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Michigan rallied from a 16-point second-half deficit to beat Northwestern 87-75 on Wednesday at Welsh-Ryan Arena, improving the Wolverines to 23-1 overall and 13-1 in Big Ten play. The comeback was driven by a 22-4 run highlighted by 11 consecutive made shots and significant bench contributions. Key rotation players — including L.J. Cason, Trey McKenney … Read more

At 4:22 a.m. ET (0922 GMT) on Feb. 12, a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying the USSF-87 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The flight delivered two Northrop Grumman-built satellites for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) into trajectories bound for geostationary orbit. The … Read more

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) told lawmakers on 12 February 2026 that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to be preparing to designate his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, as his successor. The NIS elevated an earlier assessment that the teenager was the “most likely successor,” citing increased public grooming and signs she is … Read more

An 18-year-old, Jesse Van Rootselaar, has been named by police as the suspect in a shooting that killed eight people and injured dozens in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. The suspect was found dead at the school from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot, police said, after an earlier fatality at a nearby home. The shootings happened on … Read more

McDonald’s reported stronger sales on Feb. 11, 2026, as the chain leaned into value-priced deals and seasonal marketing to attract price-sensitive customers. U.S. same-store sales at restaurants open at least a year rose 6.8 percent in the fourth quarter versus a year earlier, while global comparable-store sales increased 5.7 percent. The company highlighted limited-time offers … Read more

Lead Sir Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind and 2024 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry, told Fortune on Feb. 11, 2026 that AI could usher in a “new golden era of discovery” within 10 to 15 years. He said the transition will be turbulent, requiring major companies such as Google to disrupt their own businesses … Read more

Andy Cohen, speaking on his SiriusXM program Andy Cohen Live, addressed the abrupt removal of Jill Zarin from E!’s Real Housewives of New York City reboot after Zarin made racist remarks about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance. Cohen declined to offer E!’s side—saying anyone seeking more information should contact E!—but then relayed his own … Read more

Lead The Pac-12 officially released its 2026 football schedule on Feb. 12, 2026, with conference play opening Saturday, Oct. 3 and all eight teams in action. The league expands from two members in recent seasons to eight after adding Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State and Texas State. Each team … Read more

HGTV announced it has canceled the long-running series Rehab Addict after a leaked on-set clip captured star Nicole Curtis using a racial slur during filming. The network said the language was “hurtful and disappointing,” and moved quickly to remove the series from its platforms; streaming copies on HBO Max and Discovery+ were also taken down. … Read more

Lead: Activists planned demonstrations at more than two dozen Target stores across the United States on Wednesday to push the retail chain to denounce a five-week-old federal immigration enforcement operation centered in Minnesota. The coalition ICE Out Minnesota, joined by religious groups and labor organizations, called for sit-ins and weeklong actions aimed at Target properties, … Read more

Lead Newly released documents show Gregory Bovino, until recently the face of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement, lauded a federal agent who shot a U.S. citizen in the Chicago area during an October immigration operation. Marimar Martinez, a Montessori school assistant and U.S. citizen, was struck five times while inside her car and later charged; … Read more

Lead U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright arrived in Caracas on Wednesday for a three-day visit to assess Venezuela’s battered oil industry and the government’s newly revised energy law. He met acting President Delcy Rodríguez at the Miraflores presidential palace and is due to visit oil fields and hold talks with government officials, oil executives and … Read more

Lead Federal officials disclosed in a court filing that the Internal Revenue Service inadvertently passed taxpayer information for thousands of people to the Department of Homeland Security under a contentious data‑sharing pact. The agreement, signed last April by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, let U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) … Read more

Lead On Feb. 7, 2026, following Super Bowl LX festivities in San Francisco, rapper Ja Rule was involved in a cabin confrontation on a Delta Air Lines flight departing San Francisco International Airport. Video circulating on social platforms shows Ja Rule — 49 — exchanging shouts and what he described as a “pillow fight” with … Read more

Lead On Wednesday at the Bahrain International Circuit, Lando Norris set the fastest time as pre-season testing began, posting a 1:34.669 lap in the afternoon session. Max Verstappen had topped the morning running but finished the day 0.129 seconds behind Norris, while Charles Leclerc was roughly half a second off the pace in third. The … Read more