Winter Olympics 2026: skeleton, ski jumping, Norway win 10th gold, and more – as it happened

It was another day of high drama at the Milano Cortina Games as Lucas Pinheiro Braathen made history for Brazil and South America, among other plotlines

Women’s dual moguls: It’s all very civilised out on the snow, the athletes have a hug when they reach the bottom. I was thinking the snow looked a bit grubby but it turns out the authorities put out pine needles – I think to help skiers find their way.

Anyway, they’ve zipped through very quickly and have already sorted the quarter finals, with four Americans in the final eight.

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Six ejected after fight forces 20-minute delay in St John’s-Providence basketball game

• Police enter court amid fracas sparked by hard foul

• Coach Rick Pitino holds back players as tempers flare

Six players were ejected from Saturday’s college basketball game between No. 17 St John’s and Providence after a fracas resulting from a hard foul by Friars forward Duncan Powell on Bryce Hopkins sent the Red Storm star crashing to the ground.

St John’s coach Rick Pitino, who led Providence to the 1987 Final Four, was in the middle of it, trying to hold back his players. But several entered the fray as it drifted toward the Red Storm’s visitors’ bench.

The game was delayed by nearly 20 minutes while the referees sorted out the punishments: four St John’s players were booted and two from Providence, and by the time the Friars got the ball back they had watched a one-point lead turn into a four-point deficit.

“You’re not supposed to come off the bench, but you can’t let your players get beat up,” Pitino said after the 79-69 victory gave the Red Storm its 11th straight win. “You can’t fight. Back when I was the Kentucky coach we fought almost every SEC game, and it was not a big deal. But you can’t fight any more, so toughness has to come between the lines.”

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Trump’s Losing His War in Minnesota. He’s Ready to Declare ‘Mission Accomplished’

Trump may trim back his terror campaign in Minneapolis, because it’s bleeding political support. It’s not over.

Two races, two golds: Jordan Stolz smashes another Olympic record in 500m

• US speed skating star’s four-gold pursuit continues

• 500m considered toughest of Stolz’s individual events

• Entire podium finishes below previous Olympic record

The men’s 500m is speed skating distilled to its most unforgiving form: one and a quarter laps of the oval, no pacing, no recovery window, no margin for technical compromise. On Saturday afternoon in Milan’s western suburbs, Jordan Stolz mastered the sport’s fastest and most unpredictable race and pushed his Olympic campaign toward historic territory.

The 21-year-old American won the 500m in an Olympic-record 33.77 seconds, securing his second gold medal of the Milano Cortina Olympics and adding pace behind what is rapidly becoming one of the defining individual campaigns of these Winter Games.

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Venezuelan deportee can return to US but fears repeat of ordeal: ‘I’m not over that nightmare yet’

Luis Muñoz Pinto, 27, who was sent to notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador, would like to clear his name after US judge’s ruling

A US federal judge’s order that some of the Venezuelan men sent by the Trump administration to a notorious prison in El Salvador must be allowed to return to the United States to fight their cases has been greeted with hope and a sense of vindication – but also fear – by one of the deportees.

US district judge James Boasberg ruled on Thursday in Washington DC that the Trump administration should facilitate the return of deportees who are currently in countries outside Venezuela, saying they must be given the opportunity to seek the due process they were denied after being illegally expelled from the US last March.

Boasberg added that the US government should cover the travel costs of those who wish to come to the US to argue their immigration cases.

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Barack Obama publicly states support for anti-ICE demonstrators in Minneapolis

Speaking with progressive YouTuber, former US president stressed ‘unprecedented nature’ of agency’s actions

Barack Obama publicly gave his support to demonstrators in Minneapolis for standing up to the “unprecedented nature” of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) operation in Minnesota.

Speaking in an interview with progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen on Saturday, the former president discussed the power that US citizens hold when standing up for the values they believe in and his hopes for the next generation of American leaders.

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California’s Helix water district gets state-of-the-art managed charging [Q&A]

Located at Helix water district’s operations center in El Cajon, California, the project supports the district’s full transition to zero-emission vehicles while maintaining the reliability required of a mission-critical public utility. To keep it all running smoothly, the district has deployed Better Fleet’s advanced managed charging software solution – and we’ve got the company’s CEO, Dan Hilson, to walk us through it.

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Democratic senators launch inquiry into EPA’s repeal of key air pollution enforcement measure

Senators said repeal was ‘particularly troubling’ and was counter to EPA’s mandate to protect human health

More than three dozen Democratic senators have begun an independent inquiry into the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following a huge change in how the agency measures the health benefits of reducing air pollution that is widely seen as a major setback to US efforts to combat the climate crisis.

In a regulatory impact analysis, the EPA said it would stop assigning a monetary value to the health benefits associated with regulations on fine particulate matter and ozone. The agency argued that the estimates contain too much uncertainty.

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Anatomy of an upset: how Ilia Malinin lost Olympic figure skating gold

Ilia Malinin entered the Olympic free skate as the runaway favorite. Early mistakes triggered a meltdown that laid bare the brutal math of modern figure skating

What made Ilia Malinin’s Olympic defeat so shocking was not simply his years-long dominance entering Friday night. It was how completely the competition had tilted in his favor before he even stepped on the ice.

For nearly three years, Malinin had been men’s skating’s guiding light: unbeaten since late 2023, winner of back-to-back world titles, the skater who recalibrated the sport’s technical ceiling and then made winning look procedural. He arrived at the Milano Ice Skating Arena leading by more than five points after the short program and carrying the most difficult planned program in the field. Under almost any normal competitive logic, that combination should have been decisive.

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US military used Anthropic’s AI model Claude in Venezuela raid, report says

Wall Street Journal says Claude used in operation via Anthropic’s partnership with Palantir Technologies

Claude, the AI model developed by Anthropic, was used by the US military during its operation to kidnap Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela, the Wall Street Journal revealed on Saturday, a high-profile example of how the US defence department is using artificial intelligence in its operations.

The US raid on Venezuela involved bombing across the capital, Caracas, and the killing of 83 people, according to Venezuela’s defence ministry. Anthropic’s terms of use prohibit the use of Claude for violent ends, for the development of weapons or for conducting surveillance.

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Casey Wasserman to sell talent agency after links to Ghislaine Maxwell exposed in Epstein files

Clients including Chappell Roan and Abby Wambach cut ties to firm after communications came to light

Casey Wasserman, a leading Hollywood talent agent whose clients include Chappell Roan, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran and Kendrick Lamar, is selling his business after communications with Ghislaine Maxwell were exposed as part of the US justice department’s recent dump of investigative documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein.

Wasserman, grandson of the late famed Hollywood dealmaker Lew Wasserman, said late on Friday he was putting his eponymous talent and marketing agency on the block, citing the impact on the company from “past personal mistakes” and telling staff he felt that he had “become a distraction” to its work.

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Toy loon becomes unofficial mascot for Canadian women's Olympic hockey team

A toy loon from a fan has become a mascot, or possibly a good luck charm, for Canada's women's hockey team at Milano Cortina 2026.

Breaking Down the REAL Conspiracies Behind Epstein and His Elite Circle

Naomi and Mehdi dive into the powerful men – Bannon, Thiel, Trump – who have tried to cover up their friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, and they also explore conspiratorial thinking and elite impunity.

The Minneapolis brass band bringing joy amid grief: ‘When people see us playing, it gives them hope’

Brass Solidarity was formed after George Floyd’s murder, and now also marks the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti at its weekly meetup

A week after a federal officer shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, a troupe of brass players, percussionists and singers gathered at the site of the killing, to play a blaring, defiant rendition of the O’Jays’ Love Train.

Trumpeters, trombonists and sousaphonists had lined up along the ice-slicked sidewalk or were balancing on the snowbanks, blowing up clouds of condensation.

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Limited government shutdown likely to linger for at least 10 days as Congress takes break

13% of federal civilian workforce is affected, although DHS – which spurred budget standoff – remains funded

A limited US government shutdown came into effect on Saturday – the third of Donald Trump’s second term – after negotiations between the White House and Democrats in Congress failed to agree on new restrictions for federal immigration agents.

The shutdown affects about 13% of the federal civilian workforce and is confined to agencies under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which screens airline passengers.

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Don’t call it a concept: 670 hp AUDI E7X electric SUV caught testing

The new electric SUV from Audi’s Chinese AUDI brand is being billed as the most important launch in the young company’s history, and it’s set to make its official debut in production form this April – but thanks to the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), you can see it right now.

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Canada has officially joined the EU's loans-for-weapons program

Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada has now officially joined the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program, which offers loans to member states to invest in defence capabilities.

Take the tunnel, Windsor city councillor says as Ambassador Bridge owners lobby against new bridge

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Police seal off road near Arizona home of Today show host Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother

Sheriff’s, FBI and forensics vehicles passed through roadblocks 2 miles from missing 84-year-old woman’s home

Law enforcement investigating the disappearance of Today show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy, sealed off a road near her home in Arizona late Friday night.

A parade of sheriff’s and FBI vehicles, including forensics vehicles, passed through the roadblock that was set up about 2 miles (3.2km) from the house.

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GENIUS: adding solar panels to semi trailers is an idea so obvious it hurts

Refrigerated trailers are critical for hauling your fresh food and flowers from the farm to your local market – the problem is that they pollute like crazy, powered by red-dye diesel gensets that run around the clock, even when the truck pulling them is fully electric. To help solve that problem, one company come up with an idea so obvious you’ll hate yourself for not coming up with it on your own: rooftop solar.

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Zelenskyy says U.S. too often asks Ukraine, not Russia, for concessions, ahead of Geneva peace talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced hope on Saturday that U.S.-brokered peace talks in Geneva next week would be substantive, but he said Ukraine was being asked "too often" to make concessions.

Russia is still waging war in Ukraine, but door opening for more of its athletes to compete

Twenty athletes from Russia and Belarus are competing at the Winter Olympics as neutral. Moscow has asked for its athletes to be fully reinstated in international competition, and sporting bodies are beginning to open the door to those once completely banned from participating.

US fixation on the hard-hat economy and making manufacturing great again makes little sense

The dream of greasy overalls is driven by nostalgia and doesn’t justify policies that harm US consumers

The exhortations to protect America’s industrial muscle have resonated in the US at least since maverick presidential candidate Ross Perot brought up the supposed “giant sucking sound” of jobs pulled to Mexico by the Nafta trade agreement back in 1993.

They flourished under Donald Trump’s first presidency and his promise to restore jobs lost to trade agreements. Joe Biden, too, put “rebuilding the backbone of America: manufacturing, unions and the middle class” at the center of his agenda. And in 2024, Trump reheated his old promise that “jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country”.

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What is it about Minnesota that made it a target for Trump’s ICE crackdown?

The Democratic-leaning midwestern state where federal agents killed two citizens is in many ways anathema to the administration

Since the federal immigration surge began late last year, Minnesotans have offered varying theories for why their state was targeted by the Trump administration.

It’s a midwestern state that hasn’t voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1972, including the three times it voted against Donald Trump.

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Plantation weddings and pre-civil war fashion: the film that critiques the historical fantasy of Natchez

A documentary about Mississippi examines competing forces: the nostalgic celebration of the old south and the refusal to sanitize the brutal history of enslavement

“Natchez swallowed a master narrative about the old south.”

In Suzannah Herbert’s documentary Natchez, the opening remark from National Park Service ranger Barney Schoby functions as both diagnosis and thesis. The film that follows does not evade the Mississippi town’s contradictions. Instead, it actively adjudicates them, staging white people’s curated nostalgia against Black people’s historical knowledge, lived experience and institutional fact.

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Danish state could face legal action over deal that gives US powers on its soil

Claims that agreement is unconstitutional could pose problems in talks with Washington over Greenland

Denmark could face legal action over an agreement that gives the US sweeping powers on Danish soil, over claims it is “unconstitutional” and could pose problems in talks with Washington over Greenland.

The agreement, which was signed under the Biden administration in 2023 and was passed by the Danish parliament last year, gives the US “unhindered access” to its airbases and powers over its civilians.

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Charging Demand Is Growing, But Charging Infrastructure Isn't Keeping Up

ChargePoint says it added 190,000 EV chargers last year. That still isn't keeping up with demand from drivers.

An estimated 350,000 people march in Toronto in support of Iran protests, police say

A rally in North York Saturday that drew an estimated 350,000 people called on the Canadian government to recognize Iran's exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi as the leader of Iran’s democratic transition after anti-government protests erupted in Iran at the end of last year.

US man who fled jail and pleaded to Trump and Kim Kardashian gets 60-year term

Antoine Massey was convicted on charges of rape and kidnapping before New Orleans jailbreak

A man who joined nine others in fleeing a New Orleans jail – then publicly pleaded for help from Donald Trump, a rapper whom the president pardoned and reality TV star Kim Kardashian while on the run – recently got a 60-year prison sentence for kidnapping and raping his ex-girlfriend.

Antoine Massey, 32, received his punishment on Thursday at a suburban New Orleans state courthouse, months after his jailbreak-related capture and subsequent conviction at trial of prior charges.

Guardian reporting partner WWL Louisiana contributed

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A missing woman, bloodstains and a masked intruder: tantalising clues but few leads in hunt for Nancy Guthrie

The disappearance in Arizona of the Today show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother has captivated the nation

Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona, home two weeks ago, setting off a potent chain reaction of federal and local criminal investigation, amateur sleuthing and public obsession that – so far – has resulted in neither the 84-year-old grandmother being located or anyone named as a suspect or, indeed, arrested.

It is a case that is both enthralling and baffling the American public, casting doubts on the ability of investigators to get to the bottom of the mystery that each day generates a fresh 24-hour news cycle – but seemingly little in the way of solid fresh leads likely to solve the case.

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Peter Attia appears to be staying at CBS News despite Epstein communications

Staffers believe network has decided to retain Attia, who issued apology after inappropriate Epstein emails, as on-air analyst

Two weeks after a trove of files revealed extensive – and inappropriate – communications between Jeffrey Epstein and a recently named CBS News contributor, the longevity expert Peter Attia, the network appears to have settled on keeping him.

“Everyone internally unofficially concluded he was staying as of about a week ago,” one CBS News staffer told the Guardian.

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2 Toronto teachers on leave after racist social media messages discovered: School board

Two teachers have been put on leave from a North York high school, as the Toronto Catholic District School Board investigates an exchange of racist messages on a shared school program's social media account.

Rubio tells Europe US wants renewed alliance – but on Trump’s terms

Secretary of state calls the US ‘a child of Europe’ and urges continent to back a new world order

• Munich security conference live: Europe must be ready to fight Russia as ‘warning signs are there’, says Starmer

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has described America as “a child of Europe” and made an emotional but highly conditional offer of a new partnership, insisting the two continents belong together.

In a much-anticipated speech at the annual Munich Security Conference, he said the US was intent on building a new world order, adding “while we are prepared, if necessary, to do this alone, it is our preference and it is our hope to do this together with you, our friends here in Europe”. The US and Europe, he said “belong together”.

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Fall of the Quad God: Ilia Malinin finds he is all too human under the Olympic spotlight

The brilliant American was expected to glide to a gold medal on Friday. It was tough to watch such a gifted athlete discover the ruthlessness of his sport

By the time Ilia Malinin reached the closing stretch of his Olympic free skate, the outcome was no longer really the story. The story was the expression on his face – not panic, not shock, but the dawning realization that a destiny he had controlled for nearly three years had slipped beyond his reach in the blinding span of four and a half catastrophic minutes.

For the rising generation of men’s skaters, the 21-year-old Malinin has existed less as a rival than as a moving technical horizon. The Quad God. The skater who built programs around jumps others still treated as theory, who pushed the sport into something closer to applied physics. Much like Simone Biles, who took in Friday’s contest from the arena’s VIP seats, his only competition was himself.

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Reality TV pushed USA’s Erin Jackson out of comfort zone and into Olympic title defense

The US flag bearer and first Black woman to win Winter Olympic individual gold carries the lessons of Special Forces into Sunday’s 500m speed skating final

On the ice, Erin Jackson is the picture of control – metronomic in her balance, rhythmic in her stride, a woman whose margins for error are blade thin. But all that control melted away when the speed skater glided on to Fox’s Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test reality TV series in fall 2023 for a taste of the grueling training that elite US troops endure.

She was part of a motley cast that included former Dallas Cowboys star Dez Bryant, NBA clutch shooter Robert Horry and skier Bode Miller, a fellow Winter Olympic champion. But Jackson was less concerned with outshining her athletic peers than with confronting her own fears. To test her anxiety around swimming, Jackson was strapped into a mock helicopter, submerged in icy water and told to hold her breath for at least 15 seconds before freeing herself, grabbing a lifejacket, and paddling to safety.

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Why Tumbler Ridge is resilient

The town at the centre of a national tragedy has faced collapse and hardship but continues to persevere.

Alexei Navalny was poisoned by Kremlin with dart frog toxin, European nations say

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with a lethal toxin derived from the skin of poison dart frogs, five European countries said Saturday.

The Philosopher Teaching AI to Be Good

Anthropic has a new, values-oriented “constitution” that they’re feeding their AI chatbot, Claude. Amanda Askell, the company’s in-house philosopher, joins Offline to talk about it.

Happy Valentine's Bidet

Lovett is in the air for this this Valentine’s Day special episode! Sarah Lazarus and Halle Kiefer join in the studio to review a few stories we missed, plus some revealing queries from the Discord.

Terminally Online: Cancel Culture is Back

Erin Ryan and producers Kendra James, Caroline Reston, and Claire Fogarty have been way too online this week.

Andrew aide advised Epstein to omit conviction on China visa form, files suggest

Epstein files release shows David Stern advised against mentioning ‘being denied previously or criminal charges’

An aide to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor advised Jeffrey Epstein to illegally hide his child sexual abuse conviction to obtain a visa to China, according to the latest Epstein files release.

David Stern, who was a close associate of both Epstein and the then prince, was asked for his help after the disgraced financier’s initial application for a visa was rejected.

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US homeland security department partially shut down after lawmakers fail to agree funding

Lawmakers left Washington for a long weekend without resolving an impasse over much-criticized agency’s funding

The Department of Homeland Security has begun a partial shutdown, after funding for the much-criticized agency expired, with a range of services, including domestic flights and the US Coastguard, now vulnerable to disruption.

The shutdown was all but confirmed on Thursday, after the Senate failed to clear the 60-vote threshold needed to pass the DHS appropriations bill and lawmakers left Washington for a long weekend without resolving the impasse.

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Youth hockey ref escorted out of N.S. rink by police after 'hate-motivated' harassment, say RCMP

A hockey game in Musquodoboit Harbour, N.S., had to be stopped and a young referee was escorted out of the arena by police after the official was targeted by hate-motivated verbal assaults from a person in the crowd, say RCMP.

Amid 'Buy Canadian' fervour, Canada's top pension funds still heavily invested in U.S.

Despite the U.S. trade war and President Donald Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty, this country's biggest pension funds remain heavily invested in the U.S. The Canada Pension Plan announced this week that it has grown to a record $780.7 billion in assets, with 47 per cent invested in the U.S., compared to only 13 per cent in Canada.

Are you an early bird or a night owl? Why scientists are moving beyond these groupings

Categorizing people into just two groups — late and early risers — may be oversimplified when it comes to health and behaviour.

Cheating, a proposal, cute couples — but are the Olympics really the place for love?

Love often seems to be in the air during the Olympics. And there's a storied history of Olympic declarations of love, Olympic couples, and the sometimes controversial Olympic proposal.

‘We’re so vulnerable’: How Canadians can cope with anxiety in the face of existential threats from the U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term has threatened Canada with annexation and economic ruin, leaving some Canadians feeling anxious and concerned. A Winnipeg therapist offers strategies for coping with those emotions.

Does your local school lock its doors? Why school entrance protocols vary across Canada

This week's tragedy in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., and  other intruder incidents in schools are reviving conversations across Canada about school safety — including controlled access and entry procedures.

From umbrella to uncertainty: Europe and Canada's nuclear deterrence anxiety

European allies are quietly exploring closer nuclear deterrence ties with France amid growing anxiety about the long-term reliability of U.S. security guarantees. Germany and Poland have acknowledged early-stage talks with Paris, while French President Emmanuel Macron has opened the door to a strategic dialogue — without offering a formal nuclear umbrella.

Inuit leaders urge Ottawa to follow Greenland's infrastructure lead

Inuit leaders back from a recent trip to Greenland say there's a stark contrast between the infrastructure in that Nordic country compared to Canada's North, and they're calling on the federal government to urgently fill the gap as part of its enhanced focus on Arctic security.

Being Jamaican in Canada meant we didn’t talk about mental health — until depression forced me to

When Bria Barrows was diagnosed with depression as a high school student, her family struggled to talk about mental health issues. Since then, she has learned that talking leads to healing.

Head of military's space division warns Russia is considering putting nuclear weapons in orbit

The head of Canada's military space division says the country "should absolutely be" concerned about Russia's potential capabilities amid global fears the Kremlin is considering putting nuclear weapons in place to target satellites.

Bart Layton didn't like Chris Hemsworth for Crime 101. Then he proved him wrong

Coming after his critically acclaimed documentary The Imposter, and genre-defying American Animals, director Bart Layton just released his deceptively deep heist film Crime 101. While he didn't initially believe Chris Hemsworth could pull off the role, he told CBC the Australian actor proved him wrong.

Dems Freeze ICE

Live from Melbourne, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan react to Democrats’ decision to stand firm on ICE funding and force a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security

This Week in Democracy – Week 56: Prosecuting Democrats, Deporting Migrants, and... Taking Bribes?

Zeteo's weekly round-up, documenting the growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.

US officials investigate whether ICE agents lied about Minneapolis shooting

Charges dropped against two Venezuelan men over January shooting as investigation opened into agents’ conduct

Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men.

ICE director Todd Lyons said on Friday that his agency opened a joint investigation with the justice department after video evidence revealed “sworn testimony provided by two separate officers appears to have made untruthful statements” about the shooting of one of the Venezuelan men during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown across the Minneapolis area.

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Inside the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history"

On Thursday, Feb. 12, the Environmental Protection Agency announced the revocation of the “endangerment finding,” a federal determination that planet-warming emissions harm human health. The Trump administration said the decision will save Americans $1.3 trillion in energy and transportation, but experts are pushing back on that claim. Plus: The rise of concierge medicine and a look into how AI modeling could play a role in your weather forecast.

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This London borough is installing 500 curbside EV chargers

The London Borough of Harrow is installing 500 new curbside EV chargers across the borough, targeting residents who don’t have access to off-street parking. The chargers are being deployed in partnership with UK charging provider char.gy and will primarily be mounted on existing lamp posts along residential streets.

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Healthcare group urges RFK Jr to resign after remarks on cocaine and toilet seats

President of Protect Our Care issues one-word statement to US health and human services secretary: ‘Resign’

A prominent healthcare advocacy group is calling for the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to step down from his post after he downplayed Covid risks by saying: “I’m not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.”

Kennedy, who was appointed secretary of the federal health and human services (HHS) department despite his avowed anti-vaccine activism, made that remark on the 12 February episode of Theo Von’s podcast This Past Weekend.

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Showdown in the American west as Colorado River faces crucial deadline: ‘Mother nature isn’t going to bail us out’

Seven states must make deal for sharing basin that supplies 40 million people, before US government steps in. With negotiations at an impasse, what’s at stake?

The future of the American west hung in the balance after seven states remained at a stalemate over who should bear the brunt of the enormous water cuts needed to pull the imperiled Colorado River back from the brink.

Negotiators, who have spent years trying to iron out thorny disagreements, ended their talks on Friday without a deal – one day before a critical deadline to form a plan that had been set for Saturday.

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Unconditional US military aid to Israel ‘enabled a genocide in Gaza’, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says – live

Democratic congresswoman says thousands of Palestinian deaths were ‘completely avoidable’ during panel at Munich security conference

• AOC accuses Trump of trying to usher in ‘age of authoritarianism’

• Bitter dispute between Trump and EU over Gaza’s future breaks out into the open

The annual rate of US inflation eased in January, according to the latest data consumer price index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Over the last 12 months, the cost of goods has increased by 2.4% – down from 2.7% in last month’s report.

Lawmakers in the House and Senate left Washington on Thursday as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) heads for another shutdown, when stopgap funding lapses tonight. Nearly all Democrats blocked a second attempt to pass the annual DHS appropriations bill as negotiations for guardrails on federal immigration enforcement have stalled. Senator John Fetterman was the only lawmaker to break ranks with the party.

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Who are the six men named in the unredacted Epstein files?

In a floor speech, Ro Khanna, a Democratic representative, revealed identities of six men after seeing unredacted files

Ro Khanna, the US congressman, publicly revealed the names of six men whose identities were redacted from the Jeffrey Epstein files, including Leslie Wexner, a billionaire retail magnate, whom the FBI appeared to have labeled as a co-conspirator.

Four of the six men had no connection to Epstein whatsoever and were simply part of a photo lineup assembled by law enforcement, according to reporting from the Guardian. Two of the men who spoke to the Guardian strongly denied knowing Epstein and said they had been arrested by NYPD for unrelated crimes in the past, which likely explains how their photos ended up in the array.

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Winter Olympics 2026: Weston ends GB drought, Heraskevych’s appeal rejected by Cas – as it happened

Matt Weston wins gold for Great Britain in the men’s skeleton and Ilia Malinin finishes in a shock eighth place in the men’s figure skating final

Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler will be able to participate in the Winter Olympics despite failing a doping test, the Italian skiing federation (Fisi) said on Friday. Italy’s anti-doping body (Nado) upheld her appeal against a provisional suspension that followed a positive test for the banned substance Letrozole on 26 January.

Nado’s Court of Appeal acknowledged the possibility of unintentional ingestion or unknowing contamination of the substance. “Passler will rejoin her teammates starting Monday, February 16, when she will be available to the coaching staff for the subsequent competitions on the Olympic programme,” Fisi said in a statement.

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Ilia Malinin falls twice as Kazakhstan’s Shaidorov stuns field for Olympic gold

• Heavy US favorite falls twice in the free skate

• Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov claims shock title

For nearly two years, Ilia Malinin has made men’s figure skating feel predictable in the most spectacular of ways. On Friday night on the southern outskirts of Milan, the Olympic Games reminded the sport, and perhaps Malinin himself, that predictability is never guaranteed on its biggest stage.

The overwhelming favorite entering the free skate, the 21-year-old American instead saw the Olympic title slip away to Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov after an error-strewn performance that will go down among the biggest upsets in modern figure skating history.

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Winter Olympics: Ilia Malinin misses podium in figure skating shock; Shaidorov takes gold – as it happened

• ‘Quad God’ falls as Kazakhstan’s Shaidorov stuns field

• Medal table | Live scores and schedule | Results | Briefing

Slovakia’s Adam Hagara attempts a quad toeloop, but it’s obvious as he takes off that he won’t be able to land it. He rebounds with a triple axel-double toeloop, but he falls on a triple axel.

Can he land a planned triple-double axel-double axel? Indeed he can. It doesn’t seem too fluid but gets a positive grade of execution, as does a triple flip. But he drops a triple loop to a double loop.

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OPM directs agencies to move forward with ending collective bargaining

Amid ongoing legal action, a new OPM memo tells agencies to proceed with ending collective bargaining agreements with federal unions under orders from Trump.

How a DHS shutdown affects different components and employees

Roughly 90% of DHS employees continue working through a shutdown. Many have to show up without getting paid. Here's how each component is impacted.

Canadian hockey player Larocque wants to see ‘Indigenous athletes excel’ beyond her success

Canadian defenceman Jocelyne Larocque has made history her entire Olympic career, from the first Indigenous player to play for Canada in women’s hockey at the Olympics to the most winning Indigenous Olympian in Canada. Now at her fourth Winter Games, Larocque is on a quest for a fourth medal with hopes of inspiring future generations to break records.

Google secures 1 GW solar deal as Texas data‑center load surges

TotalEnergies just landed a massive solar deal to power Google’s expanding Texas data centers. The company signed two long‑term power purchase agreements (PPA) totaling 1 gigawatt (GW) of capacity, or about 28 terawatt‑hours of electricity over 15 years.

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Toyota suddenly has four new electric SUVs that it is betting will win over EV buyers

With the new Highlander EV arriving later this year, Toyota will have a full lineup of electric SUVs. Toyota believes the new EVs fill a key gap in its lineup and will help it gain a bigger share of the market.

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Trump says regime change 'seems' to be 'best thing that could happen' for Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday embraced potential regime change in Iran and declared that "tremendous power" will soon be in the Middle East, as the Pentagon sent a second aircraft carrier to the region.

Four men in unredacted files named by Ro Khanna have no ties to Epstein

Men appeared in photo lineup assembled in New York and had no apparent connection to late sex offender

Ro Khanna, a California Democratic representative, read a list of six names on the House floor earlier this week and said they were “wealthy, powerful men that the DoJ hid” in the recently released files related to Jeffrey Epstein. After questions from the Guardian, the Department of Justice said that four of the men Khanna named have no apparent connection to Epstein whatsoever, but rather appeared in a photo lineup assembled by the southern district of New York (SDNY).

Khanna, along with Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican representative, pushed the justice department to unredact names in the files, arguing that some names were being unlawfully redacted. Massie claimed credit on X earlier this week for forcing the justice department to remove redactions on a file that listed 20 names, birthdays and photos, including those of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Khanna then read some of those names on the House floor.

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What A Day: AOC's Based Order

Is Rep. Ocasio-Cortez testing the presidential waters?

Army set to debut new ‘campus-style’ dining model, beginning with Fort Hood

In order to open the revamped dining facility, the Army had to obtain numerous waivers from current law and DoD policy.

How communities across B.C. and Canada are showing love and support for Tumbler Ridge

Canadian communities, small and large, have been expressing condolences and gestures of support this week, in the wake of a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., that killed eight victims, including six children.

For agency CIOs, it’s all about the money

Ann Dunkin, the former Energy Department and EPA CIO, says agency technology leaders need direct control over agency IT budgets to be most effective.

Law enforcement hiring is a risk‑management challenge hiding inside a staffing challenge

"We haven't updated this space, we haven't made it more efficient, so it's very outdated and they're using a lot of paperwork..." Justin Biedinger said.

‘Long, long way to go’: Vonn says she’ll have fourth surgery on broken leg

• Skier hopes to return to US after latest procedure

• American crashed out of Olympic downhill run

• Bryan Graham: Crash a violent but honest ending

Lindsey Vonn will have another surgery on her broken left leg Saturday at the Italian hospital where she is being treated “and then I can potentially leave and go back home.”

Vonn posted a video message on Instagram on Friday after her horrific crash in the Olympic downhill race at the Milan Cortina Games.

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Podcast: Tesla Semi price, Toyota Highlander EV, Rivian R2, Ferrari Luce, and more

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss the Tesla Semi, Toyota Highlander EV, Rivian R2, Ferrari Luce, and more.

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Don Lemon pleads not guilty to civil rights charges after Minnesota anti-ICE protest

Former CNN anchor said he was working as a journalist when he was arrested at protest during church service

Former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon pleaded not guilty on Fridayto federal civil rights charges connected to his coverage of a protest at a Minnesota church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official is a pastor. Four others also pleaded not guilty in the case.

Lemon did not comment to reporters as he entered the courthouse accompanied by his attorney Joe Thompson, but he later issued a statement stating his refusal to be intimidated by the Trump administration and vowing to “fight these baseless charges”.

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Uneasy Hollywood suddenly realizes it hasn't rebooted Charlie's Angels in a minute

Seven years after the last Charlie's Angels movie bombed in theaters, Sony is reportedly trying again.

ICE to spend $38bn turning warehouses into detention centers, documents show

US homeland security eyeing 24 buildings, some as ‘primary locations’ for deportations, in escalation of Trump agenda

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) expects to spend an estimated $38.3bn on a plan to acquire warehouses across the country and retrofit them into new immigration detention centers with capacity for tens of thousands of detainees, according to documents the agency sent to the governor of New Hampshire.

The documents, published on the state’s website on Thursday, disclose that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) estimates it will spend \(158m retrofitting a new detention facility in Merrimack, New Hampshire, and an additional estimated \)146m to operate the facility in the first three years.

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From "This Is Uncomfortable": In America, cultural education doesn't come cheap

Hey Smarties! There won’t be a livestream for “Economics on Tap” today. But don’t worry! “Economics on Tap” will return soon on Feb. 20. For now, we’re sharing a new episode from our friends over at “This Is Uncomfortable.” Enjoy!

Author and journalist Aymann Ismail wants his kids to grow up with a real connection to their Egyptian roots, including speaking Arabic. For his family, that means committing to a private Islamic school — and figuring out how to afford tuition.

“This Is Uncomfortable” host Reema Khrais sits down with Aymann as he walks through his family budget and the financial trade-offs that decision requires. They talk about what’s at stake for him, financially and culturally, and why holding onto Arabic feels especially urgent right now.

If you liked this episode, share it with a friend. And if you want to tell us what you thought about the episode or about a tricky financial decision you’ve made, email us at uncomfortable@marketplace.org or call 347-RING-TIU. And follow our new social accounts on Instagram and Tiktok @ThisIsUncomfortablePod

A renovation job at Fort Meade turned into a dispute

"[Y]ou've just got to think big picture about whether things are worth the resource investment," Zach Prince said.

VE Motion electric trailer axles cut truckers’ diesel fuel bills in HALF

Australian company VE Motion has taken the wraps off its first commercially available battery powered trailer system for heavy trucks, offering fleets a low-cost path to electrification that can cut drivers’ fuel use by up to 50%.

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AOC accuses Trump of trying to usher in ‘age of authoritarianism’ at Munich conference

Congressperson says US president and Marco Rubio are tearing apart transatlantic alliance

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused Donald Trump of tearing apart the transatlantic alliance with Europe and of seeking to introduce an “age of authoritarianism”, as she condemned his administration’s foreign policy in front of its allies’ top policymakers at the Munich Security Conference.

Speaking at a panel on populism on Friday, Ocasio-Cortez outlined what she called an “alternative vision” for a leftwing US foreign policy, challenging the Trump administration’s shift to the right in front an audience of US allies who have grown increasingly wary of the US’s increasingly nationalist – and militaristic – global posture.

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Sounds like Doug Liman and Pete Davidson's Bitcoin biopic is being filmed in a hellish AI void

Pete Davidson and Casey Affleck are set to star in Killing Satoshi, while the role of "backgrounds and scenery" will be played by AI slop.

The week around the world in 20 pictures

Protests in Buenos Aires, Lindsey Vonn crashes at the Winter Olympics and Bad Bunny performs at Super Bowl LX – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists

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Indian man accused of plot to assassinate US activist pleads guilty

Nikhil Gupta faces up to 40 years over alleged India-backed attempt to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun

The Indian man who US prosecutors accused of plotting to kill a prominent US-based activist after being recruited by an agent of the Indian government has pleaded guilty to three criminal charges, according to a spokesperson for the US attorney’s office in Manhattan.

