Shutdown slows U.S. growth to 1.4%
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2026 — U.S. economic output grew at a 1.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2025, a sharp slowdown from the prior quarter, according to the…
Robert Duvall dies at 95
LOS ANGELES — Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor known for roles in “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now”, died at 95 on Sunday at his home in Middleburg, Virginia, his wife…
Microsoft Copilot bug exposed confidential emails
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 — Microsoft said a software bug in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat caused the AI assistant to summarize some users’ confidential emails stored in Drafts and Sent…
Canada mourns Tumbler Ridge shooting
OTTAWA, Feb. 13, 2026 — Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, to attend a vigil for victims of this week’s school shooting in the remote…
Zhipu unveils GLM-5 open-source model
BEIJING, Feb. 13 – China’s Zhipu AI released its GLM-5 open-source model, saying the system is built for long-running agent tasks and stronger coding performance as competition intensifies in frontier…
Merz-Macron talks revive European nuclear shield
MUNICH – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he has begun talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on a joint European nuclear deterrent as he opened the Munich Security Conference and…
Klaebo ties Winter Games gold record
TESERO, Italy, Feb. 13 – Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo won the men’s 10km freestyle cross-country race at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Friday to earn his eighth career gold medal…
Vanishing star shows quiet black hole birth
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 – Astronomers tracking a bright star in the Andromeda galaxy say it dimmed and disappeared without a supernova, evidence that it collapsed directly into a black…
U.S. measles cases jump to 733
ATLANTA, Feb. 12, 2026 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the U.S. has recorded 733 confirmed measles cases in 2026 as of Feb. 5, with 92% tied…
U.S. job growth beats January forecasts
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 – U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in January and the unemployment rate edged down to 4.3%, a stronger start to 2026 that may give the Federal Reserve…