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Amber Heard was photographed smiling and walking with her children in Madrid on Friday, February 13, 2026, while Johnny Depp is reported to be back on a Hollywood set. The images show Heard pushing a stroller and appearing relaxed during a low-key outing in Spain. Depp has been seen in costume and makeup portraying the … Read more
On Feb. 13, 2026, reporting shows the Department of Homeland Security has expanded efforts to identify U.S. social media users who track or criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Over the past six months the department issued hundreds of administrative subpoenas to platforms including Google, Meta, Reddit and Discord seeking names, email addresses, phone numbers … Read more
Lead: In mid-February 2026, the Trump administration announced an end to an intensive immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota that had resulted in thousands of arrests and significant upheaval across the Twin Cities. Federal agents executed widespread arrests that sent detainees to facilities in Texas, New Mexico and other states, while three people were shot during … Read more
Lead On Wednesday in Milan, Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron claimed Olympic gold in the free-dance event, edging Madison Chock and Evan Bates by 1.43 points. The victory came amid public scrutiny: both partners arrived at the Games with recent controversies in their histories and questions about judging. A single French judge’s marks, and … Read more
Lead: On Feb. 13, 2026, Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) closed at $198.79 after recording a ninth straight trading-day loss, marking the company’s longest losing streak since July 2006. The stock fell 18.2% over the nine-session run, pushing shares deeper into bear-market territory and prompting renewed investor scrutiny of Amazon’s spending and AWS growth trajectory. Market participants … Read more
Lead As diplomatic channels remained active in February 2026, U.S. national security officials used the breathing space to rebuild forces in the Middle East after weeks of heightened tensions with Iran. President Trump publicly warned of strikes if Tehran did not curb its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, while senior Pentagon planners said they needed … Read more
Lead Federal agencies this week moved to cancel more than $600 million in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grants that Congress approved and President Trump signed into law weeks earlier. The cuts targeted programs in California, Illinois, Colorado and Minnesota and prompted four state attorneys general to file suit in a federal district court … Read more
Lead Weeks after Samsung opened the One UI 8.5 beta for the Galaxy S25 series, a leak in One UI 9.0 firmware for the Galaxy Z Fold 7 has revealed an early look at “Now Nudge,” a Galaxy AI feature that scans on-screen content and offers contextual shortcuts. The functionality was not present in current … Read more
February 13, 2026 — An outbreak at Ave Maria University, near Naples, Florida, has produced nearly 60 confirmed measles cases as a broader wave of infections spreads across the United States. Health officials say at least 21 states have reported cases in 2026, and CBS counted more than 1,000 confirmed infections this year so far. … Read more
Researchers report that a remarkably short RNA — just 45 bases long and dubbed QT-45 — can assemble a copy of itself under laboratory conditions. The molecule was isolated after iterative selection from pools of random sequences and works by joining short, three-base RNA fragments guided by a template. Activity is slow but persistent: copying … Read more
2026-02-13 — After a brief two-day delay, Google has begun rolling out Android 17 Beta 1 to Pixel phones and tablets, delivered as build CP21.260116.011. The update, available via OTA for enrolled devices and as system images, marks the first public Beta following the company’s Canary-channel experimentation. Early testers will see changes aimed at adaptive … Read more
Juliana Peres Magalhães, 25, was sentenced on Feb. 13, 2026, in Fairfax County, Virginia, to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in a case tied to the killings of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. The sentence is the state maximum for manslaughter and far exceed the prosecutors’ recommendation that she receive credit … Read more
Lead Opening the Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that the post‑war rules‑based international order “no longer exists,” urging Europeans to prepare for sacrifice and to repair transatlantic trust. He spoke as around 50 world leaders gather to discuss European defence, the Russia‑Ukraine war and rising tensions with China and Iran. Merz also … Read more
Lead: On 13 February 2026 OpenAI permanently retired GPT-4o, a version of ChatGPT released in 2024 that many users described as unusually warm, witty and flirtatious. The shutdown—announced in January and scheduled for the eve of Valentine’s Day—left devoted users scrambling to migrate memories, pay for alternatives or mourn relationships they said had become emotionally … Read more
Lead: The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit against Harvard University on February 13, seeking court orders to force production of race-related admissions records. The DOJ says Harvard declined or delayed providing individualized applicant data, admissions policies and correspondence tied to race, ethnicity and DEI matters. The complaint frames the action … Read more