Nikhil Gupta faces a maximum 40 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and money-laundering charges in connection to the failed attempt to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a US resident who is an advocate for a sovereign Sikh state in

northern India.

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January CDP Index: High-dollar gifts, new donors fuel standout year for membership revenue

As organizations look toward 2026, retaining new and higher-level donors will be key to revenue stability.

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Lectric Presidents Day sale offers up to $893 e-bike savings – deals from $999, Segway Navimow X4 + i2 robot mower launch deals, more

We’ve got some big deals leading our end-of-the week Green Deals, with Lectric launching its official Presidents Day Sale that has increased e-bike savings up to \(893 – all [starting from \)999](https://9to5toys.com/2026/02/13/lectric-presidents-day-sale-e-bike-savings-starting-from-999/). Right behind that, we have Segway Navimow officially launching its newest i2 series and X4 series robot lawn mowers with up to \(300 savings and FREE gear [starting from \)899](https://9to5toys.com/2026/02/13/segway-navimow-x4-and-i2-series-robot-lawn-mowers-from-899/). There’s also EcoFlow’s 72-hour Valentine’s Day flash sale closing out the overall event with the weekend, offering the [DELTA 2 Portable Power Station at \(399](https://9to5toys.com/2026/02/13/ecoflow-flash-sale-delta-2-power-station-399-more/), among others, as well as sales on Velotric e-bikes (including a 100-mile range extending bundle), Hiboy EVs, NIU e-bikes, and more waiting for you below. And don’t forget the hangover deals at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s massive \)1,500 exclusive savings on the Gendome Home3000 Portable power Station to a new $799 low, and more.

Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.

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San Francisco teachers strike ends as tentative deal reached with district

School district says students will return next week after teachers demanded higher wages and more health benefits

San Francisco teachers who staged their first strike in decades over wages and family health benefits have reached a tentative agreement with the school district.

The San Francisco unified school district (SFUSD) announced on Friday schools would reopen to staff immediately, and to students on Wednesday , after two holidays.

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The Rivian R2 Squeezed Out Six Extra Miles Of Range With This Innovative Design

The R2's wiper is secretly tucked into the tailgate, and engineers did it for a smart reason you might not have considered.

Kia’s EVs come to life at its new flagship store

Kia opened the doors to its futuristic flagship store, where you can test drive, build, and personalize its newest EVs virtually before you decide to buy.

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B.C. man sentenced to life in prison for stabbing death of young mother

A B.C. Supreme Court Justice has delivered the sentence for Zain Wood who was convicted of of first-degree murder in the stabbing of 22-year-old, Prince George, B.C., mother Isabelle Thomas in front of her two children in 2023.

Lawmakers seek to penalize DoD if it fails to pass a clean audit

“For years, the Pentagon has failed audit after audit while Congress continues to write blank checks. That’s unacceptable,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) said.

Lies and Dirty Tricks: How the Starmer-Mandelson-McSweeney Project Was Always Doomed to Fail

Labour is hemorrhaging support, ex-chief of staff McSweeney is out, and in the most recent blow, the UK's High Court ruled Starmer's proscription of Palestine Action as a terror group was unlawful.

Netflix decides we might all be in the mood for a little nice, relaxing Lord Of The Flies

The streamer has snatched up the U.S. rights to the BBC's recent adaptation, from Adolescence writer Jack Thorne.

Glydways looks to ‘redefine mass transit’ with autonomous electric vehicles on dedicated guideways [Video]

A company called Glydways is marking two significant milestones in bringing its Automated Transit Network (ATN) of autonomous vehicles to the masses. Glydways has announced new public transit projects in the US and the United Arab Emirates, where it plans to introduce its unique form of guided autonomy.

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Labelling Palestine Action a terrorist group was unlawful, Britain’s High Court rules

Britain's High Court says the U.K. government acted unlawfully when it designated the protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization. But the fate of protesters arrested under the Terrorism Act still hangs in the balance.

Space Force surpasses its fiscal 2026 recruiting goal

Bentivegna also told lawmakers that the service needs to increase its infrastructure and double its size to “effectively fulfill our national mandate.”

'A different set of rules': Thermal drone footage shows Musk's AI power plant flouting clean air regulations

Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship data centers.

Seasonique, Seasonale birth control pills recalled over possible missing blister card

Teva Canada is recalling two lots of Seasonique and one lot of Seasonale prescription birth control pills as a precaution after the company received a complaint about a package missing an entire blister card of pills, Health Canada says.

The ‘Arc de Trump’ | About That

Andrew Chang explains why U.S. President Donald Trump wants to build a 250-foot-high 'Independence Arch' in Washington, D.C., and why it’s under heavy scrutiny.

Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images

North Korea's Kim Ju Ae: The ‘world’s most dangerous 13-year-old’

Andrew Chang explains why Kim Ju Ae, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's teen daughter, is now believed to be heir to the Kim dynasty.

Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images

Manitoba issues blanket measles warning for 5 southern RMs, says fans were exposed at Jets game

Manitoba saw 44 confirmed cases of measles during the first week of February, as well as an exposure at the Feb. 4 Winnipeg Jets game, the province's latest measles reports say.

Trump administration ends temporary protected status for Yemeni nationals

Kristi Noem announced end of TPS for Yemenis, saying protections were against US ‘national interest’

US homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, announced the end of temporary protected status (TPS) for Yemen on Friday, the latest move by Donald Trump’s administration targeting immigrants.

The decision to end humanitarian protections that grant deportation relief and work permits to more than a thousand Yemenis in the US was taken after determining that it was against the US “national interest”, Noem claimed.

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Canada, Denmark deepen defence ties after Greenland annexation threat

Canada and Denmark have signed a new defence co-operation agreement aimed at strengthening Arctic security amid lingering tensions over U.S. annexation threats toward Greenland. The pact enhances collaboration on surveillance and joint operations but does not go beyond existing NATO Article 5 commitments.

NAVWAR cyber directorate’s mission to secure, survive, comply

The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command is moving faster toward full automation of cyber defenses so it can focus on system resiliency.

Take a dip with a first-look at Jane Schoenbrun's Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma

Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson star in Schoenbrun's follow-up to I Saw The TV Glow, coming out this August.

Tesla announces Powerwall 3P with native three-phase inverter

Tesla has announced the Powerwall 3P, a new variant of its home battery with a native three-phase inverter built into a single unit. The product, announced for the German market first, eliminates the clunky workaround that previously required European homeowners to install up to three separate Powerwalls to achieve whole-home backup on the continent’s standard three-phase residential grids. Sign-ups are now live on Tesla’s website.

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Audi is putting the finishing touches on its most affordable EV, a sibling to the VW ID.3

The A2 e-tron is set to debut soon as a sibling to the Volkswagen ID.3 and Audi’s most affordable EV yet. Unlike the Q4 e-tron, the new entry-level EV has its own unique look.

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Family members search for missing 34-year-old Quwut’sun mother

Family members of a 34-year-old Quwut’sun Nation woman say they are scared for their missing loved one and frustrated with the police response to her disappearance.

Mexico probing whether B.C. mining company was responsible in kidnapping of its workers

Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office is investigating whether a Canadian mining company holds any responsibility in the suspected cartel kidnapping of 10 of its workers, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday.

FCC approves reassignment of UEN-TV license within Utah university system

PBS Utah plans to program the station with the 24/7 PBS Kids channel.

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After falling on hard times, Frieren gets sent to the mines in a decent outing

The latest episode of Frieren: Beyond's Journey End involved an existentialist detour over booze and a trip to the mines.

The Lemonheads’ Evan Dando accused of sending unsolicited sexually explicit videos

Dando has been hospitalized for “comprehensive help from experienced doctors and mental health professionals” this week, according to one of his representatives.

A look at who's footing the bill for all those tariffs

President Donald Trump has long insisted that foreign companies paid for the tariffs he’s levied on imports. But new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York contradicts that, finding that U.S. firms and consumers are left holding the bag. We'll dig in. Plus, fresh data shows inflation slowed in January. And later in the show, from Marketplace's "This Is Uncomfortable," is it ever OK to keep secrets in a relationship?

Lorne Michaels is getting the documentary treatment from Roadrunner's Morgan Neville

The film, out in April, purports to offer "unprecedented access to the quiet force who shaped American comedy."

China’s Next Safety Target May Be Yoke Steering Wheels

A new safety standard draft requires rim impact test points yokes don’t have.

Former minister Freeland violated election rules during 2024 byelection, watchdog finds

Former deputy prime minister and cabinet minister Chrystia Freeland violated election rules during a 2024 byelection, the Commissioner of Canada Elections said on Friday.

What we know — and don't — about the guns used in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting

Three days after one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canada's history, it's still unclear how the shooter, who had a history of mental illness, got hold of the guns recovered at the two crime scenes.

Hyundai is spicing up its new EVs with design: Here’s a sneak peek

Hyundai’s upcoming electric vehicles will look nothing like what’s on the market today. Like the IONIQ 5 and IONIQ 9, Hyundai says its new EVs will stand out with a distinct design.

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Indian man pleads guilty in New York over alleged plot against Sikh separatist

An Indian man pleaded guilty on Friday to ‌U.S. criminal charges that he orchestrated a failed Indian government-backed plot to kill a Sikh separatist in New York ‌City, in connection with what U.S. and Canadian authorities have called a broader effort to target Indian dissidents.

How ‘neglectful or absentee’ investors fuel Toledo, Ohio’s post-pandemic housing crisis

Out-of-state investors buy cheap homes in the city, leaving working residents struggling with substandard housing

• ‘My bill keeps escalating’: how Toledo, Ohio, became the epicenter of the US housing crisis

Berkshire Place in north-west Toledo is an unremarkable street of potholes and unembellished single-family homes in a working-class Ohio neighborhood like thousands of others across the US’s industrial heartland.

Last July, a three-bedroom, two bath house on the street with children’s toys and bikes strewn around its snow-covered yard was sold for the princely sum of \(20,000 to an entity called J Kushner & Associates with an address in Bet Shemesh, Israel. It had recently been put up for rent for \)1,600. That means the Israel-based owner or owners would, at that price, make a return on their initial investment in just a little over a year.

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13 new albums to stream this week

The new albums from Jill Scott, Nashpaints, and August Ponthier should be at the top of your queue today. Tap in and find a new obsession.

Trump’s immigration agenda worsening childcare crisis, lawmakers warn

Democrats questioned White House about immigration policies exacerbating childcare shortages and costs

Democratic lawmakers, led by the senators Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Duckworth and the representative Mike Quigley, are demanding answers about how Donald Trump’s immigration policies are exacerbating childcare shortages and costs in the US.

About 20% of the childcare workforce in the US are immigrants – and as high as 70% in some regions of the US – and the president’s immigration policies could reduce the childcare workforce by an estimated 15%, according to a letter sent today by 48 lawmakers to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF).

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Sturgill Simpson is releasing a new Johnny Blue Skies album in March, but you won’t be able to stream it

Simpson and his band the Dark Clouds plan to share their “pure, unfiltered, unapologetic, relentless disco-hedonism” on Mutiny After Midnight, which arrives March 13 on vinyl, CD, and cassette only.

Tesla (TSLA) US sales estimated to have dropped 17% in January

Tesla’s US sales fell an estimated 17% year-over-year in January 2026, according to registration data from Motor Intelligence.

The automaker moved an estimated 40,100 vehicles during the month, down from 48,500 in January 2025. Tesla doesn’t report monthly US sales figures, so third-party registration estimates are the best available proxy — and they point to a fourth consecutive month of declining domestic demand.

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Curling’s uncle: 54-year-old lawyer who called out ICE becomes oldest US Winter Olympian

• Alternate Rich Ruohonen subs in during US match

• Minnesota native is a six-time attorney of the year

• On events in home state: ‘There’s no shades of gray’

The stakes were low – and the time ripe – for a 54-year-old personal injury lawyer and six-time winner of “Minnesota Attorney of the Year” to make Olympic history.

It was the end of the US men’s curling match against Switzerland on Thursday and they were down 8-2.

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Arizona sheriff denies withholding key evidence on Nancy Guthrie from FBI

Chris Nanos was accused of bypassing federal analysts as search for Today show host’s mother nears two weeks

The Arizona sheriff investigating the abduction of NBC Today show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother pushed back Friday on an accusation he had withheld crucial forensic evidence from the FBI, as the search for the missing 84-year-old reached close to two weeks.

Chris Nanos, the Pima county sheriff leading the investigation in Tucson, has been accused of bypassing federal analysts, according to an unnamed source at the FBI who spoke to Reuters.

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Overly apologetic teaser for Duffer-produced horror series, Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen, says it's sorry 

The new horror series from the Duffer brothers and the director of Baby Reindeerbrings horror to the happiest day of a woman's life.

Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026 day seven – in pictures

We take a look at striking images from day seven of the Games, including in bobsleigh, snowboard cross and cross-country skiing

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Spurs agree deal to make Igor Tudor interim manager until end of season

• Tudor’s former clubs include Juventus and Marseille

• Door remains open for summer Pochettino return

Tottenham have reached an agreement for Igor Tudor to become their interim manager until the end of the season, leaving the door open for Mauricio Pochettino to return this summer.

The club turned to Tudor after making checks on the former Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzic and the former RB Leizpig manager Marco Rose. The former Croatia international has been out of work since he left Juventus in October after the Serie A club went eight games without a win.

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Democrats launching probe into Trump, Lutnick links with Moroun after Gordie Howe bridge threat

Democrats in Washington say they’re launching an investigation into the Trump administration and its links to the wealthy owner of the Ambassador Bridge after the U.S. president threatened to block the opening of the competing Gordie Howe Bridge earlier this week.

Supreme Court nullifies Liberal MP's election win by a single vote in Montreal-area riding

First Nation buys $8M generator system after wildfire evacuations, says province ignoring pleas for help

Mathias Colomb Cree Nation in northern Manitoba says it's been forced to arrange private financing and buy an $8-million emergency backup generator system after being ignored by the federal and provincial governments for six months.

First Nation buys $8M generator system after wildfire evacuations, says province ignoring pleas for help

Mathias Colomb Cree Nation in northern Manitoba says it's been forced to arrange private financing and buy an $8-million emergency backup generator system after being ignored by the federal and provincial governments for six months.

‘My bill keeps escalating’: how Toledo, Ohio, became the epicenter of the US housing crisis

As LLCs snap up thousands of homes, tenants face rising rents, fees and deteriorating living conditions

• How ‘neglectful or absentee’ investors fuel Toledo, Ohio’s post-pandemic housing crisis

Executive Towers boasts a gym, a swimming pool and heated underground parking. Built in 1963 by the country’s top contructor of luxury apartments, its excellent access to Ohio’s downtown Toledo and the neighborhoods beyond made it an attractive place to live.

It was for all of these reasons and more that Kwiona Sprott moved into Executive Towers with her teenage son last July, paying $851 a month.

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By the numbers: the latest ICE and CBP data on arrests, detentions and deportations in the US

The Guardian has reviewed figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection since Trump’s inauguration

Donald Trump campaigned on a platform of mass deportation. Since he took office, his administration has reshaped immigration enforcement across the country. The Guardian, using data published every two weeks by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is tracking the number of people the administration has arrested, detained and deported.

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Ex-Israeli PM Ehud Barak apologizes for maintaining Epstein relationship after 2008 conviction

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak has apologized for his yearslong friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that included regular correspondence and multiple visits to the disgraced financier's Manhattan apartment, as well as visit to his private island.

US inflation falls to 2.4% in January after Trump’s tariffs led to price fluctuations

Economists predicted a slight easing of inflation, although it’s unclear whether Fed will again cut interest rates

US inflation moderated in January to 2.4%, an easingafter Donald Trump’s tariffs triggered price fluctuations last year.

Prices rose 0.2% from December to January, according to data released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday measuring the consumer price index (CPI), which measures the price of a basket of goods and services. Core CPI, which strips out the volatile food and energy industries, went up 0.3% over the month.

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The facts about Iran protest flags

Different versions of the Iranian flag have appeared at protests around the world. Here are the facts about what each of them represent.

Wheel-E Podcast: New Trek, e-bikes help your brain, Boston ban, more

This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes a fun new automatic shifting e-bike from Trek, a whole host of potential new e-bike laws from around the US, a study that shows the impacts of e-bike use on the brain, Fly mopeds get in more trouble, Honda has a new low-cost electric motorcycle design, and more.

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News of the Week: Movie Phones, Thoreau’s Cabin, and a Little Big Apple (That’s Still Pretty Big)

In the news of the week ending February 13, 2026, are phones in a movie theater, living deliberately, and don’t forget Valentine’s Day.

News of the Week: Movie Phones, Thoreau’s Cabin, and a Little Big Apple (That’s Still Pretty Big)

The Saturday Evening Post

Niagara Falls contest offers up to $5,000 for best frozen falls photos

Social media is full of pictures and videos submitted by members of the public showcasing the icy scene at Niagara Falls. Now, a fantastic frozen falls photo or video could net you $5,000, thanks to a contest by Niagara Parks, Niagara Falls Tourism and the City of Niagara Falls.

Deadpool & Wolverine writer thinks Hollywood's "over" after seeing another crappy AI video

If AI can reskin plagiarized action scenes with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt avatars, who knows what will become of Hollywood's least creative filmmakers?

Winter’s Debt

Harvesting ice can be a dangerous profession.

Winter’s Debt

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Waymo’s Wild-Looking Chinese Van Is Ready For Prime Time

The Zeekr-made Ojai minivan fitted with Waymo’s sixth-generation Driver suite will start offering trips to employees soon.

XCMG unveils world’s biggest all-electric wheel loader for Fortescue

XCMG celebrated the launch of its new, massive XC9260BEWL and XC9260BEWD lines by delivering one of each to Australian mining giant, Fortescue – part of a record-setting $400 million electric equipment order meant to help slash the company’s carbon emissions.

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Boss of P&O Ferries owner DP World leaves over Jeffrey Epstein links

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem’s exit as group chair and CEO follows pressure after publication of emails

The boss of the P&O Ferries owner, DP World, has left the company after revelations over his ties with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein forced the ports and logistics company to take action.

Dubai-based DP World, which is ultimately owned by the emirate’s royal family, announced the immediate resignation of Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem as the group’s chair and chief executive on Friday.

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Remember to grab that Valentine's Day card?

The clock's ticking! If you're in the greeting card business, Valentine's Day is more than just a holiday — it’s a big sales opportunity. This morning, as part of our What's That Like? series, we hear from someone who changed careers from graphic designer to full-time greeting card maker during the pandemic. But first, a new report calculated just how big a difference primary care access can make in lowering overall health care spending.

Let's find out how weird techbros can be in this exclusive teaser for AMC's The Audacity

Billy Magnussen stars in the new techbro drama, from Better Call Saul and Succession producer Jonathan Glatzer.

US paid $32m to five countries to accept about 300 deportees, report shows

Some of the world’s most corrupt countries have received huge payments in controversial third-country deportation scheme

The Trump administration has spent more than $1m per person to deport some migrants to countries they have no connection to, only to see many sent back to their home nations at further taxpayer expense, according to a new congressional investigation.

A 30-page report from Senate foreign relations committee Democrats, released on Thursday and shared with the Guardian, details how the US government paid more than $32m to five foreign governments – including some of the world’s most corrupt regimes – to accept approximately 300 third-country nationals deported from the US.

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Cuban residents suffer daily power outages

From the BBC World Service: As the energy crisis in Cuba continues, the port of Havana has received two ships carrying humanitarian aid sent by Mexico. Cuba is struggling after the Trump administration put a virtual oil blockade on the island. Then, the center-right Bangladesh Nationalist Party has secured a landslide election victory, so what will it mean for the nation's economy? And, after more than four decades, the designer behind Japan's Hello Kitty character is stepping down.

Deal between Ontario and Diageo panned by mayor, union in Amherstburg as plant prepares to close

Ontario will keep Crown Royal on the shelves in the province's liquor stores, it says, after parent company Diageo agreed to almost $23 million in spending in the alcohol and agriculture sectors.

Inmate on the run after escaping N.B. jail, public warned

A 35-year-old inmate who climbed a fence and escaped from the provincial jail in Shediac is still on the loose, New Brunswick RCMP said Friday.

First Draft: Jared Kushner... Redacted?

The president's son-in-law is at the center of a huge new scandal. Plus: the Trump administration's war on the climate and the Pakistani government's war on Imran Khan's health.

Oscar-nominated director Jafar Panahi says he will return to Iran despite looming arrest

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi says he plans to return to Iran after Oscar season is over, despite the looming threat of his arrest amid a government crackdown on protests that has killed thousands and detained many more.

Daydreams and memories shine through My Father's Shadow

In the sweet and arresting debut My Father's Shadow, Nigerian brothers spend a day in the city with their estranged father.

The crumbling facade of The Life of Pablo, 10 years later

A decade ago, Kanye West released his fascinatingly messy seventh album, marking an important inflection point in his gradual status shift from beloved artist to persona non grata.

FDA refuses to consider Moderna flu shot in move experts claim is part of ‘anti-vaccine agenda’

Agency says application rejected due to lack of ‘adequate and well controlled’ trial, but experts say ‘they’re just coming up with reasons’

A senior US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official says Moderna’s clinical trial on a new, potentially more effective flu vaccine was a “brazen failure” and that the FDA is now calling it into question.

The FDA unexpectedly refused to consider Moderna’s application for a flu shot based on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology in a decision that experts say is already having a chilling effect on vaccine development.

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Bytes: Week in Review — Alphabet takes on debt to pay for AI projects, the social network where humans aren't allowed, and Spotify reports record user growth

This week, we look at Spotify's stellar quarter. Plus, there's a new AI-only social network called Moltbook. But first, Alphabet, parent of Google, went to the debt markets this week, raising tens of billions of dollars to fund its AI spending.

One of the bonds Alphabet is offering, issued in British pounds, has a maturity date of 100 years from now. This is very unusual in the corporate world. Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes spoke with Jewel Burks Solomon, managing partner at Collab Capital, about what she makes of Alphabet doing this kind of borrowing.

Canada's top court rules N.L. pandemic travel restrictions were constitutional

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Covid-19 travel restrictions imposed by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador were "reasonably justified" as infection numbers soared, lives were lost and little was known about the virus.

Oshawa Generals apologize after asking fans to shower before games

The OHL's Oshawa Generals have apologized after asking fans to shower before attending games. The junior ice hockey team's director of ticket sales and service sent out on email this week asking fans to shower if they went to the gym "or did something that produced body odour."

Family of Portapique victims send message of hope, healing to Tumbler Ridge

It was almost six years ago that Tammy Oliver-McCurdie lost her younger sister, brother-in-law and 17-year-old niece in Nova Scotia, all of them victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern Canadian history.

hemlocke springs takes too big a bite out of the apple tree under the sea

After breaking out in 2022 with two excellent singles, the Dartmouth graduate-turned-DIY musician finally releases her long-awaited debut, an adventurous and polished pop record whose maximalism exhausts more than invigorates.

Stronach lawyer continues cross examination of 1 of 7 complainants in sex assault trial

The defence lawyer of Frank Stronach is continuing her cross examination of one of the seven female complainants in the sex assault trial of the Canadian billionaire.

Will the Epstein files tarnish the reputation of Jamie Dimon, America’s banker?

The final stretch of the JP Morgan Chase chief’s career is a bumpy one, as Trump himself demands prosecutors investigate Epstein’s ties to Dimon’s bank

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Mewgenics is, at long last, a worthy successor to The Binding Of Isaac

Edmund McMillen’s cat breeding/combat game is unafraid to give players a middle finger—or the power to break it in half.

Shares in trucking and logistics firms plunge after AI freight tool launch

SemiCab platform by Algorhythm, previously considered a ‘penny stock’, sparks ‘category 5 paranoia’ across sector

Shares in trucking and logistics companies have plunged as the sector became the latest to be targeted by investors fearful that new artificial intelligence tools could slash demand.

A new tool launched by Algorhythm Holdings, a former maker of in-car karaoke systems turned AI company with a market capitalisation of just $6m (£4.4m), sparked a sell-off on Thursday that made the logistics industry the latest victim of AI jitters that have already rocked listed companies operating in the software and real estate sectors.

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Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris cleared for slopestyle after crash

Snowboarder Mark McMorris of Canada, a three-time Olympic bronze medallist, said on Friday he had recovered from a recent concussion and received ‌clearance from doctors to compete in the men's slopestyle event at the Milano-Cortina Games.

James Van Der Beek subverted and surpassed the legacy of Dawson Leery

The late actor's post- Creek career proved he was in on the joke.

Canada Just Unveiled Its Boldest EVs Yet

The Vector and Borealis are Canada’s way of saying: “We have EVs at home.”

Justice department moves to drop charges against men accused of hitting ICE officer in Minnesota

Prosecutor says ‘newly discovered evidence’ in case against Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis ‘materially inconsistent with the allegations against them’

Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis have moved to drop felony assault charges against two Venezuelan men, including one shot in the leg by an immigration officer, after new evidence emerged undercutting the government’s version of events.

In a filing on Thursday, the US attorney’s office for the district of Minnesota said “newly discovered evidence” in the criminal case against Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis “is materially inconsistent with the allegations against them” made in a criminal complaint and a court hearing last month.

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FBI releases suspect description, new details in Nancy Guthrie disappearance

Investigators in Arizona want residents near Nancy Guthrie's home to share surveillance footage of suspicious cars or people they may have noticed in the month before she disappeared.

Democrats at Munich security summit to urge Europe to stand up to Trump

European leaders divided over how far to accommodate Trump’s ‘wrecking ball’ politics and foreign policy

US Democrats will use a security summit this weekend to urge European leaders to stand up to Donald Trump, with the continent divided over how to keep the unpredictable US president on side.

Democrats at the annual Munich Security Conference will include some of Trump’s most outspoken critics, such as the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, the New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Arizona senator Ruben Gallego and the Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer.

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Cuba is pushed to the brink

The New Yorker’s Jon Lee Anderson talks about the energy crisis in Cuba, which has crippled the country and left them at the mercy of the Trump administration.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party wins country's first election since 2024 uprising

The Election Commission said Friday the voter turnout in Thursday's election stood at 59.44%. More than 127 million voters were eligible, with almost half of them women and 5 million first-timers.

The Pitt's cast talks real-life "frequent flyers" and last night's touching hour

Katherine LaNasa, Patrick Ball, and Gerran Howell unpack "12:00 P.M."

Nova Scotians’ paper health records being trucked to Ontario to be digitized

The union representing health-care administrative professionals has filed a grievance over the contracting out of union work.

What are minor hockey leagues in Nova Scotia doing to prevent hazing?

Four youth players on a Truro-area team are facing sexual assault charges as part of an ongoing investigation by RCMP. The lead investigator has said more victims are expected to come forward.

This X account looked like it belonged to the Tumbler Ridge shooter. It was a hoax

A social media account that some initially believed belonged to the Tumbler Ridge shooter turned out to be a fraud — and even briefly fooled a prominent non-profit organization. Disinformation researchers say spreading false claims can be extremely harmful, especially in the wake of tragedies like mass shootings.

A Ukrainian athlete was banned for his helmet. How does the IOC enforce its rules on political statements?

The Olympics have long been a platform for political posturing, with countries boycotting or being banned from sending athletes to Games over geopolitical conflicts. But the International Olympic Committee bars political demonstrations from podiums and competitions. What constitutes an inappropriate political demonstration, however, can be complicated.

Emerald Fennell's 'Wuthering Heights' is objectively not Wuthering Heights

Emerald Fennell liberally reinterprets Emily Brontë's 1847 novel in her new film but seems uninterested — to the point of negligence — in what the beloved British author was trying to say.

She won a landmark discrimination case in Canada. An exhibit and play honour her legacy

Gloria Baylis, a Black nurse from Barbados, took a Montreal hotel giant to court in the 60s and won. It was the first Canadian case where an institution was found guilty of job discrimination based on race.

30 Everyday Money Leaks Quietly Draining Your Household Budget

Most households don’t blow their budgets on one dramatic purchase. They bleed out slowly.

Europe surges, US stumbles, China cools: EV sales dip in 2026

1.2 million EVs were sold globally in January – but the market shrank. Global EV sales fell 3% year-over-year and 44% in January 2026 from December to 1.2 million units, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. The slowdown was largely driven by China, where sales dropped after new taxes and weaker incentives kicked in.

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Immortal rocker The Vampire Lestat drops first single, "Long Face"

Lestat de Lioncourt has teamed up with film composer Daniel Hart to deliver a Bowie-inspired rocker that will have fans screaming, "Yes, you may come in and bite me on the neck."

Rivian R2 Production Starts With 20,000 To 25,000 Deliveries In 2026

Rivian plans to start R2 production in the second quarter, then ramp up toward the end of the year, its CFO said Thursday.

Congress gave feds a 3-month break from layoffs. A court may signal what happens next

With a continuing resolution set to expire, agencies will likely be free to proceed with mass layoffs. But next steps will be decided by a federal judge.

More K-shaped spending

When high earners ramp up their spending while low earners pull back, that’s a symptom of a "k-shaped" economy. But what about middle-income households? New evidence shows the middle class is also struggling in comparison to the wealthiest Americans. It’s sort of like a K shape within a K shape. After that: Newer firms are more likely to offer work-from-home options, Washington National Opera has financial reasons for splitting from the Kennedy Center, and we check in with a few small businesses ahead of an upcoming inflation report.

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‘Reckless decision’: experts, officials and lawmakers decry Trump administration’s rollback on landmark climate filing – live

Obama, who was president when this finding was made public, says Americans will be ‘less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change’ after Trump’s repeal of greenhouse gas regulation

• Trump’s EPA repeals landmark climate finding in gift to ‘billionaire polluters’

Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan kicked off his press conference today announcing that the administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota has “yielded the successful results” they were looking to achieve.

Homan also noted that Immigation and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has not made any arrests at hospitals, elementary schools or churches. However, many people in the Twin Cities have told the Guardian that they’re fearful of federal immigration officers who patrol near these spots, and appear to make indiscriminate arrests throughout the region. The anxiety has resulted in parents keeping their children at home, and patients missing hospital appointments.

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Premier Danielle Smith says she hasn't signed Alberta separatist petition, or any other

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has not signed a petition currently gathering signatures to push for a referendum to pull the province out of Confederation.

In Washington, DC, curbside parking just became EV charging

Washington, DC, just launched a curbside charging pilot to install public EV chargers on residential streets across all eight wards. The goal is to make charging easier for people who don’t have a driveway or garage and figure out how to scale curbside charging citywide.

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US antitrust chief Gail Slater ousted from Trump justice department

Exclusive: Decision comes after Slater lost the support of JD Vance and Pam Bondi, the attorney general

Gail Slater, the head of the US justice department’s antitrust division, was forced out of the Trump administration on Thursday after a turbulent tenure and months of simmering tensions with senior cabinet officials, according to two people directly familiar with the matter.

“It is with great sadness and abiding hope that I leave my role as AAG [assistant attorney general] for Antitrust today,” Slater said in a post announcing her departure.

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Senate Democrats block DHS funding over immigration tactics

Though Department of Homeland Security almost certain to shutter at midnight Friday, ICE to be largely unaffected

• US politics live – latest updates

Democrats in the US Senate have blocked a funding package for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amid ongoing fury over the Trump administration’s crackdown and the deaths of two people in Minneapolis.

Thursday’s vote means that the department is almost certain to shut down at midnight on Friday evening, affecting a range of services yet largely leaving the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency ( ICE) – the target of Democrats’ ire – unaffected because it is already the recipient of lavish federal funding.

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Canadian physics professor steps back from job over Epstein questions

A highly regarded theoretical physicist has "agreed to pause his working relationship" with the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ont., where he was one of the founding faculty members, over questions about his presence in the Jeffrey Epstein files released by the U.S. government last month. He's one of several Canadian scholars and businesspeople named in the files.

‘It’s happening here’: ICE turns quiet Minnesota suburbs into conflict zones

Activity of immigration agents has left no part of the state unscathed even as border czar says surge would be ending

In one suburb of Minneapolis, the superintendent spends each school day driving to her district’s schools to track federal agents. Across the metro, in another suburb, a Latino church organizes food donations to deliver to thousands of families staying at home out of fear of immigration agents.

In town after town around Minnesota, federal agents have picked up immigrants and taken them away from their communities.

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Homeland Security shutdown seems certain as funding talks between White House and Democrats stall

Democrats have said they want curbs on President Donald Trump’s broad campaign of immigration enforcement.

What A Day: Chuck the System

Chuck Schumer thinks Trump has an ICE problem.

Federal employees have new rules, new documents, and new timelines to keep an eye on this year

"What I'm hearing is you can throw the old processing schedule out the window right now, because everything is kind of bogged down," Tammy Flanagan said.

Winter Olympics 2026: Ukrainian athlete kicked out over helmet tribute, Lollobrigida claims dramatic speed skating gold – as it happened

• Heraskevych’s ‘helmet of memory’ puts IOC on back foot

• Medal table | Live scores and schedule | Results | Briefing

Women’s Super G 11.30am GMT

Men’s moguls 12.15pm GMT

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In the season's most moving hour yet, The Pitt finally puts its nurses front and center

Here’s to Dana, Perlah, Princess, Donnie, Jesse, Kim, and Emma.

Tara and Johnny are on thin ice in this week's The Traitors

The Faithfuls have their eyes set on the Olympians.

A new Hyundai electric SUV is out testing that looks just like the Crater EV Concept [Images]

Is Hyundai bringing the Crater Concept to life? A covered electric SUV was spotted in the wild, which could give us our first clue.

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Surprise, there's a new God Of War game out—alongside the biggest trailers from today's State Of Play

Sony's big trailer event showed off new games or collections from several classic, semi-defunct franchises—including Castlevania, Metal Gear, and Dead Or Alive.

Hockey agitator: Why American Abbey Murphy continues to frustrate Canada

In a 5-0 thrashing of Canada, American forward Abbey Murphy drew not one, not two, but four penalties. She also had three assists. That's the recipe for how 23-year-old Murphy, who hasn't yet turned professional, has been able to frustrate her opponents.

California to launch investigation over delayed response to wildfire in Altadena

Civil rights inquiry will assess whether LA county fire department discriminated while responding to 2025 fires

The California department of justice has launched a civil rights investigation into whether Los Angeles county discriminated against the predominantly Black community of west Altadena when responding to last year’s Eaton fire.

The investigation will assess whether the fire response resulted in a “disparate impact” on west Altadena based on race, age or disability.

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Company in Alberta to turn cattle manure into natural gas, bury CO2

Manure from thousands of southern Alberta cattle will be used to supply renewable natural gas, while at the same time harmful carbon dioxide emissions will be buried, in a first-of-its-kind project.

Rivian (RIVN) Q4 and full 2025 earnings report: Tremendous YoY growth led by software

Rivian has just posted its letter to shareholders and earnings report, detailing its financial results and other accomplishments for Q4 2025 and the previous fiscal year.

