2026 NFL Draft: Penn State QB Drew Allar goes to Steelers as possible Aaron Rodgers heir

Drew Allar had strong sophomore and junior seasons at Penn State. His senior season cost him.

Allar played in only six games due to a broken ankle, and didn’t do enough to impress NFL scouts into moving him up draft boards.

Allar still ended up in a decent spot. He went to the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 12th pick of the third round, 76th overall. Allar is from Ohio andgrew up as a fanof the Cleveland Browns, and now he joins the Browns’ rival. It’s a spot that could have an opening at quarterback soon. The Steelers will probably get Aaron Rodgers signed at some point this offseason to start in 2026, but as he enters his age-43 season, he could retire after any season.

Whether that answer is Allar remains to be seen. He needs plenty of development to get to the point where he could be trusted as a starter. But the Steelers did use a valuable pick on him. The Steelers will need someone to step in when Rodgers is done. Pittsburgh just drafted Will Howard in the sixth round last year and have talked him up this offseason, though they’re clearly not sold there to use a pick on Allar, who is a project with some positive traits.

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Allar has NFL size and a good arm, and showed some athleticism at Penn State as well. The problem has been consistency and accuracy. That was an issue coming into last season and he didn’t show enough improvement in those areas during his final six games in college.

The good news as Allar heads into the NFL is he has the physical tools to last for a while in the league. He has plenty of work to do to refine his game, but he won’t have the same pressure to develop quickly that he would have had as a higher pick.

Allar isn’t the first toolsy quarterback that has been drafted, with the hope that he develops his game to match his arm strength and size. He should be given some time to do that in Pittsburgh.

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Jimmy Jam Says There Was Some 'Competitiveness’ Between Michael and Janet Jackson While Making 'Scream’ (Exclusive)

Jimmy Jam recalls Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson having friendly competition when recording "Scream"

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• Michael and Janet recorded vocals separately but inspired each other, with Michael traveling to Minneapolis after hearing Janet's take, Jimmy Jam tells PEOPLE

• 1995 song marked the siblings' first major collaboration

Jimmy Jam remembers some friendly competition betweenMichael JacksonandJanet Jackson.

When talking to PEOPLE at the Hollywood premiere ofMichaelon April 20, the songwriter and producer, 66, admits that making "Scream" with the siblings was “interesting” because of the family dynamic.

“When we did ‘Scream,' it was really interesting because Janet always felt like she was just guesting on Michael's song," he says. "She didn't ever think of it as a duo. And she kind of treated it like that. She just kind of said, 'Whatever my brother wants to do... this is the key he wants to do it in, these are the words he wants to say.' "

"She was very much deferring to what he wanted to do,” he adds.

In fact, Jimmy Jam says the siblings recorded their vocals in different places, with Michael recording in New York while his younger sister recorded in Minneapolis.

“When Michael heard Janet's vocal, he said, ‘Where'd you do that vocal?'" he recalls. "We said, ‘Minneapolis.' He said, ‘I'm going to come to Minneapolis.' "

"So I felt a little bit of the competitiveness, which was cool,” Jimmy Jam shares.

Ultimately, he says, Michael was “really happy" to work with Janet, 59.

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“He wanted to see her do well. She wanted to see him do well, and that happened and it was captured beautifully on video," he adds. "Somebody just asked me my favorite Michael Jackson video and I said, 'Scream.' "

The song, which was released in 1995, peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 17 total weeks on the chart. The single and video also went on to earn several major accolades, including a 1996 Grammy for Best Music Video, Short Form, and a record 11 nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Jimmy Jam tells PEOPLE he still looks back and thinks the music video is “beautifully done.”

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In 2024, Janet told theBBCthat making that song with Michael helped her better understand what her brother was going through at the time.

"Mike and I wrote that song in New York, in his apartment," she recalled. "So [I relive] that whole journey, listening to him sing it [and remembering] what he was going through at that time. And just me being his little sister, always by his side, and being that support system. That's always been my role."

Janet and Michael released “Scream” and the famous black-and-white music video in 1995, soon after Michael settled a 1994 lawsuit that charged him with abusing a child, according toThe New York Times. The song references what Michael was dealing with: struggles with fame, public harassment and tabloids digging into his life.

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RAF fighter jets scrambled to threat of Russian drones on Nato border

TwoRAF jetswere scrambled in the early hours of Saturday morning to respond to the threat ofRussian droneson the Nato border.

The Romanian defence ministry said it recovered drone fragments in the southeastern city of Galati after an overnight Russian attack on neighbouringUkraine, with an electricity ​pole and a household annex damaged.

It is understood that two Eurofighter Typhoons were scrambled from Borcea Air Base in Romania, which shares a 650-km land border with Ukraine ⁠and has seen Russian drones repeatedly breach its airspace as Moscow attacks Ukraine ports on ​the other side of the Danube river.

