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Lead Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to lapse early Saturday morning, according to reporting on Feb. 13, 2026, unless negotiators reach a last-minute settlement. The impasse stems from a fierce congressional standoff over the Trump administration’s intensified immigration enforcement—heightened after federal agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis last … Read more

Lead: Union leaders and San Francisco Unified School District officials reached a tentative $183 million contract early Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, ending the city’s first teacher strike in nearly 50 years and clearing the way for classrooms to reopen next week. The two-year deal provides the equivalent of a 6% pay increase for certificated staff, … Read more

Lead Feb. 11, 2026 — At the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States finished second in the ice dance after judges awarded gold to Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron. The International Skating Union (ISU) issued a defense of the panel’s scoring after one judge’s free-dance marks became … Read more

At the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, U.S. ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates took silver in the Olympic ice dance competition but said they believed they had secured the gold. The pair told CBS News they delivered their “absolute best performance” and were surprised by the final placements after visible errors by the … Read more

Lead In a recent Contemporary OB/GYN short, Kelly B. Zafman, MD, MSCR, outlined clinical concerns when pregnant patients discontinue antidepressant medication. She emphasized the elevated risk of depressive relapse and the potential downstream effects on maternal functioning and perinatal outcomes. The interview frames medication decisions as individualized risk–benefit conversations between patients and clinicians. Separately, Christina … Read more

Lead Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo added an eighth Olympic gold on Friday in Tesero, Italy, winning the men’s 10-kilometer interval-start at the Milan Cortina 2026 Games. The 29-year-old secured his third gold of these Games in a time of 20:36.2, collapsing at the finish after a punishing final climb. With three individual races still to … Read more

Lead: On Feb. 13, 2026, Everett, Washington–based Helion Energy said its Polaris prototype reached peak plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius, a milestone the company calls about three-quarters of the way toward its commercial target. The firm is running Polaris on deuterium–tritium fuel and reports a clear rise in fusion output during experiments. Helion … Read more

On February 13, 2026, Charli XCX released “Eyes of the World,” a collaboration with Sky Ferreira and the pair’s first joint recording since 2019’s “Cross You Out.” The track appears on Charli’s new soundtrack for Emerald Fennell’s film adaptation of Wuthering Heights and arrives alongside previously shared soundtrack cuts including “Wall Of Sound,” “Chains Of … Read more

On Feb. 13, 2026, law enforcement officials in Pima County, Arizona, said they have been deluged with tips after Savannah Guthrie posted a public video pleading for help locating her 84‑year‑old mother, Nancy Guthrie, who was reported missing from her Catalina Foothills home on Feb. 1. The FBI released images of a masked, armed suspect … Read more

On Feb. 12, 2026, the University of Wisconsin–Madison notified students that it will require disclosure of vaccination or immunity status for several diseases, including measles. The announcement follows a confirmed measles case in an on-campus student reported in early February; that student visited multiple on- and off-campus locations while infectious, prompting outreach to roughly 4,000 … Read more

Lead Dubai-based ports giant DP World announced on February 13, 2026, that Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem has stepped down and been replaced after U.S. Department of Justice files revealed past ties between Sulayem and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. The company named Essa Kazim as chairman of the board and promoted Yuvraj Narayan to group … Read more

Lead Free condom supplies at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic village were reported exhausted within three days of distribution, Italian newspaper La Stampa said on 13 February 2026. An anonymous athlete told the paper that organisers promised more would be sent but gave no delivery timetable. The shortfall contrasts with the Paris 2024 distribution, when organisers … Read more

Lead: Major package and logistics firms including DHL, UPS and FedEx are accelerating the rollout of autonomous robots and AI across distribution centers in early 2026. Companies report faster throughput and measurable efficiency gains — for example, DHL’s robots can unload containers at up to 650 cases per hour — while simultaneously reshaping hiring, facility … Read more

Lead Former Scottish National Party (SNP) chief executive Peter Murrell has been indicted on an allegation that he embezzled £459,000 from the party over a period spanning August 2010 to January 2023. The indictment, seen by news outlets, details purchases allegedly made for personal use and alleges false accounting to disguise them as party expenses. … Read more

Lead: A new parent and professional statistician who had a baby in August describes a fraught vaccination decision after a pediatric visit and a rapid Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendation change. Ten days after the infant received the rotavirus shot, the CDC revised its guidance; the author says that change, alongside broader … Read more