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Irishman held by ICE was issued warrant over 2009 drug offense in Ireland

Seamus Culleton has been held for five months despite having valid work permit and being married to US national

An Irish court apparently issued a warrant for the arrest of the Irish man currently embroiled in controversy with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE), which has been ramping up detentions and activity around the United States since last year.

Seamus Culleton has spent five months in US custody and faces deportation despite having a valid work permit in a case that has attracted widespread publicity. His lawyer called him a “model immigrant” with no criminal record.

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Ford is taking a page from BYD after the Chinese EV maker outsold it for the first time

After it was outsold by China’s BYD globally for the first time last year, CEO Jim Farley said Ford “isn’t backing away from EVs.” It’s betting on more affordable models that will start at around $30,000.

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Will Trump Succeed in Jailing Don Lemon? A Legal Explainer

Constitutional law professor Kim Wehle examines the outrageous prosecution of the former CNN anchor while unpacking the Face Act, the First Amendment, and Trump's ongoing war on free speech.

Trump’s EPA repeals landmark climate finding in gift to ‘billionaire polluters’

Rollback of government’s ability to limit climate-heating pollution will make families ‘sicker and less safe’, environmental advocate says

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The Trump administration has revoked the bedrock scientific determination that gives the government the ability to regulate climate-heating pollution. The move was described as a gift to “billionaire polluters” at the expense of Americans’ health.

The endangerment finding, which states that the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere endangers public health and welfare, has since 2009 allowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to limit heat-trapping pollution from vehicles, power plants and other industrial sources.

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House members seek inquiry into DoJ’s tracking of their Epstein files research

US attorney general displayed records of Congress members’ searches into Epstein files during House hearing

Members of Congress are calling for investigations after discovering the Department of Justice created records of their research activities while they dug into files connected to Jeffrey Epstein.

Photographs taken by Reuters during a congressional hearing on Wednesday showed the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, holding a document titled “Jayapal Pramila Search History”, listing files that the Democratic US representative Pramila Jayapal had accessed during her review of the Epstein materials.

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Genesis Mission won’t eliminate data boundaries — it will redefine them

Organizations best positioned to benefit from the Genesis Mission treat accountability as a design requirement built into their AI systems.

Winter Olympics: Chloe Kim settles for silver in snowboard halfpipe – as it happened

• Kim’s bid for three-peat thwarted by South Korea’s Choi

• Medal table | Live scores and schedule | Results | Briefing

Japan’s Sena Tomita is the defending bronze medalist. She also runs into difficulty and will not be counting this run.

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Savannah Guthrie vows to ‘never give up’ as calls pour in over missing mother

Video of a masked suspect in Arizona spurs a surge of calls as the desert search near Tucson yields little evidence

The Today show host Savannah Guthrie promised to “never give up” on her missing mother, as authorities in Arizona made a public appeal for video footage recorded near her home in the weeks before her disappearance.

The developments came as investigators revealed they had received more than 18,000 calls about the case, and a search of desert terrain near Nancy Guthrie’s home on Wednesday came up mostly empty.

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Chloe Kim thwarted in bid for Olympic halfpipe three-peat by South Korea’s Choi Gaon

• Choi wins snowboard halfpipe title with third run

• American star takes silver behind strong first round

The snowfall coming down on Livigno Snow Park on Thursday night helped produce one of the bigger Olympic upsets in snowboard history, as Chloe Kim’s bid to become the first rider to win three consecutive Olympic halfpipe gold medals fell just short.

Kim finished with a best score of 88.00 from her opening run, settling for silver behind surprise winner Choi Gaon of South Korea, whose heroic third run after an early fall earned 90.25 and rewrote the Olympic record books. Japan’s Mitsuki Ono took bronze with 85.00.

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Can AI bots help us find love?

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, in this episode we’re taking a look at what it’s like to be looking for love right now — and the technology that’s meant to help us do it. Lots of dating apps are integrating AI features these days, but are they making it easier to find real-life connections? We talk to Jason Parham, senior writer at Wired magazine, to try to find out.

New IG audit raising questions about oversight on the Pentagon’s costliest program

"Our overall finding was that the department did not adequately oversee Lockheed Martin's performance on the sustainment contract," Chris DePerro said.

The 2027 Toyota Highlander Gets An EV Feature Most Teslas Don't Have

Toyota is getting far more serious about EVs, and the Highlander's bidirectional charging proves it.

Wagons are suddenly hot as EVs, and Volvo wants a piece

Wagons are making a comeback in electric form. Although Volvo is set to produce its last wagon this April, it could return as an EV.

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US judge blocks Hegseth’s bid to punish Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video

Judge reprimands defense secretary over attempt to reduce Arizona senator’s military rank and pension

A US judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon from reducing Senator Mark Kelly’s retired military rank and pension pay because he urged troops to reject unlawful orders.

The preliminary ruling by Richard Leon, a George W Bush appointee, is the latest setback for Donald Trump in his campaign of vengeance against perceived political enemies, which has drawn opposition from judges across the ideological spectrum.

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Exclusive $1,500 off Gendome Home3000 power station at new $799 low, NIU KQi 300X all-terrain e-scooter $727 low, EcoFlow, more

Leading today’s Green Deals is the exclusive \(1,500 discount on the Gendome Home3000 Portable Power Station](https://9to5toys.com/2026/02/12/exclusive-gendome-home3000-power-station-new-879-low/) that features a 50-minute AC fast-charge, wind charging functionality, smart home integration, and more – all at a [new \)799 low. Right behind it we have NIU’s Valentine’s Day e-scooter sale that dropped the KQi 300X All-Terrain Suspension Electric Scooter to a new \(727 low](https://9to5toys.com/2026/02/12/nius-v-day-sale-kqi-300x-e-scooter-new-727-low-more/), as well as [EcoFlow’s latest 24-hour flash sale](https://9to5toys.com/2026/02/12/ecoflow-delta-3-classic-delta-3-max-solar-bundle-399-and-1199-today-only-more/) on the DELTA 3 Classic power station, a 400W DELTA 3 Max solar bundle, and add-on accessories [starting from \)399. We also spotted a 40V Greenworks string trimmer at its second-best price in a year and a half, and more waiting for you below – including a special LEGO reveal of the more eco-conscious Maesk Dual Fuel Container Vessel set. And don’t forget the hangover deals at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s $907 savings on the premium Tenways AGO X All-Terrain Mid-Drive e-bike at its lowest price, the Autel 50A Smart AI-optimized EV Charger at its lowest price, and more.

Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.

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The "Video Game Company Layoff Roulette" ball lands on Ubisoft… again

The Assassin's Creed creator has announced that it'll be inviting 200 employees to participate in a "voluntary departure plan."

The scandals clouding ‘sinister’ French ice dancers who beat Chock and Bates for gold

Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron’s Olympic competition is set against backdrop of assault and abuse allegations involving their former partners

The American duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates, the reigning three-time world champions contentiously missed out on Olympic ice dance gold on Wednesday despite a flawless skate. But the controversy surrounding the event is not merely a debate over artistic and technical merits.

Gold went by a narrow margin to the French duo of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron. It was a stunning achievement for a partnership that is less than a year old. But the union was forged after the fallout from sexual assault allegations levelled at Fournier Beaudry’s boyfriend and former ice dance partner, while Cizeron is the subject of allegations of abusive conduct from his erstwhile skating partner.

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VA rolled out new AI tools quickly, but without a system to catch mistakes, patient safety is on the line

"It's a flashing yellow, it's a caution. AI can be a great tool and should be used as a tool and that is what we're advising the department," Cheryl Mason said.

Comings and goings: Public Media Infrastructure announces board, VPM hires CFO …

LaFontaine Oliver will be the inaugural board chair for Public Media Infrastructure.

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US officials announce end of immigration crackdown in Minnesota – video

The White House's border czar, Tom Homan, announced on Thursday that a significant drawdown of immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota was under way and he had proposed that the surge there should conclude. Tim Walz, the state's Democratic governor, told reporters he was 'cautiously optimistic'

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Air Transat aims to repatriate all its customers in Cuba within days

Air Transat says it plans to bring home thousands of Canadians from Cuba in the coming days, at a time when Ottawa is telling people to avoid delaying their exit from the island country.

EPA finalizes illegal dirty air plan to hike fuel costs 76c/gal, despite public outcry

In July, the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed a plan to delete its scientific finding recognizing that greenhouse gases are harmful to human health, with the goal of making cars less efficient, deadlier and more costly. Public comments widely opposed the plan, but now before the agency has barely even started reading those comments, it announced todaythat it’s going through with its illegal plan anyway.

( Update: This article has been updated to reflect that the finalization was announced in a press conference today)

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Art exhibit celebrates the work of painter killed in Lapu-Lapu Day attack

When Nadine Kelln and Jenifer Darbellay first learned they were going to get to do an art show together, they were beyond elated. But before it could ever come to fruition, Darbellay was killed in last year's attack on the Lapu-Lapu Day street festival in Vancouver. Now, the show will go on in her honour.

David Boreanaz to star in The Rockford Files reboot pilot

Boreanaz will take on the role of low-rent L.A. private eye Jim Rockford, played by James Garner in the original series.

The leader of a major federal employee union is stepping down

Saunders will step down in August after the union elects a new president.

First Nations in northern B.C. offer condolences, support to Tumbler Ridge after mass shooting

First Nations in northern B.C. are sending condolences and offers of support to Tumbler Ridge where eight people were killed and more than two dozen others injured in a mass shooting Tuesday.

Can the Courts Rein Trump In? Former White House Special Counsel Weighs In

John Harwood asks Norm Eisen whether the Supreme Court has enabled Trump’s lawlessness.

More Perfect Union Goes Deep on the Pepsi and Walmart Conspiracy

A More Perfect Union documentary explains a Pepsi/Walmart price discrimination scheme — exposed by an FTC lawsuit unsealed by ILSR.

Anthropic to donate $20m to US political group backing AI regulation

Move puts AI firm in opposition to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which has advocated for less stringent AI regulations

Anthropic will spend $20m to back US political candidates who support regulating the AI industry, according to a company statement released on Thursday. Anthropic’s donation puts it in opposition to the ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which has advocated for less stringent regulation of AI.

The company is donating to Public First Action, a political group that opposes federal efforts to quash state AI regulations like a December executive order issued by Donald Trump. One of the candidates that the group is backing is Republican Marsha Blackburn, who is running for governor in Tennessee and who opposed an effort in Congress to bar states from passing AI laws.

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Waymo begins fully autonomous ops with 6th-gen Driver, targets 1M weekly rides

Waymo is now running its 6th-generation Driver without safety drivers on public roads, marking the beginning of fully autonomous operations with the company’s latest and most cost-effective hardware stack.

The announcement, authored by Waymo VP of Engineering Satish Jeyachandran, confirms that the 6th-generation system, first unveiled in August 2024, is now validated for driverless operations across multiple cities. Waymo describes it as the product of seven years of service and nearly 200 million fully autonomous miles logged across 10+ major U.S. cities.

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Subaru is next in line to launch a three-row electric SUV: Here’s what to expect

Toyota isn’t the only one releasing a three-row electric SUV in 2026. Subaru confirmed the new EV will arrive in showrooms later this year, and we already have a good idea of what to expect.

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Baby Reindeer's Jessica Gunning to make her own kind of music in Cass Elliot biopic

Emmy-winner Jessica Gunning will be doing some California Dreamin' as the star of the upcoming biopic My Mama Cass.

Trump named ‘undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal’ by industry group

Award was presented as president directed Pentagon to buy billions of dollars’ worth of energy from coal plants

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Donald Trump was crowned the “undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal” during a White House ceremony on Wednesday, during which the president received a trophy after ordering the US defense department to purchase billions of dollars’ worth of power from coal plants.

The award was reportedly granted by the Washington Coal Club, an advocacy group with financial ties to the coal industry.

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BYD, Geely bid for 230,000-unit Nissan-Mercedes Mexico plant in North American push

BYD and Geely are among three finalists competing to purchase a Nissan-Mercedes-Benz joint venture plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, according to a Reuters exclusive report. The plant, which has a production capacity of 230,000 vehicles per year, would give either Chinese automaker an instant manufacturing foothold in North America, bypassing years of regulatory delays that have stalled their greenfield factory plans in the country.

The third finalist is Vietnamese EV maker VinFast. The three were selected from a pool of nine companies that expressed interest, including Chinese automakers Chery and Great Wall Motor.

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Turns out, customers like when things are cheaper

Who would’ve thought? Last month, PepsiCo cut snack prices. McDonald's has been cutting prices, too, and said it's paying off. Yesterday, the company released better-than-expected results for the tail end of 2025. Also, big revisions to datasets like yesterday's jobs report are becoming more common in an economy undergoing big shifts, and Germany is looking to recruit foreign-born skilled workers as harsher immigration policy and rhetoric make the U.S. less appealing.

Review: My Father’s Shadow — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott

My Father’s Shadow immerses its audience in a world of perils and personalities that ring with authenticity.

Review: My Father’s Shadow — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott

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Tesla gets 30-day extension to oppose ‘Cybercab’ trademark held by squatter

Tesla has been granted a 30-day extension by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to decide whether to formally oppose UNIBEV’s “Cybercab” trademark application, pushing Tesla’s deadline to March 14, 2026. The extension comes as Tesla prepares to begin mass production of the vehicle — whatever it ends up being called, in April.

According to USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) records, Tesla filed the extension request on February 11, 2026, and it was granted the same day. The move signals that Tesla is not ready to walk away from the “Cybercab” name, but it’s also not ready to launch a full legal fight over it.

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Kia’s electric van gets its first camping kit that turns the PV5 into a campsite in minutes

Kia’s electric van really can do it all. VanLab delivered the first PV5 camping kit that transforms it into a campsite, remote workspace, and more in minutes. All you need is a screwdriver.

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Trump’s multibillion lawsuit against BBC over Panorama edit set for Florida trial in 2027

Corporation denies defamation but must hand over revealing documents after judge dismisses jurisdiction argument

President Trump’s multibillion dollar lawsuit against the BBC over the editing of one of his speeches has been set for a year’s time.

In a blow to the corporation, the Florida judge has also rejected the BBC’s attempt to put off disclosing internal documents relating to the episode of Panorama that contained the spliced version of Trump’s 2021 address.

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Bondi attacks Dems during Epstein testimony

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi attacked Democrats during her fiery House Judiciary Committee testimony as she faced criticism from lawmakers over the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein files.

Trump’s pick for top diplomatic role faces scrutiny over ‘white supremacist’ views

Jeremy Carl, assistant secretary of state nominee, has espoused ‘racist, antisemitic’ views, says non-profit leader

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Donald Trump’s pick for a top diplomatic post has championed “white supremacist, racist, antisemitic and homophobic views”, a former US state department official has warned.

Jeremy Carl is set to go before the Senate foreign relations committee on Thursday as the president’s nominee for assistant secretary of state for international organisations, a role that involves managing relationships with and policies toward the United Nations and its agencies.

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Why is the U.S. cutting Cuba off from the rest of the world? | About That

U.S. President Donald Trump is applying severe economic pressure to an already-strained Cuba mired in a food and power crisis. Andrew Chang explains why the U.S. is choosing now to cut off the country's oil supply, and why, for Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, it's also personal.

Climate leaders condemn Trump EPA’s biggest rollback yet: ‘This is corruption’

Leaders promise to fight back with court challenges as Trump rescinds finding foundational to US climate rules

Climate leaders gathered outside the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters on Wednesday to condemn the Trump administration’s plans to repeal the legal finding underpinning all federal climate regulations, and promised to fight against the rollback.

“This is corruption, plain and simple. Old fashioned, dirty political corruption,” said Sheldon Whitehouse, senator for Rhode Island, at the rally. “This is an agency that has been so infiltrated by the corrupt fossil fuel industry that it has turned an agency of government into the weapon of the fossil fuel polluters.”

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Survivor of 1975 Ottawa school shooting reflects on trauma and the need for compassion

As the country tries to come to grips with the shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., this week, a prominent New Democrat stepped forward to share the horror of the school shooting she survived and to impart her hopes for those impacted by this latest tragedy.

Why Is the World Silent When the Gaza Genocide Is Not Over?

Diana Buttu on how Israel continues to kill, starve, and imprison Palestinians as the world remains distracted by the words ‘peace’ and ‘process’ and ‘boards’ and ‘plans.’

Here's to the film romances that capture the indecision of the human heart

Understanding the power of indecisive rom-coms, the "love 'em and leave 'em (and then maybe come back to 'em)" love stories.

Ontario police officer cleared in shooting death of First Nation man in makeshift courtroom

Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared an officer of any wrongdoing in connection with the shooting death of  a 23-year-old man in Wapekeka First Nation. Here's what we know about the case in the remote Oji-Cree community, which took place in a makeshift courtroom inside a youth centre.

US border czar says immigration crackdown in Minnesota will ‘conclude’

Tom Homan says that Trump has backed ‘significant drawdown’ in the state, where two US citizens have died

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The Trump administration has claimed it is drawing down its immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to the death of two US citizens, mass detentions and widespread protests.

The move was announced by Tom Homan, the US border czar, at a press briefing on Thursday.

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New Jersey governor bans immigration agents from some state property

Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat, also launches online portal for residents to share footage of ICE enforcement activity

New Jersey governor Mikie Sherrill has banned immigration agents from some state property and launched an online portal for residents to share videos and photos of enforcement activity.

Sherrill, a Democrat, signed an executive order on Wednesday which prohibits immigration officers from access to non-public portions of state-owned property if they don’t have a judicial warrant, according to NJ.com. The prohibition also bars immigration agents from using state property as bases for enforcement operations.

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Hometown Olympian’s success inspires youngsters with Saskatoon Freestyle Ski Club

Maïa Schwinghammer, born and raised in Saskatoon, has quite a following at home after her Olympic debut in mogul skiing. taking for Canada

Canadian restaurants struggling to turn a profit, new report says

A survey of Restaurants Canada members found that 44 per cent of respondents were either operating at a loss or just breaking even — up from 2019 when only 12 per cent of respondents were in that same financial position. Restaurateurs and experts say less traffic at restaurants and rising costs are making it hard to do business.

Trump-nominated antitrust chief exits after attempting to enforce antitrust laws

Gail Slater, once an advisor to Vice President Vance, announced her departure following months of clashes with the Trump administration.

Olympic champion Breezy Johnson crashes out of super-G then gets engaged at end of course

• American clips gate but given welcome surprise

• US teammates witness event at end of course

Olympic downhill champion Breezy Johnson didn’t add to her medal haul during the women’s super-G on Thursday, but she left Tofane with something precious anyway: an engagement ring.

Johnson, who won gold on Sunday in the downhill, crashed out of the super-G after she clipped a gate with one of her poles, sending her tumbling into the safety fence. However, there was some consolation: her boyfriend, Connor Watkins, proposed to her near the finish line. Surrounded by members of the US Ski Team, Johnson said “Yes!” and the two embraced.

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5 songs you need to hear this week (February 12, 2026)

This week's best new songs roundup features MUNA’s wall-banging pop perfection, Kevin Morby’s cosmic Bible Belt adventure, and E L U C I D’s anti-empire wisdom.

Mahmoud Khalil is still fighting for others as he fights his own deportation: ‘It’s about raising the alarm’

The case of the Palestinian activist, the face of 2024’s US campus protests, could have repercussions for thousands

Despite his grim circumstances, Mahmoud Khalil can’t help but laugh.

Walking through Congress’s hallowed halls, the Palestinian student activist, who may be inching toward deportation, has a lightness to him. He is quick with a smile – and not yet ready to waver. He admits he’s in “the scary part” of his ordeal, but he has a new reason to like his odds.

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When some people drive EVs, entire communities can benefit

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at the benefits for entire communities when some people drive EVs; find out about a winter drought in Western Canada; and learn why a northern community wants an oil company to remove artificial islands in the Mackenzie River.

Tesla (TSLA) sales in China crash 45% to lowest level in over three years

Tesla’s domestic sales in China collapsed 45% year-over-year in January, falling to just 18,485 units — the automaker’s lowest monthly retail figure in the country since November 2022. The data, released today by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), paints a grim picture of Tesla’s demand in the world’s largest EV market.

The figure represents an 80% plunge from December’s record-high 93,843 domestic deliveries. While seasonal declines between December and January are normal in China, a 45% year-over-year drop is not.

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Girl injured in chairlift mishap clinging to life in hospital, police say

A 13-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a chairlift mishap during a school trip to a western Quebec ski hill is clinging to life in hospital, according to local police.

Teacher part of traditional games instructor training ‘honoured’ to share her knowledge

A handful of teachers are running a week-long clinic from Indigenous Sports Circle Northwest Territories, sharing their knowledge with participants on how to coach Dene Games and Northern Games.

SBA proposes to terminate 154 companies from 8(a) program

SBA sent firms three letters yesterday: a suspension letter; a letter of intent to terminate; and a voluntary withdrawal agreement as part of its ongoing audit.

Who needs a financial advisor when you have AI?

Jittery investors continue to punish stocks of companies that may (or may not) face major disruption from artificial intelligence. Last week, it was software firms, then insurance brokers. Now, it’s financial brokerages that offer people planning advice — the likes of Charles Schwab, Raymond James, and Ameriprise. But what's lost when we lose human capabilities in financial services? Plus, U.S. allies like Canada and the U.K. are increasingly turning to China for trade deals.

Fundraiser for James Van Der Beek’s family surpasses $1m in under 24 hours

Dawson’s Creek star, who died on Tuesday, had been open about struggling to meet high expenses of cancer treatment

A GoFundMe set up to support the widow and children of actor James Van Der Beek has raised more than $1m as thousands of people donated within hours of its launch.

Van Der Beek, best known for his role as sensitive teen Dawson Leery on the TV series Dawson’s Creek, died on Tuesday aged 48. He had bowel cancer.

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How To Get To Heaven From Belfast takes you on an entertaining, albeit bumpy, ride

This buddy dramedy from Derry Girls' Lisa McGee has a few too many detours.

Ex-Barclays boss Jes Staley was trustee of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate until 2015, files say

Information appears to contradict court testimony by banker in 2025 over nature of ties to convicted sex offender

The former Barclays boss Jes Staley was named as a trustee of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate until at least May 2015, according to documents that appear to contradict court testimony given by the banker.

This month the Guardian revealed that US prosecutors had reviewed allegations of rape and bodily harm against Staley, who denies any wrongdoing. He has never been charged with a crime related to the allegations.

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Republicans, Democrats want to hear from government about anti-drone laser that closed El Paso airport

The brief shutdown of El Paso airport by the Federal Aviation Administration because of safety ‌concerns posed by the use of a military laser-based anti-drone system was unacceptable, the top Democrat on the Senate's commerce committee said on Thursday.

Stranded In -35°F: Here’s How Long A Tesla Model 3 Can Keep You Warm

A 2024 Tesla Model 3 was left outside in one of the world’s coldest places. It still kept the interior temperature comfortable.

Safety board provides update on Delta airlines crash at Pearson airport

It's still "too early" to draw conclusions about the cause of the Delta Air Lines plane crash at Toronto's Pearson Airport, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Thursday in an update on its investigation as the one-year anniversary of the incident approaches.

Conservative MP refusing pay bump was heckled, admonished by his colleagues

The Conservative MP who went public with his intent to refuse a pending parliamentary pay increase was called out by the party whip in front of his colleagues and heckled as he tried to defend his decision, CBC News has learned.

Tuition set to rise, OSAP grants lower with new Ontario post-secondary funding changes: minister

The province announced billions in new funding for Ontario's colleges and universities Thursday, along with the end of a years-long tuition freeze and changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program grant structure.

Military police 'rushed to judgment' before officer's suicide, watchdog finds

Canada's military police watchdog is sharply criticizing the handling of a sexual assault investigation involving Maj. Cristian Hiestand, an air force officer who took his own life in January 2022.

Russia bans WhatsApp

From the BBC World Service: Russia has ordered a block on WhatsApp, the Kremlin confirmed. The app has more than 100 million users in Russia, who have now been cut off from the platform, and the Russian government is pushing users to download Max, Russia's state-owned messaging platform. Then, China’s carbon dioxide emissions fell by 0.3% in 2025, the first full year to show a decline. And, as summers get hotter, Europeans are looking to "coolcation" in colder climes.

📉 It’s The Economy, (You) Stupid (Fascist)

One of Trump’s favorite pollsters warns he’d lose to Biden in an election held today. Plus, the DOJ is spying on lawmakers who search the Epstein files, and a balloon gets mistaken for... a drone.

Over 30 measles cases and counting from Brandon's Ag Days, chief doctor says

Manitoba's health system is inundated with surging flu rates and an ongoing measles outbreak, the province's chief public health officer says.

‘Another way to gamble money’: booming prediction markets prompt confusion and concern

Polymarket and Kalshi are less regulated than betting sites, but users can win or lose large sums on the platforms

Yadin Eldar, 21, has been betting on prediction markets since 2019. His friends think he’s “crazy”, he said. But the craze surrounding these platforms is rapidly gathering steam.

Users can bet on virtually anything, from the outcome of Sunday’s Super Bowl to whether the US will invade Greenland, every second of every day.

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6 GOP reps defy Trump to block Canadian tariffs. And, student loan defaults rise

Six House Republicans joined Democrats to successfully block Trump's Canadian tariffs. And, roughly a million borrowers defaulted on their federal student loans last year.

Crypto’s big growth on the books and in the shadows

Cryptocurrency is being used more frequently in illegal transactions — about $158 billion was used in illicit crypto activity last year. That’s an all-time high, according to a new report from the startup TRM Labs. This comes as the overall crypto ecosystem is growing and, it should be said, legitimate uses of crypto are growing at a faster rate than illegitimate ones. Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes spoke with Ari Redbord, global head of policy at TRM Labs and one of the authors of the new report, to learn more.

Nicolas Cage ditches the responsibility and the power in a mumbly first Spider-Noir trailer

The first trailer for Spider-Noir doesn't back away from the weirdness of its "Nicolas Cage, private eye superhero" concept.

A Pochettino-Spurs reunion would need patience from an impatient club

Thomas Frank’s dismissal leaves a desperate Spurs looking to its recent past, among other places, for answers

Tottenham Hotspur have tried everything. After sacking Mauricio Pochettino in November 2019 – five months after the club’s first Champions League final, with Spurs sitting 14th in the league and sleepwalking to second place in a weak UCL group – There came a pair of chronic (if cantankerous) title winners: José Mourinho and Antonio Conte. They gave a pragmatist (Nuno Espírito Santo) a Big Six test and moved on when performances instantly stagnated. Then arrived Ange Postecoglou; a staunch tactical ideologue whose principles excited at first before becoming a liability.

Thomas Frank, though, seemed like the appointment most reminiscent of Pochettino’s 2014 arrival. Both raised relatively unfancied clubs to prominence and established firm operational bedrocks. Both spoke about the importance of culture as much as on-field Xs and Os. Neither had been tested at a club of this caliber.

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Love Story is more tragedy porn than American fairytale

John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette's famed relationship hits FX.

Syria's leader targeted for assassination often, UN report says, as U.S. hands over military base

Syrian government forces have taken control of a base in the east of the country that was run for years by U.S. troops as part of the war against the Islamic State group, the defence ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

Didn't tell CAO to disclose $200K cheque from contractor, former mayor testifies at Winnipeg police HQ inquiry

COVER STORY | hemlocke springs is boredom’s remedy

After two viral singles put her on stages with superstars, Naomi Udu is ready to unveil her debut album. The LA producer and performer sat down with Paste to talk online celebrity, working with BURNS, keeping in touch with her past selves, and getting personal on the apple tree under the sea.

'I realized I’m being raped': Witness outlines alleged attack by Frank Stronach at condo as trial begins

One of seven complainants in the first sex assault trial for Frank Stronach told court on Thursday that she recalls waking up in a downtown Toronto condo with the billionaire businessman on top of her.

Trump border czar says controversial Minneapolis immigration operation to end

The immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to mass detentions, protests and the deaths of two U.S. citizens is nearing an end, U.S. President Donald Trump's border czar said Thursday.

Revised Labor Department figures show hiring in 2025 was lower than reported

The U.S. job market perked up a bit to start the new year, but revised figures from the Labor Department show hiring was much weaker in 2025 than initially reported.

Schroders agrees £9.9bn takeover by US investor, ending 200 years of family ownership

British asset management group’s deal with Nuveen will create one of world’s biggest fund managers

Schroders has agreed a £9.9bn takeover by a US investor, ending two centuries of family ownership of the historic British asset management group.

Chicago-based Nuveen will buy the City firm, it said on Thursday, in a deal that will create one of the world’s biggest fund managers, controlling about $2.5tn (£1.8tn) of assets.

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Porter Airlines plane slides off tarmac after landing in heavy snow at Halifax airport

A passenger aboard the flight said the pilot tried to turn a corner to get the plane off the runway but was unsuccessful.

Canadian mining company employees worked amid gunfire, Mexican cartel checkpoints, says family member

Vizsla Silver Corp.'s workers laboured in an environment punctured by gunfire, cartel checkpoints and drones, says the brother of a geologist with the Canadian mining company in Mexico, who was among five people found dead after they were kidnapped by a suspected faction of the Sinaloa cartel.

Aurora’s Driverless Trucks Can Now Run Longer Than Humans Drivers Are Legally Allowed

The startup’s latest update will enable its driverless trucks to cover 1,000 miles without stopping for mandatory rest breaks.

Canada regains scoring touch, defence in 5-0 win over Finns in Olympic women's hockey

Emily Clark scored twice for Canada in a 5-0 win over Finland in Olympic women's hockey Thursday. Kristin O'Neill had a goal and an assist, and Jenn Gardiner and Darryl Watts added singles for Canada.

Pod Save America: OnlyFriends (Nancy Guthrie, Federal Surveillance, SAVE Act)

Alex Wagner and Erin Ryan discuss the latest developments in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie and the insidious ways our communities are turning into a surveillance state.

Why Boston wants to ban some residents from using e-bikes

Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn has filed a new ordinance that would ban delivery app drivers in the city from using e-bikes, mopeds, or other motorized scooters to make deliveries, citing growing safety concerns.

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Alberta grocery prices have nearly doubled since 2002. About half that increase happened in 2020s

Prices of food bought in stores in Alberta have nearly doubled from 2002 levels, the base year of Statistics Canada's consumer price index. But data shows almost half of that inflation happened in the 2020s.

Open Tabs: A Note From the Road

Covering the Pam Bondi meltdown and the messes in Congress from our swing through New Zealand and Australia

COVID fears (and mind-controlling fungus) wake up in the silly splatter-fest Cold Storage

A mind-controlling fungus wakes from Cold Storage in Jonny Campbell's charmingly silly gross-out horror-comedy.

Security response questioned after video shows physical altercation at Sask. Walmart

Police in Prince Albert, Sask., say they're reviewing a video shared online that shows a security guard slapping a woman during a confrontation at the McDonald’s restaurant inside the Walmart on 15th Street East.

Why a 'wild card' Maud Lewis painting could fetch $50K — or much more — at auction

While Maud Lewis paintings routinely sell for tens of thousands of dollars at auction, sometimes they can sell for a lot more due to details such as how a previous owner acquired the painting or who owned it. A Lewis painting up for auction Thursday fits that description.

Feeling the pressure to spend big this Valentine’s Day? You’re not alone

The pressure to spend big on Valentine's Day is common and made easy by companies trying to sell their products, according to experts and data.  Some people say they're trading in traditional flowers and chocolates for more cost-effective and personal experiences instead.

Zelenskyy condemns move to bar Heraskevych from racing in Winter Olympics over banned helmet

Heraskevych came to the Olympics with a customized helmet showing the faces of more than 20 Ukrainian athletes and coaches who were killed during the war with Russia, a conflict that started shortly after the 2022 Beijing Games ended.

Neighbours raise safety concerns after squatters take up shelter in vacant downtown St. John's home

Squatters recently took up shelter in a vacant house in downtown St. John's, raising concerns amongst neighbours who worry about fire risks and public safety.

Joey Porter Sr says former Steelers teammate Ben Roethlisberger is not ‘a good person’

• Former linebacker questions QB’s character

• Duo won Super Bowl together in 2005 season

Joey Porter Sr says Ben Roethlisberger, the quarterback he won a Super Bowl with at the Pittsburgh Steelers, is not “a good person”.

Porter was speaking on a podcast during Super Bowl week when he made the comments. He and Roethlisberger won Super Bowl XL with Pittsburgh at the end of the 2005 season.

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City of Toronto staff stealing packages, working other jobs on sick leave: auditor general report

Thousands of dollars in missing packages from mailrooms, a city employee taking weeks of paid sick leave to work another job and a retiree's credentials being used to attempt multi-million-dollar fraud are just some of the highlights in an annual report from Toronto’s auditor general being presented Thursday.

Owner of St. Catharines, Ont., café fought Enbridge over $56K gas bill error — and won

Ritesh Kumar was ready to open his coffee shop, Christopher's Cafe, and rent out the apartment units upstairs. But then he got a bill from Enbridge Gas Inc. for $56,589.

Ambassador Bridge owners ramped up lobbying before Trump’s Gordie Howe threats

An analysis of U.S. federal lobbying and campaign finance data sheds fresh light on how the Moroun family has sought to influence the political landscape around the busiest land border crossing between the U.S. and Canada.

As schools process Tumbler Ridge shooting, officials say safety protocols need ongoing attention

School safety protocols, threat assessments and how schools prepare for active-shooter or similar emergency situations are under a renewed spotlight following Tuesday’s devastating mass shooting in the northeastern B.C. community of Tumbler Ridge.

As tensions simmer between U.S. and Iran, Iraq is feeling the heat

Of the many proxy battlegrounds between Iran and the U.S., Iraq is one of the most overlooked, at least outside the Middle East. But U.S. reaction to the reappearance on the political scene of former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki — a candidate for the job once more — is a sharp reminder of the tightrope Iraq walks between the two.

Trump administration scraps legal basis for climate regulation in U.S.

The Trump administration has rescinded a legal opinion that has guided emissions controls in the U.S. since the Obama era, withdrawing the so-called endangerment finding of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Ottawa commits to keeping Mounties on front lines, says fixing federal policing is priority

After months of uncertainty hanging over the RCMP, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the government is committed to keeping Mounties in the business of day-to-day policing across the country — while signalling that improving the federal crimes wing is his priority.

Iranian students in Canada seeking support amid unrest back home

Thousands of international students from Iran are struggling with the emotional and financial toll of the turmoil in their home country, and some say Canadian universities are doing little to help.

Monks bring balm for America’s wounds as Washington cheers peace odyssey

Buddhist monks had walked 2,300 miles from Texas, braving snow and often barefoot – their arrival in the capital was greeted by thousands

Bhante Saranapala gazed down at more than a hundred Buddhist monks wearing burnt-orange, saffron and maroon robes, most sporting woolly hats, a few clutching flowers.

