, which recreated a small outdoor plaza, was part of the show's greater celebration of Puerto Rico.

TravisKelce'sex,Kayla Nicole, appeared to shade him and his fiancée,Taylor Swift, in a Super Bowl ad that aired on Sunday during the New England Patriots-Seattle Seahawks game. In the commercial, Nicole was promoting the sports app Sleeper alongside Tiffany Haddish and Ben Simmons. Fans got curious as the YouTuber seemingly took a dig at Kelce and Swift.

Kayla Nicole's veiled jab at ex Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift: 'They've got no idea what they're doing'

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Travis Kelce's ex, Kayla Nicole, appeared to take a jab at him andTaylor Swiftin the Super Bowl ad. The Sleeper commercial featured Tiffany Haddish and Ben Simmons as "The Ex-Communicators."

Haddish asked, "Have you or someone you know been injured emotionally in a high-profile relationship?" to which Simmons replied, "Are your exes snubbing you in commercials?" The "Girls Trip" star said, "If so, you may be entitled to retribution," while the basketball player corrected her, "Compensation." As such, Haddish exclaimed, "That's what I said!"

Soon, Nicole quipped, "Don't get me started on these two. They have no idea what they're doing at all." Interestingly, the creator was introduced as "ex of a certain NFL player," hinting at Kelce, with whom she had an on-and-off relationship.

Further, Ace Green from Love Island advised viewers not to call Haddish and Simmons if they want a peaceful breakup. Moreover, the rapper-singer Offset doesn't understand what he is doing here as he is "great at relationships."

Later, Simmons and Haddish get frustrated seeing the tapes, followed by DEEZ sharing his thoughts. Subsequently, Nicole said, "Simmons & Haddish promised me that they could put an end to this whole ex-girlfriend fiasco quickly."

Meanwhile, Simmons said, "That doesn't sound right." So, Nicole said, "rapidly," while the Australian basketball small forward added, "That's not what I said." Nicole said, "Okay, pronto," followed by Simmons saying, "I said swiftly!" referring to the pop icon.

At the end, Haddish realized, "Picking the right love interest is hard. Picking the right athletes doesn't have to be." Simmons added, "Pick players. Choose more. Choose less. Make cash," before the comedian-actress requested viewers to download the app.

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A pair of naturalists spent weeks in the wilds of South Florida in the 1930s, braving alligators and snakes to find and photograph wetland and wading birds like the gangly wood stork.

Unlike many of the birds that Helen and Allan Cruickshank found in the Everglades, the storks had not been decimated by plume hunters decades before because the homely bird's feathers weren't prized for ladies' hats. But the storks suffered when developers and agriculture operations began the ditching and draining that eventually compromised some 35% of South Florida's wetlands, where the majority of the birds nested.

By the late 1970s, the nation's only native storks had plummeted from an estimated 20,000 nesting pairs to about 5,000 nesting pairs. They wereplaced on the endangered species list by 1984.

Wood storks look distinctively prehistoric among wetland birds

Now, after 40 years of conservation and protection efforts, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has ruled the population is no longer in immediate danger of extinction – with breeding colonies established across Florida, Georgia and into the Carolinas.

In a decision that has been years in the making, the wildlife service will remove the stork from the federal protected species list, according to a plan to publish the rule change in the Federal Register on February 10.

The species "no longer meets the definition of an endangered species or threatened species," the service stated in the notice. The removal will be effective in 30 days.

For Billy Brooks,a former biologist and wood stork recovery leadwith the service who retired in 2025, the decision is the culmination of decades of successful collaboration.

The rebuilding program "has been truly one of the great representations of how you would like to see recovery work," Brooks told USA TODAY. Expansive efforts to recover the birds included multiple governments, nonprofits, for profits and private landowners.

"The risk of (the storks) becoming endangered is quite lessened due to the extensive breeding range, the overall range and the number of breeding colonies," he said. It's "exponentially larger than historically," Brooks said.

Like other wetland and wading birds that were once found primarily in South Florida, today the wood stork can be seen in dozens of states to the north after breeding season concludes. Last yeara stork was spotted in Wisconsin,for only the third time in history.

Adaptability may have helped save wood storks

Over the more than 50 years since the Endangered Species Act was approved in 1973, more than 1,200 plant and animal species in the U.S. have been added to the list. At least five dozen have recovered to the point where they were removed from the list, including the bald eagle.

