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Lead In Livigno, Italy, on Thursday evening, 25-year-old Chloe Kim entered the Olympic halfpipe final bidding for a third straight gold but was overtaken by 17-year-old Gaon Choi. Choi delivered a comeback run that earned a 90.25, surpassing Kim’s top score of 88.00 and handing Kim the silver. Kim, who revealed a shoulder injury sustained … Read more

Lead: Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the 73-year-old billionaire co-owner of Manchester United, apologised on Thursday after saying the UK had been “colonised by immigrants” during a Sky News interview on Wednesday. He said he regretted the wording that “offended some people” but insisted the topic of controlled, well-managed immigration required open debate. The remarks drew immediate … Read more

Team USA met Latvia on Feb. 12, 2026, in the men’s Olympic hockey tournament at the Milan–Cortina Winter Games, with NHL star Auston Matthews headlining a U.S. roster widely described as pursuing gold. NBC Olympics provided real-time coverage of the match and its key moments; official results management for the Games is handled by Deloitte … Read more

Lead Coinbase reported fourth-quarter results late Thursday that fell short of expectations, posting a loss of $2.49 per share versus earnings of $4.68 per share a year earlier. The per‑share loss missed FactSet’s consensus of $1.00 and coincided with a sharp year‑start slide in bitcoin and other digital assets. The company also recorded a major … Read more

Feb. 12, 2026 — State and local officials across the United States have moved to keep parts of the Republican tax package passed in July 2025 out of their tax codes, creating a political clash with congressional Republicans. Colorado, Delaware and the District of Columbia are among jurisdictions that have barred new federal deductions — … Read more

Lead: A 52-year-old supervisory officer with US Customs and Border Protection based in Laredo, Texas, has been criminally charged with harboring an undocumented woman he allegedly lived with and supported. Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Texas filed a complaint after investigators received information in 2025 and conducted surveillance and interviews into the relationship. … Read more

Lead: Astronomers announced on 12 February 2026 the discovery of an unusual four-planet system around the red dwarf LHS 1903, located about 116 light-years from Earth. Using data from NASA’s TESS and ESA’s Cheops plus ground-based follow-up, the team found an unexpected sequence: a small rocky world close in, two gas-rich planets at intermediate distances, … Read more

Google released an official YouTube app for Apple Vision Pro on February 12, 2026, giving visionOS users a native way to watch YouTube content. The new app brings signed-in features such as subscriptions, playlists and watch history to the headset and supports Shorts alongside traditional rectangular videos. It also adds native playback for spatial formats … Read more

Lead Jordan Binnington backstopped Team Canada to a 5-0 victory over Team Czechia in the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 opener on Feb. 12 at Santagiulia Arena in Milan, making 26 saves. Connor McDavid recorded three assists and 19-year-old Macklin Celebrini scored the late first-period winner, becoming the first teenager to register a game-winning … Read more

U.S. equity markets moved lower on Thursday as investors positioned ahead of an upcoming inflation report, with the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.4% and the S&P 500 off 0.6%. Traders cited caution ahead of the print that could influence Federal Reserve expectations and near-term policy pricing. Market participants rotated away from risk-sensitive positions … Read more

Gail Slater, who led the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division for nearly a year, was forced out of her post the week of Feb. 12, 2026, according to two people familiar with the matter. Sources told CNN the dismissal followed months of friction between Slater, Attorney General Pam Bondi and the White House. Slater posted on … Read more

Lead Federal border official Tom Homan announced Thursday that a two-month immigration enforcement operation in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area is ending, calling Minnesota “safer” after more than 4,000 arrests. The operation, described by the Department of Homeland Security as its largest immigration enforcement effort to date, followed two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens that drew … Read more

Lead: On Feb. 12, 2026, a federal judge in Washington blocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s effort to discipline Sen. Mark Kelly for a video urging service members to refuse unlawful orders. Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Leon found Hegseth’s actions to be unconstitutional retaliation that violated Kelly’s First Amendment rights. The decision came two days … Read more

Spirit Airlines said on Feb. 12, 2026 that it has sold 20 more Airbus jets and will recall 500 flight attendants from furlough as it prepares for the spring break travel peak. The Dania Beach, Florida-based carrier, navigating a second bankruptcy filing in under a year, reduced its active fleet to 94 aircraft and plans … Read more

Lead On Feb. 12, 2026, President Donald Trump announced that his administration has rescinded the Environmental Protection Agency’s long-standing “endangerment finding,” a scientific determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare. The move, announced at the White House with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin present, removes the legal foundation the federal government has used to … Read more