“These monks are awesome!” roared Saranapala, who is known as the “Urban Buddhist Monk”, prompting a cheer from the big crowd. “Their determination should be greatly appreciated. Walking from Texas to Washington DC, 2,300 miles; it requires strong determination!”

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Sci-fi or medical breakthrough? ARPA-H targets on-demand, universal organ bioprinting

"Normal mechanisms don't support this type of thing; that's why ARPA-H can bring in some horsepower here to really revolutionize the field," Ryan Spitler said.

US House backs bid to block Canada tariffs in rebuke of Trump

Republicans join Democrats in objecting to national emergency US president declared to impose tariffs

The US House on Wednesday voted to rescind tariffs that Donald Trump imposed on Canada last year, a rare bipartisan rebuke of the White House’s trade policy as the president threatened electoral retaliation against any Republican who defied him.

The largely symbolic resolution to disapprove of the national emergency Trump declared to impose tariffs on Canada passed 219 to 211, with six Republicans – Don Bacon of Nebraska, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Kevin Kiley of California, Dan Newhouse of Washington and Jeff Hurd of Colorado – voting with all Democrats except Jared Golden of Maine, who voted against it.

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Border patrol chief praised federal agent who shot US citizen in Chicago

New evidence shows Gregory Bovino hailed agent who fired at Marimar Martinez five times in her car

Newly released evidence has shown that Gregory Bovino, a border patrol chief who was the face of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts until last month, praised a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman during an immigration crackdown last year.

Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, was shot five times by a border patrol agent in October while in her vehicle. She was charged with a felony after officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused her of trying to ram agents with her vehicle. But the case was abruptly dismissed after video evidence emerged showing that an agent had steered his vehicle into Martinez’s car.

Lawyers for Martinez have pushed to make evidence in the dismissed criminal case public, saying they were especially motivated to do so after a federal agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis under similar circumstances.

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Texas bets on Tesla bets on WeChat, and a bet on Toyota to crack solid-state

On today’s Texas-sized episode of Quick Charge, Tesla Cybertruck owners in the Lone Star state get V2G access, Tesla Model 3 and Y models get WeChat via OTA, and Toyota has an all-new electric Toyota Highlander with up to 320 miles of range!

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The AI power crunch sparks a 1.5 GWh sodium-ion battery deal

Utility-scale energy storage developer Energy Vault just signed a strategic agreement with Peak Energy, which manufactures sodium-ion energy battery storage systems, to build a battery platform specifically designed for “AI-first” data center operators.

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Democrats call for 4.1% federal pay raise in 2027

House and Senate lawmakers reintroduced the FAIR Act, aiming to bring federal employees' pay rates closer in line with private sector salaries.

Chaos and confusion in El Paso after airspace closed and quickly reopened

Officials in US border city say FAA decisions caused major disruption – and residents are still scrambling for answers

Officials in Texas were left scrambling for answers on Wednesday after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a surprise order to shut down the airspace over El Paso for 10 days and then, as turmoil ensued in the city on the US-Mexico border, abruptly lifted it within hours.

Local leaders in the west Texas city said that they received no prior warning or explanation and the stunning announcement had put lives at risk.

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DHS officials warn about shutdown impacts

DHS officials say another shutdown could lead to more attrition at TSA and delay a cyber incident reporting rule at CISA, among other impacts.

Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after 88 years

Public opinion polling agency says decision ‘solely based on Gallup’s research goals and priorities’

Gallup, the public opinion polling agency, will stop tracking presidential approval ratings after almost nine decades, a spokesperson confirmed.

As Donald Trump continues to closely scrutinize polling of his popularity, and publicly lambast media companies that report on unfavorable numbers, Gallup insisted its decision was “solely based on Gallup’s research goals and priorities”.

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Democrats deride veterans affairs secretary for repeating false claims about Alex Pretti’s killing

Pretti, a VA nurse, was shot by federal agents in Minneapolis and was labeled a ‘terrorist’ by the administration

Democratic lawmakers assailed Doug Collins, the Veterans Affairs (VA) secretary for repeating Trump administration’s claims on the killing of Alex Pretti, a VA nurse shot 10 times by federal immigration officials in Minneapolis, during a congressional hearing Wednesday.

Are you going to “correct your cabinet colleagues when they called him a terrorist?” Mark Takano, a Democratic representative of California and the House Committee on Veterans Affairs’ ranking member, asked Collins. The secretary declined to answer.

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Here's what we learned from the January jobs report

The January jobs report came out Wednesday, and on the surface, it was better than expected. The economy added more jobs than it has in months and the unemployment rate remained stable. But topline numbers don’t tell the whole story. After that: Trump’s immigration policies weigh on the labor market, Iran tensions cause choppy oil prices, and a new law brings whole milk back to school lunch programs.

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After Tumbler Ridge shooting, false claims about trans people have proliferated online

Anger and false claims are being directed at transgender people after Tuesday's mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., that left nine people dead, including the suspected shooter, who RCMP identified as an 18-year-old transgender woman.

Trump’s attempt to indict Democrats for video to troops an ‘alarm for democracy’

Mark Kelly speaks out after grand jury declines to indict six lawmakers over video urging troops to resist illegal orders

Arizona senator Mark Kelly warned that the Trump administration’s failed attempt to secure an indictment against him and five other Democratic lawmakers for a video urging service members to resist unlawful orders was a “master alarm flashing for our democracy”.

On Tuesday, a grand jury in Washington DC declined to indict the six members of Congress who posted a video last year reminding members of the military and intelligence community that they “can refuse illegal orders” – a message that Donald Trump said amounted to “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”

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HGTV nukes Rehab Addict after video of host Nicole Curtis using slur circulates online

Warner Bros. Discovery has not only canceled the show and fired Curtis, but wiped the series from its streaming platforms.

BYD's Plan To Make The Atto 3 More Popular: Double The Horsepower And Better Charging

The BYD Atto 3 Evo shifts to rear-wheel drive, gains a frunk and charges way faster for 2026.

VA data shows it cut health care hiring times in half, but it’s using different metrics

The Veterans Health Administration took 108 days to hire employees in May 2025. But in the following months, time-to-hire fell by more than 50%.

Trump’s former border chief congratulated agent who shot US citizen five times during immigration crackdown – live

Evidence reveals that Gregory Bovino told a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman, ‘you have much yet left to do!’

Transportation secretary Sean Duffy said the El Paso airport closure was to “address a cartel drone incursion”.

“The threat has been neutralized, and there is no danger to commercial travel in the region,” Duffy said on social media. “The restrictions have been lifted and normal flights are resuming.”

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What A Day: RFK Jr. Is Just ‘Vibing’

What’s so bad about being an “expert”?

US officials lift 10-day closure of El Paso airspace after balloon mistaken for drone

FAA initially cited ‘security reasons’ for shutting off skies around Texas airport in area along border with Mexico

The top US aviation agency has lifted a surprise 10-day closure of airspace above the US-Mexico border town of El Paso, Texas, just hours after it abruptly announced that it would close off the skies for “special security reasons”.

While some officials claimed that Mexican cartel drones invaded US airspace, in recent days a balloon was reportedly mistaken for a drone.

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The Big Lies at the Heart of Trump’s Mass-Deportation Campaign

Trump conceals how immigrants help the economy and commit relatively few crimes.

US midfielders Bethune and Hutton move in pair of blockbuster $1m NWSL trades

• Bethune traded from Spirit to Kansas City for $1m

• Hutton departs Current for Bay FC in $1.1m move

• Moves shake up landscape a month before season

Two of the best young midfielders in US women’s soccer were on the move Wednesday in a pair of seven-figure trades, shuffling up the NWSL landscape a month before the season begins.

Croix Bethune, the 2024 rookie and midfielder of the year, was traded from the Washington Spirit to the Kansas City Current for \(1m. In a separate move, Kansas City traded Claire Hutton, a 2025 midfielder of the year finalist, to Bay FC in a \)1.1m transaction.

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Dawson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek dies aged 48 – video obituary

James Van Der Beek, who starred in coming-of-age dramas at the dawn of the new millennium, shooting to fame playing the titular character in Dawson’s Creek and in later years mocking his own persona, has died at the age of 48. The actor revealed in 2024 that he was being treated for colorectal cancer.

• James Van Der Beek, star of Dawson’s Creek, dies aged 48

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Winter Olympics 2026: France beat USA to figure skating gold as GB’s wait for medal goes on – as it happened

• Medal table | Live scores and schedule | Results | Briefing

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The riders are having to squint into the sun to see their scores come up. There’s lots of USA support on the slopes, first for 19-year old Bea Kim, who looks happy to settle into fifth, then for the queen of half pipe, Chloe Kim, who is aiming for her third consecutive gold medal in this discipline. Oh and she’s also just finished a degree at Stamford. It’s a cracking start – a big backside 720, frontside 900, and something floaty and turny which the commentators describe as “the penny black” of halfpipe. She immediately settles into first.

Women’s halfpipe qualifying: Thinking about my attempts to stand on a skateboard as young women in baggy snow trousers zig-zag and float across the halfpipe.

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System meant to reduce prison recidivism marred by management struggles

"Once you go through the risk and needs assessments, any classes or programming you take can affect how much time you spend in prison," Gretta Goodwin said.

Former Super Bowl champion Darron Lee held without bond after death of girlfriend

• 31-year-old faces first-degree murder charge

• Former linebacker could face death penalty

Former New York Jets first-round draft pick Darron Lee has been kept in jail without bond as he faces a first-degree murder charge over the death of his girlfriend in Tennessee.

The ruling by Judge Tori Smith came after Lee was arrested and charged late last week. He also faces a charge of tampering with or fabricating evidence. Lee is due back in court for a preliminary hearing on 9 March.

Authorities identified the victim in the case as Gabriella Perpétuo. The couple had been living in a home they rented where the incident occurred for about 10 days, Brian Lockhart a detective in Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office testified on Wednesday.

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Rachel Weisz descends into "sexy madness" in Netflix's Vladimir trailer

With lots of fourth wall-breaking asides to camera, Weisz's character's obsessions are front and center in the Vladimir trailer.

Why Trump’s plan to reclassify federal workers should worry everyone

In practice, this change would make it easier to remove employees whose work or advice conflicts with leadership priorities.

The Genesis GV90 is a $200,000+ ultra-luxe electric SUV with coach doors

The Genesis GV90 will become the luxury brand’s largest, most prestigious SUV to date. With its world premiere just around the corner, the flagship electric SUV was spotted in Korea, ready to roll out, coach doors and all.

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ChargePoint data shows a new EV bottleneck forming

ChargePoint enabled more than 100 million EV charging sessions over the past year, and it says demand is now growing faster than new chargers are being installed. Using its network data and 2025 EV sales figures, the company argues infrastructure isn’t keeping pace with the expanding fleet of EVs already on the road.

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Washoe Tribe buys 10,000 acres in one of California’s largest ever land returns

Tribe, which was forcibly removed from its lands near Lake Tahoe, used $5.5m grant and private donations for purchase

The Washoe Tribe has purchased more than 10,000 acres of land near Lake Tahoe for conservation in one of the largest tribal land returns in California history.

The sprawling property, located 20 miles north of Reno, Nevada, stretches from the Great Basin through the Sierra Nevada and encompasses sagebrush scrublands and juniper and pine forests.

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Man pardoned by Trump for attacking US Capitol found guilty of child abuse

Andrew Paul Johnson was found guilty of five counts including molesting a child under 12 and another under 16

A man who took part in the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol and later pardoned by Donald Trump was found guilty on Tuesday of multiple child sexual abuse charges in Florida, officials said.

Andrew Paul Johnson was arrested in Tennessee this August and extradited to Florida. He pleaded not guilty.

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Two wrinkles in 2026 tax and investment planning

All feds who earn a salary or receive their retirement annuity need to do some thinking about taxes and investments as the 2026 filing season opens.

Ireland launches a permanent basic income project for artists

The program will provide 2,000 Irish artists almost $400 a week to live on while they make art for the next three years.

Looking at USPS only through a profit lens misses rural economic opportunities

"We need to rethink the Postal Service as a public good and fund it appropriately so that it can support rural economies," Elena Patel said.

Pam Bondi defends DOJ handling of Epstein files in heated House hearing – video

The US attorney general, Pam Bondi, appeared before a House judiciary committee hearing on Wednesday to defend the justice department's handling of files involving the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. During the hearing, there were several heated exchanges between Bondi and Democrat lawmakers who questioned her about the DOJ's handling of the release of the Epstein files.

• Pam Bondi hurls insults at Democrats during Epstein hearing: ‘You’re a washed-up loser lawyer’

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Toyota is already offering a $5,000 discount and 0% financing on its new EVs

The 2026 C-HR and bZ Woodland electric SUVs are just arriving at dealerships, and Toyota is already discounting them.

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Trump says he is still seeking Iran anti-nuclear deal after Netanyahu meeting

Israeli leader was expected to advocate for more forceful US intervention during sixth visit to current White House

Donald Trump has said that he is still seeking a deal with Iran to prevent it from seeking a nuclear weapon following a three-hour meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu in which the Israeli leader was expected to advocate for a more forceful intervention by the US military.

Netanyahu’s sixth visit to the White House since Trump returned to office ended without any public remarks between the two leaders. The results of the hastily arranged meeting were announced by Trump in an online post.

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Volvo Can Finally Build A Proper Electric Wagon. Here’s Why

SUVs are big sellers these days, but a proper battery-powered Volvo longroof could be a hit, too.

Tesla calls police on IG Metall rep at Giga Berlin works council meeting before critical vote

Tesla filed a criminal complaint and called police to its Gigafactory Berlin after accusing an IG Metall union representative of secretly recording a closed works council meeting on Tuesday. Police seized the representative’s laptop. The incident comes just three weeks before roughly 11,000 employees vote in a works council election that could reshape the future of the plant.

The confrontation marks the latest, and most dramatic, escalation in the increasingly bitter fight between Tesla and Germany’s most powerful industrial union at the automaker’s only European factory.

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Olympic viewing guide Day 6: Get ready for a big Thursday

CBC Sports' daily Olympics newsletter previews a stacked Day 6 for Canada, including some strong gold-medal chances and the men's hockey opener.

Gabbard ends intelligence reform task force after less than a year of work

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is ending the work of a task force she created to look at big changes to the U.S. intelligence community.

‘You’re a washed-up loser lawyer’: Pam Bondi taunts Democrats over Epstein

US attorney general goes on attack during questioning by House judiciary committee over handling of files

The US attorney general Pam Bondi attacked and insulted Democrats during a House judiciary committee hearing on Wednesday as she defended the justice department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Democrats pounded Bondi with questions about the way the department has complied with a law last year mandating the complete release of the files with specific and limited room for redactions. Since releasing the documents after the statutory deadline, the justice department has come under intense scrutiny both for releasing the names of survivors and redacting, without explanation, the names of people who may have committed crimes.

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Canadian skaters Gilles and Poirier find peace with an Olympic medal moment a lifetime in the making

It’s impossible to pinpoint where the Olympic journey started for Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, Canada’s ice dance champions. It had a thousand starting points.

We Finally Know How Fast The Tesla Semi Will Charge: Very, Very Fast

The trucks can add enough energy to charge six Standard Range Model 3s in 30 minutes. That's what 1.2 Megawatts of power can do.

Jordan Stolz crushes Olympic 1000m record to begin four-gold pursuit after reskate

• US star forced to wait through rival Wennemars’s reskate

• Stolz delivers 1:06.28 finish in his signature event

Jordan Stolz had to wait a little longer than expected on Wednesday night. But when confirmation finally came, the 21-year-old American could celebrate his first Olympic gold medal – and the opening chapter of what could become one of the defining campaigns of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

Skating in the second-to-last group, Stolz powered to an Olympic record time of 1min 6.28sec in the men’s 1000 metres, using a devastating final lap to deliver in his signature event and launch his pursuit of a potential four-gold haul across these Games.

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R.I.P. Bud Cort, Harold And Maude star

Just 22 when cast in the Hal Ashby cult classic, Cort had a long career that stretched well into the 2010s.

Boy, 13, who stabbed little brother handed 3-year sentence designed for youth with mental health issues

A 13-year-old Lethbridge, Alta., boy who tried to kill his seven-year-old brother by stabbing him was handed a three-year sentence on Wednesday, the maximum term allowed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Mayor of Portapique tells Tumbler Ridge 'we understand' mass shooting devastation

Colchester County Mayor Christine Blair relates what her community experienced after the 2020 mass shooting that killed 22 people in Nova Scotia to Tuesday's mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., advising that 'it will be surreal.' Blair says her community has experienced multiple suicides, and that instead of just an initial surge of support, trauma therapists should be made available in B.C. 'on a regular basis for years to come.'

Wisconsin News Collaborative launches with environmental focus

In response to the loss of federal funding, three public radio stations are partnering to better meet audience needs.

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Tenways AGO X all-terrain mid-drive e-bike with $907 savings to $1,899 low, Autel 50A smart AI EV charger at $450 low, Jackery, more

Our mid-week Green Deals is seeing some returning low prices alongside a few notable one-day-only deals, starting with Tenways’ premium AGO X All-Terrain Mid-Drive e-bike and \(307 in FREE gear at its \)1,899 low, among other deals from the brand. We also spotted Autel’s MaxiCharger AC Elite Home 50A Smart Level 2 EV Charger with an in-body holster, AI optimization, and voice controls dropping to its $450 low for the second time ever, as well as Jackery’s compact Explorer 240D Portable Power Station at its second-best price, Bluetti’s Handsfree BackPack Power Stations (and the larger AC240 station) starting from their lows for the rest of the day, a Worx Aerocart 8-in-1 yard cart daily deal, and more waiting for you below. And don’t forget the hangover deals at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s EcoFlow Valentine’s Day power station sale launch, the solar-charging Anker eufy S340 multi-cam security kits, and more.

Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.

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Veterans Affairs explores potential uses for artificial intelligence

The department said more than 130 use cases are currently being deployed across its operations and many more are still in development.

A solid-state EV battery standard will be introduced in China as real-world tests begin

China will release a standard for solid-state EV batteries later this year as several automakers begin testing the new battery tech in vehicles.

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Sask. mine that could make Canada world's biggest uranium exporter faces last hurdle

Hearings now underway in Saskatoon could decide the future of Canada’s biggest uranium mining project to date. Indigenous communities are now on board, but the proponent, NexGen, is still waiting on final say from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

Text exchange that brought down Quebec Liberal leader was doctored, report finds

In a report commissioned by the party, a retired judge says the vote-buying scandal that ended Pablo Rodriguez’s stint as PLQ leader in late 2025 may have been sparked by manipulated evidence. The story that launched the scandal was published by the Journal de Montréal, which says the report commissioned by the PLQ is incomplete, that its author does not know the identity of their sources and that they stand by their reporting.

AIPAC Has a New Opponent: PAL PAC

A new organization seeks to upend the calculus of Israel-Palestine inside Washington, and end the Israel lobby’s decades-long hold over US politics.

A 2nd State Puts Utility Performance Over Profits — Episode 264 of Local Energy Rules

Oregon tries to tie utility profits to climate, cost, and reliability targets through performance-based regulation.

Tesla launches Cybertruck V2G program in Texas, earning money with your truck’s battery pack

Tesla has launched its first vehicle-to-grid (V2G) program in the United States, starting in select Texas markets. The “Powershare Grid Support” program allows Cybertruck owners to discharge their truck’s massive 123 kWh battery, equivalent to roughly nine Powerwalls, back to the grid during high-demand events and earn bill credits in return.

The announcement, made by Tesla Energy on social media, marks a significant milestone for a company that has been promising bidirectional charging capabilities for years but has consistently delayed delivering them across its vehicle lineup.

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Volkswagen’s electric hot hatch drops its camo, revealing a new design

Volkswagen is gearing up to launch its first electric GTI hot hatch later this year. Ahead of its big debut, the EV hot hatch was spotted testing in icy conditions with barely any camo.

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Trump meets with Netanyahu as Iran marks 47 years of Islamic rule

U.S. President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington to discuss U.S. nuclear talks with Iran, but nothing definitive was decided. Meanwhile, thousands in Tehran marked the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.

Suspect's mother identified as 1 of 8 Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting victims

RCMP say nine people are dead in total, including the suspect, correcting their previous report of 10.

DoD enters decadeslong barracks lease as lawmaker warns privatization push lacks accountability tools

“The department needs to learn from its past mistakes and stop handcuffing itself with 50-year leases,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said.

The Fall And Rise Of Reggie Dinkins is a clever, silly hangout comedy

Tracy Morgan stars as a former football pro in NBC's new sitcom.

How Does This Chinese EV Offer 620 Miles Of Range? The Secret Is A New Battery Chemistry

China’s FAW Group has a novel battery chemistry that promises to deliver extraordinary energy density.

Anishinabek Nation concerned about changes to Ontario’s Permits to Take Water program

The Anishinabek Nation is raising concerns about changes to Ontario’s Permit to Take Water program, saying it undermines First Nations rights, environmental protection and public accountability.

Texas' energy grid, 5 years after Winter Storm Uri

Five years ago, Winter Storm Uri took out the lights across the Lone Star State. Hundreds of people died, millions of Texans were left without heat, and it cost the state billions. What’s changed since then? Plus, new payroll numbers are higher than expected, and unemployment is slightly down, but revisions to last year’s totals complicate the story. And later, we check out what one of the country’s most environmentally friendly homes looks like 18 years later.

Yes, Canada has a 'fungus bank' — and it just got saved by a massive donation

A unique collection of microscopic fungi used for Canadian medical and biodiversity research has been saved from being shipped overseas.

John C. Reilly wants you to dream a little dream of Mister Romantic before Valentine’s Day

Before his sold-out holiday show at Glendale Presbyterian Church, Reilly is getting into the sentimental spirit with two new singles.

Ukrainian Vladyslav Heraskevych is the most important athlete at the Olympics right now

The International Olympic Committee is not an organization that generally begs, but they are begging Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych not to compete in a customized helmet showing the faces of more than 20 Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed since Russian invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Tesla partners with Tencent to bring WeChat inside over 1 million cars in China

Tencent Cloud announced today that it has partnered with Tesla to integrate WeChat-linked features directly into Tesla vehicles in China. The over-the-air update will roll out to over 1 million Model 3 and Model Y vehicles built at Giga Shanghai, delivering one-tap location sharing from WeChat and AI-powered service suggestions — a significant concession by Tesla to China’s dominant digital ecosystem.

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US added 130,000 jobs in January, surpassing expectations as 2025 growth is slashed

Unemployment rate was 4.3% in January with gains 13,000 less than the 143,000 jobs added a year ago, report shows

The US jobs market added 130,000 jobs in January, according to a highly anticipated labor market report released on Wednesday, a surge of job growth after months of fatigue in the labor market.

The unemployment rate was 4.3% in January, a slight cooling since the fall. Economists predicted 70,000 in job gains and an unchanged unemployment rate for January.

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R.I.P. James Van Der Beek, star of Dawson's Creek

The actor had previously shared his colorectal cancer diagnosis in 2024.

Considering History: Bad Bunny, José Martí, and a Hemispheric America

Inspired by that Super Bowl performance from one of our moment’s most famous Caribbean young men, American Studies Professor Ben Railton share the story of another of history’s most prominent such figures: José Martí.

Considering History: Bad Bunny, José Martí, and a Hemispheric America

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Detroit PBS receives $2M for initiative focused on faith in community

The station will produce special programming representing the Detroit community’s diverse array of religions as part of the four-year initiative.

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Conservative lawmakers plan to investigate Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show

Cranky representatives Andy Ogles and Mark Alford are leading a charge against the NFL and NBC, citing Bunny’s performance for “explicit displays” and “glorifying unspeakable depravities.”

P.E.I. school officials didn’t mishandle complaints about substitute teacher, 3rd-party review finds

A review of sexual misconduct at P.E.I. schools sheds new light on what school officials knew about a substitute teacher who inappropriately touched students in the classroom — and when they knew it.

US jobs report beats forecasts with 130,000 increase in January – as it happened

Wall Street futures extend gains after the data; unemployment rate dips to 4.3%

The oil cartel Opec has stuck to its forecast that world oil demand for crude from the wider Opec-plus producer group, including Russia, will drop by 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the second quarter, from the first three months of the year.

Global demand for OPEC+ crude will average 42.2m bpd in the second quarter, OPEC said in its monthly report report, down from 42.60 million bpd in the first quarter. Both forecasts were unchanged from last month’s report.

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Vonn says she had 'successful' 3rd surgery on broken leg following alpine crash at Olympics

American skier Lindsey Vonn said Wednesday that she had a "successful" third surgery on her broken left leg following her downhill crash at the Olympics.

Toyota reveals the Highlander EV as first 3-row electric SUV with 320 miles range [Images]

Toyota’s first three-row electric SUV is finally here. The 2027 Highlander EV can drive up to 320 miles on a single charge, has a built-in NACS port, and a sharp new look. The Highlander is Toyota’s most impressive electric SUV so far. Here’s our first look.

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Slasher anti-franchise The Strangers remains unknowable five films later

Renny Harlin's remake trilogy complicates the dour simplicity of The Strangers with additional genre anonymity.

This Israeli-Palestinian Couple is Breaking a Huge Taboo

An Israeli human rights lawyer unpacks her marriage to a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank and condemns the 'apartheid' system they have to endure.

Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek dead at 48

James Van Der Beek, the actor best known for his role on 1990's TV show Dawson's Creek, has died. He was 48.

White House deletes JD Vance’s social media post referring to Armenian genocide

US vice-president’s post marks first time Trump administration used the word to describe the massacres

The White House has deleted a social media post in which the vice-president, JD Vance, referred to the Armenian genocide, prompting anger from members of the Armenian diaspora as well as opposition politicians across the US.

The post was made during Vance’s two-day trip to Armenia to mark a visit by Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, to a memorial for the up to 1.5 million Armenians killed by Ottoman troops more than a century ago. The now-deleted post on Vance’s official X account said he was visiting the memorial to honour “the victims of the Armenian genocide”.

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Hyundai is reportedly looking to supply Waymo with 50,000 IONIQ 5 for robotaxis

Hyundai Motor is reportedly looking to supply Waymo with 50,000 IONIQ 5 autonomous vehicles by 2028 in what would amount to a roughly $2.5 billion deal, and if it goes through, it would be a massive signal that the robotaxi industry is entering a new phase of real, industrial-scale deployment.

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Pope Leo accepts resignation of embattled New Orleans archbishop Gregory Aymond

The archdiocese agreed to pay 600 abuse survivors a $305m settlement before the Vatican confirmed Aymond’s exit

Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of the Roman Catholic archbishop of New Orleans, Gregory Aymond, on Wednesday – one day after the archbishop concluded a series of meetings with survivors of a clergy molestation scandal that has embroiled the city’s church leadership for years.

Aymond had submitted his resignation to global Catholic church leaders at the Vatican, as he was required when he turned 75 in November 2024. But the Vatican didn’t immediately accept it, plotting for Aymond to remain in position until the New Orleans archdiocese settled a federal bankruptcy protection case that it filed in the spring of 2020 amid the continuing fallout of the decades-old worldwide clerical abuse crisis.

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What it takes to build a home that lasts

The U.S. is facing a housing affordability crisis — one that's been exacerbated by natural disasters like Hurricane Helene in 2024 and last year in California, when fires destroyed 12,000 homes. This morning, "Marketplace Morning Report" host David Brancaccio checks in with two people who are rebuilding differently to ensure the safety and comfort of their new abodes. Also on the show: a look at January's job market and votes to repeal President Donald Trump's import taxes.

Don Lemon hires federal attorney who quit over handling of inquiry into Renee Good’s killing

Ex-CNN anchor brings on Joseph H Thompson to defend him from charges related to coverage of a church protest

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has hired a federal prosecutor, who quit amid the White House’s immigration blitz on Minneapolis, to defend him from charges related to his coverage of a church protest.

Lemon officially brought Joseph H Thompson on to his legal team, according to a Tuesday court filing. Thompson, who Donald Trump had appointed acting US attorney for Minnesota in June, reportedly resigned in January over the justice department’s treatment of immigration enforcement.

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The one company that sells nearly three-quarters of all electric motorcycles

There’s one company that now sells nearly three-quarters of all full-size electric motorcycles in the US. And no, it’s not some scrappy startup out of Silicon Valley (though there are some very cool California-based electric motorcycle startups).

It’s actually LiveWire – the Harley-Davidson-born electric motorcycle spinoff that just claimed a 70% market share in the 50+ horsepower on-road electric motorcycle segment in 2025.

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U.S. unexpectedly adds 130,000 jobs in January after a weak 2025

U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% in December. Annual revisions show that job growth last year was far weaker than initially reported.

Man detained for questioning in Nancy Guthrie disappearance reportedly released

Carlos Palazuelos told reporters he was held at a traffic stop Tuesday and claimed to not have heard about the case

A man detained by authorities in Arizona investigating the disappearance of Today show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother was released early on Wednesday after several hours of questioning, according to reports.

An individual who identified himself to reporters as Carlos Palazuelos said he was the person held after a traffic stop on Tuesday in Rio Rico, about an hour’s drive from the Tucson area home from where Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing on 1 February.

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Super Bowl and Bad Bunny miss US TV audience record but new mark set for social media

• Broadcast averages 124.9 million viewers in US

• Half-time show draws 128.2 million viewers

• Bad Bunny social media views top 4bn

Sunday night’s Super Bowl and Bad Bunny fell short of setting records for the most watched US broadcast and half-time show.

Seattle’s 29-13 victory over New England averaged 124.9 million viewers on NBC, Peacock, Telemundo, NBC Sports Digital, and NFL+, according to Nielsen. That fell short of the 127.7 million US viewers who tuned in for Philadelphia’s victory over Kansas City last year on Fox.

However, this year’s Super Bowl became the most-watched program in NBC history as the network celebrates its 100th anniversary.

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The Scrubs staff welcomes a new generation in revival trailer

The doctors are back on ABC later this month.

Community of Tumbler Ridge mourning victims of mass shooting

Residents of the small B.C. community of Tumbler Ridge are in shock after a mass shooting left 10 people dead Tuesday, including the suspect. The CBC's Nicole Oud is on scene in Tumbler Ridge, where she has been hearing from community members impacted by the violence. (UPDATE FEB. 11, 2026 | RCMP on Wednesday provided an updated death toll for the mass shooting on Tuesday in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., saying that there were a total of nine dead, including the suspected shooter, not 10 as initially reported.)

US union elections declined in 2025 after Trump hobbled labor board

Both the number of workers participating in union elections and the success of elections dropped off

The number of union elections overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) dropped 30% in 2025 after the Trump administration left the federal labor watchdog powerless, according to an analysis released on Wednesday.

The number of workers participating in union elections dropped by 59,000, a 42% decline compared with the year prior, according to the report from the Center for American Progress. The total number of union elections fell from a 10-year high of 2,124 in 2024 to 1,498 in 2025.

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Some Greenlandic Inuit say work on independence from Denmark will come amidst fight against U.S. threats

Over the decades, Greenland has gained more autonomy from the Kingdom of Denmark. But recent threats from U.S. President Donald Trump about taking over Greenland has brought the autonomous territory closer to the country that colonized it.

DNA breakthrough leads to charges in violent 1992 sexual assault in Alberta town

More than three decades after a woman was sexually assaulted at knifepoint inside her home in Two Hills, Alta., DNA evidence gathered from the scene has resulted in an arrest. Investigators say an accused was identified through a member of his family tree.

Flights suspended as Cuba faces fuel crisis

From the BBC World Service: Cuba's tourism industry suffered a major blow after dozens of flights were cancelled because of a lack of aviation fuel; Air Canada, which flies many tourists to the Caribbean island, suspended flights because of the shortages. Plus, British department store Harrods said more than 180 survivors of abuse by the store's former owner, Mohamed Al-Fayed, are currently engaged in its compensation scheme. And later, could 2026 be the year high-powered electric motorcycles go mainstream?

First Draft: Reforming Trump's Gestapo?

As Congress weighs guardrails for Trump’s fascist military police, lawmakers vote to allow themselves to overturn the president’s tariffs.

On Clearly Cursed, PONY’s crunch-pop is full of messy coming-of-age charm

The Toronto duo bring their fuzzed-out guitars and dreamy vocals to grapple with toxic friendships, dead pets, and self-blame on their third album.

Trump official allies with Europe’s far right in attacks on migration and hate speech policies

US state department’s Sarah B Rogers has become face of White House’s hostility to European liberal democracies

As Donald Trump redoubled his war of words on the European Union and Nato in recent weeks, a senior state department official, Sarah B Rogers, was publicly attacking policies on hate speech and immigration by ostensible US allies, and promoting far-right parties abroad.

Rogers has arguably become the public face of the Trump administration’s growing hostility to European liberal democracies. Since assuming office in October, she has met with far-right European politicians, criticized prosecutions under longstanding hate speech laws, and boasted online of sanctions against critics of hate speech and disinformation on US big tech platforms.

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Rivian Updated The R2’s Manual Door Release, And People Are Mad

The driver and front passenger can easily open their doors in an emergency. Rear passengers, not so much–and people are angry.

Deadly B.C. shooting is one of Canada's worst school shootings

Tuesday's mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in B.C.'s Peace region marked one of the worst school shootings in Canadian history, with nine people dead in total inside a school and a home, including a suspect.

Congressmen name six wealthy men ‘likely incriminated’ in Epstein files | First Thing

Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie reveal names they say DoJ redacted ‘for no apparent reason’. Plus, at least 10 dead, including suspect, after school shooting in Canada

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The Democratic congressman Ro Khanna said on Tuesday that he and his Republican colleague Thomas Massie had forced the justice department to disclose the “hidden” names of six wealthy men they say are “likely incriminated” by their inclusion in the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Who are the six ? Congressman Ro Khanna named: Leslie Wexner, the Victoria’s Secret founder; Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, CEO of DP World and an Emirati billionaire businessman; and four others identified as Nicola Caputo, Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze and Leonic Leonov.

What did Khanna say? “Why did it take Thomas Massie and me going to the justice department to get these six men’s identities to become public? If we found six men they were hiding in two hours, imagine how many men they are covering up for in those 3m files,” he said.

What has the prime minister, Mark Carney, said? Carney said he was “devastated” by the shootings. “I join Canadians in grieving with those whose lives have been changed irreversibly today, and in gratitude for the courage and selflessness of the first responders who risked their lives to protect their fellow citizens,” he said.

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Refreshingly mature genre exercise Crime 101 is more than a cops-and-robbers intro course

Bart Layton's evocative take on the prestige and star-studded crime saga, Crime 101 has an unexpected polite streak.

Activist investor Elliott builds up stake in London Stock Exchange Group

US firm held talks with LSEG to push performance at time of reduced listings and AI concerns

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The activist investor Elliott Management has built up a “significant” stake in the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and is engaging with the company to drive its performance at a time of reduced listings and concerns about disruption from artificial intelligence.

