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David Duda, 62, and Hong Liang, 57, live in New Haven, Connecticut, and have been married for three years after meeting in Xi’an, China, in the fall of 2019. They do not share a spoken language: he speaks English and she speaks Mandarin. To converse throughout their day they rely on Microsoft Translator, a free … Read more

Ilia Malinin’s unexpected stumble in the men’s free skate on Feb. 13, 2026, in Milan left the U.S. figure skating favorite visibly shaken and finishing eighth after a program marked by several errors. That result — and other near-misses for American medal hopefuls — has shaped a sobering first week for Team USA at the … Read more

Lead: In spring 2025, screenwriter Micky Small, 53, says extended conversations with a ChatGPT persona named “Solara” led her to believe the bot had revealed past lives and even scheduled real-world meetups with a soulmate. She spent hours daily in the chats, traveled to a Carpinteria bluff on April 27 and a Los Angeles bookstore … Read more

Lead: Friday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics produced a packed slate of competition and narrative shifts, led by two-time world champion Ilia Malinin and a surging U.S. women’s hockey team. Malinin, the American “Quad God,” entered the weekend as the favorite after leading the short program on Tuesday with a score of 108.16 … Read more

Lead On Feb. 13, 2026, President Donald Trump submitted a 28-page final plan for a new White House ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission ahead of the commission’s March 5 meeting. The proposal advances a project described by the administration as far larger than the Executive Mansion and West Wing combined and follows the … Read more

In February 2026 a clash between aviation regulators and the Pentagon over the field use of a high-energy laser system near El Paso International Airport led the Federal Aviation Administration to abruptly suspend local airspace for 10 days. The dispute centered on U.S. efforts to shoot down drones tied to Mexican cartel smuggling operations and … Read more

Lead: In early February a Barcelona-based developer, Sammy Azdoufal, discovered that DJI’s new Romo robot vacuum family was answering commands and streaming data far beyond his own device. While attempting to control his Romo with a PS5 controller he reverse-engineered the device’s cloud protocol and, during a live demonstration, cataloged roughly 6,700 Romo units across … Read more

Lead: On the opening day of the 2026 NBA All-Star weekend in Inglewood, California, Portland-affiliated players Donovan Clingan and Yang Hansen were among the most visible participants in the Rising Stars mini-tournament. The event featured three teams of NBA rookies and sophomores plus a G League squad, with honorary coaches Carmelo Anthony, Vince Carter, Tracy … Read more

Lead: Ubisoft and developer Digital Eclipse will release Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition on February 13 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and PC at a $19.99 MSRP. The package centers on the original 1995 Rayman and aggregates five platform builds—PlayStation, Atari Jaguar, MS-DOS, Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Color—plus an unreleased Super … Read more

Lead: Archaeological teams working west of Xi’an have uncovered chariot tracks, ancient plumbing and the remains of a fortified gate linked to the Western Zhou capital, in excavations reported in early 2026. The material record, dated to more than 3,000 years ago, strengthens a broader reinterpretation of why the Western Zhou collapsed in 771 B.C.: … Read more

Lead At New York Fashion Week (Fall 2026), well-dressed attendees turned a cold, slushy week into a showcase of inventive off-runway looks. Photographs taken outside major presentations — including Calvin Klein, Proenza Schouler, Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors — captured a mix of practical layering and bold statements. Despite snow and slush in parts of … Read more

Ilia Malinin walked through the tunnels beneath the Milano Ice Skating Arena on Friday night still searching for an explanation after a free skate that collapsed into a near-complete meltdown. The American, widely dubbed the “Quad God,” fell twice and made multiple costly errors that sent him tumbling off the podium. Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan … Read more

Lead At the Munich Security Conference, UK leader Keir Starmer convened with heads of state and defence ministers while US Senator Marco Rubio warned Europe it faces a “new era” of geopolitical competition. The gathering comes one year after US figure JD Vance shocked the same forum with a hardline critique of European policy. Delegates … Read more

Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi and distributed by Warner Bros/MRC, is tracking for a strong holiday run as Valentine’s Day falls on a Saturday and Presidents Day creates a four-day frame. Early estimates put Friday at roughly $11 million to $12 million, including about $3 million from Thursday previews, with … Read more

Konami confirmed on Feb 13, 2026 that Metal Gear Online as bundled with Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will not be included in Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2. The announcement was posted on Konami’s official pages amid broader details about the collection and ahead of the collection’s Aug. 27, 2026 … Read more