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Results 1 to 30Freeways as runways: Indonesia plans to turn its islands into cheaper ‘aircraft carriers’
2026-02-12, 05:15Indonesia is embarking on a plan to make toll roads across the country into emergency runways for its fighter jets, giving it the equivalent of multiple aircraft carriers across the vast archipelago. The chief of staff of the Indonesian air forces, Marshal Tonny Harjono, said Wednesday that he hopes...
How Trump failed in his latest bid to weaponize justice
2026-02-12, 05:15Here’s three things we know about Donald Trump. He thirsts for revenge; he’ll stretch the limits of presidential power to enact it; and he never gives up after a defeat. No wonder that six Democratic lawmakers, all military and intelligence veterans, are bracing for what comes next despite a grand...
Gun accessory company to pay $1.75 million to Buffalo supermarket shooting victims
2026-02-12, 02:27The maker of a gun accessory tied to a racist shooting that killed 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo will pay $1.75 million to survivors and victims’ families and stop selling the device in New York, state Attorney General Letitia James said Wednesday. The agreement with Georgia-based Mean...
Governors association says all members now invited to White House meeting as Trump defends exclusion ...
2026-02-12, 01:51The National Governors Association said Wednesday that a traditionally bipartisan meeting at the White House next week is back on after invitations were extended to all of its members, even as President Donald Trump continued to rage against two of the nation’s Democratic governors and the...
Published Epstein files included video showing the face of a person who works undercover
2026-02-12, 01:33The Justice Department’s ongoing struggle with redactions in the released records related to Jeffrey Epstein continued Wednesday when it was discovered that the face of an undercover person was left uncovered in a video. The department requested CNN make the face of an undercover person...
Gisèle Pelicot’s first televised interview: 5 takeaways from the French woman raped dozens of times ...
2026-02-12, 00:21Gisèle Pelicot emerged as a global feminist hero in 2024 by transforming her horrific, personal story into a public battle against rape culture. On December 19, 2024, her former husband, Dominique Pelicot, was convicted of orchestrating her rape dozens of times by various men over nearly a decade...
Republicans urge Trump to hold firm against Democrats’ DHS demands as clock ticks toward shutdown
2026-02-12, 00:03Republicans’ warning for President Donald Trump is growing louder with the Department of Homeland Security set to shut down in just days: Don’t feel public pressure to relent on an issue central to his campaign. Even as the White House has engaged with Democrats over reforms to DHS, a growing chorus...
Six House Republicans defy Trump to block his Canada tariffs
2026-02-11, 23:45In a vote that GOP leaders fought hard to avoid, a half dozen Republicans sent a blunt message to President Donald Trump that they do not support the tariff regime that he has made the centerpiece of his second term. Six Republicans joined with Democrats in a vote to effectively repeal the...
Here’s what we know about the shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia
2026-02-11, 23:26The tiny mountain town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, witnessed one of the worst school shootings in recent Canadian history on Tuesday. Authorities say that an 18-year-old female killed at least eight people, including two family members, and injured at least 25 others in two separate...
Relax your tight end? What a Super Bowl ad got right about prostate cancer screening
2026-02-11, 23:09If you watched the Super Bowl, you probably saw commercials featuring NFL players telling America to “relax your tight end.” The campaign from drugmaker Novartis — called “Relax, It’s a Blood Test” — featured tight ends Rob Gronkowski and George Kittle and Super Bowl-winning coach Bruce Arians,...
AI researchers are sounding the alarm on their way out the door
2026-02-11, 23:09“The world is in peril,” warned the former head of Anthropic’s Safeguards Research team as he headed for the exit. A researcher for OpenAI, similarly on the way out, said that the technology has “a potential for manipulating users in ways we don’t have the tools to understand, let alone prevent.”...
Drop in violent crime, timing of treatment, trouble in paradise: Catch up on the day’s stories
2026-02-11, 21:56👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! James Van Der Beek, who rose to fame as a teen idol on the hit TV series “Dawson’s Creek,” has died at age 48. In 2024, the actor said he was battling colorectal cancer. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Crime numbers Most major US...
Instagram chief testifies in landmark trial about social media addiction
2026-02-11, 21:21Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, testified on Wednesday that he does not think users can be “clinically addicted” to the social media app. Mosseri is the first executive to testify in the landmark social media addiction trial against YouTube and Instagram parent company Meta, in which a...
A football-size creature may have been among the earliest plant-eating land animals
2026-02-11, 20:44A chunky, squat creature that roamed Earth 307 million years ago is helping scientists understand how plant-eating animals first appeared on land. The newly described species is one of the earliest known tetrapods — or four-limbed animals — to show evidence of having a plant-based diet. The...
Chappell Roan leaves Casey Wasserman talent agency after Epstein files revelations
2026-02-11, 20:44Grammy Award-winning singer Chappell Roan said Monday she’d left the talent agency led by Casey Wasserman after emails released by the US Justice Department showed he exchanged flirtatious messages with Ghislaine Maxwell more than 20 years ago. The emails were released last month as part of the...