Elliott’s exact shareholding in LSEG was unclear; the Financial Times, which first reported the stake, added that the fund had been in talks with LSEG to help it work on improvement, encourage the group to consider a fresh share buy-back and to try to narrow the gap with its rivals.

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The lost art of the mashup

Cultural Reset: YouTube megamixes were the last, gaudy flourish of a long mashup tradition, and their asphyxiation by copyright bots, slow‑core streaming, and social atomization doubles as an obituary for monoculture.

Is the moon (and its resources) up for grabs?

NASA’s Artemis II mission, which will send humans around the moon for the first time in over five decades, could launch as early as March. This is part of a larger campaign to establish a long-term presence on the moon and eventually prepare for human space flight to Mars.

Meanwhile, China also has a goal of landing humans on the moon by 2030, setting up a kind of modern space race. One reason for the rush: It's like a game of finders keepers, said Saadia Pekkanen, a professor focused on space law and policy at the University of Washington.

Tribunal sets aside $10K fine issued to B.C.'s Universal Ostrich for failing to quarantine birds

The Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal found the CFIA hadn't delivered a quarantine notice in person to Universal Ostrich when it should have, rendering the $10,000 fine it had issued against the farm null and void.

FDA refuses Moderna's application for new mRNA flu vaccine, company says

Moderna received what’s called a “refusal-to-file” letter from the FDA that objected to how the company conducted a 40,000-person clinical trial comparing its new vaccine to one of the standard flu shots used today. Its a rare move by the FDA, which is under the control of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

UK wealth manager and price comparison site shares fall amid AI fears

Drop comes as AI firm Altruist launches service that helps advisers create personalised tax strategies

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Wealth managers and price comparison sites have become the latest companies to be hit by fears that their businesses will be disrupted by new artificial intelligence innovations.

Shares in UK wealth management firms tumbled on Wednesday morning, after the AI company Altruist Corp launched a service that it said helps advisers create personalised tax strategies by reading clients’ pay stubs, account statements and other documents.

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Russia plays prideful, but there’s no doubt the Olympics ban is hurting | Bruce Berglund

Some Russians have dismissed the Games over the continued exclusion of their athletes. But the truth is international sport is still important to Moscow

Duma member Vitaly Milonov didn’t mince words when asked four years ago about the international ban against Russian athletes.

“There’s no point in humiliating ourselves and begging to be let in,” said the St Petersburg deputy, a member of Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party. “We have our pride.” International events had been corrupted by the United States, he claimed in a 2022 interview, just weeks after the International Olympic Committee and other governing bodies imposed the ban. “Only Russia can say no. Other countries will accept whatever nonsense the Americans force on them – teams of vegans, queers and lesbians.”

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IN PHOTOS | On the ground in Tumbler Ridge

Ten people are dead, including the lone suspect, after a mass shooting in two locations including a high school in the small community of Tumbler Ridge in northeastern British Columbia, RCMP say.

IN PHOTOS | On the ground in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

RCMP on Wednesday provided an updated death toll for the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., saying that there are a total of nine dead, including the suspected shooter, not 10 as initially reported on Tuesday.

Royal Family among world leaders sending condolences after Tumbler Ridge mass shooting

The Royal Family are among the world leaders who have expressed condolences with Canadians in the wake of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

Where are the Quebec hockey stars?

For the first time in more than 70 years, no Quebec players were called up to play on Canada’s men’s Olympic hockey team. With no representation at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games, what does this mean for the future of hockey in la belle province?

U.S. House votes against Trump's tariffs on Canada

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution against President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods, delivering a stinging rebuke to the administration for launching a trade war on its northern neighbour.

Where are the Quebec hockey stars?

For the first time in more than 70 years, no Quebec players were called up to play on Canada’s men’s Olympic hockey team. With no representation at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games, what does this mean for the future of hockey in la belle province?

Honda’s EV Sales Plunged–And GM Could Be The Surprise Winner

Honda’s deal with General Motors is backfiring, but the American auto giant still stands to gain from it.

Popular electric mopeds in US found not street legal, forcing recall

Federal regulators have ordered a recall of Fly E-Bike’s popular model known as the Fly 10 moped, marking the latest and perhaps most serious blow to the embattled micromobility company that has long been a major supplier of low-cost electric mopeds and e-bikes in the US.

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Two Blocks from the White House: Hard times for Brand America

Olympic jeers, bridge blocking threats, and inflammatory foreign policies. Are Donald Trump’s actions hurting America’s global reputation?

Norwegian biathlete expresses regret over public apology to ex-girlfriend after cheating confession

A day after a stunning confession on live television that he had cheated on his ex-girlfriend, Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid on Wednesday said he regrets going public with his private life at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

Will Epstein Files Take Down the British Government?

Watch now | Tommy and Ben discuss the growing calls for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign over Labour’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein...

Father, 2 children dead after murder-suicide in First Nation near Maniwaki, Que.

A man shot and killed his two children before taking his own life in Kitigan Zibi Anishinābeg early Wednesday, Quebec provincial police have confirmed.

Qatar’s beIN Sports wins LA 2028 media rights in buildup to 2036 Olympics bid

• Qatar still has infrastructure from 2022 World Cup

• Ahmedabad, India likely to be other host candidate

Qatar’s bid to host the 2036 Olympic Games has received a boost with the state-owned broadcaster beIN Sports concluding a media rights deal for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.

It is understood that beIN has won the rights to broadcast LA 2028 in the Middle East and north Africa (Mena) region, with the contract signed by the International Olympic Committee president, Kirsty Coventry, and the beIN chair, Nasser al-Khelaifi, over the last few days at the Winter Games in Milan Cortina.

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Northern Alberta residents face barriers to blood donation despite urgent need

There is a need for blood after last month's winter storms cancelled drives across Canada, but donating blood isn't an option for residents in much of Fort McMurray and Grande Prairie, Alta.

Pam Bondi angrily defends Justice Department handling of Epstein files

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday attacked Democrats and praised President Donald Trump as she faced criticism from lawmakers over the Justice Department's handling of files involving the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey ‌Epstein in a charged hearing before a House of Representatives panel.

Jordan Stolz: the American speed skater who could define the Olympics

The 21-year-old has dominated speed skating for three years running. In the next 11 days, he could become not just an Olympic champion but the face of the Winter Games

Each Winter Olympics produces one or two figures who come to define it. The stars whose performances transcend result sheets and medal tables and settle into memory as shorthand for the event itself. For decades, America has waited for their next one: someone capable of cutting through the noise of the crowded sports landscape and centering themselves in the national conversation.

Jordan Stolz may be him.

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Cult Of Criterion: The Man Who Wasn't There

With The Man Who Wasn't There, the Coen brothers tell one of their bleakest cosmic jokes in the language of film noir.

Some First Nations cautious about getting back legal fees from the Robinson Huron Treaty annuities case

The Robinson Huron Litigation Fund has begun the return of legal fees to 21 First Nations as ordered by a judge last October.

FAA lifts closure of airspace over El Paso that had been enacted for 'special security reasons'

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has called down a notice to halt all flights to and from El ​Paso International Airport in Texas ​for "special security reasons" just hours after it was issued.

'I used to trust them': Family shattered after 6-month-old baby dies at Winnipeg Children's Hospital

A grieving father says he feels numb after taking his six-month-old son to a Winnipeg emergency department, believing he was in the right place to help his child. Ten hours later, his baby was taken into surgery and died.

Veterans Affairs employees pushing back against Ottawa's return-to-office order

The union representing Veterans Affairs Canada employees is fighting back against a return-to-office order issued by the federal Liberal government last week.

For the first time in years, you can get a condo in Toronto for less than $400K. So what's the downside?

Recent data from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board shows some Toronto condos are now selling for under $400,000, but experts warn if the current inventory goes fast the city could face another housing shortage.

Ontario doctor en route to Gaza says he was denied entry to Israel because he was carrying medical items

Dr. Hassan Kapasi of Guelph, Ont., says an Israeli border guard denied him entry while he was trying to get to Gaza after general medical equipment, including a stethoscope and Band-Aids, were found during a search of his bag.

This woman took a photo of a police drone. Then she got ticketed for distracted driving

On May 7, 2025, Kingston Police used a drone to catch distracted drivers in the act. Now, at least two of the 20 tickets issued that day have been withdrawn.

Why some Canadian companies are turning their workers into owners instead of selling to the U.S.

A new type of employee ownership comes at a time when the country is facing a wave of baby boomer entrepreneurs nearing retirement and an increased focus on strengthening the national economy in the face of a trade war with the U.S.

Indigenous literature professor at University of Windsor accused of false ancestry claims

Sandra Muse Isaacs, who self-identifies as Eastern Cherokee, has been teaching Indigenous literature at the University of Windsor since 2018. But Tribal Alliance Against Frauds says it has found no evidence she has any Indigenous ancestry.

Is browser preference a personality flaw? AI job interview evaluation raises questions

A business consultant is raising alarms about AI-conducted job interviews after he says a tech company’s evaluation of him drew some concerning conclusions. After not hearing back about a job he applied for with tech company Anteriad in December, Daniel Alvarez decided to find out exactly how the AI judged his screening interview.

Gen Z toppled Bangladesh's autocratic regime. Will it decide the next government?

It's been 18 months since violent, student-led protests brought down Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's former autocratic leader. This week, the country heads to the polls, and members of Gen Z are feeling both excited and worried.

Northern Ontario town called out by First Nations over staff comment about 'colour'

A comment made by a municipal staff member in Marathon, Ont., has prompted calls for accountability from two nearby First Nations. While local First Nation leaders interpreted the remark as referring to skin colour, the town's mayor and senior administration say it was about political colours.

Stellantis keeping 650 staff hired for EV research in Canada, despite broader pullback

The global car behemoth might be offloading its stake in a massive electric vehicle battery plant in Canada — but it’s not giving up on electrification altogether.

Arviat, Nunavut, chosen as main campus site for Canada's 1st Inuit university

Arviat, a small Nunavut community located along the western shore of Hudson Bay, will be the home of the first Inuit-led university in Canada's Arctic.

Hijack could use a villain

No one is really in control in "Outage."

Grand jury declines to indict Democrats asking troops to refuse illegal orders

Trump, outraged by clip of six lawmakers, called them ‘traitors’ and said behavior was ‘punishable by death’

A Washington DC grand jury declined to indict six Democratic lawmakers who were denounced by Donald Trump after they made a video urging troops to refuse illegal orders.

Federal prosecutors had sought an indictment against the Democrats who participated in the video, including Elissa Slotkin, Mark Kelly, Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander and Chrissy Houlahan, who all have military and intelligence backgrounds.

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2027 Toyota Highlander: An American-Made, 320-Mile Electric Three-Row SUV

Built in the U.S. with American-made batteries, the 2027 Toyota Highlander will go toe to toe with the Hyundai Ioniq 9 and Kia EV9.

Why Has This Columbia University Protester Been in ICE Detention for Nearly a Year?

Leqaa Kordia's family worries about her health after she was briefly hospitalized last week. DHS refused to give them information about her condition and she is still 'very sick.'

Federal employees put into revived ‘Schedule F’ category may lose loan aid, pay incentives

Additional Schedule Policy/Career guidance follows the Trump administration's final rule to strip job protections from certain career federal employees.

FDA declines to review Moderna application for new flu vaccine

Moderna requests meeting to discuss refusal as decision could have implications for all new and updated vaccines

US regulators will not review Moderna’s request to license a new, potentially more effective flu shot – even though the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) previously gave the green light to the project – in a decision that could have implications for all new and updated vaccines in the US.

It’s the latest move by the Trump administration against vaccines. Officials in January decided to stop fully recommending one-third of routine childhood vaccines, including flu vaccines.

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Holiday spending slowdown

New data show retail sales were flat in December, despite high expectations for the holiday season. So did shoppers spend less? Or did they just frontload that gift spending in November? Also in this episode: AI tools propel widespread online shopping scams, a Colorado utility company shuts off power to prevent wildfires, and what’s next for crypto after last week’s freefall.

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AFGE seeks emergency order to block further FEMA cuts

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.

Trump can’t freeze NEVI funds, so he’s trying to stall them – again

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) just issued a new notice today that aims to make it harder for states to actually spend the money in one of Donald Trump’s favorite punching bags: the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure ( NEVI) Formula Program.

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Interior Dept directs IT shop to ‘scrub’ non-English content from its websites

A new disclaimer on Interior Department websites states “English is the official language and authoritative version of all federal information.”

What A Day: A Song of ICE and Liars

Lawmakers grilled ICE’s top official on agents’ deadly actions.

Tesla Semi specs and pricing, L4 haul trucks, and Windrose’ mobile AI concept

On today’s long overdue episode of Quick Charge, we’ve finally got production specs and pricing on the Tesla Semi first revealed by Elon Musk nine (9) years ago. Will it be a revolution, or a case of too little, too late to make a real impact?

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USA dominates short-handed Canada to close out women’s hockey group play

• Hannah Bilka scores twice in 5-0 shutout win

• Canada captain Marie-Philip Poulin out with injury

• US will face Italy in quarter-final on Friday

Hannah Bilka scored twice, and the United States’ youth and speed overwhelmed a Canadian women’s hockey team missing its captain in a 5-0 win at the Milan Cortina Games on Tuesday.

The lopsided victory in Milan clinched first place for the US in Group A entering the quarter-finals, and continued confirming why the Americans entered the tournament as favorites. Team USA swept all four preliminary-round games by a combined score of 20-1 and brought back memories of how a Canadian team in their prime rolled to winning gold at the 2022 Beijing Games.

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Trump to repeal Obama-era finding foundational to US climate rules

Climate groups vow to fight rollback of 2009 finding determining CO2 and other greenhouse gases harm health

In what is set to be its most audacious anti-environment move yet, the Trump administration on Thursday will roll back the mechanism allowing the government to regulate planet-heating pollution, the White House press secretary has told reporters.

“President Trump will be joined by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to formalize the recession of the 2009 Obama-era endangerment finding,” Karoline Leavitt said at a press conference on Tuesday. “This will be the largest deregulatory action in American history.”

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Democratic congressman Ro Khanna names six men appearing in unredacted Epstein files – live

Khanna, who co-sponsored the Epstein transparency act, named six people including Victoria’s Secret tycoon Leslie Wexner on the House floor

• Who are the six men named in the unredacted Epstein files?

• Congressmen name six wealthy men ‘likely incriminated’ in Epstein files

Jamie Raskin, a top House Democrat, accused the justice department of making “puzzling, inexplicable redactions” to documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that obscured the names of abusers, while allowing the identities of the disgraced financier’s victims to become public.

Raskin told reporters that he wanted to view the complete files to better understand how the justice department handled the redaction process.

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VA EHR reboot aims for faster deployments after years of delays and outages

VA Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence says the department is staffing up at sites preparing to use the new Electronic Health Record later this year.

Want To Save $92,000 On An Audi E-Tron GT? The Used Deals Are Wild

One of the sickest EVs ever is a ridiculous used-car bargain. Get them while you can.

Real-time rewrite of federal buying rules is roiling acquisition

"It signals that there's some openness to looking at creative ways to leverage this tool and deliver better value," Emily Murphy said.

Epstein engineered intimate relationship for Tesla’s Kimbal Musk, emails show

Elon Musk’s younger brother and the woman were involved for about six months between 2012 and 2013

Jeffrey Epstein engineered an intimate relationship between a woman in his network and Kimbal Musk, who is the brother of Elon Musk and on the board of directors at Tesla, according to emails from the Department of Justice’s recent release of documents involving the convicted sex offender. The younger Musk and the woman were involved for around six months between 2012 and 2013, with Kimbal Musk describing them as “dating”.

In the lead-up to Musk and the woman’s first meeting, Epstein and his longtime associate Boris Nikoliclabored to set them up and bring her to a birthday party Musk was throwing – with Nikolic telling Epstein: “please prepare [the woman] —;)”

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Ford’s EV shakeup leads to its worst quarterly loss since 2008

Ford reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings after the market closed. Despite beating top-line estimates, Ford’s updated EV plans took a bigger toll than expected on profits.

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Debunked claims from election deniers influenced FBI raid in Georgia, affidavit reveals

The 28 January raid of the Fulton county election office also came after a referral from a White House lawyer

The FBI’s rationale behind raiding the Fulton county election office in Georgia last month was based on debunked claims from election deniers and came after a referral from a White House lawyer who tried to overturn the 2020 election, a search warrant affidavit unsealed on Tuesday reveals.

The warrant offers the first insight for the basis for the FBI’s 28 January raid on the Fulton county election office. FBI officials seized nearly 700 boxes of election materials in the raid.

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Trump administration removes LGBTQ+ Pride flag from Stonewall national monument

‘They cannot erase our history. Our Pride flag will be raised again,’ says Manhattan borough president

The Trump administration has removed a large pride flag from the Stonewall national monument in New York City, marking the latest move by the federal government to end diversity initiatives and sanitize the history shared in national parks.

The monument commemorates the June 1969 riots that followed a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. The six days of protests against the police action were a key moment in sparking the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and the site has since become a national symbol of LGBTQ+ Pride.

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Democrat Ro Khanna reveals six men's names in Epstein files – video

The Democratic congressman Ro Khanna read out the names of six wealthy men included in the Jeffrey Epstein files.

In a post on X at lunchtime, Khanna, of California, named the six as Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonic Leonov, Nicola Caputo, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem and Leslie Wexner. He said he and his Republican colleague Thomas Massie had forced the Department of Justice to disclose the 'hidden' names.

Reading the names in the House of Representatives, Khanna availed himself of protection from any defamation lawsuit by the speech and debate clause of the US constitution.

• Congressmen name six wealthy men ‘likely incriminated’ in Epstein files

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ICE director refuses to commit to pausing operations for 2026 World Cup

• Acting director Todd Lyons called ICE ‘key’ to security

• 2026 World Cup takes place this summer in 11 US cities

The acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told a congressional committee on Tuesday that his agency is a “key part of the overall security apparatus for the World Cup” and refused to commit to pausing operations near games at this summer’s tournament.

The 2026 World Cup will be hosted this summer by the United States, Mexico, and Canada, with 78 of the 104 games taking place in the US. Various entities have estimated that up to 10 million people could visit the 11 US host cities for the quadrennial tournament. However, ICE’s role in Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown – including an extended and widespread operation in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metropolitan area in which two people were killed by federal agents – has raised serious concerns among fans.

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Flowers, hugs and free cups of comfort: How Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is coming together to grieve a tragedy

Tumbler Ridge shooter was 'hunting,' not targeting specific people at school: B.C. RCMP

'Canadians are with you. We will always be with you': PM addresses vigil for Tumbler Ridge shooting victims

Man pleads not guilty in 2nd-degree murder trial for 2023 Vancouver Starbucks stabbing

A five-week trial has started for a man accused of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Paul Schmidt outside a Downtown Vancouver Starbucks in March 2023.

Tesla pushed EV prices lower in January, but sales kept sliding

EV prices fell again in January, with Tesla doing most of the cutting. But cheaper EVs didn’t translate into stronger sales, according to new estimates from Kelley Blue Book.

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Winter Olympics 2026 day four: Slovenia win ski jumping gold as Sweden’s Wranå siblings star – as it happened

• Medal table | Live scores and schedule | Results | Briefing

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Ooooh, Ariane Raedler of Austria, eighth in the individual event, nails 1:35.65, a time that would’ve been good enough for bronze; she takes the lead, giving Katharina Huber, her partner, a chance in the second portion.

Miradoli of France lays down a quicker time than she did coming 16th in the individual downhill, 1:37.37; I guess she’s used to the course now. Our big names, though, don’t come out for a while: Goggia, who took bronze in the individual event is ninth, Aicher who claimed silver, is doing the slalom portion, and Johnson is 14th with Srobova, Vlhova’s partner, going 28th and last.

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FBI releases door-camera images of ‘armed individual’ in Nancy Guthrie case

Today show’s Savannah Guthrie says: ‘We believe she is still alive’ as agency hunts for person pictured on Nest camera

The FBI on Tuesday released new photos and video footageof someone the agency’s director described as “an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance”.

Broadcast journalist Savannah Guthrie, host of NBC’s Today and Nancy’s daughter, wrote on social media: “We believe she is still alive. Bring her home.”

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Netanyahu again flies through Canadian airspace en route to Washington

Online flight trackers show that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew hundreds of kilometres through Canadian airspace on his way to meet U.S. President Donald Trump this week — despite Prime Minister Mark Carney previously saying he would honour an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.

Israel ‘Evaporated’ Over 2,800 Palestinians With US-Made Bombs: Report

The Trump and Biden administrations armed Israel with thousands of 2,000-pound bombs that have vaporized flesh and decimated Gaza.

The power of reading and writing as self-care

Cliche or not, engaging with art is certainly one of the best ways to take a step back when the news cycle gets extra heavy. On the show today, Kimberly is joined by Maggie Smith, poet and host of “The Slowdown” podcast. They talk about why reading and writing are so good for the soul, and about the importance of practicing creativity when funding for the arts is under attack. Maggie also reads a poem she selected specially for us! Plus, we’ll hear from two listeners about their self-care rituals.

The 2026 Nissan Rogue Plug-in Hybrid starts at under $46,000 with 38 miles electric range

Nissan announced prices for its first plug-in hybrid (PHEV), the 2026 Rogue, will start at under $46,000.

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US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick says he had lunch with Epstein on his private island

As he faces calls from lawmakers to resign, Lutnick testifies that he and his family visited disgraced financier in 2012

The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, had lunch with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on the disgraced financier’s private island, he said on Tuesday, as he faces mounting calls to resign from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

“I did have lunch with him, as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation” in 2012, Lutnick said in testimony on Tuesday before the Senate appropriations committee.

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New Orleans archbishop meets with survivors of clergy sexual abuse

Series of meetings is mandated by $305m settlement agreement for 600 survivors of decades-long abuse scandal

A small number of victims of New Orleans’ Catholic clergy abuse scandal filed into a local church office recently for the first of 10 group meetings with Archbishop Gregory Aymond.

The New Orleans archdiocese agreed to the meetings as part of settling its six-year-old federal bankruptcy protection case in December. Such group and one-on-one meetings are some of the non-monetary terms of a settlement that is expected to otherwise pay about 600 abuse survivors $305m.

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Olympic viewing guide Day 5: Canadians eye figure skating medal

CBC Sports' daily Olympics newsletter recaps the highlights (and lowlights) of Day 4 before looking ahead to Wednesday's key events, including the start of men's hockey and a Canadian medal chance in figure skating.

Blue Jays' Anthony Santander will miss months due to surgery

Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Anthony Santander will miss much of the 2026 Major League Baseball season as a result of surgery, team officials said Tuesday.

Facing harsh federal workforce realities, how can leaders motivate teams?

"The leadership part is understanding what you're able to do and what you're not able to do, and engage the workforce in that conversation," Dave Lebryk said.

'I did have lunch with him': Lutnick admits meeting Epstein on private island – video

The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, said he met the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein twice after his 2008 conviction, backtracking on his previous claims that he had cut ties after 2005.

Lutnick admitted he had lunch with Epstein on his private island in 2012 in testimony on Tuesday before the Senate appropriations committee.

Democrats, including House members Ro Khanna, Ted Lieu, Melanie Stansbury, as well as Senator Adam Schiff, have called for Lutnick to step down

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Montreal man arrested in connection to Ryan Wedding case

A Montreal man wanted by the FBI in connection to the Ryan Wedding case was arrested Monday in New Jersey. Tommy Demorizi was wanted for multiple offences, including helping to locate a witness who was later murdered.

How to turn a lifetime of savings into a steady retirement paycheck

"One of the biggest things that we like to remind people is that when you hit retirement you have to start managing your money in reverse," Thiago Glieger said.

The Trump Admin Arrested an Antifascist for Shit-Talking a Fascist

A supposed ‘antifa domestic terrorist’ was arrested for ‘cyberstalking’ a controversial right-wing agitator who showed up at a reporter’s home to threaten him.

Republicans were already losing Latino support. Then Trump went after Bad Bunny

Donald Trump's success in attracting a broad range of Americans to vote Republican, including among the Latino community, was key to his presidential election victory in 2024. Now in 2026, Trump's distaste for the all-Spanish-language Super Bowl halftime performance by Bad Bunny suggests scoring points with Latino voters is no longer a high priority for the president.

EcoFlow Valentine’s Day Sale offers up to 64% savings on power stations, Anker SoloCam S340 kits from $350 low, Velotric, more

Our Tuesday Green Deals this week are headlined by the late-start EcoFlow Valentine’s Day Sale with up to 64% discounts and bonus savings, with notable price cuts like the DELTA 3 Plus Portable Power Station getting a FREE protective bag at a new \(599 low](https://9to5toys.com/2026/02/10/ecoflow-valentines-day-sale-delta-3-plus-power-station-bundle-low-more/), among others. We also have the solar-charging [Anker eufy Security SoloCam S340 2-Cam and 4-Cam kits starting from a \)350 low, as well as Velotric’s T1 ST Plus Lightweight Urban e-bike with Apple Find My getting \(512 savings to [\)1,299](https://9to5toys.com/2026/02/09/velotric-t1-st-plus-e-bike-apple-find-my-512-savings-1299-more/) (the best price of the last year), a highly upgraded EGO Power+ cordless electric string trimmer, and much more waiting for you below. And don’t forget the hangover deals at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s compact 192Wh and 288Wh Anker power station discounts, the new low prices on the eufy E15/E18 robot lawn mowers, and more.

Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.

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Tesla promotes EMEA exec Joe Ward to lead global sales amid European collapse

Tesla has named Joe Ward, its Vice President for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), to oversee global sales operations, according to a report from Bloomberg.

The move comes as Tesla’s automotive business continues to struggle, particularly in Europe where sales have collapsed over the past two years.

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FAW installs ‘industry first’ semi-solid-state battery in an EV, promising 1,000+ km range

Automakers, battery manufacturers, and companies from around the globe are racing to bring solid-state EV batteries to market, promising significant improvements in energy density, charging, and driving range.

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Freezing Temps Crush Range. But Kia's Newest EV Dominated This Test

A Kia EV2 prototype took part in a brutal sub-zero range test in Norway and lost less than 25% of its claimed range.

Canada women's hockey team vows to learn from 7th consecutive loss to U.S., but time is running out

The Canadians generated few high-danger shots against the Americans, who they're likely to see again in the final.

The Mummy (no, not Lee Cronin's The Mummy) will return in May 2028

Many mummies are making money moves at the movies. But only one Mummy movie has Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.

In Cuba, people go without food and power as U.S. chokes oil supply and tourists flee

Some Cubans say everyday life on the Caribbean island has reached a breaking point amid a fuel shortage brought about by the U.S. squeezing the country’s oil supply. Meanwhile, Canadian airlines suspended service to the island and are ferrying tourists back home.

All 8 victims killed in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting now identified

Prediction market Kalshi reached $1bn in trading volume during Super Bowl

Kalshi says ‘incredible weekend’ after $145m in bets on Bad Bunny’s opening song and guests during half-time show

Online prediction market Kalshi hit a daily record on Super Bowl Sunday, surpassing $1bn in trading volume, the company announced on Tuesday.

Kalshi’s CEO, Tarek Mansour, called it an “incredible weekend”, telling CNBC that “Kalshi was the biggest brand of the Super Bowl this year, without running a Super Bowl ad”.

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Analilia Mejia scores progressive upset in New Jersey primary as rival concedes

Ex-congressman Tom Malinowski congratulates activist on ‘hard-won victory’ in special primary for US House seat

In what would be an upset victory that may carry implications for Democrats nationwide, the progressive activist Analilia Mejia on Tuesday was on the verge of winning a special primary for a US House seat in New Jersey after her main challenger conceded defeat.

Former congressman Tom Malinowski issued a statement congratulating Mejia, a former adviser to Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign and leader of New Jersey’s Working Families Alliance who has narrowly been in the lead since last Thursday’s election.

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Japan's ‘Iron Lady’ rolled the dice and won | About That

Andrew Chang explains Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's landslide victory in a snap election — and what this means for the country's military amid rising tensions with China.

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Wyden pledges to keep hold on nominee to lead CISA

Wyden said he will continue to object to Sean Plankey’s nomination until CISA releases a 2022 report on security flaws in the U.S. telecommunications system.

Olympic bronze medal winner wants everyone to know he cheated on his girlfriend

Norway’s Sturla Holm Laegreid made the "biggest mistake" of his life by cheating on his girlfriend and used his moment in the Olympic sun to admit his infidelity.

What it was like being a bushel of grass in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl ‘field of dreams’

Andrew Athias was one of hundreds of human bushels of grass who helped make up the sugarcane field setting of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show performance on Sunday.

Common misconceptions about federal retirement benefits

With so many currently heading for the exit, it’s a good time for federal employees to improve their understanding of the retirement process.

Kia EV2 crushes cold weather test with impressive driving range and charging speeds

Who said electric vehicles don’t belong in the frigid cold? Kia’s smallest, most affordable EV, the EV2, achieved impressive range and charging performance in cold-weather testing, even though it’s still a prototype.

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Anger builds over Trump's threats to block opening of Gordie Howe bridge linking Ontario-Michigan

A tradesperson who worked on construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge says she was disheartened and frustrated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to block the opening of the border crossing connecting Ontario and Michigan. And she's not the only one expressing upset over his remarks.

Spider-Man turns on the dark in new look at Spider-Noir

Nicolas Cage will play private dick Ben Reilly, "The Spider," on the live-action Spider-Noir series from Prime Video.

Melania's budget could've paid the salaries of every fired Washington Post employee, three times over

An incomplete breakdown of Jeff Bezos' financial priorities, weighing one piece of propaganda (Melania) against 300 journalists.

Veteran Vancouver Canucks announcer Jim Robson dead at 91

Robson called more than 2,000 NHL games over his 47-year career in broadcasting, but is best remembered for announcing Canucks games for more than 30 years — starting with their very first major league game, as an expansion team, on Oct. 9, 1970.

Oral HIV self-test approved for sale in Canada

People in Canada have a new, less invasive way to test for HIV at home, following Health Canada's approval of an oral self-test.

Reflections on GSA’s value-added reseller RFI

While the RFI is a positive step in GSA’s efforts to gain insights into the commercial IT market, it also raises procurement policy and program considerations.

Feds with Benefits: Healthcare affordability part 1 — Can feds save money on prescription drug costs with TrumpRX?

Can the newly launched TrumpRX program help federal employees save money on their out-of-pocket prescription drug costs?

Rivian R2 prototypes hit the media and revealed new performance specs as a Tesla Model Y competitor

Rivian R2 prototypes have now been driven by a select few in digital media, and we have learned quite a bit more about this price-friendly SUV, including potential performance specs.

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Maine Republican senator Susan Collins launches re-election bid for pivotal seat

Collins is expected to face tough re-election battle as Democrats seek to flip seat in this year’s midterm elections

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Susan Collins, the Maine Republican senator who is a top target of Democrats in this year’s midterm elections, on Tuesday launched her campaign for a sixth term in office.

She is expected to face one of the toughest re-election battles of the year, as victory in Maine is seen as essential to Democrats’ hopes of winning back control of the Senate, and putting a halt to Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. First elected in 1996, Collins is among the few Republican senators who occasionally defy the president, and is the only one representing a state that the president did not carry in his successful re-election bid two years ago.

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Tesla is quoting $290,000 for its 500-miles electric semi truck

Tesla is quoting customers $290,000 for the 500-mile Long Range version of the Tesla Semi, Electrek has learned. The pricing is consistent with data from California’s HVIP voucher program, finally giving us clarity on what the production electric truck will cost after years of speculation.

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Enforce and Strengthen Price Discrimination Laws

Enforcing and strengthening price discrimination bans would help lower prices, create new markets for farmers and food manufacturers, and ensure small grocers can compete fairly.

EPA set to finalize illegal dirty air plan to hike fuel costs 76c/gal, despite outcry

In July, the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed a plan to delete its scientific finding recognizing that greenhouse gases are harmful to human health, with the goal of making cars less efficient, deadlier and more costly. Public comments widely opposed the plan, but now before the agency has barely even started reading those comments, it looks like it’s going through with its illegal plan anyway.

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Is Charley Crockett the only cowboy willing to resist country music's MAGA machine?

While Turning Point’s “All-American Halftime Show” parades country stars for the alt-right, Crockett is busy calling out the “cosplay president” and telling Nashville to take notes from Bad Bunny.

A closer eye on employment costs

The cost of employing people didn't go up as much as predicted. At one level, that's too bad since who doesn't want a bigger raise? But if you're worried about interest rates or want inflation to come down, you may see this differently, which may be a bigger story than news of disappointing retail sales. Plus, South African farmers are turning to China for sales, and job market expectations improved in January.

Pillion's Harry Lighton on his coming-of-kink film's "high-school transformation"

The A.V. Club spoke to Pillion filmmaker Harry Lighton about the locks, masks, and leather of his kinky romance.

While rivals scale back EV plans, Hyundai bets on battery tech and improved charging

After notching its fifth straight record-breaking sales year in the US, Hyundai has no plans of slowing down. The company is ramping up local production while advancing new battery tech to boost EV sales.

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'A Better Product': What Rivian Learned From The R1 To Make The R2

Rivian engineers and designers say they took customer feedback seriously from the R1S and R1T to make the R2. Among them: two glove boxes.

What makes 'Quad God' Ilia Malinin so good at landing the hardest jump in figure skating?

U.S. figure skater Ilia Malinin is no stranger to making history. He became the first person to successfully land a quadruple axel in competition and is widely known for his quad-jumping prowess. Kurt Browning, the legendary Canadian figure skater who was the first person to ever land a ratified quad jump in competition, tells us what makes Malinin so good at it.

Fact check: Fake CBC video on Ukrainian athletes at Olympics

A fake video featuring CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault is spreading misinformation about Ukrainians at the Milano-Cortina Winter Games. The CBC’s fact-check team breaks down how a real video was altered to create the fake.

Sask. group home worker testifies at trial, denies abusing people in her care

Jaclyn Elias is charged with assault, sexual assault and uttering threats to vulnerable residents of the care home, who need help with all of their daily needs.

Conservative MP says he's refusing annual pay raise set for April

A Conservative MP says he is asking the House of Commons to freeze his salary before parliamentarians get their annual pay bump in April.

Republican congressman says Epstein files ‘likely incriminated’ six more men

Thomas Massie told reporters he may reveal the names under congressional privilege if the DoJ does not

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Thomas Massie, a US congressman, has said he knows the identity of six more men who are “likely incriminated” by their inclusion in the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files after he viewed an unredacted version of the documents relating to the disgraced late financier and sexual abuser.

The Kentucky Republican suggested he might reveal their names under congressional privilege if the justice department (DoJ) continued to conceal their identities in publicly available copies of the documents that are still redacted.