As part of their recovery, the storksexpanded into different habitats, using a mosaic of wetland types, Brooks said.  "Not many other species do what wood storks have done."

The birds have figured out how to use all kinds of created wetlands, such as golf courses and retention ponds, said Dale Gawlik, endowed chair for conservation and biodiversity at Texas A & M University's Harte Research Institute. "Even when they're in odd habitats, it's still exhilarating to see these wild birds doing what they do in a natural marsh."

"The birds have the flexibility to explore new habitats and eat new foods and that might be really important in a period when the environment is changing rapidly like it is now," said Gawlik, who spent years in South Florida working on wood stork recovery before moving to Texas.

Traits that lend themselves to exploration and adaptation reduce the risks and lessens the chance for catastrophic population failures when the birds are using multiple ecosystem, he said. "This ability to exploit new human habitats might be what's saving them. That's what I'm holding on to that gives me reason to be optimistic."

What to know about wood storks

These gangly birds are sometimes called flintheads or ironheads because of their distinctive heads and necks. These facts also are worth noting about the species:

• Feeds in shallow wetlands, eating fish and other aquatic prey.

• Stands as tall as 45 inches and its wings span up to 65 inches.

• While adults are generally silent, chicks make raucous noises that can be heard a quarter of a mile away from a nesting colony.

Opposition and concerns raised

The delisting isn't a decision everyone supports.

During a 2023 public comment period, Audubon Florida and the Center for Biological Diversity argued against removing wood storks from the list. The non-profits said it would be "premature" to delist the birds because they had not recovered to previously established goals within the Everglades and may never return to the large "mega" colonies that once existed in South Florida.

Prematurely delisting the wood stork "could impact its future viability," wrote Elise Pautler Bennett, senior attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity in its 2023 comments. Delisting the stork might send "a false signal to the public that the wood stork no longer requires consideration, which in turn may result in reduced conservation, particularly when it comes to threats, wetland destruction and degradation," Bennett wrote.

North Carolina wildlife officials supported removing the wood stork from the list, so did Georgia wildlife officials but with caveats.

Like the environmental groups, Georgia raised concerns about what it could mean for wood stork colonies on private lands if they lose the protection from being a federally listed species.

Removal from the list doesn't mean the birds will suddenly no longer receive protections, according to the wildlife service documents supporting the decision. Federal and state programs also provide protection to those species and their habitats, as well as decades of land conservation in the Southeast, wetlands protection rules, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and other measures, the service has stated.

Concern for the future

Georgia also echoed Audubon's concerns about potential sea level rise and other climate concerns.

"Sea level rise along the Atlantic coast is well underway and almost certain to continue and accelerate," stated a letter from Matt Elliott, chief of wildlife conservation for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. At Fort Pulaski on the Georgia coast, roughly 10 inches of sea level rise has been reported over the past 50 years. If the wood storks are to be delisted, it would be critical to carry out a 'robust" monitoring program for at least 10 years, Elliott wrote.

One lingering question for Gawlik is why the birds increased, and he said he doesn't see conclusive evidence to explain it in the delisting documents. "If you don't know what caused the increase for certain how can you be sure it will be there in the long term?"

Like the environmental groups, he's concerned about potential changes to existing federal regulations that protect the birds. They're expectingdecisions by the Trump administrationthat could roll back some of the regulations governing federal wetland designations.

"If we're not protecting wetlands to the same degree, does that set up a new situation or dynamic for the wood storks." Gawlik asked. "It's really important to not only protect navigable waterways, but also seasonal or alternate wetlands."

Even small wetlands that don't look like much can be critical for the birds at crunch times, he said.

Seasonal wetlands that are drying out, for example, provide key foraging opportunities for the storks who like to feed in shallow areas where the prey is concentrated, he said. "There's no substitute for seeing wild wood storks in a wild marsh in the Everglades, feeding in a drying pool where the fish are concentrated, fishing like they've done for thousands of years."

Dinah Voyles Pulver, a national correspondent for USA TODAY, has covered climate change, wildlife and the environment for decades. Reach her at dpulver@usatoday.com or @dinahvp on Bluesky or X or dinahvp.77 on Signal.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Wood storks have rebounded. Will be taken off 'endangered' list.