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On Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court cleared the way for a proposed constitutional amendment to appear on the April 21 special-election ballot, a move that could enable a newly drawn congressional map favoring Democrats to take effect. The decision allows the referendum to proceed despite an earlier lower-court finding that lawmakers had proceeded improperly. Democrats, … Read more
Lead A large, registry-based study spanning 1996 to 2018 in Finland examined more than 1.27 million singleton births to assess the effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant use during pregnancy. Researchers compared pregnancies with two or more SSRI purchases during gestation to women with diagnosed depression who did not use antidepressants and to women … Read more
Lead In March 2025, physicist Wojciech Zurek of Los Alamos National Laboratory published Decoherence and Quantum Darwinism, a synthesis that argues the long-standing measurement problem in quantum mechanics can be largely addressed within standard quantum theory. Zurek synthesizes decades of work on entanglement and decoherence to show how definite, classical facts emerge from quantum probabilities. … Read more
Lead: Wendy’s announced on Feb. 13, 2026, that it will close roughly 5%–6% of its U.S. restaurants during the first half of 2026 as part of an ongoing turnaround. The company said 28 locations were closed in the fourth quarter of 2025 and that decisions were made in coordination with franchise partners. Wendy’s reported 5,969 … Read more
Lead: The International Skating Union (ISU) issued a public defence on Friday of Olympic ice-dance judging after a single judge’s scoring gap shaped the outcome of the Milano Cortina Games free dance. France’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron captured gold by a narrow margin over Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates, a result that … Read more
Lead: The Virginia Supreme Court on February 13 cleared the way for a planned April 21 referendum that would ask voters to approve a Democratic-sponsored congressional redistricting amendment. The order allows the special election to proceed despite an ongoing lawsuit that challenges the legislature’s procedural handling of the measure. While the court did not resolve … Read more
Lead Day 7 of the 2026 Milan–Cortina Winter Olympics on Feb. 13 saw Team USA chasing more medals across marquee events in Italy. Ilia Malinin entered the men’s free skate in strong position after a 108.16 short-program that included a legally landed backflip, holding a 5.09-point lead over Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama. The U.S. women’s hockey … Read more
Lead: Federal prosecutors moved on Friday to dismiss felony assault charges, with prejudice, against Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis after newly disclosed evidence undercut the government’s account of a Jan. 14 incident in Minneapolis that left Sosa-Celis wounded. U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said the evidence was “materially inconsistent” with allegations in the … Read more
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
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