However, UK Ministry of Defence sources stressed that RAF Typhoons did not enter Ukrainian airspace, nor did they engage any Russian assets. The two aircraft have now returned to base.

Romanian emergency services were forced to evacuate the area where drone fragments were recovered over fears they could contain explosives. The fragments will now be disposed of in a secure location.

While drone fragments have routinely fallen on Romania, Saturday ​marked the first time property had been damaged.

"The defence ministry firmly condemns the irresponsible actions of the Russian Federation and emphasises that these represent a new challenge to regional security and stability in ​the Black Sea area," the Romanian defence ministry said in a statement.

"Such incidents demonstrate the Russian Federation's lack ​of respect for the norms of international law and endanger not only the safety of Romanian citizens, ‌but ⁠also the collective security of Nato."

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It comes amid mounting tension ​along Europe's eastern flank ​in recent months ⁠after suspected Russian drones breached the airspace of several Nato states.

Romanian law allows it to shoot down drones during peacetime if lives ​or property are at risk, but it has not yet ​done so.

Overnight on Saturday, Russian forces launched more than 600 drones and 47 missiles acrossUkraine,the country’s air force said.

At least four people were killed and more than 30 wounded across Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky said, calling for “immediate and decisive action” from partners.

It comes amid fears that Vladimir Putin could make progress in his offensive in Ukraine as the world’s attention is diverted to the Middle East, with the Russian president profiting off soaring gas and oil prices caused by the Iran war.

Last month, defence secretary John Healey confirmed that the UK and allies tracked a Russian attack submarine and two spy submarines loitering over critical undersea cables in the North Atlantic for a month before they retreated.

He said Putin had sought to capitalise on the world being “distracted” by the Iran war and that he poses “the primary threat to UK security”.

Mr Healey told a press conference in Downing Street on Thursday that in the past few weeks – while many eyes were trained on the Middle East crisis – the UK, in partnership with Norway and other allies, responded to “increased Russian activity” in the Atlantic north of the UK.

Addressing the Russian president, Mr Healey said: “We see your activity over our cables and our pipelines, and you should know that any attempt to damage them will not be tolerated and will have serious consequences.”

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Brenda Song Reveals the 'Pettiest Thing' She and Husband Macaulay Culkin Will Fight About

Brenda Song revealed she and fiancé Macaulay Culkin have playful arguments over Mario Kart, saying they get “very, very competitive” and “mildly mad” during games

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• The couple, who share two sons, have been together since 2017

• In a new interview, Song opened up about the couple's spats

Brenda Songis offering a glimpse into life at home withMacaulay Culkin— and some of their playful disagreements.

In the April 22 episode ofCosmo Goes Deep, Song sat down with herRunning PointcostarKate Hudsonfor a candid conversation that included a round of personal questions. When Hudson asked, “What’s the pettiest thing you and your partner fight over?” Song, 38, said her relationship debates with Culkin, 45 — with whom she shares sons Dakota, 5, and Carson, 3 — tend to center around something a bit more competitive.

“One thing that we can argue about is we do play Mario Kart sometimes, like in bed. And then we get very, very competitive and we will like get like mildly mad at each other, for like cutting me off or like winning, beating me last minute. That’s probably the pettiest thing,” Song said.

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Song has been open about her relationship with Culkin in the past. The couple, who began dating in 2017 after meeting at their mutual friendSeth Green's home and got engaged in 2022, weren’t actively seeking romance when they first got together — something she has said made their connection even stronger.

In anearlier interview with Access Hollywood, Song reflected on how their relationship came together unexpectedly.

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“I think that’s what was so beautiful. I always say he’s like my unicorn. I wasn’t going to settle for anything, but he is exactly what I was hoping to look for,” she said at the time.

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Song has also described Culkin as more than just a partner, calling him her closest confidant.

“He understands my work, we can talk about football, we talk about basketball, we can cook together. I think I just really lucked out,” she added.

In a joint interview withCosmopolitanin 2025, Culkin said of their relationship, "I’d never felt this way before. I believed in her. I mean, I believed in people before, but I believed in her down to my bone marrow. You know what I mean? I put it behind the armor though, behind that shield.”

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Trump will unveil a deal with Regeneron to lower drug prices

President Donald Trump on Thursday will announce a deal with drugmaker Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products as part of the White House's signature most-favored-nation drug pricing initiative.

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The deal involves Regeneron lowering the prices of current and future drugs on Medicaid and selling a cholesterol drug called Praluent for $225 on the White House's discounted drug website TrumpRx, according to the agreement first outlined by NOTUS and confirmed by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

The deal comes as the Trump administration has been touting efforts to provide economic relief ahead of November's midterm elections, with Americans sayinghigh costsfor health care, gas, groceries and other basic needs arestraining their budgets.