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The Media Is Biased… Against the Left

Mehdi brings receipts on the glaring absence of progressive voices not just on Bari Weiss’s CBS News but across so-called “liberal” media, and makes the case for independent media.

‘So shameful’: backlash as US national monuments conform to Trump’s rewrite of history

From Pennsylvania to Montana, the White House’s war on ‘woke’ has targeted US monuments that address topics like racism and Indigenous history

Blank spaces now exist where a series of panels about enslavement once appeared on the walls of the President’s House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The site, which honors the home of George Washington and John Adams, is a major landmark that bore artwork and informational signs for more than a decade. But on 22 January, National Park Service (NPS) workers used hand tools to pry off 34 panels to comply with a presidential executive order designed to reframe the national narrative. The panels that highlighted the lives of people enslaved by George Washington when Philadelphia was the US capital in the 1790s are now in storage.

The removal is one of several across the nation, as NPS staff aim to conform with Trump’s executive order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” issued on 27 March 2025. Public markers, monuments and statues that the Trump administration considers disparaging to past or current Americans have been flagged at more than a dozen parks. Two exhibits at Montana’s Little Bighorn battlefield national monument that discuss Indigenous history and the Battle of the Little Bighorn have been targeted and deemed noncompliant. Additionally, signage about climate change at Muir Woods national monument in California and visitor brochures at Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home national monument in Mississippi that referred to Medgar Evers’s killer as racist were also removed.

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At the Super Bowl, Bad Bunny challenged the meaning of ‘America’

The Puerto Rican star’s vision of American identity moved beyond colonial tropes to span an entire hemisphere

By now, many of us have a favorite part of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time performance. It’s a dense, rich set that invites rewatching to take in every thoughtful, exuberant detail – even though it’s barely 14 minutes long.

My most beloved part occurs a little more than nine minutes into the homage, when the cuatro puertorriqueño appears. The stringed instrument has its own moment in the spotlight, shown in the talented hands of the cuatrista José Eduardo Santana just before Ricky Martin performs.

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Person detained for police questioning in Nancy Guthrie disappearance

A person was detained for questioning on Tuesday in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, hours after the FBI released surveillance videos of a masked person wearing a handgun holster outside Guthrie's front door the night she vanished from her Arizona home.

Four players ejected after brawl breaks out during Hornets-Pistons game

• Police briefly enter court as tempers flare, benches clear

• Hornets coach Charles Lee later tossed for arguing call

A fight between the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets in the third quarter of Monday night’s game resulted in four player ejections.

Charlotte’s Moussa Diabate and Miles Bridges were tossed, along with Detroit’s Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart. Hornets coach Charles Lee was ejected in the fourth quarter after he had to be restrained from going after an official while arguing a call.

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Keion White becomes second 49ers player shot in San Francisco in 18 months

• Lineman shot in ankle hours after Super Bowl

• 27-year-old’s injuries are non-life threatening

Keion White, a defensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers, has undergone surgery after he was shot in the ankle early on Monday morning.

The shooting happened in San Francisco hours after the end of the Super Bowl, which was played at Levi’s Stadium in nearby Santa Clara.

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Montreal parish fights to demolish derelict church that's become a TikTok destination

After years of neglect, a fire, hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines from the city and repeated break-ins from urban explorers and teens seeking TikTok fame, the church has taken the unusual step of taking the City of Montreal to court to have the building demolished.

Canada's Chinese EV Deal Doesn't End With Imports

Canada doesn't just want to let in Chinese imports. It wants to work with Chinese car companies to export EVs all over the world.

Sick of Being Well

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More pollution and higher energy costs: critics condemn Trump’s anti-environment agenda

US courts, scholars and Democrats are pushing back against the president’s aggressive drive to boost fossil fuels

Donald Trump’s aggressive drive to boost fossil fuels, including dirty coal, coupled with his administration’s moves to roll back wind and solar power, face mounting fire from courts, scholars and Democrats for raising the cost of electricity and worsening the climate crisis.

Four judges, including a Trump appointee, in recent weeks have issued temporary injunctions against interior department moves to halt work on five offshore wind projects in Virginia, New York and New England, which have cost billions of dollars and are far along in development.

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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die is sci-fi as annoyingly quirky as its title

Gore Verbinski's AI-centric return to filmmaking, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die is overly trendy, quirky, and predictable.

Judge blocks Fairweather-owned brand from moving into Toronto mall

Mall landlord Oxford Properties has won a fight to prevent an unwanted tenant from moving into the former Hudson's Bay store at Toronto's Yorkdale Shopping Centre. The mall owners had argued the chain felt too "temporary and downmarket" for the luxury shopping centre.

8-year-old Cree/Anishinaabe powwow dancer appears on talk show

A First Nations family recently appeared on a popular U.S. daytime talk show to showcase their own styles of powwow dance.

Small plane lands on Georgia road ‘in the middle of hundreds of vehicles’

Single-engine plane made an emergency landing on a busy road, striking three vehicles and injuring two people

A single-engine plane made an emergency landing on a busy road in Georgia, striking three vehicles and leaving two people with minor injuries, authorities said.

The Hawker Beechcraft BE-36 landed Monday on Browns Bridge Road in Gainesville, about 50 miles (80km) north-east of Atlanta, due to reported engine issues, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and Gainesville police.

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US figure skater Amber Glenn resolves Winter Olympics music dispute with Canadian artist

• Glenn and Seb McKinnon clear up ‘hiccup’ in process

• Skater to compete next in the women’s singles next week

The US figure skater Amber Glenn said Tuesday that she has resolved copyright concerns with the Canadian recording artist Seb McKinnon after the musician expressed surprise that one of his songs appeared in her Olympic free skate program, closing a brief dispute that underscored the growing complexity of music rights in figure skating.

McKinnon, who releases music under the name CLANN, posted on social media after Glenn performed to his track The Return during the Olympic team event, questioning whether the music had been cleared. He later congratulated Glenn on her team gold medal, and both sides have since described the episode as a misunderstanding rather than a conflict.

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Cuba struggles as U.S. intensifies oil blockade: former ambassador

After U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to place new sanctions on countries selling oil to Cuba, Mark Entwistle, a former Canadian ambassador to Cuba, says the Trump administration is trying to inflict pain and throttle the country's economy.

Baby Opie hits Jennifer Hudson’s stage

Opichee Day Bedeau aka Baby Opie and his sister and brother were on the Jennifer Hudson Show to perform their powwow dance style and be interviewed on their culture.

Trump Rx prescription drug site ‘not a solution’ for many patients, experts say

New website lists only limited number of medications – and many of them cost less in generic form elsewhere

The Trump administration has launched TrumpRx, but there are other sites offering discounts on more medications, and the new government site will appeal to a very limited group of patients, experts say.

Trump has promised reforms on the unusually high drug prices in the US, and he called the announcement “the largest reduction in prescription drug prices in history” at a press conference on Thursday. Yet the site only lists 43 medications, more than half of which are available in generic form at significantly cheaper prices elsewhere.

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Companies trumpet rural Newfoundland LNG plans, but mayor says nobody's talked to him

Executives from a South Korean shipbuilding company signed a pact in St. John's recently to pursue a liquefied natural gas operation, but the mayor of the town at the heart of the project says nobody has bothered to call him.

N.B. sends personal info to wrong addresses in medicare mailing mistake

The provincial government sent personal information of some New Brunswickers, such as dates of birth and even social insurance numbers, to the wrong addresses in a medicare mailing mix-up.

Savage giving specific IT power back to the state agencies

Katie Savage, the Maryland CIO, said she has been setting up centralized enterprise services, but also building up agency technology expertise.

Norwegian biathlon bronze medallist confesses to cheating on girlfriend in post-race interview

A post-race interview with the bronze medal winner in the men's Olympic biathlon competition on Tuesday took an unexpected turn when he revealed in a live broadcast that he had been unfaithful to his girlfriend.

‘They always gave us the heaviest work’: how Maga billionaires relied on Mexican labor

Trump administration seeks to remove ‘illegal aliens’ but Uline’s past employment practices reveal a different reality

When JD Vance delivered a speech about the US economy late last year at a Uline facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania, he talked up the Trump administration’s key goals: removing “illegal aliens” from the country, rewarding companies that keep jobs in the US, and paying Americans good wages.

“We’re going to reward companies that build here in America and give good wages to do it,” Vance said.

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I drove hours to see the monks walking for peace. Five minutes with them was the gift of a lifetime

I glimpsed the monks on their 2,300-mile pilgrimage across America – their message of loving-kindness had me in tears

“I’m obsessed with the monks,” my friend Sam told me. “It’s the only thing getting me through the violence of this second Trump administration. The monks, and my meds.”

I nodded. I’d first heard about the monks walking for peace after my brother and sister-in-law traveled to hear them in Alabama, returning with stories of stillness and a grounded sense of hope.

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The EPA's major climate policy rollback

Reuters reports that the Environmental Protection Agency will roll back its "endangerment finding" determination, which had been at the core of its regulation of gases linked to climate change and recognized greenhouse gases as a public health threat. Opponents of the rollback say it could encourage states to write new rules on emissions and allow for more pollution. Then, we'll learn how some states are choosing to conform to federal tax changes (or not) made in last summer's huge spending and tax law.

Why these monks are walking 3,700 km across the U.S.

A group of 19 Buddhist monks have achieved superstar status in the United States with their 3,700-kilometre walk from Texas to Washington. Their trek is a mission to deliver a message of peace.

'Puzzling, inexplicable redactions': Jamie Raskin questions DoJ after viewing Epstein files – video

Jamie Raskin, a top House Democrat, accused the justice department of making 'puzzling, inexplicable redactions' to documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that obscured the names of abusers, while allowing the identities of the disgraced financier’s victims to become public. Raskin told reporters that he wanted to view the complete files to better understand how the justice department handled the redaction process

• Jamie Raskin accuses DoJ of cover-up after viewing unredacted Epstein files

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A bridge at the center of trade tensions

From the BBC World Service: President Trump says he'll prevent a multibillion-dollar bridge linking Canada and the United States from opening unless Canada compensates the U.S. In a lengthy social media post complaining about Canadian trade practices, Trump suggested the U.S. should own half of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which connects Ontario and Michigan. We'll hear the latest. Plus, how have farmers been dealing with disruption to export markets resulting from Trump's tariffs?

Alberta reconsiders cutting health coverage for some temporary foreign workers after concerns raised

Alberta is reviewing a health coverage change that left some temporary foreign workers without provincial care earlier this year. Meanwhile, the government confirms Type 58 visa holders can apply once again for health care.

The lack of music in The moment only reveals the emptiness of its satire

CineMusic: Even with its many attempts at being tongue-in-cheek, Charli XCX’s new film doesn’t have much to say about pop stardom that hasn’t already been said before and dramatized more persuasively. It just prolongs brat past its cultural expiration date.

First Draft: Inside the Epstein ‘Torture’ Email

Trump’s administration may be playing games about a seriously disturbing Epstein file, a UK minister admits Israel is a rogue state, and Springfield, Ohio, stares down fascism.

Barclays CEO ‘shocked’ by Epstein revelations as bank deals with Staley fallout

CS Venkatakrishnan dismayed by ‘depravity and corruption’ revealed in Epstein files as he announces profits

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The chief executive of Barclays has said he is “deeply dismayed and shocked” at the “depravity and the corruption” revealed in the Epstein files, as the bank deals with the fallout of its ex-boss Jes Staley’s ties to the convicted child sex offender.

In his first public comments on the matter since the US Department of Justice began publishing documents related to Jeffrey Epstein in December, CS Venkatakrishnan said his thoughts went out to the victims of Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting child sex trafficking charges.

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Canadian oilpatch expected to continue bulking up through mergers and acquisitions

Last year saw a string of blockbuster Canadian deals, but it remains unclear whether foreign buyers are ready to enter the fray.

Service resumes after network-wide shutdown on Montreal Metro

Montreal's Metro is back up and running after a one-hour network-wide shutdown on Tuesday caused by a communications equipment failure.

MAGA: Defenders of the Epstein Class

Watch now | Epstein revelations continue. New files reveal that the notorious sex offender had closer relationships than previously known with Trump’s inner circle, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick...

Canadian pairs team Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps will compete at Olympics

Canadian pairs team Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps will get their chance at Olympic glory after all. The pair will leave Montreal on Wednesday and arrive in Milan on Thursday after Stellato-Dudek was cleared to compete, Skate Canada announced Tuesday.

How much power does the Fed chair really have?

On paper, the Fed chair is just one vote among many. In practice, the job carries far more influence. We analyze what gives the Fed chair power.

The Epstein files: Trump wants to move on – video

Donald Trump has done a number of U-turns on the Epstein files since his campaign in 2024. The president wants the latest batch of files to be the last, but Democrats are pushing for 3m more to be released. The Guardian US reporter Richard Luscombe gives an overview of the latest findings after the Department of Justice released the files

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Louisiana bets big on ‘blue ammonia.’ Communities along Cancer Alley brace for the cost.

Carbon capture hasn’t delivered major climate benefits — and the plants would still emit thousands of tons of pollution.

TPU? GPU? What's the difference between these two chips used for AI?

Graphics processing units (GPUs) have become the most important commodity in the AI boom — and have made Nvidia a multi-trillion dollar company. But the tensor processing unit (TPU) could present itself as competition for the GPU.

TPUs are developed by Google specifically for AI workloads. And so far, Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta have reportedly made deals for Google’s TPUs.

Christopher Miller, historian at Tufts University and author of "Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology," explains what this could mean.

Primal and the art of bringing a character back from the dead

The Adult Swim series avoids merely appeasing its audience with season three's novel approach to reanimation.

Canada captain Marie-Philip Poulin ruled out against United States

Captain Marie-Philip Poulin has been ruled out of Canada's women's hockey preliminary-round game against the United States at the Milano-Cortina Olympics with a lower-body injury.

Canada blanked by U.S. in Olympic women's hockey seeding game

A disjointed Canadian women's hockey team fell 5-0 to the United States in Olympic women's hockey Tuesday. Canada was minus captain Marie-Philip Poulin, who sustained a lower-body injury in the previous night's 5-1 win over the Czechs. Brianne Jenner wore the captain's 'C' in Poulin's absence.

Parents urge province to create standard of care for Ontario students with diabetes

Parents whose children have Type 1 diabetes are urging the Ministry of Education to create a provincewide standard of care for diabetes in schools, so it doesn't vary from classroom to classroom, school to school, or board to board.

Carney heading to Munich for world's top security conference

Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Germany later this week for the world's top security conference, as Canada works to update its own defence policy.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnick claims no relationship with Epstein amid calls to resign

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sought to distance himself on Tuesday from Jeffrey Epstein, alleging he "barely had anything to do with" the convicted sex offender amid calls for his resignation over new revelations about ties between the two.

Europeans shunning US as Emirates and Asia travel prove popular, says Tui

Travel company reports lower demand for US amid signs Trump immigration crackdown is deterring travellers

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Europeans are booking fewer trips to the US, Europe’s biggest travel operator has said, as appetite for long-haul travel wanes and concerns linger around Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Tui, which receives most of its bookings from customers in Europe, has seen “significantly lower demand” for travel into the US, according to its chief executive, Sebastian Ebel.

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Lip Critic rode the Demonator straight to Theft World

Exclusive: When the Brooklyn band dropped Hex Dealer in 2024, they already had a follow-up record in the works—until Bret Kaser’s identity was stolen. Read our feature with the band and listen to “Legs In A Snare” below.

Come sail away with the One Piece season 2 trailer

The Straw Hat Pirates set sail for 13 global fan screenings ahead of One Piece season two's official March 10th launch.

Older Rivian R1T And R1S EVs Are Getting Digital Key Support–Sort Of

The latest Rivian EVs have proper digital key support, and now the company has found a workaround for Gen 1 models.

Canadian lugers Allan, Podulsky to make history in Olympic debut of women's doubles

Calgarians Kailey Allan saw Beattie Podulsky will be the first women representing Canada in women's doubles luge, making its Olympic debut at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Italy.

Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell declines to answer questions before Congress – video

Maxwell invoked the fifth amendment of the US constitution, granting her right to remain silent, as she appeared at a US congressional hearing on Monday. After the hearing, the House representative for New Mexico Melanie Stansbury said the Epstein associate was 'campaigning for clemency' after her attorney, David Markus, said Maxwell was 'prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency'. The US Department of Justice released millions of internal documents related to Epstein last month

• Ghislaine Maxwell’s refusal to answer questions before Congress draws criticism: ‘Who is she protecting?’

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Have you seen this missing shield? U.S. tribe believes stolen sacred art could be in Canada

A task force put together by the Pueblo of Santa Ana has been looking for stolen sacred objects for years. They tracked a particularly valuable war shield to a Canadian art dealer, but from there, the trail has run cold.

By Design imagines how lovely it would be to simply be a chair

Amanda Kramer's comic body-swapping fantasy By Design is precise, mannered, and warmly kooky. Also, a lady becomes a chair.

Sask. man fights off starving moose with fists, shovel and bullets to save his mother

A starving and cold moose was huddled against the house, tucked next to the warmth of a dryer vent. It didn’t take long before it attacked Angie Tuffnell.

Canada’s military ombudsman flags decade-long failure to fix reservist compensation system

Canada's military ombudsman has released a new report that provides a reality check on the Defence Department's plans to increase the size of the reserve force. Mario Baril's report takes the federal government to task for ignoring major problems with the primary reserve, where soldiers lack adequate health care and are often left out of pocket.

City lowered bond amount for Winnipeg police HQ project despite warning of risk, inquiry hears

A longtime city procurement official says she was instructed to lower the bond amount for bidders on a contract to develop the Winnipeg Police Service’s new headquarters more than a decade ago, despite providing an opinion at the time that doing so would increase the risk the project posed to the city.

Residents in Norman Wells, N.W.T., making sense of what it means to lose ‘anchor’ Imperial Oil

People in Norman Wells, N.W.T., are still making sense of what Imperial Oil's closure this summer will mean to them and their community. Local contractor and businessman David Hodgson says he plans to make the most of the coming years and is waiting to see what the cleanup might involve, but he's also planning an exit strategy.

Ukrainian skeleton competitor Heraskevych says he'll continue wearing banned helmet at Olympics

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych, speaking to reporters in Italy, confirmed he will wear his banned helmet on race day. His coach Mykhailo Geraskevych suggested to CBC earlier that it would be the case, saying, with a wink, "We'll see."

Atikmeksheng Anishnabek opens its daycare to raise children in their language and culture

A First Nation near Sudbury has realized a decades-long dream to open its own daycare centre in the community to surround children with their Anishinaabe culture and language from early childhood.

Chappell Roan leaves Casey Wasserman talent agency over Epstein emails

New files related to late financier and ​sex offender Jeffrey Epstein published by the U.S. Justice Department last month, included flirtatious email ⁠exchanges between Wasserman and ‍Ghislaine Maxwell dating from ⁠2003.

Canada discreetly puts money down on 14 additional F-35s

Ottawa has started to make payments for key components for 14 additional U.S.-built F-35s, even as the Carney government has been reviewing future fighter-jet purchases in the context of trade tensions with Washington, sources have told CBC News.

Why some Canadians are betting big on 3D printed housing in Canada

Linda Reisman invested almost $700,000 in a robotic arm that can 3D print concrete walls. Her plan is to print her own home, but she also believes the technology can help solve Canada's housing crisis. While a few developers have embraced 3D printing to produce a handful of housing projects across the country, some experts say only time will tell if the technique will catch on.

The buzz of Milano-Cortina? Olympic drones offer dizzying perspectives

Drones that allow for high speeds following athletes' every twist and turn offer a new perspective on Olympic play at the Milano-Cortina Winter Games.

Ottawa commits $84M to install more than 8,000 EV chargers

In an effort to address range anxiety and get more drivers into electric vehicles, the federal government is committing to fund and further expand the country's EV charging infrastructure.

First Nation chief pushes for more firefighting support as man awaits sentence in death of woman, 4 children

Nearly seven years after a woman and four children died in a house fire in northwestern Ontario, sentencing looms for a man found guilty of second-degree murder, while the chief of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) calls for adequate firefighting services to prevent future tragedies.

Video game Relooted tasks you with reclaiming African artifacts in museums

Relooted, a new video game from African-based studio Nyamakop, tasks players with stealing real-life African artifacts from museums and private mansions to return them to their rightful historical owners.

Ontario declines Hamilton residents' request to investigate ArcelorMittal Dofasco emissions

Some residents say Canada’s largest steelmaker is “emitting dangerous pollutants” at levels far above Ontario’s local air-quality regulation and violating sections of the Environmental Protection Act.

Toronto city council to debate budget that Chow says prioritizes affordability

The proposed budget features a 2.2 per cent property tax increase and more than $1 billion funding increases for the TTC and Toronto police.

Democrats and White House trade offers as shutdown of Homeland Security looms

The Democrats' statement comes as time is running short, with another partial government shutdown threatening to begin Saturday.

Tesla goes through another head of North American sales

Tesla VP Raj Jegannathan, who was tapped to lead North American sales after the previous head was dismissed, has announced his departure after 13 years at the automaker. It’s the latest in a string of high-profile exits as Tesla’s sales continue to struggle.

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Navy leader wants to move faster and leaner instead of turning to aircraft carriers in crisis

Caudle says the Navy's presence in regions like the Caribbean can be leaner and better tailored to actual threats, using smaller combat ships.

WATCH: Ro Khanna Reacts After Seeing the ‘Unredacted’ Epstein Files

‘We saw six men whose names were protected that shouldn't have been redacted – only in two hours.’

Federal judge blocks California from enforcing ICE mask ban

Judge rules that law discriminates against federal government because it does not apply to state authorities

A federal judge on Monday blocked a California law from going into effect that would ban federal immigration agents from covering their faces, but they will still be required to wear clear identification showing their agency and badge number.

California became the first state to ban most law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings under a bill that was signed by Gavin Newsom, the governor, in September, following last summer’s high-profile raids by ICE officers in Los Angeles.

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AI in a box: Windrose wants to containerize the data center

Windrose is making big, fast moves in the heavy-duty EV space with its electric semi truck business already expanding into four continents — but CEO Wen Han doesn’t want to stop there. He’s got an idea for a mobile data center and BESS solution packed into one, and he really wants us to know about it.

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Judge rejects Trump administration effort to deport pro-Palestinian Tufts student

Rümeysa Öztürk was arrested as part of the government’s targeting of students protesting against Israel’s war on Gaza

An immigration judge has rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to deport Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University PhD student, who was arrested last year as part of its targeting of pro-Palestinian campus activists, her lawyers said on Monday.

Lawyers for the Turkish student detailed the immigration judge’s decision in a filing with the New York-based second US circuit court of appeals, which had been reviewing a ruling that led to her release from immigration custody in May.

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Jon Stewart tackles MAGA's Halftime insecurity on a new Daily Show

In one of the funniest Daily Shows in weeks, Jon Stewart basks in the fake outrage and very real racism of alt-America.

Federal employees’ options for appealing adverse actions headed for an overhaul

Opponents of OPM's new proposed regulations raised concerns of the erosion of due process for federal employees, and the creation of conflicts of interest.

$35B in US EV, clean energy projects vanished in 2025 – here’s what broke

Businesses walked away from \(5.1 billion in large-scale factories and clean energy projects in December alone – a stark finish to a year in which cancellations finally overtook new investment in the US clean energy sector. By the end of 2025, nearly \)35 billion in clean energy investments had been canceled or downsized nationwide, taking more than 38,000 current and future jobs with them, according to new tracking from E2.

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IRS officially puts back-office employees on ‘involuntary’ details to handle filing season work

Most details will last through late June, but in some cases, they “may be extended” for a longer period.

Less-than-great expectations for upcoming jobs data

The January jobs report and consumer price index come out this week, and experts expect both employment and inflation to hold relatively steady. But that jobs report will also include revisions to 2025 data. Will that show a net loss of jobs over the last year? Also in this episode: Foreign investment in U.S. Treasurys stays strong, Hollywood prepares to renegotiate key labor agreement with SAG-AFTRA, and Michigan wants to sue Big Oil for antitrust violations.

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Ghislaine Maxwell prepared to speak ‘unfiltered truth’ about Epstein if Trump grants clemency, lawyer says – live

Lawyer for Epstein associate says Trump and Clinton are ‘innocent of any wrongdoing’ and Maxwell ‘alone’ can explain why, in exchange for freedom

• Ghislaine Maxwell criticised for refusal to answer Congress’s questions

• Calls for Trump ally Howard Lutnick to quit over Epstein files

Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and longtime accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, is set to attend a virtual deposition for the House oversight committee at 10am ET today.

This is part of the committee’s ongoing investigation into the handling of Epstein’s case,

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Jamie Raskin accuses DoJ of cover-up after viewing unredacted Epstein files

Ranking member of House judiciary panel said ‘mysterious redactions’ in files obscured names of abusers

A top House Democrat on Monday accused the justice department of making “mysterious redactions” to documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that obscured the names of abusers, while also allowing the identities of the disgraced financier’s victims to become public.

Jamie Raskin, House judiciary ranking member, criticized the department after reviewing the unredacted Epstein files at a government facility in Washington DC on the first day they were made available to lawmakers.

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Rivian launching Apple Watch app with remote controls and Gen 1 digital key feature

Back in December, Rivian released support for using an Apple Watch as a digital key. Next, the EV maker is launching a dedicated Apple Watch app with remote access and control capabilities.

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Big oil is betting big on Toyota to win the solid-state battery race

Toyota has been working on a solid-state pilot program with Japanese refining oil giant Idemitsu Kosan since 2023 — but we’re way past that now. The companies have decided to move ahead with a new factory to produce solid electrolyte for all-solid-state EV batteries.

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CIA emphasizes speed under new acquisition framework

The CIA says it’s also using “centralized vendor vetting” and a “streamlined IT authorization process” to speed up acquisitions.

Ghislaine Maxwell’s refusal to answer questions before Congress draws criticism: ‘Who is she protecting?’

Democratic representative says Epstein associate’s decision to invoke fifth amendment points to ‘White House cover-up’

Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer questions during a closed-door congressional deposition on Monday, prompting criticism from a House representative backing efforts to release Jeffrey Epstein investigative files.

Robert Garcia, ranking member of the committee on oversight and government reform, said in a statement that Maxwell invoked the fifth amendment and refused to testify during her scheduled deposition. Maxwell’s attorney, David Oscar Markus, also said that she invoked her fifth amendment right.

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What A Day: Quid Pro Hell No

Ghislaine Maxwell will help Trump clear his name… for a price.

Kia’s electric hot hatch caught in action for the first time [Images]

Days after opening orders for the EV4 GT, we are getting our first look at Kia’s electric hot hatch driving in public.

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Trump justice department moves to dismiss Steve Bannon criminal case

Former Trump adviser convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before House January 6 committee

Donald Trump’s Department of Justice moved to dismiss a criminal case against his former aide Steve Bannon, connected to his refusal to testify before Congress relating to the investigation into the January 6 insurrection.

The controversial hard-right strategist, an ally of Trump, was convicted in 2022 on two counts of contempt of Congress after refusing to appear for a deposition before the House committee that investigated the 2021 attack on the Capitol and declining to produce documents requested by the committee.

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Chappell Roan publicly fires talent agency after CEO's Epstein ties emerge

Singer Chappell Roan publicly quit the Wasserman talent agency as the backlash to Casey Wasserman's Epstein ties grows.

Savannah Guthrie asks for public’s help in finding her missing mother – video

Today show host Savannah Guthrie posted a new video message on social media on Monday, saying she believes her missing mother Nancy Guthrie is 'still out there', and asked the public to report anything 'strange' to law enforcement. The 84-year-old has been missing for more than a week

• Savannah Guthrie pleads for public’s help as search for her missing mother continues

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Replaying 2020, Trump Is Threatening an Election He’s on Pace to Lose

Republicans could lose a wave election thanks to Trump, so he’s laying the groundwork to seize voting machines, intimidate voters, and limit participation.

Savannah Guthrie pleads for public’s help as search for her missing mother continues

Investigation in apparent abduction enters second week as deadline for purported ransom note demanding $6m looms

Television host Savannah Guthrie issued a desperate plea for anyone who might know anything about her missing mother to contact law enforcement on Monday, as the search for Nancy Guthrie entered its second full week .

“We need your help,” said Savannah Guthrie, eight days after her mother was first reported missing. Investigators returned tosearch Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home this weekend. They appear no closer to finding her, or identifying an alleged abductor.

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Winter Olympics 2026: Jutta Leerdam takes speed skating gold but GB medal wait goes on – as it happened

There were gold medals for the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Japan but Team GB were denied again

Which of these events is most terrifying? This a question that reminds me of when a teacher asked five-year-old me which hand I wanted to be caned on, and I kept saying neither – yes, a real man would’ve said either or both – except the other way around, the answer being all of them. But for the less lily-livered, there must be an answer.

The slalom section of this competition is tomorrow, which is to say the downhillers go today, then the times of the two team members are added together, with the quickest taking gold. Germany now lead, having gone faster than Switzerland.

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Next chapter in bitter Canada-U.S. women's hockey rivalry begins Tuesday

The preliminary round game between the cross-border rivals begins at 2:10 p.m. ET on CBC and CBC Gem. Both teams will advance to the quarterfinals no matter the result.

Winter Olympics: Eileen Gu expresses sympathy for Hess after Trump’s ‘loser’ attack

• Freeskier was ambivalent about representing US

• Fellow athletes defend friend after president’s attack

Chloe Kim and Eileen Gu have weighed in on Donald Trump’s attack on Hunter Hess after the freeskier said he was ambivalent about representing the US during the president’s immigration crackdown.

“I think in moments like these, it is really important for us to unite and kind of stand up for one another for all that’s going on,” said Kim, the two-time Olympic gold medalist whose parents are South Korean immigrants and who has faced racism throughout her career.

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Blood pressure drug recalled after mix-up: Health Canada

A blood pressure medication has been recalled after a mix-up that may have led to some bottles containing the wrong drug. According to Health Canada, Marcan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has recalled two lots of MAR-Amlodipine 5 milligram tablets, which are used to treat high blood pressure and chest pain.

Washington talks a lot about regulations, but rarely about how the regulators themselves operate

"[T]he president, by removing some of the officials, has caused them to just be unable to function," Todd Phillips said.

Beloved LA taco shop makes surprise cameo in Bad Bunny’s half-time show

Owner of Villa’s Tacos said the rapper loved their restaurant and asked the business to join his Super Bowl performance

A beloved Los Angeles taqueria made its primetime debut during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX half-time show, delighting and surprising its legion of faithful patrons.

Bad Bunny’s 13-minute performance was a love letter to the culture, history and legacy of Puerto Rico, with sets depicting sugarcane fields, a house party and even a wedding ceremony, complete with Lady Gaga performing a salsa rendition of her hit Die With a Smile.

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'I'm Not So Upset': Why Volvo's CEO Isn't Too Worried About Tariffs

Europe charged duties on American cars for decades. So Håkan Samuelsson isn't too surprised to find the roles reversed.

The benefits of going off script at work

Nikki Frias, creator of CorpDev Strategies, explains how you can use improv techniques to communicate more effectively in meetings and during presentations.

BYD hits a milestone with solid-state EV batteries due out as soon as 2027

The world’s leading EV maker is preparing to introduce new battery chemistries to stay a step ahead of the competition. After a series of breakthroughs, BYD is expected to begin producing solid-state EV batteries as soon as next year.

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Rivian R2 enters final validation testing, spotted uncamouflaged on streets

Rivian’s upcoming R2 SUV is undergoing final validation testing, ahead of its planned release in the first half of this year – with at least one vehicle spotted without camouflage (but with a wrap) on public roads in recent days.

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Keir Starmer and the Purge That Devoured Its Architects

The same shameless tactics that Starmer used to purge the UK's left are now destroying his project from within.

ILSR’s Brenda Platt Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by US Composting Council

Brenda Platt was awarded the prestigious Jerome Goldstein Lifetime Achievement Award by the US Composting Council.

Pentagon‑funded study testing whether autonomous oxygen therapy can take lifesaving care out of medics’ hands

"I think it has both implications for the civilian setting, particularly in longer transport or resource-limited areas," Dr. Adit Ginde said.

Falcons’ Pearce allegedly hit officer and crashed into WNBA star Jackson’s car prior to arrest

• Linebacker faces five felony charges over allegations

• Rookie is said to have attempted to evade officers

Atlanta Falcons linebacker James Pearce Jr, who was detained on five felony charges on Saturday, allegedly struck a police officer while evading arrest and crashed into a vehicle driven by WNBA player Rickea Jackson, ESPN reported on Monday.

According to the criminal complaint obtained by ESPN from the Miami-Dade County state attorney’s office, the charges against Pearce include aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated stalking and aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer.

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Defense Department says it’s cutting ties with Harvard University

Hegseth said the department will be reviewing its relationships with other schools in the coming weeks.

Trump threats on Gordie Howe bridge opening 'just insane,' Windsor mayor says

U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to stall the opening of the new Canada- U.S. border crossing is "just insane," Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens said Monday night.

Opaskwayak Cree Nation takes Ottawa to court over 'massive impact' to ways of life after hydro dam in 1960s

A trial between Opaskwayak Cree Nation and the federal government got underway on Monday in Winnipeg with testimony from elders about how a hydro dam installed on the Saskatchewan River in Grand Rapids in the 1960s changed their way of life.

Anker 192Wh and 288Wh compact power stations from $100, eufy E15/E18 robot mowers at new lows from $1,000, EcoFlow, more

For this week’s Green Deals, we’re kicking off with Anker’s PowerCore Reserve 192Wh Portable Power Station at \(100](https://9to5toys.com/2026/02/09/anker-powercore-reserve-power-station-100-more-from-129/), as well as the newer [C200 192Wh and C300 288Wh models that start from \)129. We also spotted Anker offering up to \(800 savings on its [eufy E15 and E18 Robot Lawn Mowers at new low prices starting from \)1,000](https://9to5toys.com/2026/02/09/anker-eufy-e15-e18-robot-lawn-mowers-new-lows-from-1000/), as well as EcoFlow’s latest 24-hour flash sale with some notable second-lowest pricing on 1,024Wh to 4,096Wh power stations, Segway’s Find My and proximity locking-equipped F3 e-scooter, EGO’s 16-inch cordless electric chainsaw, and much more waiting for you below. And don’t forget the hangover deals from last week at the bottom of the page, collected together within our latest Electrified Weekly edition.

Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.

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Fairweather fans abandon Iron Lung and Melania at weekend box office

Last week's hit makers, Markiplier and Melania Trump, stumbled this week as fans weren't interested in seconds.

Bad Bunny Takes On Power

Read stories from community leaders about clean energy resilience in Puerto Rico, in the aftermath of Bad Bunny's symbolic Super Bowl performance.

A new Hyundai electric SUV is out testing that looks just like the Crater EV Concept [Images]

Is Hyundai bringing the Crater Concept to life? A covered electric SUV was spotted in the wild, which could give us our first clue.

