Feb 16, 2026 — Atle Lie McGrath of Norway left the men’s Olympic slalom course in Bormio after missing a gate in his second run, abandoning his skis and walking toward the woods as a potential gold slipped away. Loïc Meillard of Switzerland ultimately won the gold on the Stelvio, with Austria’s Fabio Gstrein taking … Read more
Lead The NAACP and allied civil-rights groups asked a federal judge to restrict how the government can use voter information seized by the FBI from a Fulton County elections facility on Jan. 28. The groups say Georgia residents entrusted the state with sensitive registration and ballot data and that the seizure threatened privacy and voting … Read more
Bloomberg, cited by Push Square in February 2026, reports that Sony is considering delaying the PlayStation 6 launch from an earlier 2027 target to 2028 or even 2029. The possible postponement is being linked to rising RAM prices and stronger chip demand driven in part by AI workloads. Industry analysts and company insiders say the … Read more
On Saturday in Lyon, 23-year-old mathematics student Quentin Deranque died two days after being set upon in a street confrontation that prosecutors say involved multiple attackers. Authorities opened a murder investigation on Monday after an autopsy found fatal skull and brain injuries; investigators say at least six people kicked and punched the victim. The episode … Read more
A.J. Preller and the San Diego Padres have agreed to a multi-year contract extension, the club announced on February 2026. The deal’s financial terms were not disclosed. Preller, 48, had been entering the final year of his contract in 2026 and will now remain in the front office for the foreseeable future. The move locks … Read more
Lead On Sunday in Mexico City, actress-producer Salma Hayek Pinault joined President Claudia Sheinbaum to launch a broad support package for Mexican cinema that includes a new 30% income-tax incentive for qualifying productions. The plan — coordinated with the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) and effective today — bundles tax relief with measures … Read more
Presidents Day weekend 2026 has produced wide discounts on Apple hardware and Beats accessories across major online retailers, with many markdowns live through the end of the holiday weekend. Retailers are offering savings on 28 popular items, with reductions reaching as much as 50 percent on select accessories. Highlights include price cuts on AirPods Pro … Read more
Lead Inglewood, Calif. — NBA All-Star Saturday on Feb. 15, 2026, at the Clippers’ Intuit Dome drew far fewer visible fans than recent years after organizers pushed the schedule into the early afternoon to avoid a Winter Olympics TV conflict. The day’s first event, the 3-point contest, began in front of sparse stands, and although … Read more
Lead: On remote outcrops in the Garvellach islands off Scotland’s west coast, a continuous rock sequence records a global turning point: between about 717 and 635 million years ago the planet plunged into repeated, near-global glaciations. These Cryogenian events — chiefly the Sturtian (beginning ~717 Ma, lasting ~57 Myr) and the Marinoan (about 645–635 Ma) … Read more
Lead: Former US President Barack Obama addressed renewed attention to his remarks about extraterrestrial life after a podcast exchange in which he said, “They’re real.” The comment came during a rapid-fire segment on Brian Tyler Cohen’s show published on Saturday; Obama posted a clarification on his official Instagram the following day. He said the statistical … Read more
Lead: On Sunday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, medals were decided across nine events in a packed schedule that included alpine skiing, skeleton, biathlon and speed skating. U.S. athletes pushed for podiums while established champions and new record-setters left their mark on the Games. Mikaela Shiffrin entered the women’s giant slalom seeking her … Read more
Lead Annabelle Singer, an associate professor and biomedical engineer at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, is testing whether patterned sensory stimulation can slow Alzheimer s progression. In Atlanta labs she uses goggles and headphones that deliver 40 Hz flicker and synchronized clicks to probe neural rhythms tied to memory. Early preclinical work and … Read more
Lead On Feb 16, 2026, Google pushed security updates for Chrome after confirming an actively exploited zero-day tracked as CVE-2026-2441. The bug is a use-after-free vulnerability in CSS with a CVSS score of 8.8 and was reported by researcher Shaheen Fazim on Feb 11, 2026. Google acknowledged an exploit exists in the wild but has … Read more
Lead Israeli producer Dana Eden, 52, a co-creator and producer of the Emmy-winning series Tehran, was found dead in an Athens hotel room on Monday, February 16, 2026. Eden was in Greece with her production company for the shoot of the show’s fourth season. Greek media and local authorities said bruises and pills were reported … Read more
Lead Recent scientific work is challenging the long-held idea that women are innately more empathetic than men. Studies spanning fetal hormone measurements (2006–2007), large genetic surveys (2018), a 2025 infant meta-analysis, and 2023 brain-imaging and behavioral experiments show small average differences, large within‑group variation, and strong effects of social context and motivation. The result: biology … Read more