It's one of many so-called most-favored-nation deals the Trump administration has made with drug companies to bring U.S. pharmaceutical prices to the same level as other developed nations. Last July, Trump publicly sent letters to executives at 17 major pharmaceutical companies about the issue. Regeneron is the final one of those companies to strike a deal with his administration.

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As part of the deal, Regeneron has also committed to spending nearly $10 billion to bring pharmaceutical production to the United States, NOTUS reported. Trump’s deals have historically offered companies relief on his tariffs if they make such commitments.

Even as Trump and his Department of Health and Human Services have touted his drug-pricing deals as transformative, the details of the agreements have so far not been made public.

Pressed by members of Congress to share the contracts this week, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said his team would share whatever details it could that didn't include proprietary information or trade secrets. Trump and Kennedy have urged Congress to codify the deals into law.

Drug prices for patients in the U.S. can depend on a number of factors, including the competition a treatment faces and insurance coverage. Most people have coverage through work, the individual insurance market or government programs like Medicaid and Medicare, which shield them from much of the cost.

Patients on Medicaid, the state and federally funded program for people with low incomes, already pay a nominal co-payment of a few dollars to fill their prescriptions, but lower prices could help state budgets that fund the programs.

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Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett help Raptors halve Cavs' series egde

Scottie Barnes and RJ Barrett each scored 33 points Thursday night and the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 126-104 in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series.

Reserve Jamison Battle scored all of his 14 points in the fourth quarter to ignite a Toronto surge that reduced Cleveland's series lead to 2-1.

Game 4 of the best-of-seven set is scheduled for Sunday in Toronto.

Barnes added 11 assists and five rebounds for the Raptors.

"He did everything for us tonight," Toronto coach Darko Rajakovic said.

Raptors rookie Collin Murray-Boyles had 22 points and eight rebounds, while Brandon Ingram scored 12 points.

Rajakovic said of Murray-Boyles, "He's a warrior, to be honest with you. ... I thought he had a high-level performance tonight, and I contribute that to the power of his will."

James Harden scored 18 points for the Cavaliers, who made 22 turnovers in a careless performance.

Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson said of the team's giveaways, "I didn't think our spacing was great. ... (The Raptors were) crowding the paint on our drives. ... They decided they really want to pack it, and I felt like we were trying to thread the needle too much trying to pass it in there."

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Cleveland's Donovan Mitchell was held to 15 points, and Max Strus and Evan Mobley also scored 15 each. Jaylon Tyson put up 13 points, and Jarrett Allen contributed 12.

Rajakovic said of holding down Harden and Mitchell, "It was the discipline of the whole team. We tried to make it hard for them. Those guys are so elite."

Toronto took a two-point lead into the fourth quarter. The game was tied for the 13th time when Mobley converted to free throws with 9:53 left. The Raptors went on a 13-4 run to grab a nine-point lead on Battle's third 3-pointer of the quarter with 7:25 to go.

The lead reached 11 on Barrett's trey with 5:41 to play. Battle hit another 3-pointer to bump the margin to 17 with 3:45 left.

Mitchell said, "It's our aggressiveness, our force, I don't think was there tonight as a whole. Give credit where credit's due. We knew it was going to be a tough game. No team wants to go down 3-0. We were right there for the majority of the game, and then Battle kind of got away in the fourth. So just things we can control. I'll give them credit. They protected home court."

The Raptors, who never had a lead in Game 2, were up 31-25 after one quarter of Game 3 as they took advantage of Cleveland's nine turnovers.

The lead reached 10 in the first minute of the second quarter. Tyson's corner trey with 7:58 to play capped a 9-0 Cleveland run that trimmed the margin to one, and Strus drained a 3-pointer to give Cleveland a two-point lead with 52.2 seconds left. Murray-Boyles finished the first-half scoring with a dunk following a Barnes steal to tie the game at 54.

Toronto led by seven after Barnes made two free throws with 8:12 left in the third quarter. Harden immediately answered with six straight points. Strus nailed a 3-pointer to give Cleveland a one-point lead with 3:09 left, but the Raptors regained the advantage on Murray-Boyles' dunk. Barnes swished a 15-footer at the end of the third quarter to give Toronto an 83-81 edge.

--Field Level Media

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Kremlin says Putin can meet Zelenskiy only to agree final conflict arrangements

April 22 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin can only ‌meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr ‌Zelenskiy for the purpose of ​finalising agreements on the conflict, Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as ‌saying on ⁠Wednesday.

"The main thing is the goal of ⁠this meeting. Why should they meet? Putin has ​said he ​is ready ​for a ‌meeting in Moscow at any moment," TASS news agency quoted Peskov as telling Russian state television.

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"The main thing ‌is that there ​should be a ​reason ​to meet, and the ‌main thing is ​that the ​meeting should be productive. And it can only be ​for ‌the purpose of finalising agreements."

(Reporting ​by Reuters; Editing by ​Chizu Nomiyama)

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