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Top News Stories for Monday, February 16th 2026
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed using a deadly toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America, the UK and some of its European allies have said. Traces of epibatidine were found in samples from Navalny's body and highly likely resulted in his death in a Siberian penal colony two years ago, the UK Foreign Office said. The allies said only the Russian state had the "means, motive and ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Law enforcement agents have been gathering more potential evidence as the search for "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie 's mother heads into its third week. Nancy Guthrie , 84, was last seen at her Arizona home on Jan. 31 and was reported missing the following day. Authorities say her blood was found on the front porch. Purported ransom notes were sent to news outlets, but two deadlines ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The International Space Station is once again fully staffed with the arrival of astronauts from NASA, the European Space Agency and Roscosmos on Saturday afternoon. A SpaceX Dragon carried the four Crew-12 members docked to the Harmony module on the ISS at 3:15 p.m. EST and, after leak checks and pressurization between the craft and the station, the hatch was opened about two hours later. NASA ...
Source: upi.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice said in a letter to Congress that it has released all the files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . The letter, sent to lawmakers on Saturday night, also included the names of more than 300 "politically exposed persons" who are mentioned in the overall Epstein files, which includes former presidents, politicians, business people and artists. Attorney General Pam ...
Source: upi.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
The virus spreads through respiratory droplets when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes. Measles is a highly contagious, serious airborne disease caused by a virus that can lead to severe complications and death. The optimal way to limit the spread of the virus is through the vaccination of young children. Unfortunately, a rise in anti-vaccination misinformation is leading to increased spread. This is ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
– One of Gaza's last functioning large hospitals condemned the move by an international organization to , claiming on Sunday that the hospital had installed civil police for security. The move comes as at least 10 Palestinians were killed in clashes with the Israeli military in Gaza. , also known by its acronym MSF, said in a statement Saturday that all its noncritical medical operations at Nasser Hospital ...
Source: news4jax.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
A Ukrainian drone strike ignited fires at one of Russia's Black Sea ports, officials said Sunday, ahead of fresh talks aimed at ending the nearly 4-year-old war. Two people were wounded in the attack on the port of Taman in the Krasnodar region, which damaged an oil storage tank, warehouse and terminals, according to regional Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev. Meanwhile, falling debris from Russian drones damaged civilian ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
Hundreds of thousands of people took part in demonstrations around the world against the Iranian government on Saturday, following calls from the exiled son of the late shah for a "global day of action". Addressing an estimated 250,000 people in Munich, Reza Pahlavi - who has called for the overthrow of Iran's Islamic regime - denounced a crackdown on recent protests there. Munich, Los Angeles and Toronto saw the ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. military intercepted an oil tanker overnight that was linked to Venezuela after tracking it from the Caribbean into the Indian Ocean. The tanker, the Veronica III, was boarded without incident late Saturday night in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility after it attempted to outrun the Trump administration's naval blockade in the Caribbean, the Department of Defense ...
Source: upi.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Casey Wasserman, the embattled sports and entertainment mogul who is the face of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, is preparing to sell his talent agency. In a memo to his staff Friday, Wasserman acknowledged his appearance in a recently released batch of documents related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, had "become a distraction." In his memo, which was reviewed by The ...
Source: latimes.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
MILAN — The action got heated on the ice during the men's curling contest between Canada and Sweden on Friday, resulting in a shouting match between the two sides. The Swedish team accused Canada of cheating in what was ultimately an 8-6 win for the Canadians. Specifically, Sweden reported to referees that Canada's Marc Kennedy was illegally touching his stone, giving it a secondary push with his finger after ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Ten U.S. military strikes in Syria hit more than 30 Islamic State targets in Syria earlier this month, as it continues "relentless military pressure" on the terrorist network there, U.S. Central Command announced Saturday. CENTCOM, which oversees U.S. military operations in the Middle East, said U.S. forces hit ISIS infrastructures and weapons storage targets between Feb. 3 and Feb. 12. The strikes were part of ...
Source: cbsnews.com