| Ukrainian Olympian Is Disqualified Over Helmet Honoring War Dead
- Olympic officials ruled that Vladyslav Heraskevych’s helmet violated a prohibition on political speech, setting off outrage at the Winter Games in Italy.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:54:20 +0000
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| Mamdani Reverses Campaign Promise to Expand Rental Assistance
- A rental voucher program costs more than $1 billion. The mayor’s decision to curtail its expansion reflects the clash between his ideology and the realities of managing the city.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:50:10 +0000
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| Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
- People familiar with the episode said the use of the technology was not coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon, they said.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:11:52 +0000
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| South Korean Court Rules Against Women in LG Inheritance Lawsuit
- The widow and two daughters of LG’s former chairman sought to invalidate an inheritance agreement, claiming they were deceived into forfeiting their rightful inheritance.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:58:22 +0000
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| The Snow Sure Was Beautiful. Now Here Comes the River of Yuck.
- Melting mega-piles of grimy road snow can release weeks worth of salt, oils (and dog poop) in what one scientist called a “triple whammy.”
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:45:48 +0000
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| Leqaa Kordia, Columbia Protester in ICE Custody for Nearly a Year, Suffers Seizure
- Leqaa Kordia, 33, of New Jersey, was hospitalized after hitting her head at a Texas detention center, her lawyer said. She was initially arrested during a 2024 protest at Columbia University.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:40:22 +0000
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| Anthropic Donates $20 Million to Super PAC Operation to Counter OpenAI
- Anthropic and OpenAI now have their own well-funded political groups that will square off in the midterm elections over artificial intelligence safety and regulation.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:33:26 +0000
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| Judge Ends Deportation Case for Mexican Father of 3 U.S. Marines
- The arrest of Narciso Barranco, who was detained by federal agents while landscaping outside an IHOP in Southern California last June, garnered national attention.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:38:46 +0000
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| Mass Detention Gets a Lift From the Courts
- A very dangerous ruling in New Orleans.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:10:17 +0000
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| U.S. Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House
- Federal judges had appointed Donald Kinsella, a veteran litigator, as top prosecutor in the Northern District of New York after the Trump administration’s nominee was found to be serving unlawfully.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:08:36 +0000
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| ‘Something Will Go Wrong’: Anthropic’s Chief on the Coming A.I. Disruption
- Dario Amodei shares his utopian — and dystopian — predictions for the near-term future of artificial intelligence.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:59:38 +0000
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| Mamdani Says Little About NYCHA as He Targets Bad Landlords
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani has pledged to hold private landlords accountable. But he has said less about how he will fix the crumbling public housing system he now oversees.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:33:53 +0000
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| This Comet Stopped Spinning. Then It Started Rotating Backward.
- The unusual event, never seen before, might be a way small comets are “blown to bits” in the solar system.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:09:19 +0000
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| Building Cities from Scratch
- We explore one possibility for relieving the U.S. housing crisis.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:50:20 +0000
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| Anti-Drone Laser Is Said to Have Caused El Paso Airport Chaos, and Bondi Refuses to Apologize to Epstein Victims
- Plus, how the ultra-rich are changing the travel industry.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:02:32 +0000
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| Satellite Pictures Show Snow And Ice Across North America
- For much of North America, the last month has been an icy, frozen trudge. But from the right vantage point, it had a certain beauty.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:30:08 +0000
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| Push for Body Cameras for D.H.S. Underscores Trump Administration’s Shift
- Immigration enforcement agencies have received tens of millions in funding for body camera programs, which the Trump administration proposed cutting — until recently.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:08:14 +0000
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| Trump’s Director of Election Security Is an Election Denier
- Even in a government full of conspiracists, Kurt Olsen stands out. He made a key referral in the Fulton County, Ga., election case.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:08:10 +0000
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| Ford Will Make a Play for a Different Battery Market
- The company, long focused on cars and trucks, plans to begin manufacturing large batteries used by utilities, data centers, other businesses and homeowners.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:03:23 +0000
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| Why Pennsylvania’s Two Most Powerful Democrats Don’t Speak
- Senator John Fetterman and Gov. Josh Shapiro do not get along. The bad blood goes back years.
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:03:12 +0000
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