Raiders name Travis Smith Defensive Line Coach – Raiders.com

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Lead: The Las Vegas Raiders announced on Monday in Henderson, Nevada, that Travis Smith has been hired as the team’s defensive line coach. Smith returns to the Raiders organization after a one-year stint as the Tennessee Titans’ defensive run game coordinator in 2025 and brings a track record of developing interior and edge defenders. His … Read more

Teacher Killed After Driver Fleeing ICE Crashes in Savannah

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Lead Shortly before 7:45 a.m. on Feb. 16, 2026, a vehicle fleeing U.S. immigration agents collided with a teacher’s car outside Herman W. Hesse K-8 School in Savannah, Georgia, killing the teacher, local police said. The driver, identified as 38-year-old Oscar Vasquez Lopez, was arrested at the scene and later charged with first-degree homicide by … Read more

Southbound lanes of Highway 101 at Fairview Avenue reopened after tree fall Monday

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Lead On Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, a large eucalyptus tree fell across southbound Highway 101 just south of Fairview Avenue in Santa Barbara County, blocking all southbound lanes and the northbound fast lane. Emergency crews from the Santa Barbara County Fire Department and the California Highway Patrol responded to the scene; no injuries were reported. … Read more

Judge invokes Orwell, orders return of slavery exhibits to Philadelphia museum

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Lead On February 16, 2026, U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe ordered the federal government to return long-standing slavery exhibit panels removed from the President’s House Site in Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. Rufe, an appointee of President George W. Bush, cited George Orwell’s novel 1984 in her written ruling as she granted the City … Read more

WWE RAW Spoiler Lineup for February 16, 2026: Full Match Card and Backstage Notes Revealed – Ringside News

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Lead WWE RAW is scheduled to air live from Memphis on February 16, 2026, with a spoiler lineup that mixes title-related segments and Elimination Chamber qualifying matches. The early card, reported via BodySlam.net and circulated by Ringside News, lists several high-profile segments including CM Punk and The Usos. Two qualifying matches for the upcoming Elimination … Read more

The U.S. ready to make up, Europe ready to break up in Munich – NPR

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Lead At the 62nd Munich Security Conference in Munich on Feb. 13–15, 2026, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and European leaders presented sharply different readings of trans-Atlantic ties. Rubio, speaking on Feb. 14, 2026, urged renewed common purpose while warning that migration and cultural change are testing social cohesion. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in … Read more

Report: 1 killed, suspect dead after multiple people shot inside ice arena in Rhode Island – Boston 25 News

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Lead Police say multiple people were shot inside an ice arena in Rhode Island earlier today, leaving one person dead and the suspected shooter also dead. Authorities responded to the scene, evacuated the facility and transported wounded people to local hospitals. Investigators have secured the site and launched an active investigation; officials offered limited details … Read more

Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies

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Frederick Wiseman, the filmmaker renowned for unsparing, observational films about American institutions, died on Feb. 16, 2026, at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was 96, and his family announced the death through Zipporah Films, the distribution company he founded in 1971. Over a career spanning decades he drew attention and controversy for intimate, long-form … Read more

Apple to Hold March 4 Product Event, Mac Updates Expected

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Lead Apple Inc. announced on February 16, 2026 that it will host a product event on March 4, inviting media to in-person gatherings in New York, Shanghai and London. The company said the meetings will be an “experience,” language that suggests a smaller-scale presentation than the major keynotes held on its Cupertino campus. Bloomberg reported … Read more

Vaping after decades of smoking left Arizona mother in coma with likely permanent lung damage

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Lead: An Arizona mother in December developed rapidly worsening respiratory failure after catching the flu, and doctors say years of vaping after nearly 30 years of smoking may have left her lungs fragile enough to tear during routine expansion. The 49-year-old, who had used e-cigarettes for four years and typically finished a pod every two … Read more

One Possible 2026 Salary-Cap Cut for Every NFL Team

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Lead: As NFL teams prepare for the 2026 league year, roster architects are weighing cuts that could free significant cap space and reshape rosters. Across the league, decisions hinge on injuries, contract structures and looming roster-bonus dates; some moves are simple accounting while others could alter a team’s competitive window. Examples range from veteran releases … Read more

Mansfield to host Arsenal in FA Cup fifth round as draw sets March 7-8 ties

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League One side Mansfield Town have been drawn at home to 14-time winners Arsenal in the FA Cup fifth round, with ties scheduled across the weekend of 7-8 March. Mansfield reached this stage after a dramatic 2-1 second-half comeback at Turf Moor to defeat Premier League Burnley. The draw also produced an all-Premier League tie … Read more

Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore President’s House slavery exhibits

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Lead On Monday, February 16, 2026, U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe ordered the federal government to restore the President’s House site in Philadelphia to its physical condition as of January 21, 2026 — the day before slavery-related interpretation panels were removed. The order requires the National Park Service to secure and maintain the exhibits … Read more