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Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 - Feb. 12 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to purchase coal-fired electricity to boost domestic coal production, a move that has drawn staunch criticism from energy and environmental experts. Trump issued the directive via an executive order that he signed Thursday at the end of a White House ceremony attended by coal executives called "The Champion of Coal Event." "We're going to be buying a ...

Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 - The shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia marks one of the deadliest mass casualty events in Canada's recent history. At least nine victims have been killed after a school shooting in a British Columbia town in Canada. The shooting in Tumbler Ridge, a small town with a population of just 2400, is one of the deadliest mass casualty events in Canada's recent history. Here's what we know so ...

Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 - The unexpected but brief airspace closure in the Texas border city of El Paso stemmed from disagreements between the Federal Aviation Administration and Pentagon officials over drone-related tests, multiple sources close to the matter told CBS News.  The Pentagon had undertaken extensive planning on the use of military technology near Fort Bliss, a military base that abuts the El Paso International Airport, to ...

Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 - Israeli leader was expected to advocate for more forceful US intervention during sixth visit to current White House Donald Trump has said that he is still seeking a deal with Iran to prevent it from seeking a nuclear weapon following a three-hour meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu in which the Israeli leader was expected to advocate for a more forceful intervention by the US military. Netanyahu 's sixth visit to the ...

Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 - Flights to and from El Paso , Texas, have been halted for 10 days by the Federal Aviation Administration, citing "special security reasons." In a statement late Tuesday night, El Paso International Airport said all flights were grounded after the FAA issued temporary flight restrictions . Around 100 flights a day are typically scheduled to and from El Paso, according to data from Cirium, an aviation analytics ...