Top StoriesThu Feb 19 2026
Eight skiers found dead after California avalanche, with one still missing, Sheriff confirms
Eight people were killed in an avalanche during a backcountry skiing expedition on the California side of Lake Tahoe on Tuesday, authorities said in an update on Wednesday.
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Top StoriesWed Feb 18 2026
Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the longtime civil rights activist, Baptist minister and two-time presidential candidate, died Tuesday at age 84, his family said.
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Top StoriesTue Feb 17 2026
Robert Duvall, indelible actor from 'The Godfather' and 'Apocalypse Now,' dies at 95
Robert Duvall, the commanding and supremely versatile actor who earned a lasting place in American movie history as a stoic Mafia consigliere in “The Godfather,” a surf-loving Army colonel in “Apocalypse Now” and a washed-up country crooner in “Tender Mercies,” died Sunday.
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Top StoriesMon Feb 16 2026
Nancy Guthrie investigation: What we know about the search
The FBI received preliminary results on Saturday from gloves found approximately two miles from the home of missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie.
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Top StoriesSun Feb 15 2026
Rubio says US and Europe 'belong together' but warns allies to defend themselves at Munich conference
The U.S. has no intention of abandoning its deep alliance with Europe and wants the region to succeed, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday. “We care deeply about your future and ours,” Rubio told the Munich Security Conference.
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Top StoriesSat Feb 14 2026
Trump pardons 5 former NFL players for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking
President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned five former professional football players — one posthumously — for various crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.
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Top StoriesFri Feb 13 2026
Federal authorities announce an end to the immigration crackdown in Minnesota
The immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths is coming to an end, border czar Tom Homan said Thursday.
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Top StoriesThu Feb 12 2026
Man Detained in Nancy Guthrie Abduction Case Released
A person who was detained for questioning in the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance has been released. The man was brought in for questioning on Tuesday in connection with the alleged kidnapping of the 84-year-old mother of NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie.
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Top StoriesWed Feb 11 2026
FBI releases surveillance images of potential subject in Nancy Guthrie investigation![]()
The FBI has released surveillance images of a potential subject in the investigation into the disappearance of “TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie’s mother.
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Top StoriesTue Feb 10 2026
Ghislaine Maxwell appeals for clemency from Trump as she declines to answer questions from lawmakers
Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from House lawmakers in a deposition Monday, but indicated that if President Donald Trump ended her prison sentence, she was willing to testify that neither he nor former President Bill Clinton had done anything wrong in their relationships with Epstein.
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