February 8, 2026

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team celebrated the 17-year-old’s performance and said he performed in the event despite a broken arm. MILAN, Metropolitan City of Milan — Snowboarders took to the skies Saturday afternoon in the men’s big air finals.  Colorado native Ollie Martin landed in fourth place in his Winter Games debut while representing the United States. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team celebrated the 17-year-old’s performance and said he performed in the event despite a broken arm.  “FOURTH PLACE at his first Olympics with a broken arm,” the organization said Saturday in a post on X. “Ollie Martin, … Read more

February 8, 2026

Border Patrol agent shoots and kills man in Minnesota, officials say

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MINNEAPOLIS — A federal immigration agent shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis man Saturday, the second such fatal shooting this month, inflaming a state on edge after the shooting death of Renee Good and a series of high-profile detentions, including of children. The man killed, identified by family as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was an intensive care nurse. “He cared about people deeply and he was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis and throughout the United States with ICE, as millions of other people are upset,” his father, Michael Pretti, told The Associated Press. “He felt that doing the … Read more

February 8, 2026

Savannah Guthrie sends video to response to Nancy Guthrie’s abductors

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Savannah Guthrie took to social media again with an emotional video in the disappearance of her mom, Nancy, begging the abductor to return her “valuable” mother Saturday and offering to pay a ransom. “We received your message and we understand,”  the “Today” anchor said on Instagram, alongside her brother Camron and sister Annie. “We beg you now to return our mother to us, so that we can celebrate with her,” she added, later saying that her mother’s return is “very valuable to us” and “we will pay.” Guthrie did not elaborate in the brief video on what “message” she was referring to — … Read more

February 7, 2026

What we know about Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse killed in Minneapolis by federal officials

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MINNEAPOLIS — Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man fatally shot by a federal agent Saturday, was a 37-year-old intensive care nurse whose family remembered him as a “kind-hearted soul” who cared deeply for the patients he served at a Veterans Affairs facility. “Alex wanted to make a difference in this world,” his parents said in a statement released through the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party “Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.” Pretti was shot just before 9 a.m. after a heated confrontation between agents and protesters who opposed the government’s immigration enforcement tactics, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara … Read more

February 7, 2026

USA breaks world short track 4x800m record | REPORT

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A US quartet of Clay Pender, Luke Houser, Luciano Fiore and Sean Dolan took a second off the world short track 4x800m record* with their winning time of 7:10.29 at the Penn Classic in Philadelphia on Friday (6). Their performance was a 1.01-second improvement on the previous mark of 7:11.30 set by another US squad in 2018 the rarely contested discipline. The race was close in the early stages as the University of Pennsylvania’s home team led for the first leg with Joseph Socarras reaching the first exchange in 1:49.06, ahead of Pender (1:49.69). World indoor 1500m bronze medallist Luke … Read more

February 7, 2026

Breaking News LIVE: ‘Trade Deal With US To Give Decisive Edge To India,’ Says Chief Negotiator Rajesh Agrawal

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OG Box Office Collection Day 3: Pawan Kalyan is back with the second release of the year. Following Hari Hara Veera Mallu, the Power Star has now come up with They Call Him OG, which also marks the Telugu debut of Emraan Hashmi. The film hits the theatres worldwide on September 25, but fans in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana caught the premiere on September 24 at 9 PM. OG has released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam, catering to audiences across India. Pawan Kalyan plays Ojas Gambheera, famously known as OG, in this action-crime thriller directed by Sujeeth. The … Read more