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Top News Stories for Sunday, February 15th 2026
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
Five European countries – the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands – have accused Russia of using a toxin from poison dart frogs to kill Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny . The European allies claimed on Saturday that Navalny was poisoned while he was held in an Arctic penal colony two years ago, a claim Moscow rejected as propaganda. Navalny died , aged 47, in an Arctic ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
The International Space Station is back to full strength. Four new astronauts arrived over the weekend, sliding into orbit to replace a crew that left earlier than planned after a sudden medical emergency. It was a tense few weeks for NASA . For the first time in 65 years of human spaceflight, an astronaut had to be evacuated for health reasons. That decision left the station running lean, with just three people on ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
The Nasser Hospital Complex has condemned aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, for pulling out of operations, alleging the presence of armed men and weapons at the facility. In a statement on Sunday, the hospital said the MSF allegation was "false, unsubstantiated, and misleading" and "posed a serious risk to a protected" civilian medical facility – one of southern Gaza's last ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
In recent months, artificial intelligence has been in the news for the wrong reasons: use of deepfakes to scam people, AI systems used to manipulate cyberattacks, and chatbots encouraging suicides, among others. Experts are already warning against technology going out of control. Researchers with some of the most prominent AI companies have quit their jobs in recent weeks and publicly sounded the alarm about ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
The recent death of the 48-year-old actor James Van Der Beek is again highlighting how colorectal cancer is increasingly killing younger people. Overall, cancer death rates in people younger than 50 have dropped by 44% since 1990. But after increasing for decades, colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death in people under 50. Colorectal cancer starts either in the colon or rectum. "We anticipate ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security shut down this weekend as the White House and Democratic leaders continued to discuss changes to U.S. immigration enforcement after federal agents killed two American citizens in Minnesota last month. The two sides have continued to trade offers, signaling some hope for an agreement. But it remains unclear which Democratic demands the White House will agree to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
– Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks over Tehran's nuclear program next week, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Oman, which welcomed the first round of on Feb. 6, will host the talks in Geneva, the Swiss ministry said, without specifying which days. After the first discussions, U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran that failure to reach an agreement with his ...
Source: news4jax.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, says he is selling his eponymous talent agency in the wake of the release of emails between himself and Ghislaine Maxwell. Wasserman's emails with Maxwell were revealed by his appearance in recently released government files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Wasserman, whose agency represents some of the top pop music ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
MILAN (AP) — Ilia Malinin need only to have looked into the stands on Friday night, where Nathan Chen watched as the American figure skating sensation known as the "Quad god" fell apart in his Olympic free skate , for inspiration about what might come next. The overwhelming favorite to win gold, Malinin fell twice amid a calamitous program that he seemingly had perfected over the past year, sending him ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are under criminal investigation after federal prosecutors moved to dismiss felony assault charges against Venezuelan nationals from a January shooting in Minneapolis . ICE Director Todd Lyons said Friday that newly reviewed video evidence suggests the officers may have made "untruthful statements" under oath about the ...
Source: foxnews.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Many people bought the devices thinking they would do little more than protect their delivery packages W hat happens to the data that smart home cameras collect? Can law enforcement access this information – even when users aren't aware officers may be viewing their footage? Two recent events have put these concerns in the spotlight. A Super Bowl ad by the doorbell-camera company Ring and the FBI's pursuit of ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
The US military conducted a deadly strike on a suspected drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people. The operation is part of the Trump administration's ongoing campaign against drug cartels, which has resulted in 133 deaths through 38 attacks since September in Caribbean and eastern Pacific waters. US Southern Command shared details of the latest strike on social media, including video ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Law enforcement investigating the disappearance of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie 's mother sealed off a road near Nancy Guthrie's home in Arizona late Friday night. A parade of sheriff's and FBI vehicles, including forensics vehicles, passed through the roadblock that was set up about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) from the house. The Pima County Sheriff's Department said the activity was ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
The contrast is striking: In Europe, some people whose names come up in the Epstein files are facing consequences — but in the U.S., not so much. European royals, government officials, politicians and others are losing jobs and titles over their connection to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. European law enforcement agencies are opening investigations based on recent troves of documents ...
Source: npr.org
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
By In the United States, gas-powered vehicles still reign supreme, and recent legislation ensures that will be the case for a lot longer than we anticipated. With federal tax credits for EVs expiring and automakers pivoting back to hybrids, gas prices remain a critical weekly consideration for millions of commuters. As some regions see prices tick up due to seasonal shifts, many areas are seeing prices drop ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
The Olympic curling committee issued a warning after a heated fight filled with cheating allegations and audible curse words overshadowed a feisty match between Sweden and Canada. Canada's Marc Kennedy got offended Friday evening when he was accused by Swedish rival Oskar Eriksson of "double touching" — essentially, touching the rock again after initially releasing it down the sheet of ice — during ...
Source: cbsnews.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
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
– Banging drums and chanting for regime change, supporters of 's exiled Crown Prince rallied on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders , Germany, on Saturday, aiming to crank up international pressure on Tehran. "Change, change, regime change," the crowd in Munich chanted, waving green-white-and-red flags with lion and sun emblems, which Iran used before that toppled the Pahlavi dynasty. Some ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Journalist and former CNN anchor Don Lemon pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges connected to his coverage of protests over federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota. During the brief, highly procedural hearing, Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko reminded Lemon of his constitutional rights and asked if he understood the charges against him. Lemon answered in the affirmative before the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns minced no words Friday, ordering the Trump administration to bring back a mistakenly deported Babson College student, saying, "Now it is time for the government to make amends." Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was detained at Logan Airport in November, on her way to visit her family in Texas for the Thanksgiving holiday. Before she could board the plane, ICE handcuffed her and detained ...
Source: wbur.org