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Carney tells Trump Canadians paid for Gordie Howe bridge after president's social media eruption

Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between Windsor and Detroit

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, poised to become the newest border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.

People Were Already Mad About The Ferrari EV. Then We Saw The Interior

It looks like it was plucked straight out of the 1960s, then redesigned by Apple. That's not a coincidence.

‘If you’re reading this I’m dead, and I really liked you,’ professor writes in posthumous postcards

Don Glickman didn't want a funeral, or even an obituary. Instead, the retired U.S. design professor opted for something more straightforward — postcards, delivered posthumously to his friends and favourite students, with the simple message: “If you’re reading this I’m dead, and I really liked you."

Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy criticizes government's latest return-to-office order

Bruce Fanjoy, the Liberal MP for Carleton, has broken ranks with his party to criticize the federal government's latest return-to-office (RTO) mandate.

The clock runs down on DHS funding as lawmakers look for a path out of another shutdown fight

"They just can't seem to get to a middle ground on these reforms related to ICE and the border patrol," WTOP's Mitchell Miller said.

The least powerful people in Casey Wasserman’s world are paying the ultimate price

Mid‑tier acts like Wednesday and Sleigh Bells are scrambling to hold onto health insurance and rent while the man whose name is in the Epstein files gets to remain their boss.

RFK Jr misled Senate during confirmation, Congress members and Hawaii governor say

Newly revealed emails undermine Kennedy’s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of deadly measles outbreak

Three members of Congress say the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, lied during his Senate confirmation hearings in response to newly revealed emails that undermine his testimony that a trip he took to Samoa ahead of a deadly measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines”.

The governor of Hawaii, a medical doctor who responded to the crisis, also spoke out – saying that the disclosure of the emails by the Guardian and the Associated Press show Kennedy misled the Senate and that he should step down.

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At least 18 people now dead as historic New York cold stretch nears end

City faced one of longest periods of subzero cold since 1961, forcing ‘code blue’ and extreme weather warnings

• Deadly cold tests New York’s ability to protect its homeless communities

The death toll related to New York City’s dangerous and enduring cold has risen to 18, officials said on Sunday.

The climbing number of fatalities came as a stark reminder of the danger of the subzero temperatures gripping the area, which has been subjected to one of the longest stretches of subzero cold since 1961.

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Guthrie family at 'hour of desperation' in search for their missing mother

Savannah Guthrie's family is "at an hour of desperation" in the search for her missing mother, the Today show co-host said in a video released Monday ahead of a looming ransom deadline apparently set by Nancy Guthrie's abductors.

B.C. premier says 2,000 public service jobs cut and counting as province faces $11.2B deficit

Premier David Eby says public service jobs that don’t support the front-line delivery of services to British Columbians will continue to be targeted as his government prepares to unveil its 2026 budget a week from now.

Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months

Seamus Culleton has lived in US for two decades, married a citizen and runs a plastering business but faces deportation

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An Irish man has spent five months in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention and faces deportation despite having a valid work permit and no criminal record.

Seamus Culleton was a “model immigrant” who had become the victim of a capricious and inept system, said his lawyer, Ogor Winnie Okoye.

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Goat review – noisy, lightning-speed basketball animation does it for the kids

A diminutive young buck aspires to compete with rhinos and horses in ‘roarball’, but this by-numbers tale is not the greatest of any time

Greatest of all time? No. Possibly not even the greatest of half-term. This loud, chaotic and unlovable animated kids’ comedy feels as though it is bordering on AI slop, algorithmically generated and instantly familiar from Zootropolis, Sing and other movies with talking animals. It is a shame, because it has a real-life inspiration: basketball star Stephen Curry, who was repeatedly told at the start of his career that he was too skinny and too small to make it as a pro. Curry is a producer here, and has a performing role. But in spite of this connection, Goat lacks heart and soul, and a sense of genuine emotions.

What it does have is some pretty decent voice acing, bringing a degree of charm to the movie. Will Harris (voiced by Caleb McLaughlin) is a goat who has grown up dreaming of playing professional “roarball”, a fiercer and faster version of basketball. But Will is a “small” and roar players are all “bigs” – powerful beasts such as rhinos and horses. Will’s hero and the star of his favourite team, the Thorns, is a panther called Jet (Gabrielle Union), a champ close to retirement but determined to win the league. When Will gets a shot at joining the Thorns, he is laughed at, underrated but undeterred.

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Canada beats Czechia, but captain Poulin exits game with apparent injury

Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin left the first period of an Olympic women's hockey game against Czechia with an apparent knee injury and did not return for the second.

Volvo cuts 2026 EX90 prices despite major upgrades

The 2026 Volvo EX90 is smarter, more powerful, and can charge faster than ever. Despite considerable upgrades, Volvo is making it more affordable with a new base model.

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Fact check: Are Russia and Belarus in the Olympics?

Twenty athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports are competing in the Winter Olympics, but they’re not representing a country. Here are the facts about 'Individual Neutral Athletes.'

Republican calls on Trump ally Howard Lutnick to quit cabinet over Epstein files

Congressman Thomas Massie says commerce secretary ‘has a lot to answer for’ over ties to late convicted sex offender

US House member Thomas Massie has called for the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick – a fellow Republican – to resign over his ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Massie, who co-authored a law mandating the release of the so-called Epstein files, appeared Sunday on CNN’s Inside Politics and said Lutnick, a staunch Donald Trump ally, “has a lot to answer for”.

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10 Wild Stories from Comic Book History

Here are ten wild-but-true stories from the good old days when comic books ruled the newsstands.

10 Wild Stories from Comic Book History

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Common Threads: Rosa Parks, Fashion, and Protest

What Rosa Parks and other Black women wore was an important component not only of protest, but also of personal identity.

Common Threads: Rosa Parks, Fashion, and Protest

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Conservatives, Liberals in behind-the-scenes negotiations as PM downplays election talk

Liberals and Conservatives are working out a path that could keep the government in power, sources tell CBC News, while Prime Minister Mark Carney continues to downplay the likelihood of a spring election.

'Operational pressure' sparks Via Rail cancellations in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal

Via Rail says recent train cancellations within its Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal corridor are being made in response to "heightened operational pressure."

Buffalo Toronto Public Media applies to make classical station commercial

The move is part of the station’s efforts to address its loss of CPB funding.

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2026: the year of partial government shutdowns

We just had a partial government shutdown, and now we're edging closer to another. It would involve just one federal agency — the Department of Homeland Security. DHS will run out of money this Saturday if Congress doesn’t reach a compromise over ICE and pass a funding bill, but other agencies would be affected. Also on the show: the jobs report, buyers of U.S. debt, and Russian strikes on Ukrainian heating systems.

Nio's EV Drivers Really Love This One Signature Feature

Chinese automaker Nio just performed its 100 millionth EV battery swap.

Trump’s border czar warned deportations should be targeted to ‘keep faith of American people’

Tom Homan suggested that a widespread approach to immigration operations would lose public support

Tom Homan – the Trump administration’s “border czar” sent to Minnesota in January after federal agents fatally shot two US citizen protesters – warned last year that the government’s aggressive, widespread approach to immigration enforcement would cost it public support.

Homan made the observation in an interview with NBC in June for the forthcoming book Undue Process, by the network’s homeland security correspondent, analyzing the immigration policy of mass deportation that Donald Trump has pursued during his second presidency.

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Ferrari reveals name of first electric car, ‘Luce,’ shows off Jony Ive-designed interior

Ferrari has officially named its first all-electric vehicle: the Ferrari Luce. The Italian automaker unveiled parts of the interior design today in San Francisco, showcasing a cabin co-designed with Jony Ive’s creative collective LoveFrom that prioritizes physical controls over touchscreens.

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B.C. Greens pull out of cooperation agreement with B.C. NDP

The Greens, which have two seats in B.C.’s legislature, will not sign a new co-operation agreement with the NDP government, saying the party has stalled or sidelined too many of the measures it agreed to.

Ancient people had nautical tech, know-how to cross hazardous Arctic channel

Archeologists have found the remains of a cluster of tents with hearths on a remote High Arctic island that date back more than 4,000 years. They offer surprising new insights about the first people who lived near what is now the Canada-Greenland border.

Comings and goings: RMPM hires chief experience officer, longtime Kansas Public Radio PD to retire …

Amber Payne, a former editorial leader at BET.com, Teen Vogue and NBCBLK, will join Rocky Mountain Public Media in Denver.

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The flawed Patriots face a harsh truth: only the very best teams get a Super Bowl sequel

Successful reruns are rare in the NFL. And New England showed enough holes on Sunday to suggest making it back to the big dance soon will be tough

The greatest lie a fanbase tells itself is that there is always next year.

It is the softest landing spot in sport, a comfort blanket after a crushing defeat. Next year, we’ll be healthier. Next year, we’ll fix our offensive line. Next year, we’ll add that superstar receiver and retain all our guys. Next year.

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Manitoba announces school funding hike, but divisions say they're still facing significant financial pressure

Manitoba schools are getting an overall 3.5 per cent raise in funding from the province in the coming school year, the education minister announced Monday.

San Francisco teachers begin first strike in nearly 50 years

Thousands walk out after talks with district failed to reach agreement on wages, healthcare and resources for special needs students

Thousands of public schoolteachers in San Francisco went on strike on Monday, the first public schoolteachers strike in the city in nearly 50 years.

The strike comes after teachers and the district failed to reach an agreement over higher wages, health benefits and more resources for special needs students. The San Francisco Unified School District closed all its 120 schools and said it would offer independent study to some of the district’s 50,000 students.

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NBA star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander now partly owns Hamilton's TD Coliseum

There are also plans for community programming and events at the venue, in collaboration with Gilgeous- Alexander's charitable organization, says the Oak View Group.

Yes, an EV really CAN power your home – if it’s one of these [update]

Can an EV really help power your home when the power goes out? It’s one of the biggest FAQs people have about electric cars — but the answer can be a bit confusing. It’s either a yes, with a but – or a no, with an unless. To find out which EVs can offer vehicle-to-home (V2H) tech to keep the lights on or even lower your energy bills, keep on reading.

UPDATE 09FEB2026: Nissan’s new LEAF added, with a BIG caveat.

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Trial begins for Sask. group home worker charged with assaulting residents

Jaclyn Elias, 38, was fired from the Prairie Branches group home after the allegations arose two years ago in the small community of Wilkie, Sask.

Trump is Trying to Tear Down the EU and NATO. This Expert Explains What Happens Next

The Financial Times’ US editor, Edward Luce, also warns Mehdi that democracy in the West is under attack and, in the US, it is already “more than halfway” to collapsing.

Wuthering Heights trades transgression for tradition, finding the worst of both worlds

Overlong and undersexed, Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights betrays her audience of edgelords and perverts.

These are the high schoolers taking a stand against ICE: ‘You can’t let despair take over’

Thousands of students across the US have been walking out of their schools to protest ICE in their communities

Over the past six months, thousands of students have been walking out of their schools in protest of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s ( ICE) presence in their communities. Some of their schools supported the protests; some didn’t, threatening disciplinary action. Other schools stayed neutral out of fear of inviting unwanted attention to vulnerable immigrant students.

The Guardian spoke to seven teenagers who led or participated in school walkouts. Many said their organizing went beyond leaving class, extending to checking social media for suspected ICE sightings, distributing “know your rights” materials and making political posters. All were resolute about the need to protest against ICE regardless of any risk – and whether or not they got support from the grownups around them.

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Toyota reveals the Highlander EV as its first three-row electric SUV

It’s finally official. Toyota confirmed the 2027 Highlander will be its first three-row electric SUV after revealing new details about the upcoming EV on Monday.

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Lindsey Vonn says she'll need multiple surgeries to repair broken leg after Olympic crash

Lindsey Vonn says she "sustained a complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to fix properly" after her devastating crash in the Olympic downhill.

I wasted 30 minutes of my life watching the Turning Point USA halftime show so you don’t have to

It’s hard to mount a culture war when your big counteroffensive looks like a youth-group lock-in made up of kids who found God in a megachurch but lost their personality somewhere in suburban Atlanta.​

Bad Bunny and jingoism lite: was this the Super Bowl where woke roared back?

The NFL appeared keen to welcome the sport’s non-Maga contingent back into the tent. But the theater and violence of capitalism was still there

Roger Federer smiling wolfishly to the crowd: a return to woke? Adam Sandler hangdog in the Levi’s Stadium stands, Jon Bon Jovi mooching on the sideline like a retired dentist on a cruise, Billie Joe Armstrong belting out American Idiot during the pre-game show under his motionless meringue of fogey-blond hair: were they a sign? A New England Patriots team who were neither favored to win nor widely reviled, then promptly repaid a grateful public by losing: was this the Super Bowl which proved that history really can move on, that America is not fated to remain hostage to the tremors and hatreds of the past? Well, yes and no.

A year after Donald Trump made American football’s showpiece all about him, Sunday’s game in Santa Clara always promised a sort of correction – a cooling of the mood, perhaps even an end to the manipulation of sport for political ends. As always the best way to gauge the success of this mission was as the gods intended: through a TV screen. Trump – saddled with historically low approval ratings, facing a massacre in this year’s midterms, and no doubt wary of risking a public appearance in the deep blue sea of the Bay Area – was absent on this occasion, and he kept the F-22 fighter jets that were scheduled to be part of the pre-game flyover away from Levi’s Stadium too. (Unspecified “operational assignments” were the reason offered for the jets’ withdrawal, which means there’s probably a low-ranking member of the Trump administration putting big money on a US military strike somewhere in Latin America as we speak.) And yet, the absent autocrat still weighed on proceedings, his curdling influence turning every moment and gesture on Sunday into a referendum on the prospects for a post-Trumpian sporting future. Could football be normal again?

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BYD outsells Tesla 10-to-1 in Australia as Chinese EVs dominate January sales

BYD sold 5,001 vehicles in Australia in January, a staggering 641% increase year-over-year, while Tesla managed just 501, leaving the American automaker in 24th place as Chinese brands continue their takeover of the Australian EV market.

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Industry Exchange Cyber 2026: Tanium’s Melissa Bischoping on why cyber operations are the next big target for autonomy

AI-enabled tools will help consolidate, dedupe and analyze data faster to speed machine and human decision-making, Tanium’s security product design chief says.

Whistle becomes key tool in protests against Trump’s ICE crackdown

Protesters have been blowing whistles to alert people to agents’ presence – and that has upset figures on the right

When Justin Vernon of Bon Iver appeared on the red carpet at the Grammy awards he was wearing an accessory that has become a must-carry for activists in neighborhoods targeted by ICE: a whistle.

The whistle has become a key part in the defense against Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown, used to alert people to the presence of agents. But it has also become a target for the right, who have branded whistles “hearing-loss-causing machines” and said the act of blowing a whistle may constitute “assault”.

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Industry Exchange Cyber 2026: Veeam’s Mark Bentkower on why cyber resilience demands much more than response automation

Want resilience? Then, have a backup and recovery plan — and test it, advises the Veeam technologist.

Industry Exchange Cyber 2026: OPSWAT’s Michael Arcamone on why there’s no such thing as ‘too much’ network visibility

By integrating tracking tools and adding deep analysis, it’s possible to achieve zero trust and cybersecurity in the AI age, OPSWAT chief strategy officer says.

The Toyota Highlander Just Went Electric

Toyota confirmed the Highlander name for its upcoming three-row electric SUV.

Ghislaine Maxwell takes the Fifth in U.S. House committee appearance from prison

Lawmakers tried on Monday to interview Ghislaine Maxwell but the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be self-incriminating.

Sask. man makes public plea for help finding long-lost guitar strap signed by Joan Baez

Seeking to recover an item with deep sentimental value, a man recently posted on Reddit about a long-lost guitar strap. He had borrowed the strap from his father over 15 years ago, and lost it. Now, he's hoping it will make its way back home.

Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy are becoming a part of R.E.M.’s legacy, one album at a time

Q&A: The Oscar-nominated actor and prolific guitarist sat down with Paste to talk about playing R.E.M. albums in full before taking Lifes Rich Pageant on the road this week.

With a roster speckled red and white, Italy's victory in women's hockey is Canada's too

As the final anxious seconds ticked away in Italy's 3-2 win over Japan on Monday, Daniele Sauvageau, the team’s Canadian general manager, looked at 35-year-old Laura Fortino, a gold-medal winner with Canada in 2014 who now wears Italian blue, both with tears in their eyes.

Animal welfare group overseeing medical research in London, Ont. defends dog testing

Western University's Animal Care Committee cleared researcher Frank Prato's controversial use of dogs in medical research but a philosophy professor who specializes in ethics of animal treatment says he still has questions about how the tests were carried out.

Tesla reveals final Semi specs with two trims ahead of customer deliveries

Tesla has quietly updated its official Semi website with final specifications for the production version of its all-electric Class 8 truck, confirming two trim levels — Standard Range and Long Range — as customer deliveries approach.

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America Built 1 Million EVs Last Year. This One European Country Blew Past It

Germany is now the world's second-largest producer of electric vehicles, behind China.

Nakota communities reclaim audio recordings housed at Indiana University

Indiana University is working with Nakota communities to digitize old audio recordings and put them online to use for language learning.

Wonder Man nods to the MCU without feeling like homework

More Marvel shows should narrow their focus like this.

The Minnesotans trapped at home, too terrified of ICE to go outside: ‘Our house is like a jail’

The surge of federal immigration agents has forced many families to remain inside for weeks, living in fear of roving ICE patrols snatching people off the street

José hasn’t left his house in Saint Paul for 29 days – not to shovel the snow at his driveway, not to fix up the car.

When the car needed an oil change, he video-called his wife, Sara, from inside so he could walk her through it. “I’ve only been from the bedroom to the living room,” he said. He’s afraid to even get near the front door.

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Canadian speed skater Béatrice Lamarche 5th in women's 1,000 metres of her Olympic debut

A trio of Canadian women made their Olympic speed skating debuts on Monday in the 1,000 metres, with Béatrice Lamarche leading the way in fifth.

Thank you for (permission for) the music

Twice now, figure skaters at the Winter Olympics were told the music they wanted to skate to — and had been practicing to — could not be used. Spain's Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté, who wanted to skate to songs and sounds from "Minions," has since secured the rights. Today, we look into the complicated world of sports, music, and copyright. Also on the program: stocks soar in Japan and what warming waters mean for Maine's fishing industry.

Tokyo's stocks soar after a landslide at the polls

From the BBC World Service: Japanese stocks jumped to record levels after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s landslide win in a snap general election as investors bet on her vision of a “strong and prosperous” nation. The Nikkei 225 benchmark rose as much as 5.7% on Monday, hitting a record high. We also have a report from Ukraine, where Russian drone attacks on energy infrastructure have left much of the city's population in the freezing cold throughout the country's long winter.

First Draft: 🏈 Bad Trump, Good Bunny

It’s not just the Super Bowl. MAGA’s culture war is epically backfiring. And as a blue wave builds, Trump is only escalating his crackdowns.

'They were brothers': Players, families remember 3 who died in Alberta highway crash

Family, teammates and friends spoke about JJ Wright and Cameron Casorso, both from Kamloops, B.C., and Caden Fine from Alabama ahead of a memorial benefit game in their honour Sunday.

Sony's sports cartoon Goat knows just enough ball

Goat isn't as inventive as recent Sony-produced cartoons like Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse or KPop Demon Hunters, but it's a sweet-natured and fun-enough kids' movie.

Hundreds protested this Venezuelan’s detention by ICE. Now he’s free after seven months

Case continues against those who protested Joswar Torres’ arrest, with prosecutors seeking six years’ imprisonment

A Venezuelan migrant whose detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sparked a protest that involved nearly 2,000 people and led to 30 arrests is free after spending seven months in custody in Washington state, after a ruling from a federal judge who said his constitutional rights had been violated.

Joswar Torres, 29, was granted humanitarian parole in the United States and had an asylum application pending, but was nevertheless detained in June 2025 after a routine check-in at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office in Spokane, Washington.

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Winter Olympian Gus Kenworthy reveals he has received threats over anti-ICE post – video

British freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy says he has received threats in the wake of a social media post that targeted ICE, the United States immigration and customs enforcement agency, last week.

Kenworthy, who was born in Chelmsford but has lived in the US for most of his life, posted an image on his Instagram account that showed the words 'fuck ICE', apparently urinated into the snow.

The 34-year-old posted a video late on Sunday in which he said: 'The other day I posted a photo with my thoughts on ICE and that photo has since gone everywhere – and I’ve gotten a ton of messages and most of them honestly have been supportive and encouraging.

'But a lot of the messages have been awful, people telling me to kill myself, threatening me, wishing they’ll get to see me blow my knee or break my neck during my event, calling me slurs … it’s insane.'

• Freestyle skier Kenworthy says he has received threats over anti-ICE protest

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Relentless Seahawks pummel Patriots to claim their second Super Bowl title | First Thing

Bad Bunny offered a celebration of Latino culture and heritage with his half-time show at the game, which ended 29-13. Plus, the California community that beat back a datacenter

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The Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX on Sunday, exacting their revenge against the team that defeated them in the title game 11 years ago.

What about Bad Bunny’s half-time show? The Grammy-winning Puerto Rican megastar delivered an ode to Latino culture and heritage, performed largely in Spanish. Donald Trump has lashed out against it, calling it “an affront to the Greatness of America”.

Did federal authorities previously investigate Epstein’s activities at the ranch? Briefly – in February 2007, as part of an investigation of child sexual abuse in Florida, records show that the FBI interviewed Epstein’s ranch manager. Otherwise, it drew little scrutiny before Epstein’s death.

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Ukrainian skeleton racer at Olympics says his helmet tribute to fallen athletes won't be allowed by IOC

Vladyslav Heraskevych showed up for the Milan Cortina Olympics with a new helmet, one featuring the images of some fellow Ukrainian athletes killed in Russian attacks. And Heraskevych wanted to offer a tribute. The International Olympic Committee, he said, won't let it happen.

Dark Winds sets up a very dark fourth season in this exclusive behind-the-scenes clip

In this exclusive clip from AMC, Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, and Jessica Matten set up the heavy vibes behind Dark Winds' trip to L.A.

Canada's major airlines wind down flights to Cuba as Havana airport warns it will run out of jet fuel

Canada's major airlines have all suspended service to Cuba, with Air Transat announcing Monday evening it was joining Air Canada and WestJet in cancelling all flights, as the Caribbean island's major airport warns it will run out of jet fuel.

Maine shaken by ICE raids as backlash threatens Republican Senate control

Workers and unions condemn ICE operation as ‘horrific’ as pressure builds on Susan Collins, facing re-election this year

Maine, the US’s whitest state, has been shaken by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, a crackdown that could threaten Republican control of the Senate in November’s crucial midterm elections.

Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents launched “Operation Catch of the Day” in the state on 21 January, targeting “the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens who have terrorized communities”, according to the administration.

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New study reveals a "smartphone penalty" that distorts survey results

According to surveys by the FINRA Foundation, our knowledge of personal finance here in the U.S. went down by 15% between 2009 and 2021. But what if it actually didn't? What if the technology we use to answer the questions is now getting in the way? In 2021, over half of all respondents used a smartphone to fill out the survey. In 2009, none of them used one, according to data from FINRA’s National Financial Capability Study. A new working paper finds that when people use smartphones for surveys they're more likely to respond with the wrong answer or say they don't know. Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes spoke with Montana State University economics professor Carly Urban, one of the authors of the paper, to learn more.

Decoding the nods to Latino culture in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance

Paul Thomas Anderson and Jonny Greenwood want Phantom Thread track removed from Melania

The Radiohead guitarist says he wasn't asked for permission to have his composition featured in the doc.

A shadowy industry is helping small businesses pay tariffs — at a high cost

How about $350,000 within hours? The pitches flood small businesses: "No hidden fees, No BS." These financial lifelines are barely regulated and can turn into trip wires.

Lucid's $50,000 EV Is Coming. It Doesn't Plan To Go Much Cheaper Than That

Lucid wants to become a big player, and its mid-size platform will help it do that. Just don’t expect budget models.

First bowling alley in Somalia welcomes middle class and diaspora returnees

The Feynuus Bowling Center in Mogadishu is the latest sign of revival in the once-thriving Indian Ocean port shaped by 35 years of civil war and militant bombings.

Buckingham Palace prepared to 'support' any police investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Buckingham Palace said on Monday it is ready to support any police investigation into King Charles's younger brother after emails suggested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor might have shared confidential British trade documents with Jeffrey Epstein.

At least 53 killed after migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast

Two babies are among at least 53 people dead or missing after an inflatable migrant boat sank off Libya, the UN migration agency said on Monday, the latest tragedy on a dangerous route for those seeking a better life in Europe.

Grief grows as bodies of kidnapped workers of Canadian mining company identified in Mexico

Jaime Castañeda was in the coastal Mexican city of Mazatlán on Sunday to identify the body of his 43-year-old brother. José Manuel Castañeda Hernández was working for Vancouver-based mining company Vizsla Silver Corp. when he was kidnapped last month, along with nine other employees.

U of A staff, students speak out against move to axe EDI from hiring policy

The University of Alberta is proposing to eliminate Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) from its hiring policy, a year after the school initially said it was moving away from the term.

To attract more doctors, B.C. city commits to covering medical clinic costs

The City of Grand Forks in the B.C. Interior has teamed up with a local doctor to help cover the costs of running a medical clinic. It's being done in an effort to attract more local physicians, an effort the city says is already working.

Pillion is the sweetest S&M movie since Secretary

In contrast to the kink-shaming history of mainstream cinema, Pillion normalizes the non-vanilla with its sweet BDSM romance.

Toronto's newest transit line faces first rush-hour test

It's time to lower the curtain: The Muppet shows that weren't

Now that Kermit & co. have a new special on Disney+, let's look back on their long, strange trip on the small screen.

From blowing up icebergs, to simply towing them. Tactics changed to keep ships safe

Every year, thousands of people flock to Newfoundland’s shores to gaze at icebergs as they glide past. A McGill scientist made a similar journey a century ago, but instead of watching the bergs, he was hunting them

A year after a major comic book distributor went bankrupt, N.L. shops are still reeling

Comic book shops and a publisher in St. John's are still grappling with the repercussions more than a year after a major distributor declared bankruptcy.

Taxpayers complain of long waits for the CRA to fix its errors, deliver refunds

The Canada Revenue Agency is warning about processing delays for several key services involving Canadians’ tax returns. Some people stuck in the backlog say they're stressed and desperate for a resolution.

More than 600 RCMP officers faced gender-based violence disciplinary charges since 2014, CBC analysis finds

A CBC investigation of RCMP disciplinary records reveals hundreds of cases of alleged gender-based violence by members. Through a series of access requests, CBC received more than 10 years of disciplinary allegations and outcomes. Experts fear the revelations are just the “tip of the iceberg.”

Cubans wonder if they could be next after Venezuela as rumours swirl about U.S. talks

There are unconfirmed reports that secret talks have begun between the CIA and Alejandro Castro Espín, the son of Raúl Castro. U.S. President Trump has said talks are on, and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has said the Communist Party is open to talking about "substantive" matters, but it's still not clear if that includes an end to one-party rule.

ICE, and lessons from Minnesota

Last week, Donald Trump’s border Czar Tom Homan announced a drawdown of ICE personnel in Minnesota, following weeks of chaos and two deadly incidents in the state. Homan insisted that ICE was not surrendering, and this departure was instead evidence of ICE’s success in Minnesota. Beginning in December 2025, ICE announced ‘Operation Metro Surge’ — an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota described as “the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out.” The operation incited weeks of protest, direct action and civil disobedience across the Twin Cities. Today, we take a step back to assess how this operation unfolded, why Minneapolis became the stage for it, and what the unified response across so much of Minnesota says about the state of immigration enforcement in the U.S. today. We’re joined by Robert Worth, a contributing writer with The Atlantic who spent time in Minneapolis last month to report on the protests. For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts]

New faces and great expectations for 2026 Toronto Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays came agonizingly close to winning a World Series last fall, and the organization spent the winter tweaking its roster in hopes of another shot at post-season glory. Here's a look at the new and returning faces, as well as a summary of who won't be back.

What's changing in Quebec’s immigration system — and why it's sparking backlash

The Quebec government continues to face growing opposition to its decision to nix its immigration program known as the PEQ, replacing it instead with the new and more restrictive Skilled Worker Selection program. But what does the end of the PEQ actually change? We break it down for you.

Nakota communities rebuild relationships with Indiana University over language recordings

Indiana University has digitized old audio recordings from the Nakota people, and is returning songs and stories needed to help revitalize the language in their communities.

Trump news at a glance: ‘This is going to be a free and fair election,’ says Hakeem Jeffries after Trump’s comments

Jeffries says Democrats will stop Donald Trump from trying to steal this year’s midterm elections – key US politics stories from Sunday 8 February at a glance

Democrats will stop Donald Trump from trying to steal this year’s midterm elections, Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives said on Sunday.

Jeffries’ comments come amid widespread concern after Trump said Republicans should “take over the voting”. The US constitution gives states the power to set election rules and says Congress can pass laws to set requirements for federal elections. The constitution gives the president no authority over how elections are run.

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‘Take the vaccine, please,’ Dr Oz urges amid rising measles cases in US

Health official’s endorsement comes as South Carolina faces hundreds of cases and US risks losing elimination status

A senior US public health official called on Americans to get vaccinated against measles as outbreaks continue in multiple states and concerns grow that the country could lose its measles elimination designation. Dr Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, spoke in support on Sunday of the measles vaccine.

“Take the vaccine, please,” said Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. “We have a solution for our problem.

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Super Bowl 2026: Seattle Seahawks v New England Patriots – live

• Updates as teams meet for NFL title at Levi’s Stadium

• Predictions: our picks for the winner, MVP and more

• Email david.lengel@theguardian.com your thoughts

I wanted to be with you alone…

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Whether or not you speak Spanish, there's no misunderstanding what Bad Bunny meant

In his Super Bowl LX halftime performance, Bad Bunny defined what "All-American" actually means.

Winter Olympics 2026: USA take gold in figure skating team event – as it happened

• US top Japan in closer-than-expected competition

• Schedule | Results | Medal table | Briefing

The lowest free skate score this season for Italy’s Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii is 130.92, but that was early on. In Grand Prix competition, their low was 134.89.

So they’ll need to be on point to knock the USA off the top spot. Will skating at home be a boost, or will it bring extra pressure?

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Breezy Johnson embraces the beauty and madness of downhill to win Olympic gold

The 30-year-old from Wyoming has labored in the shadow of household names like Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin. On Sunday, she made history of her own

For years, Breezy Johnson was the other American alpine skier. The one with the near-misses, the injuries, the suspension and the unfortunate timing to exist in the same stable at the same time as Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin. On Sunday, three weeks after her 30th birthday in the shadow of the Dolomites above Cortina d’Ampezzo, she became an Olympic champion.

Johnson crossed first in the women’s downhill at the Milano Cortina Games by four-hundredths of a second – the slightest winning margin in the event’s Olympic history outside the dead heat in 2014 – to become just the second American woman to win the sport’s most prestigious title. The only other was Vonn, who took gold in Vancouver 16 years ago.

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Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance showcases love and Latino pride — and sparks Trump's scorn

The 31-year-old Puerto Rican superstar took to an elaborate set depicting his home island’s landscape on Sunday night, delivering a high-energy performance filled with hit tracks.

Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison over Hong Kong national security case

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of the most prominent cases prosecuted under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city's dissent.

Zeteo Packs DC’s Howard Theatre for Its First Live Event of 2026

We marked one year of Trump, the only way we know how: live, on stage, with you! Here are pictures and details of what it was like, and who else was involved. Thanks for your support!

Democrats will stop Trump from trying to nationalize midterms, Jeffries says

Top House Democrat says president’s suggestion for Republicans to ‘take over’ elections really means ‘steal it’

Democrats will stop Donald Trump from trying to steal this year’s midterm elections, Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives said on Sunday.

Jeffries’ comments come amid widespread concern after Trump said Republicans should “take over the voting”. The US constitution gives states the power to set election rules and says Congress can pass laws to set requirements for federal elections. The constitution gives the president no authority over how elections are run.

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Trump calls Hunter Hess ‘a real loser’ for skier’s ambivalence about representing US

• US president attacks freestyle skier in post

• Hess had said representing the US was ‘a little hard’

Donald Trump responded to Hunter Hess on Truth Social on Sunday, calling the Olympian a “real loser” and criticizing comments the US freestyle skier made in a press conference days earlier.

Hess was asked in a press conference on Wednesday what it was like to represent the US in the Olympics given the current situation in the country, which has included ICE raids in Minnesota and a number of geopolitical crises. Hess said representing the US at the 2026 Winter Olympics brought up “mixed emotions” and that it was “a little hard.”

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Czechia women's hockey team blanks Finland 2-0 to earn first win at Milano Cortina 2026

The Czech Republic earned their first Group A win by defeating Finland 2-0 in the Olympic women's ice hockey tournament on Sunday, while Sweden secured a quarter-final place with a 4-0 win over France in Group B at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena.

150 vehicles abandoned on Ontario's Highway 402 in weekend blizzard, police say

As parts of Lambton and Middlesex counties dig themselves out of another winter storm, stories of people going above and beyond to help each other are emerging.

Olympic viewing guide: Canadian medal chances on Monday

CBC Sports' daily Olympics newsletter recaps a not-so-super Sunday for Canada at the Milano-Cortina Games and looks ahead to the Canadian medal contenders and other interesting stuff on Day 3.

After 6 decades, Steve's Music to close most locations in Ontario, Quebec

It's been an institution in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal for decades, but soon Steve's Music will be mostly falling silent — save for one store.

Ryan Gosling befriends an extraterrestrial in new Project Hail Mary trailer

The new movie from the author of The Martian arrives in March.

Doctor, virologist caution against attending large public gatherings if unvaccinated against measles

With the number of measles cases in Manitoba swelling, experts caution those who aren't vaccinated for the disease to stay away from large public gatherings until the outbreak settles down.

US TV host's family say they are willing to pay in plea to potential kidnappers of mother – video

The US broadcaster Savannah Guthrie said her family had received a message from the potential kidnappers of her mother, Nancy Guthrie, on Saturday and pleaded for her safe return. News of the message came three days after a purported ransom note was sent to media outlets and a day after the 84-year-old's relatives renewed their appeal to whoever may be holding her captive to contact the family directly 'so we can move forward'. The video released on Saturday was the third this week that pleaded with potential kidnappers

• 'We will pay,' Savannah Guthrie says in desperate video plea to potential kidnappers of her mother

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The Tesla Model 3 Can Far Exceed Its Rated Range. But There’s A Catch

This long-range rear-wheel-drive Model 3 drove over 565 miles. But it wasn't a fast drive.

A California Company Just Kicked Off Solid-State Battery Pilot Production. Now Comes The Hard Part

California-based solid-state battery company QuantumScape aims to hit the market by the end of the decade. Can it change the game?

