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Lead On Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, thousands of Seahawks fans packed downtown Seattle to celebrate the team’s Super Bowl LX victory over the New England Patriots (29-13). The parade began after a 10 a.m. trophy presentation at Lumen Field and moved north on Fourth Avenue; the convoy departed the stadium around 11:30 a.m. Players, coaches … Read more

Lead: On 11 February 2026, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi faced the House Judiciary Committee in a contentious hearing in Washington as she defended the Justice Department’s handling of court-ordered disclosures tied to Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats pressed her over the department’s compliance with a statute passed last year that required full release of the files … Read more

Lead San Francisco teachers entered their third day of striking on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, as negotiators from the district and the union met again while schools remained closed to the district’s roughly 48,000 students. Union supporters staged a noon gathering at Ocean Beach that formed a human banner reading “FOR OUR STUDENTS STRIKE” to … Read more

Editor’s note: Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of France won the ice dance gold medal. Updated Feb. 11, 2026, 7:11 p.m. ET. In Milan, the Olympic ice dance competition reached a dramatic conclusion Wednesday as longtime U.S. contenders Madison Chock and Evan Bates chased a first individual Olympic medal while a newly formed French … Read more

Lead: Activists organized demonstrations at more than two dozen Target stores on Wednesday to pressure the retailer to publicly oppose a five-week-old federal immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota. A coalition called ICE Out Minnesota urged sit-ins and for protests to continue for a full week, focusing attention on Target because its headquarters are in Minneapolis. … Read more

Apple reported internal testing problems with a long-planned overhaul of its Siri virtual assistant, according to reporting on Feb. 11, 2026. The company had intended to bundle the new Siri capabilities in iOS 26.4, scheduled for March, but recent test failures have prompted engineers to reschedule some features. Sources say Apple is now planning to … Read more

On February 11, 2026, China conducted a combined test that both exercised a new lunar capsule and validated a reusable booster concept at the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan Island. A Long March 10 first-stage booster, powered by seven kerosene-fueled YF-100K engines, lifted off and later returned for recovery after an in‑flight abort scenario; … Read more

Lead Seamus Culleton, an Irish national living and working in the Boston area, has been held in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody since 9 September 2025, his wife and lawyer say. Tiffany Smyth, a US citizen, held a press conference calling for his immediate release, saying he has endured “dire conditions” while detained … Read more

Lead: Ave Maria University in Collier County, Florida, is managing a measles outbreak after 57 cases were confirmed, with health officials reporting seven individuals currently contagious. The university and local public-health authorities have initiated contact tracing, testing and targeted vaccination guidance to limit spread. No fatalities have been reported in public updates, and officials urge … Read more

Lead: The American Medical Association (AMA) announced on 11 February 2026 that it will lead a monthly, independent review of the safety and effectiveness of influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines for the coming fall. The move follows a series of policy shifts at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under … Read more

Lead: Jason Momoa will headline Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions’ feature adaptation of Helldivers, directed by Justin Lin, with a wide theatrical release set for November 10, 2027. The film adapts Arrowhead Game Studios’ franchise, which began in 2015 and saw a major commercial resurgence with Helldivers 2. Producers attached include Hutch Parker, PlayStation Productions’ … Read more

Lead The 2025 NFL season concluded with the Seattle Seahawks hoisting the Lombardi Trophy after Super Bowl LX, and the clearest lesson was defensive investment paid off. From draft gambles to free-agent pickups and unconventional coaching hires, several franchises flipped conventional script—and the results varied dramatically. The year also underscored patience with quarterback development, the … Read more

Lead Documents and video clips recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice show grainy, black-and-white footage recorded inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach, Florida, home office. The short clips — many under a minute — show the office desk and, in some, Epstein sitting behind it while other people move about or sit on the … Read more

Apple has begun rolling out iOS 26.3 for iPhone, the third major update to its redesigned operating system and the last refresh before a planned Siri overhaul. The update, released on February 11, 2026, brings a set of usability tweaks — including an easier path for switching from Android to iPhone and refinements to the … Read more

Lead New annual revisions from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Feb. 11, 2026 show U.S. payrolls were significantly smaller than monthly reports indicated. For 2025 the B.L.S. cut its estimate of job growth to 181,000 — 69% below the prior 584,000 figure — and reduced its 2024 estimate by nearly 28 percent. Together the … Read more