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Lead: The Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics continue on Tuesday, Feb. 17 (Day 11) with a packed slate that includes women’s figure skating competition, bobsled medal sessions and high-profile finals in big air and speedskating. All events stream live on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com, with U.S. broadcast windows noted in the schedule. Key medal sessions on … Read more

Lead Four people were killed and 29 others were injured in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 25 south of Pueblo on Tuesday morning. The pileup occurred at about 10:02 a.m. at milepost 92, just south of Pueblo Boulevard, during a sudden brownout that reduced visibility to near zero. Colorado State Patrol (CSP) reported crashes on … Read more

Lead: Documents seen by the BBC show Dame Antonia Romeo, the leading candidate to become the next head of the UK civil service, was the subject of several allegations about her conduct while serving as the UK consul general in New York in 2016–2017. The Cabinet Office says one formal complaint from nine years ago … Read more

Lead: Peru’s interim president José Jerí was removed from office on 17 February 2026 after Congress passed a censure motion by 75 votes to 24, ending a four-month tenure ahead of the 12 April general election. The dismissal follows an Attorney General probe into off‑record meetings with a Chinese businessman—episodes that became known as “Chifa‑gate.” … Read more

Lead: Tony Clark is expected to step down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, people briefed on the decision said on Feb. 17, 2026. The move follows a federal investigation that has drawn scrutiny from players and prompted members of the union’s eight-player executive subcommittee to engage with investigators. Clark’s departure … Read more

Lead On February 17, 2026, Bayer AG announced a proposal to pay more than $7 billion as part of an effort to resolve cancer lawsuits tied to its Roundup weedkiller. The company said it had filed a $7.25 billion class-action settlement in Missouri state court intended to address claims already brought and potential new claims … Read more

Lead: Google is said to be developing “Project Toscana,” a hardware-focused upgrade to face unlock that would appear on future Pixel phones and some Chromebooks, according to reporting on Feb. 17, 2026. The reports claim the system operates from a single hole‑punch camera cutout and performed “as quickly as” Apple’s Face ID in various lighting … Read more

Lead: On Feb. 17, 2026, Senate Democrats delivered a counterproposal to Republicans and the White House seeking changes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lapsed. The move follows two fatal officer-involved shootings during a recent immigration operation in Minneapolis and … Read more

Lead: On Feb. 17, 2026 the Commodity Futures Trading Commission signaled it would assert federal authority over prediction markets as states press enforcement actions. New CFTC chairman Michael Selig said the agency filed an amicus brief in federal court and will act to block state-level bans on event contracts. The move follows wide litigation targeting … Read more

Feb 17, 2026 — A potent cold front swept across the San Francisco Bay Area early Tuesday, producing thunderstorms with lightning, heavy rain and scattered small hail across the North Bay and northern Contra Costa County. High-resolution models showed a concentrated band of intense showers moving through San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose in the … Read more

Lead Wendy Williams attended the funeral for her father, Thomas Williams, near Miami on Monday, February 16, 2026, and appeared visibly distraught as she left the service. Photographs from the event show Williams dressed in black and accompanied by her niece, Alex Finnie, and Finnie’s partner, Eric Houston. The appearance comes amid an ongoing, court-supervised … Read more

Lead Early voting opened on Tuesday across Texas as the state prepares for its 3 March primary elections, a contest that could reshape the 2026 Senate map. On the Republican side, four-term Senator John Cornyn faces a bruising challenge from Attorney General Ken Paxton, while an intra-party alternative, Representative Wesley Hunt, also seeks traction. Democrats … Read more

Lead: A powerful storm system drenched Southern California on Monday, producing flash flooding and debris-flow warnings across Los Angeles and nearby coastal valleys while a separate winter system is developing into a dangerous blizzard for the Upper Midwest. Northern Minnesota faces up to 24 inches of snow in places and wind gusts near 60 mph … Read more

Lead The 2026 franchise-tag window has opened — teams can apply the tag once per club between this Tuesday and March 3 — and a handful of notable players are in the crosshairs. Only two players were tagged in 2025 (Bengals WR Tee Higgins and Chiefs G Trey Smith), both of whom later secured long-term … Read more

Iran Says It Temporarily Closed Strait of Hormuz During Indirect U.S. Talks Lead: Iran announced on Tuesday that it briefly closed the Strait of Hormuz for live-fire drills as negotiators held another round of indirect talks with U.S. representatives in Geneva. The government said missiles were fired toward the waterway and that the strait would … Read more