5 takeaways from Pam Bondi’s fiery testimony
2026-02-11, 20:44Attorney General Pam Bondi’s testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday was some of the tensest and most combative testimony we’ve seen to date from a Trump Cabinet official. Bondi came into the hearing with the administration and DOJ facing a series of problems, including...
James Van Der Beek, ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star, has died
2026-02-11, 20:09James Van Der Beek, who rose to fame starring as Dawson Leery on the 1990s-era hit teen drama “Dawson’s Creek,” has...
In Alex Murdaugh’s appeal, justices grill attorneys on ‘rogue’ court clerk and financial crimes
2026-02-11, 20:09At Alex Murdaugh’s appeal of his double-murder conviction Wednesday, South Carolina Supreme Court justices asked tough questions about improper comments from a county clerk and the fairness of including so much testimony about Murdaugh’s financial crimes. Overall, the five-member panel of justices...
Kraft Mac & Cheese and Heinz Ketchup are sticking together after all
2026-02-11, 19:14Kraft Heinz is calling off its planned breakup and keeping the company together. The food giant that owns Kraft, Heinz, Oscar Meyer and Philadelphia cream cheese said last year that it was splitting its business in two. The company’s sales had slumped for years, and a breakup would...
Iranian authorities subjected Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to ‘life-threatening mistreatment,’ Nobel Committee says
2026-02-11, 18:21Imprisoned Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi was subjected to beatings and “life-threatening mistreatment” by Iranian authorities during her arrest and detention, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Wednesday. During her arrest in December, security forces beat the activist repeatedly with...
Why do all Olympic curling stones come from one small island off Scotland’s coast?
2026-02-11, 18:21Team USA won silver in mixed doubles curling on Tuesday after reaching the event’s final for the first time during the Winter Olympics. In the semifinal against Italy on Monday, American curler Cory Thiesse made the winning shot that knocked the Italian team’s curling stone out of its place. The...
Border Patrol official praised agent’s ‘excellent service’ hours after he shot Chicago woman, new evidence shows
2026-02-11, 17:26Newly released government evidence from last year’s Border Patrol shooting of a Chicago woman revealed body camera footage from the shooting, previously unseen text messages from the agent who shot her and praise from the then-top Border Patrol official just hours after the incident. The documents...
Word of the Week: The adorable, lethal ‘stoat’ is the face of the Winter Olympics
2026-02-11, 16:14Tina and Milo — the sibling mascots representing the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, respectively — have been bouncing around Milan and Cortina, chopping it up with Snoop Dogg and cheering on athletes from the stands. Grinning, plushie versions are now coveted pieces of Olympics merch, and...
Steep drop in violent crime in major US cities, data analysis shows
2026-02-11, 15:38Major US cities overall experienced a steep drop in violent crime last year, according to a statistical analysis released by the Major Cities Chiefs Association. The analysis reflects an overall downward trend in recent years, after violent crime spiked during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to...
US troops to Nigeria will avoid combat, focus on training, military says
2026-02-11, 15:21Nigeria’s military said on Wednesday that about 200 US troops due to arrive in the coming weeks would not take part in combat action and that Nigerian forces would retain full control over all security decisions. This followed comments from a US official on Tuesday that the Pentagon planned to...
From emotional to the magnificent: How Maxim Naumov and Ilia Malinin are spearheading men’s figure skating
2026-02-11, 14:44When Maxim Naumov made his figure skating debut at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday, he did so with a beaming smile that lit up the Milan Ice Skating Arena. The 24-year-old had achieved his life’s ambition, successfully following in his parents’ footsteps by becoming an Olympian, the ultimate...
Mandy Moore and Taylor Goldsmith nearly lost their dream home in the LA fires. Here’s ...
2026-02-11, 13:14In 2020, Mandy Moore and her musician husband Taylor Goldsmith bought their dream home in Altadena, California, as a family of two, hiring a team to begin renovating the romantic Spanish Colonial Revival property and update its 1930s charm. In 2023, as a family of four, with another baby on the way,...
‘We need a helicopter.’ Australian teen’s emergency call after swimming to rescue family released
2026-02-11, 12:38Australian authorities have released a recording of the emergency call made by hero teen Austin Appelbee after he swam for hours in rough seas to get help for his family. Austin, 13, can be heard calmly describing the situation and asking for a helicopter to search for his mother and two siblings in...
NHL returns to Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina after controversial buildup
2026-02-11, 12:21The superstars of the NHL will return to Winter Olympic action later on Wednesday, bringing with them thousands of fans from across the world, but it’s been far from a smooth buildup to the Games. It’s been 12 years since the NHL last featured at the Olympics – the league opted out of the 2022 Games...
5 things to know for Feb. 11: Nancy Guthrie, Canada mass shooting, Flight restrictions, Pride ...
2026-02-11, 11:44It’s been a tough job market — hiring has been sluggish across industries for months, and minimal layoffs have left workers with limited opportunities. Fresh data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics today will show whether 2026 opened with new momentum. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to...
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