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February 8, 2026

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Despite broken arm, Ollie Martin competes in men’s snowboard big air final – here’s how he did

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,

February 8, 2026

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

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

February 8, 2026

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

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 —

February 8, 2026

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Trump threatens 100% tariffs on all Canadian goods if Canada ‘makes a deal with China’

Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose a 100 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods entering the United States if Canada “makes a deal with China” — a forceful message that comes days after Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, widely viewed as pushback on U.S. actions. Trump did not specifiy what a “deal” means

February 8, 2026

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BREAKING: The Chicago Bulls-Hornets Trade Now Amended

Originally traded for Collin Sexton, Ousmane Dieng, and three second-round picks, upon being evaluated by Charlotte, Coby White has failed his physical and will miss time. The trade with the Charlotte Hornets will now be amended. Get the On Tap recap below: FEBRUARY 6TH — Per Fred Katz, of the Athletic — the Chicago Bulls‘ trade with The Charlotte Hornets has now been amended. Originally traded for Collin Sexton, Ousmane Dieng, and three second-round picks, Coby White has now failed his physical and will miss time following his evaluation with Charlotte. Our lead writer for the Bulls, Alejandro Delgado, covered

February 8, 2026

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With a broken arm, USA’s Ollie Martin competed in the snowboard big air final. Here’s how he did.

It was revealed after the event that the 17-year-old Olympian was competing with 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, you’re amazing! What an Olympic

February 7, 2026

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Breaking: Ilia Malinin will skate long program for US in team competition

MILAN — Team USA has made its picks for who can secure figure skating team event gold at the 2026 Winter Games, and it will include the “Quad God.” Ilia Malinin will be on the ice for the final day of the team event Sunday, Feb. 8, performing the men’s free skate, as first reported Saturday by USA TODAY Sports and later announced by U.S. Figure Skating. Advertisement The competition day will also feature pairs’ and women’s free skate. Amber Glenn will make her Olympic debut for the women, with Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea doing the pairs again. Whether Malinin

February 7, 2026

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‘Grave moment for global peace,’ warns UN Secretary General, as US-Russia nuke restriction treaty expires — The Indian Panorama

UN Secretary-General António Guterres says we now face a world without any binding limits on the nuclear arsenals of Russia and US UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The United Nations has warned that the world faces a “grave moment to international peace and security” as the US-Russia ‘New START’ treaty (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), on restricting nuclear weapons, expired. “For the first time in more than half a century, we face a world without any binding limits on the nuclear arsenals of Russia and US,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in a statement on Thursday. “I urge both, the US and Russia,

February 7, 2026

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Iran FM Araghchi says agreed with U.S. to ‘proceed with negotiations’ — The Indian Panorama

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, shakes hands with his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Albusaidi during their meeting prior to Iran and the U.S. negotiations, in Muscat, Oman, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry) MUSCAT, OMAN (TIP): Iran‘s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday (February 6, 2026) described the atmosphere of talks with the United States as positive, with the two sides agreeing to proceed with negotiations. The talks took place following threats from Washington and after it recently deployed an aircraft carrier group to the Middle East following Iran’s deadly response to anti-government protests.

February 7, 2026

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

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