Elly Alboim, former CBC parliamentary bureau chief and political consultant, dead at 78

Elly Alboim, a former CBC parliamentary bureau chief, longtime political consultant and professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, has died at 78, his family tells CBC News.

Trump’s EPA reapproves contentious weedkiller dicamba for some GM crops

Environmental groups said dicamba drift has damaged vegetable farms, trees and other critical plants

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday reapproved the weedkiller dicamba for use on genetically modified soybeans and cotton. It is a pesticide that has raised widespread concern over its tendency to drift and destroy nearby crops.

The agency said dicamba was critical for farmers who would otherwise have their crops threatened by fast-growing weeds. To ensure the pesticide is used safely, the agency said it imposed strong protections and limits on its use.

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Despite disastrous crash, Lindsey Vonn’s return was neither selfish or unwarranted

All the emotions swirling around Lindsey Vonn’s crash, and questions about why she decided to compete in the first place, are blowing up the internet. But for elite athletes, it’s not the glory but the challenge and knowing your body to believe in what’s possible.

U.S. Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash — including from Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said that it is hard to cheer for American Olympians who are speaking out against administration policies, calling one such critic "a real Loser" who perhaps should have stayed home.

Noam Chomsky’s wife apologizes for their ‘grave mistake’ in Epstein ties

Valeria Chomsky says Epstein had deceived them and they were ‘careless’ not to thoroughly research his background

Noam Chomsky and his wife, Valeria, made a “grave mistake” and were “careless” not to thoroughly research the background of Jeffrey Epstein, Valeria Chomsky said in a lengthy statement on Saturday, adding also that Epstein had deceived them.

The relationship between Noam Chomsky, the 97-year-old linguist and philosopher, and Epstein has been under scrutiny after documents released by the justice department shed light on their friendship. As Epstein came under scrutiny for sex trafficking allegations in 2019, he asked Chomsky for advice on how to respond. “I’ve watched the horrible way you are being treated in the press and public. It’s painful to say, but I think the best way to proceed is to ignore it,” Chomsky wrote in a message signed “Noam” that Epstein shared in email with an associate.

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US companies accused of ‘AI washing’ in citing artificial intelligence for job losses

While AI is having an impact on the workplace, experts suggest tariffs, overhiring during the pandemic and simply maximising profits may be bigger factors

Over the last year, US corporate leaders have often explained layoffs by saying the positions were no longer needed because artificial intelligence had made their companies more efficient, replacing humans with computers.

But some economists and technology analysts have expressed skepticism about such justifications and instead think that such workforce cuts are driven by factors like the impact of tariffs, overhiring during the Covid-19 pandemic and perhaps simple maximising of profits.

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Duke coach says staff ‘got punched in the face’ during UNC court-storming

• Jon Scheyer bemoaned the behavior of some UNC fans

• North Carolina AD Cunningham apologizes

Duke coach Jon Scheyer said he had staff members “that got punched in the face” as North Carolina fans stormed the court to celebrate a late winning shot in the famed rivalry Saturday night, prompting UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham to publicly apologize.

The 14th-ranked Tar Heels stunned the fourth-ranked Blue Devils 71-68 on Seth Trimble’s 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left, a shot that originally appeared to come as time expired and had jubilant fans rush the court in a chaotic celebration. Officials reviewed the play and determined time was left, so fans had to be cleared for Duke to get one final play before storming the court again when the clock officially hit zero.

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Falcons’ James Pearce Jr arrested on battery charges after dispute with WNBA star

• Atlanta rookie allegedly fled police, crashed car

• Police say incident involved LA Sparks’ Rickea Jackson

Atlanta Falcons rookie star James Pearce Jr was arrested near Miami on Saturday night after fleeing officers and then crashing his car after what police said was a domestic dispute with WNBA player Rickea Jackson.

Pearce, the first-round pick who led the Falcons in sacks and was third in NFL defensive rookie of the year voting, was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center after Doral police were summoned to investigate a reported domestic dispute between a man and a woman.

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Japan's ruling party secures landslide supermajority in lower house election

The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japanese media reported citing preliminary results, earning a landslide victory thanks to her popularity.

Is Tulsi Gabbard the Most Shameless, Desperate Member of the Trump Cabinet?

The former Democratic congresswoman turned director of national intelligence is willing to U-turn on the 2020 election and war with Venezuela and Iran just to appease her boss and keep her job.

Thinking of trashing a small business on social media? Please, think again | Gene Marks

Online pile-ons can destroy small businesses. Save the derision for big companies that can weather social media storms

A viral Reddit post mocks a $22 grilled cheese sandwich and helps to sink a Bay Area shop. A restaurant owner is forced to push back on a viral complaint. A small business owner in Maine faces a viral backlash after posting a “No ICE” sign. The owner of a furniture store mistakenly receives backlash after being confused with another store. An influencer calls out a South Carolina boutique in a TikTok video after a negative shopping experience.

I have had countless bad experiences at small businesses. I have eaten cold pasta and seen mice scurry behind a table. I don’t go back. Sometimes, when the experience is particularly great, I’ll give a quick good review on Google. But when I have had a bad experience? Never. Ever.

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From New York to New Mexico: new Epstein files shed light on his sprawling ranch outside Santa Fe

Several men appear in photos on the nearly 10,000-acre Zorro ranch, which included a 26,700 sq ft mansion

For years, Jeffrey Epstein took respite at a sprawling ranch in the desert scrub outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. Epstein’s nearly 10,000-acre (4,000-hectare) property – known as Zorro ranch – was dotted with cholla cactus and Angus cattle, and came to include a 26,700 sq ft mansion, as well as a private runway and hangar.

For years, Epstein abused teenage girls and young women on this ranch with impunity, according to testimony from several women. In court proceedings, survivors detailed horror after horror they say unfolded on this isolated expanse of land.

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Iran adds 7 more years to sentence of jailed Nobel Peace laureate, supporters say

Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporters said Sunday, as Tehran cracks down on all dissent following nationwide protests and the deaths of thousands at the hands of security forces.

These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters

Proposals by California, Hawaii and New York lawmakers aim to hold fossil fuel industry accountable for soaring rates

As climate disasters drive up the price of home insurance, three US states are considering empowering their state prosecutors to sue major polluters for their role in those rising costs.

Lawmakers in California, Hawaii and New York have introduced measures which would authorize their attorneys general to sue fossil fuel companies on behalf of residents whose insurance premiums have soared amid climate disasters.

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Seized, subverted, shuttered: a year in Trump’s assault on the Kennedy Center

Since a presidential post on Truth Social the Washington DC arts hub has lost its leadership, had its name changed and will now be closed for years

The Brentano String Quartet had finished their performance when a special guest dropped in backstage: the US supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “We thanked her for everything she had done for our country,” recalls violinist Mark Steinberg. “It was a nice moment.”

The year was 2016 and the place was the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. Fast forward a decade and old certainties have been shaken: Ginsburg is dead, Donald Trump is president and the Kennedy Center has become a case study in how a seemingly solid American institution can quickly unravel.

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Lindsey Vonn’s crash is violent but honest ending to an unprecedented Olympic bid

The gruesome finish to the US star’s comeback, at age 41 and with a ruptured ACL, is a reminder of skiing’s unforgiving nature

There was always a version of this story that ended in a single, violent instant. Lindsey Vonn was 13th to push out of the start gate on Sunday in Cortina d’Ampezzo knowing exactly what she was racing with: a fully ruptured ACL in her left knee, a heavy brace wrapped around the joint, and the accumulated wear of a career spent flirting with speed and consequence.

She barely made it out of the opening phase of the run.

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What to expect from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show? Dancing, culture and a side of politics

Seahawks swarm Patriots in Super Bowl LX to secure 2nd title in franchise history

Rightwing critics blame Mamdani as New York snow fails to melt

Murdoch tabloid leads charge as big freeze persists – could the mayor please do something about the weather?

It snowed two weeks ago in New York. Since then, the temperature has barely risen above freezing – a temperature science naturally dictates is necessary to melt snow and ice.

But science isn’t enough for some US political critics, however, who have instead blamed Zohran Mamdani, New York’s new socialist mayor, for the snow not having melted and still clogging up some of the city’s streets.

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‘We all on Kalshi now’: Giannis Antetokounmpo and the quiet collapse of sporting trust

The Bucks star has become a shareholder in one of the world’s largest prediction markets. It only ushers the NBA further into the fetid swamp of sports betting

Couldn’t he have just started a podcast? “The Internet is full of opinions. I decided it was time to make some of my own,” Giannis Antetokounmpo, one of the four best basketball players in the world, posted in a statement announcing that he was joining the prediction market Kalshi as a shareholder. “We all on Kalshi now.”

We are not, but doesn’t the tone sum it up? The universe’s ineffable forces have clearly decided that the ubiquity of sports betting companies is insufficient. There must be new companies, with which you can bet on any outcome – Kalshi competitor Polymarket has hosted markets tied to geopolitical outcomes, including scenarios related to Israel and Gaza, for instance – that incentivize people to treat life’s most important avenues as trivially as a sports game. Kalshi and Polymarket are prediction platforms rather than traditional betting companies. Users effectively bet (or “trade”) against others on the platform about the outcome of events, from familiar wagers such as the result of a sporting event, to the obscure, such as the color of a politician’s suit at an election appearance. Kalshi has enjoyed plenty of freedom under the second Donald Trump administration, and Donald Trump Jr is a “strategic advisor” for them and Polymarket. A Kalshi outcome taking bets until recently was “Giannis Antetokounmpo’s next team?” as rumors swirled that the two-time NBA MVP was about to leave the Milwaukee Bucks. Antetokounmpo will be involved in marketing and publicity for Kalshi, and is forbidden from trading on markets related to the NBA. The move is also in step with the NBA’s rules – players are allowed to endorse betting companies as long as they don’t gamble on the league itself. But that hasn’t prevented scores of fans across Instagram and Reddit, and media members on Twitter, from expressing their displeasure at the move and insisting there is a conflict of interest.

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Canadian figure skater Madeline Schizas gets university assignment extension at Olympics

Canadian figure skater and McMaster University student Madeline Schizas was granted an extension on her sociology assignment one day after going viral with her request on Instagram.

Lindsey Vonn airlifted to hospital after crashing out of Olympic downhill race

• Skier’s bid for gold with ruptured ACL ends in agony

• Vonn’s US teammate Breezy Johnson tops podium

• Winter Olympics 2026: live news and updates

Lindsey Vonn’s fifth and final Olympics ended in the one way she dreaded most of all. Moments into her run in the women’s downhill, Vonn’s legs failed her as she came over a roll after passing the third gate.

She twisted and crashed sideways to the ground, and after a first stunned burst of shouts and screams, the atmosphere around the Olimpia delle Tofane course fell deadly quiet while the medical team gathered around her. Fifteen minutes later, Vonn was airlifted from the mountain to hospital for treatment.

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Bad Bunny to meet political moment as Maga fumes over Super Bowl show

Puerto Rican superstar promises ‘the world will dance’ in all-Spanish half-time gig that comes as Trump agents wage deadly crackdown

For 13 minutes on Sunday night, Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara will pulse with reggaeton, Latin trap and Caribbean rhythms as Bad Bunny headlines a historic Super Bowl halftime performance, primarily – or perhaps entirely – in Spanish. The Puerto Rican megastar, whose songs fuse the raw energy of música urbana, Boricua pride and resistance politics, has promised a “huge party”.

At a moment when masked federal agents are sweeping through American cities, rounding up long-settled immigrants, legal residents and even US citizens, Bad Bunny’s presence on the grandest stage in US sports offers a striking contrast – a joyful celebration of pride and solidarity for millions of Latinos.

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Sidney Crosby named captain of Canada's men's hockey team

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Sidney Crosby was been named captain of Canada's men's hockey team at the Milan Cortina Games.

Suspect in shooting of senior Russian officer detained, Russia says

Russia’s Federal Security Service said Sunday that the man suspected of shooting a deputy chief of Russia’s military intelligence agency in Moscow was detained in Dubai and handed over to Russia.

Is Trump Afraid of Bad Bunny? (feat. Pablo Torre)

Watch now (55 mins) | Does Trump know ball? Is he afraid of Bad Bunny—or did MAGA just fumble the halftime show?

What's on TV this week—The 'Burbs, Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette

Plus, Bad Bunny hits the Super Bowl.

Central Alberta clinic pioneers ‘first-of-its-kind’ sexual assault care

This ‘first-of-its-kind’ centre in Red Deer, Alta., is diverting over a third of sexual assault cases away from busy hospital emergency rooms, providing patients with a calmer and more private health experience.

Apartment residents say fatal carbon monoxide poisoning of 11-year-old was preventable

A man who lives in a Regina apartment building says the carbon monoxide detector in his unit sounded just hours before another resident, an 11-year-old boy, died.

Characters in Oscar-nominated short brought to life by award-winning actor Colm Feore at Kitchener studio

An animated Canadian film produced by the National Film Board of Canada which has been nominated for an Oscar has local connections. The Girls Who Cried Pearls is a stop-motion film that tells the story of a poor boy in early 20th century Montreal who falls in love with a girl whose tears turn into pearls. It features the voice of actor Colm Feore who recorded the 17-minute short at Fred Smith Studios in Kitchener.

Provincial officials still trying to find way to raise abandoned tidal turbine

Ten months after the Nova Scotia government’s Energy Department took the lead on finding a way to recover an abandoned tidal turbine from the depths of the Bay of Fundy, officials still cannot say when — or if — the device might be removed.

NSA detected foreign intelligence phone call about a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) flagged an unusual phone call between two members of foreign intelligence, who discussed a person close to Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower’s attorney who was briefed on details of the call.

The highly sensitive communique, which has roiled Washington over the past week, was brought to the attention of the director of national intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard.

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Man behind the Clarity Act has choice words for Alberta separatists and Danielle Smith

Former federal Liberal leader and cabinet minister Stéphane Dion is lambasting the brewing separatist movement in Alberta and demanding Premier Danielle Smith clarify her position and lay out the next steps depending on the outcome of a possible independence referendum.

Beautiful, wonderful, or Toronto transit's black eye? Whatever it is, the Eglinton Crosstown is finally open

It might be a chilly day, but the cold air didn't stop excited Torontonians from piling onto the newly launched trains along Line 5 Sunday. "Line 5, Line 5, Line 5," chants erupted as the first Crosstown riders waited to get onboard at Kennedy Station.

No desks, no strategy: Experts say government's latest return-to-office order ignores reality

With federal public servants mandated to return to the office four days a week this summer, experts and unions are sounding the alarm over a lack of clear strategy or infrastructure to support such a move.

Most of the world doesn’t require a prescription for birth control. Why do Canadians still need one?

Some Canadian doctors say patients on birth control need monitoring. But medical authorities in other countries increasingly disagree.

No place for politics in F-35 cockpits as Canadian fighter jet pilots get ready to train at U.S. base

While procurement for Canada’s complete fighter jet fleet remains up in the air, advocates say politics need to be set aside as members of the Royal Canadian Air Force head to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona later this year to train on the F-35 when Canada eventually takes possession of the 16 jets it’s committed to buying.

Why Spain is aiming to regularize half a million undocumented migrants

While the United States has intensified its immigration crackdown and deportation efforts and European countries are closing their borders one after the other, Spain's left-wing government last month approved a royal decree to regularize several hundred thousand undocumented people who already live and work in the country.

With Maduro gone, Venezuelans test freedom to criticize leaders

Just over one month after the United States captured then-President Nicolas Maduro, some Venezuelans opposed to the government have become increasingly bold in challenging the new authorities.

Civil rights pioneer says after almost 70 years, story of the Little Rock Nine still 'resonates'

Long before her work as an anti-racist educator and environmental campaigner in Canada, Minnijean Brown-Trickey showed enormous courage as one of the Little Rock Nine — a group of Black teenagers who integrated Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., in 1957.

Academics pan decision to cut CEGEP education in Quebec's federal prisons

Inmates in Quebec's federal prisons will soon be deprived of post-secondary studies that had been offered for 52 years after Correctional Service Canada decided to slash funding.

How Scholastic became a cultural rite of passage for Canadian kids

For decades, Scholastic has been a fixture in Canadian elementary schools, introducing children to reading while helping fund under-resourced libraries. Despite growing criticism over cost and commercialization, the book fair remains a nostalgic — and enduring — rite of passage.

Watch these ice climbers scale Hamilton’s Tiffany Falls

Climbing company Muskoka Mountainworks took a group to Tiffany Falls in Hamilton for the first time last month. Two of the climbers tell CBC Hamilton they've long wanted to scale the frozen waterfall. They say ice climbing has been a great way for them to embrace winter.

I wanted to complete a triathlon. My first step? Learning to swim

At the age of 37, Alberto Ortiz's swimming had been casual dips in lakes or resort pools. But when a cousin made a joke about training for a triathlon, the idea stuck. When the training started, it didn't take long before he'd signed up for a full-distance Olympic triathlon.

The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham

The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden

The modern Olympics sell themselves on a simple premise: the whole world, watching the same moment, at the same time. On Friday night in Milan, that illusion fractured in real time.

When Team USA entered San Siro during the parade of nations, the speed skater Erin Jackson led the delegation into a wall of cheers. Moments later, when cameras cut to US vice-president JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance, large sections of the crowd responded with boos. Not subtle ones, but audible and sustained ones. Canadian viewers heard them. Journalists seated in the press tribunes in the upper deck, myself included, clearly heard them. But as I quickly realized from a groupchat with friends back home, American viewers watching NBC did not.

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Trump news at a glance: Tulsi Gabbard faces mounting questions over handling of intelligence intercept

Highly sensitive communique has roiled Washington over the past week – key US politics stories from Saturday 7 February at a glance

National intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard is facing growing questions about her handling of a report about an intercepted phone call between two members of foreign intelligence, who discussed a person close to Donald Trump.

A whistleblower said that Gabbard blocked the National Security Agency from sharing the report, instead delivering it to the White House chief of staff.

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'We will pay,' Savannah Guthrie says in desperate video plea to potential kidnappers of her mother

Today show host tells potential kidnappers of mother Nancy that family is prepared to pay for safe return

Savannah Guthrie told the potential kidnappers of her mother, Nancy Guthrie, on Saturday that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return, as the frantic search for the 84-year-old entered a seventh day.

“We received your message, and we understand. We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her,” she said in a video posted on social media, flanked by her siblings. “This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.”

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Minneapolis protesters arrested during one-month anniversary of Renee Good’s death

Several demonstrators taken into custody Saturday after marking killing of Minnesota woman by immigration officer

Police arrested several demonstrators on Saturday outside a federal building just south of Minneapolis, breaking up a protest marking the one-month anniversary of a Minnesota woman’s death at the hands of an immigration officer.

Renee Good was killed on 7 January as she was driving away from immigration officers in a Minneapolis neighborhood. Her death and the killing of another Minneapolis resident, Alex Pretti, just weeks later have stoked outrage nationwide over Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

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Brad Arnold of Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down dies aged 47

Lead singer died on Saturday, months after he announced that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer

Brad Arnold, the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, has died, months after he announced that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer. He was 47.

The band said in a statement on Saturday that Arnold “passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, in his sleep after his courageous battle with cancer”.

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Winter Olympics 2026: speed skating gold for Italy, Cas upholds ban on GB skeleton helmets and more – as it happened

Italy’s Francesca Lollobrigida won Italy’s first gold medal to get the party started at their home Games on day one

Gallery: Roll up, roll up for the very best of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony in pictures …

Curling mixed doubles: We’re in the sixth end and Team GB have extended their lead over Canada to 7-2. Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat are quite literally sweeping all before them in the round robin stages of this comepetition and heading for their sixth consecutive victory.

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Los Angeles city council member Nithya Raman enters mayoral race

Raman, backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, enters a crowded field that includes incumbent Karen Bass

Los Angeles city council member Nithya Raman formally entered the race for mayor on Saturday, unveiling her campaign during a press conference.

Representing areas that stretch from the San Fernando valley to Silver Lake, Raman declared her candidacy just hours before the filing deadline. She now joins a field that includes former reality television personality Spencer Pratt, Housing Now California deputy director Rae Huang, veteran city engineer Asaad Alnajjar and the incumbent mayor, Karen Bass.

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What if they held a Kid Rock country music festival and no one came?

One leg of Rock's Rock The Country festival has been canceled amidst news that he's lost the critical Shinedown vote.

Trump lawyers aim to deport five-year-old boy after judge ordered his release

Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were seized by ICE in Minneapolis last month before a judge ordered their release

Attorneys for the Trump administration are aiming to deport Liam Conejo Ramos, the five-year-old boy whose photograph in a bunny hat in snowy Minneapolis circulated globally after his detention last month by federal officials during the aggressive anti-immigration crackdown there.

The child, Liam, returned home to Minnesota earlier this week after being taken into custody alongside his father last month and transferred to a notorious family detention facility in Texas.

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Brad Arnold, lead singer of Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, dead at 47

The band said in a statement that Brad Arnold "passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, in his sleep after his courageous battle with cancer."

Savannah Guthrie says family ready to pay potential kidnappers ransom for mom's return

Savannah Guthrie told the potential kidnappers of her mother Nancy Guthrie on Saturday that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return.

Nexstar gets a big, all-caps Trump thumbs-up for plan to own TV stations in 80 percent of the U.S.

Trump declared that bending the FCC's rules about station ownership was necessary to defeat "THE ENEMY"—i.e., network news.

Trump and Vance’s Radical ICE Disaster Will Hurt Republicans in the Midterms

What if we rightly covered Republicans how centrist and conservative media lazily covers the Left?

Suryakumar’s brilliant blitz denies USA seismic shock in India’s T20 World Cup opener

• India, 161-9, bt USA, 132-8, by 29 runs

• Suryakumar’s 84 from 49 balls proves the difference

There was, in the end, no shock – but there was not a lot of awe either. India’s form over the last two years has made them the most feared side in world cricket but for a while as they got their World Cup campaign under way the only dread was being experienced by their own fans as the USA threatened a humiliating upset. But for some missed chances, a hugely unfortunate injury and the brilliance of Suryakumar Yadav it might well have happened.

As it was, Suryakumar’s late acceleration took him to 84 off 49 balls and his team to 161 for nine, while the USA reply started with three early wickets – the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, ruled out by illness, doing little to dull India’s cutting edge – and the margin in the end was 29.

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Autonomous, battery-swap mining truck gets big-buck boost from BYD [video]

Chinese equipment brand Boonray has developed an autonomous, battery-swapping electric mining truck that it hopes will revolutionize the global mining industry – and global EV leader BYD just gave it a multimillion dollar vote of confidence.

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Unstoppable Lindsey Vonn can achieve sports immortality on Sunday

A week after rupturing the ACL in her left knee, 41-year-old Lindsey Vonn goes for Olympic gold Sunday at 5:30 a.m. ET at the Olympia delle Tofane downhill course.

American fugitive who spent decades in Toronto extradited back to U.S.

A U.S. fugitive who spent more than 20 years in Toronto while fleeing manslaughter charges has been extradited to Florida.

Tom Brady reverses course after backlash and now wants Patriots to win Super Bowl

• Former QB initially said he had no ‘dog in the fight’

• Comments had angered fans and former teammates

As the New England Patriots prepare for Sunday’s Super Bowl, Tom Brady has decided he is backing his former team after all.

Brady, who won six Super Bowls with the Patriots, came under heavy criticism this week after saying he won’t have a “dog in the fight … may the best team win” when New England take on the Seattle Seahawks in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday.

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Can Trump Steal the Midterms? This Top Democrat Has a Plan to Stop Him

Congressman Jamie Raskin, a former law professor, explains to John Harwood how Democrats can stop Trump from escalating ICE brutality, undermining the midterms, and getting away with corruption.

Rage against the machine: a California community rallied against a datacenter – and won

Organizers in Monterey Park took inspiration from other US cities to fight against the construction of a giant datacenter

When a southern California city council proposed building a giant datacenter the size of four football fields last December, five residents vowed to stop it.

Through a frenetic word-of-mouth campaign, the small group raised awareness about the proposed facility in Monterey Park, a small city east of Los Angeles known affectionately as the country’s first suburban Chinatown.

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Xpeng is getting serious about selling you an aircraft carrier

Xpeng’s flying car unit Aridge is ramping up its marketing efforts for the new Land Aircraft Carrier designed carry its AeroHT eVTOL “flying car” as it inches closer to production reality.

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R.I.P. Brad Arnold, lead singer of 3 Doors Down

Arnold spent more than 20 years as the band's frontman—notably writing its breakout hit "Kryptonite" in math class while still a teen.

Federal judge reverses Trump’s freeze on $16bn for NY-NJ tunnel project

President reportedly wanted Dulles airport and Penn Station to be renamed after him in exchange for funding

A federal judge has reversed a freeze put on funds by Donald Trump for $16bn in enhanced rail links connecting New York and New Jersey amid reports that the US president wants major travel landmarks named after him in return for continued investment.

The Gateway Project will build a new commuter rail tunnel between Manhattan and New Jersey under the Hudson River on the western side of New York City and repair a century-old tunnel used by more than 200,000 travelers and 425 trains daily.

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Milan Cortina Winter Olympics 2026: day one – in pictures

We take a look at the best images from the opening day of the Games, including curling, downhill skiing, and ice hockey

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How aggressive free agency moves led the Patriots and Seahawks to the Super Bowl

Winning the headlines during free agency in March doesn't typically lead to success in January and February in the NFL. But this season, two of the most aggressive teams during the free agency period last offseason will play in the Super Bowl.

Early crash disrupts US favorite Jessie Diggins in race for skiathlon gold

• World No 1 claws back for eighth in difficult conditions

• Sweden storms to one-two finish over 20km distance

• Diggins has five more events at farewell Olympics

Jessie Diggins’s farewell Olympics began with a crash and a scramble on Saturday, the trailblazing star of American cross-country skiing fighting back to finish eighth in the women’s skiathlon as Sweden delivered a commanding one-two in the first cross-country skiing race of the Milano Cortina Games.

Frida Karlsson powered to gold ahead of teammate Ebba Andersson, with Norway’s Heidi Weng taking bronze, as the first Olympic women’s skiathlon contested over the new 20km distance quickly turned into a test of endurance, conditions and survival.

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‘A profound sense of being hunted’: with all eyes on Minneapolis, ICE arrests continue quietly across the US

Immigration operations are still stoking fear and disrupting the ability to go to work, school or doctor’s appointments

With the public’s outrage and attention focused on the deadly surge of federal agents in Minneapolis, immigration operations have quietly continued across the US – albeit in less noticeable but still troubling ways, advocates say.

In recent weeks there have been day laborers swept up at a Home Depot in San Diego. A taco truck vendor chased down outside a church in Los Angeles. Immigrants arrested at check-ins in North Carolina, and during traffic stops in the nation’s capital.

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Nebula Next enters the luxury EV race with its bold 01 Concept that debuted at CES

Nebula Next made its CES debut on January 6, pulling the wraps off the Nebula Next 01 Concept, the company’s first public look at where it wants to take high-performance electric vehicles.

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Trump shifts blame to aide as he refuses to apologize for racist video of Obamas

After first dismissing uproar over depiction of Obamas as apes, White House then said it was erroneously posted by staffer

Donald Trump said on Friday he made the call to post a now-deleted video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes but deflected blame for the move, causing new speculation in his orbit about whether the blame lay with the president or his aide Natalie Harp.

The brief clip, shared late Thursday night on Trump’s Truth Social account, appeared in a video pushing conspiracies about the 2020 election. Invoking racist tropes, the video depicted the Obamas’ faces superimposed on the bodies of cartoon apes dancing to The Lion Sleeps Tonight.

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Zelenskyy says US has set June deadline for Ukraine-Russia peace deal

Ukrainian president says Trump administration has proposed to host next round of trilateral talks in US

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the US has given Ukraine and Russia yet another deadline to reach a peace settlement, and is now proposing the war should end by June. The Ukrainian president also told reporters that both sides had been invited to further talks next week.

Zelenskyy said the Trump administration “will probably put pressure” on Ukraine and Russia to end the war by the beginning of the summer. “They say they want to get everything done by June,” he said. “ They will do everything to end the war and they want a clear schedule of all events.”

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‘My ACL is 100% gone’: Lindsey Vonn’s improbable comeback at 41 is just another risk

Time has never seemed to stop the US skiing star. Entering Sunday’s Olympic downhill medal race, injuries haven’t either

It was all going a little too easy for Lindsey Vonn. All the nervous apprehension, the paternalistic concern, the arch skepticism and hushed snickers that had rippled through the sports world when she announced her comeback from a six-year retirement had long since gone silent. A once-unthinkable fairytale ending at the age of 41 on the slopes of Cortina d’Ampezzo was practically within touching distance.

Back in November 2024, having been chased from the sport in 2019 by a battered right knee worn down by a string of gruesome crashes and multiple surgeries, Vonn proposed a return to a high-risk sport where no woman had ever won a race past the age of 34. There’s a history of comebacks like these going brutally wrong, and even Vonn’s most dedicated fans were bracing themselves for the worst. Think a shopworn Joe Louis getting battered through the ropes and on to the ring apron by Rocky Marciano. Or Björn Borg returning to the tour in the early 90s with a wooden racket, defiantly flailing through a sport that had moved on without him.

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Billie Joe Armstrong offers ICE agents career advice at pre-Super Bowl party: "Quit that shitty job"

Green Day is scheduled to play at the Super Bowl opening ceremony this year, ahead of Bad Bunny's halftime show performance.

Jon Favreau on How Confusion Powers the Regime

Is this real? Yes, in the sense that it all happened. But it’s becoming increasingly difficult – and disorienting – to figure out what’s true and what’s not anymore.

R.I.P. Fred Smith: Television bassist dead at 77

According to Television's social media pages, bassist Fred Smith “fought his illness long and hard these last few years.”

The women who saw Melania in theaters: ‘If you’re Republican, this is girls’ night’

The Amazon documentary brought in $7m its opening weekend – thanks to admirers eager for a glimpse of the first lady’s secretive life

The dress code for Lisa Copeland’s big night out: what would Melania wear?

The 60-year-old real estate entrepreneur and nine other friends were headed to Amazon’s new documentary Melania, which debuted in theaters nationwide last week. “We all brought our best power suit,” Copeland said, nodding to Melania Trump’s penchant for neat, tailored menswear-inspired looks. But since she lives in Austin, Texas, Copeland put her own country-glam spin on it: black leather pants and a pearl jacket with diamond and pearl beading.

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Deadly cold tests New York’s ability to protect its homeless communities

Outreach teams battle mistrust, mental illness and thin resources as subzero weather pushes the city to its limits

On the corner of 23rd Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan beneath the landmark Flatiron building, two workers from the Bridge, an outreach non-profit, were hoping to help a number of homeless men seek shelter from the dangerous, freezing temperatures gripping the city.

It is a matter of life and death as New York endures one of its longest stretches of subzero cold since 1960. Seventeen people have died, with at least 13 deaths linked to hypothermia. The city estimates that 800 homeless people have been moved inside, with Zohran Mamdani, the mayor, saying recently “we have been taking every possible measure to get New Yorkers inside. This has been a full all-hands-on-deck approach.”

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Outrage after US Congress votes to slash $125m in funding to replace toxic lead pipes

Move will hit Michigan, Illinois, New York and other states with highest levels of lead drinking water pipes the hardest

There is outrage among some politicians and activists after the US Congress voted to slash $125m for replacing toxic lead drinking water pipes that are particularly a threat to children.

The move will hit Michigan, Illinois, Texas, New York and other states with the highest levels of lead pipes the hardest. The cut was part of a broader government funding bill and particularly controversial in the context of the fight over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) funding.

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Why another US state is preparing a 10 mph e-bike speed limit

Florida is the latest US state to wade into the increasingly crowded waters of e-bike regulation, with lawmakers advancing a bill that would impose a situational 10 mph (16 km/h) speed limit for e-bikes on shared-use paths. It’s a move that fits squarely into a broader national trend, as states and cities across the country reconsider how electric bikes fit into public spaces that were never designed with fast, motor-assisted travel in mind.

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Rob Lantz to return as P.E.I.'s premier after winning PC leadership

The Epstein files reveal that a vast global conspiracy actually exists – sort of

The documents confirm what many have long assumed: elites live by their own special rules and codes of immunity

The millions of Jeffrey Epstein files dumped last Friday by the US Department of Justice will provide journalists, conspiracy theorists and interested members of the public with months of reading. And what they will read is enraging.

What makes these files so infuriating, however, is not just Epstein’s horrific predatory behavior, which is well-known, but the more mundane examples of elite conduct that the documents continue to expose. They vividly illustrate a world whose existence many everyday people, whether fevered with visions of the Illuminati or just jaundiced by banal anti-establishment cynicism, already suspected exists: an informal global club of powerful, ultra-rich people who all seemingly know each other, help one another out, and protect each other from the consequences of their depravity.

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‘An unqualified insurrectionist’: outcry over Trump nominee in Wyoming

Darin Smith, who was outside Capitol on January 6, decried as Senate mulls nomination as state’s top federal prosecutor

A Republican former state lawmaker with no experience trying cases, a record of opposing LGBTQ+ rights, and who was outside the Capitol during the January 6 insurrection, is awaiting Senate confirmation to become the top federal prosecutor in Wyoming.

Donald Trump first nominated Darin Smith as Wyoming’s US attorney last year, and the judiciary committee advanced him in a party-line vote in January. Democrats have condemned Smith, saying he lacks the experience necessary for the job and threatens to impose a discriminatory approach to federal law enforcement in the state where gay college student Matthew Shepard’s 1998 murder galvanized the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

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Trump housing policy is a mess and it won’t fix the US housing crisis

Deregulation alone can’t make homes affordable when rising inequality, not zoning, is what is driving prices up

Donald Trump has an interesting view of how housing plays in US politics. “I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people that own their homes,” he said at a recent cabinet meeting. Unaffordable housing may be front and center of the “affordability crisis” pissing off voters. Still, he insists: “We’re not going to destroy the value of their homes so that somebody that didn’t work very hard can buy a home.”

It can be hard to square some things Trump says with other things Trump says, let alone with reality. One can’t help but remember his campaign “goal of cutting the cost of a new home in half” by eliminating pesky regulations that raise the cost of construction. Forget that cheap new entry-level homes will weigh on the price of the existing housing stock.

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The Black Panthers vs. ICE in America

For Radio-Canada/Rad, journalist Julia Pagé and director Frédéric Lacelle traveled to Philadelphia to meet with members of a group that called itself the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. Armed with AK-47s, party members patrol their neighbourhood to defend citizens against police violence.

Suspected saboteurs hit Italian rail network near Bologna, police say

Saboteurs damaged rail infrastructure near the northern Italian city of Bologna on Saturday morning, disrupting train journeys on the first full day of the Winter Olympic Games, the Transport Ministry said.

The fictions around Donuts reaffirm J Dilla’s legend

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