Jason Oppenheim and girlfriend Jessica Vargas have ended their romantic relationship, sources tell TMZ. The split was reported on Feb. 15, 2026, with people close to the couple saying they separated about two weeks earlier while both were in Hawaii for a friend’s wedding. Despite the change in status, the pair remain on civil and … Read more
Lead On Feb. 15, 2026 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Team Stars defeated Team Stripes 47-21 to win the final of the NBA’s revamped All‑Star mini‑tournament. Minnesota guard Anthony Edwards was named Most Valuable Player after a tying 3‑pointer in the opening round and eight points in the championship game. The three‑team format — … Read more
Lead The FBI said Sunday that DNA recovered from a glove found about two miles (3.2 km) from the home of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother appears to match the glove worn by a masked person captured on a porch camera the night Nancy Guthrie vanished. The glove was recovered in a field beside … Read more
Lead Lawmakers and the White House showed no sign of compromise Sunday in talks that collapsed into a partial Department of Homeland Security funding lapse, leaving vital agencies operating under a pause in appropriations. The partial government shutdown began Saturday after congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump’s team failed to agree on a DHS funding … Read more
Lead: On Feb. 15, 2026 at Daytona Beach, Fla., Tyler Reddick captured the Daytona 500 driving a Toyota fielded by 23XI Racing, the team co-owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin. Reddick edged out the field after a dramatic final-lap sequence in which Chase Elliott, battling for the lead, was clipped and lost control. The … Read more
At the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Saturday the league’s efforts to stop teams from deliberately losing games — a practice known as “tanking” — have fallen short. Speaking on the eve of the NBA All‑Star Game, Silver warned that analytic-driven incentives are encouraging teams to prioritize draft positioning over … Read more
Peter Steinberger, the Austrian developer behind the viral AI assistant now called OpenClaw, said on February 15, 2026 that he is joining OpenAI. Steinberger announced the move in a developer blog post and framed the decision as a way to accelerate deployment of his agent technology rather than scaling a standalone company. OpenAI CEO Sam … Read more
California faces a sequence of storms this week that are expected to produce widespread rain, heavy mountain snow, strong winds and hazardous surf. The first system arrives Sunday for Northern California and the Central Coast, with steady Sierra snowfall beginning Sunday night; a second, colder wave follows Tuesday into Wednesday and could bring the coldest … Read more
Lead Canada will announce a new defence-industry strategy the week of Feb. 15, 2026 that redirects billions of dollars in military procurement away from U.S. defense contractors and toward Canadian suppliers. The policy, presented by Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa, comes amid escalating tensions with the Trump administration, including recent tariffs and political rhetoric. … Read more
Lead: The 41st Film Independent Spirit Awards took place Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2026, at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the year’s standout independent films and television. The ceremony, hosted by Saturday Night Live alum Ego Nwodim, streamed live on YouTube through IMDb and Film Independent beginning at 2 p.m. PT. Early winners included A24’s Sorry, … Read more
Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi’s Wuthering Heights led Valentine’s Day audiences in North America, posting a strong Saturday and projecting a global launch of roughly $82 million—about $40 million domestically and $42 million from more than 75 overseas markets—while Sony Animation’s surprise hit GOAT threatened to erode its U.S. momentum over the four-day Presidents Day … Read more
Lead Ofelia Torres, a 16-year-old from Chicago who had been treated for an aggressive form of cancer since late 2024, died on Friday, her family said. While she underwent care for stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, her father, Ruben Torres Maldonado, was detained by federal immigration authorities in October 2025, triggering a public legal fight for … Read more
Lead On the February 13 episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, the host, 70, criticized President Donald Trump, 79, after the administration moved on February 12 to rescind a 2009 Environmental Protection Agency finding that classified carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as a danger to public health. Maher condemned the decision on-air and … Read more
In Cortina d’Ampezzo on Sunday, Team GB claimed two Winter Olympic golds in one day as Matt Weston and Tabitha Stoecker won the mixed team skeleton event. The victory followed Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale’s earlier snowboard cross mixed-team gold, making it a landmark day for British winter sport. Stoecker posted a 1:00.77 run that … Read more
Lead: In early 2026 U.S. diplomatic posts across Asia actively solicited corporate donations to underwrite a series of celebratory events tied to America’s 250th Independence Day. The activity follows President Trump’s December announcement of a campaign to stage large-scale Fourth of July celebrations. Reports show outreach in Hong Kong, major corporate commitments in Japan and … Read more
