What Will ‘Today’ Do if Savannah Guthrie Doesn’t Return? – The Hollywood Reporter

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Lead: Savannah Guthrie and her extended Today family have been grappling with a personal crisis since the early hours of Sunday, Feb. 1, when Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, was reportedly abducted from her Tucson home. NBC’s morning franchise has paused typical promotion of anchors and heightened security, while continuing the program with temporary lineups … Read more

Rocket Report: Chinese launch firm raises big money; Falcon 9 back to the Bahamas – Ars Technica

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Lead: In the latest Rocket Report edition, multiple commercial and national launch programs made concrete moves this week: Chinese firms secured new capital and sketched reuse timetables, SpaceX resumed an offshore Falcon 9 recovery near the Bahamas, and NASA rehearsed a critical countdown for Artemis II at Kennedy Space Center. The developments span funding, test … Read more

KATSEYE’s Manon to Take Temporary Hiatus From Group Activities

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Lead: On February 20 local time, HYBE x Geffen announced that KATSEYE member Manon will step away from group activities temporarily to focus on her health and wellbeing. The agency said the decision followed private discussions and that the group will continue scheduled commitments while she rests. HYBE x Geffen expressed full support for Manon … Read more

Anna Murdoch-Mann, author and ex-wife of Rupert Murdoch, dies aged 81 – The Guardian

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Anna Murdoch-Mann, a novelist, philanthropist and the second wife of media magnate Rupert Murdoch, died at her Palm Beach, Florida, home on Tuesday, 17 February 2026. She was 81. The New York Post published the first media report of her death on Friday. Murdoch-Mann’s passing closes a life that intersected with the rise of a … Read more

WWE SmackDown Spoiler Lineup for February 20, 2026: Full Match Card and Backstage Notes

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The following is a spoiler rundown for WWE SmackDown on February 20, 2026, summarizing a reported match card, backstage notes and lineup adjustments. Sources indicate the episode will feature open segments from Cody Rhodes and Jade Cargill, multiple Elimination Chamber qualifiers on both the men’s and women’s sides, and a mix of singles matches that … Read more

5th Circuit Lets Louisiana Ten Commandments Classroom Display Law Move Forward

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has cleared a procedural hurdle that allows a Louisiana law requiring poster‑sized displays of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms to go into effect. The full court voted 12–6 on Friday to lift a lower‑court injunction first issued in 2024, saying it is premature to … Read more

The chart on this generator stock signals more gains ahead, says Carter Worth – CNBC

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Lead: On Feb. 20, 2026, technical strategist Carter Worth told CNBC that the price chart for a listed generator-equipment company shows patterns consistent with further upside. He said recent price action cleared a meaningful resistance band and that momentum measures support an extension of the rally. The comment came during a CNBC market segment and … Read more

US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agent last year, new records show

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Lead: Newly released internal records show that Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, was shot and killed on 15 March 2025 on South Padre Island, Texas, during a late-night traffic encounter involving agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The documents, obtained by the non-profit American Oversight through a Freedom of Information Act request, say an HSI agent … Read more

US envoy Mike Huckabee says it would be ‘fine’ if Israel took all Middle East land

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Lead On 20 February 2026, US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told podcaster Tucker Carlson in an interview recorded in Israel that it “would be fine” if Israel took control of the territory described in an Old Testament promise to Abraham, a phrase Carlson said would cover much of the modern Middle East. The remark … Read more

Nevada legal battle against prediction markets it calls ‘unlicensed sports gambling’ is moving forward – NBC News

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Nevada has escalated its effort to stop the prediction-market platform Kalshi, saying the company’s event contracts amount to illegal sports betting. This week a federal transfer and a Ninth Circuit decision left Kalshi facing state civil enforcement as the matter landed before U.S. District Judge Miranda Du in the District of Nevada. Nevada regulators and … Read more

Trump administration rolls back mercury rules for coal-fired power plants

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Lead The Trump administration has announced a reversal of a 2024 Biden-era tightening of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS), a rule that targets mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. The action removes the updated emissions limits and reporting requirements and would return the sector to the 2012 MATS baseline. The move primarily affects … Read more

Ted Sarandos Bewails James Cameron Hooking Up With “Paramount Disinformation Campaign” Over WB Deal – Deadline

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Lead Ted Sarandos, Netflix co-CEO, said on Friday he was surprised and disappointed that director James Cameron publicly sided with what Sarandos called a “Paramount disinformation campaign” over the contested Warner Bros. deal. The dispute centers on competing bids and public claims about theatrical release windows after Cameron wrote to Sen. Mike Lee on Feb. … Read more