Eight skiers were killed and one other was presumed dead in the deadliest snow disaster in modern California history. Six were found alive.
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“The Late Show” host called the 90-second video of the two working up a sweat together “pure cinema.”
The senator from Vermont was the only elected leader at the event, which formally kicked off a health care union’s campaign to put the tax proposal on the ballot.
Narendra Modi, the prime minister, convened foreign leaders, the richest Silicon Valley companies and thousands of Indian entrepreneurs for a week of deal making.
Among elite athletes exists an even more exclusive club: people who compete at both the Summer and Winter Games. Many are sprinters who turn to bobsled.
Already weakened by “U-turns” on his agenda, Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced calls to step down over appointing a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein as U.S. ambassador.
A lieutenant colonel is on trial after being accused of skimming payments for battlefield injuries. He denies the specifics of Russia’s accusation but acknowledges engaging in a payouts scheme.
Judges will rule on Thursday in the insurrection trial of former President Yoon Suk Yeol. He could get the death penalty for his short-lived imposition of martial law in 2024.
Investors are selling shares of Chinese E.V. companies, concerned that intensifying competition and shorter production cycles mean the years of easy growth are over.
Quotation of the Day for Thursday, February 18, 2026.
Sugar Bowl Academy, a ski-focused private school in the Sierra Nevada, said that multiple people on the fatal trek were connected to its program.
An executive order aimed at ramping up production of glyphosate set off alarms among supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Speak of the devil! It’s John Ewbank.
The ruling out of Minnesota marks a new level of judicial concern about the Trump administration’s lack of compliance with judges’ orders in immigration cases.
The assistant chief, Jamiel Altaheri, resigned almost immediately after starting the job, after The New York Times asked about misconduct allegations while he was a police chief in Michigan.
The co-worker, who no longer works for Representative Tony Gonzales, shared screenshots of the text exchange with The New York Times. Mr. Gonzales accused his Republican primary challenger of being behind the revelation.
At least eight skiers were killed, California authorities said, after heavy snow pummeled the region.
Amid criticism over the board’s structure and broad mandate, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. defended the board, saying “a new way” was needed to address the situation in Gaza.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has now proposed two options that called for raising taxes. Here’s a look at each proposal and the rationale and chances for each.
President Trump has given no indication that he has made a decision about how to proceed, as diplomatic talks continue.
Las personas designadas por Trump para las gestiones diplomáticas hablan el lenguaje de los negociadores, y no dedican mucho tiempo a dar lecciones sobre derechos humanos o construcción de la democracia.
With at least eight people dead, Tuesday’s avalanche in California was one of the deadliest in the last five decades.
The agency is ramping up arrests, but local pushback is complicating efforts to expand detention capacity and prevent overcrowding.
The steamer Lac La Belle, which was carrying passengers and cargo, sank in a storm in 1872. Eight people died when one of its lifeboats capsized.
The agency canceled some travel to disaster sites, citing a partial government shutdown, according to emails sent to staff.
The Emergency SOS feature on iPhones can send texts to emergency responders via satellite when there is no cell tower nearby.
The violations stemmed from immigration cases. Judges across the country have expressed alarm about illegal transfers and missed deadlines.
Blackbird Mountain Guides, which has locations around the world, also taught mountain safety classes.
The authorities took the injured bird to a rehabilitation center in New Jersey, which is working to stabilize it to allow for further testing and treatment.
New York City police officers spotted a bald eagle in distress during a patrol on Tuesday morning along the Hudson River.
The company is at odds with the Pentagon over how its A.I. will be used. The conflict has its roots in the foundational plan for Anthropic.
Both parties’ Senate primary races are kicking into high gear.
How artificial intelligence will be used in future battlefields is an issue that has turned increasingly political and may put Anthropic in a bind.
Muslims in Gaza broke their fast for the start of Ramadan on Wednesday. The holy month began amid a fragile cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas.
The beating death of Quentin Deranque has quickly become a flashpoint between the far right and far left as France prepares for local elections next month and presidential elections next year.
Also, Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand. Here's the latest at the end of Wednesday.
In states that once focused mainly on health care and sports for transgender minors, debates now revolve around the validity of transgender identity.
How Bell Labs shaped cellphones, satellites, video calls and A.I. technology.
For decades, she oversaw a money-gushing South Florida restaurant that has drawn celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Muhammad Ali and Madonna.
The Trump organization said the move was necessary to protect the brand as Florida prepares to rename an airport after the president.
Daniel Radcliffe, who returns to Broadway in “Every Brilliant Thing,” shared how his love for the “The Simpsons” has endured over the years and he revealed which books he is reading to his son.
Labor advocates worry that the Trump administration is relaxing oversight of companies and increasing the potential for serious injuries and deaths.
He created sets and lighting for dozens of productions, including “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” and established a new art form with his theater of the deaf, combining sign and spoken language.
An Associated Press reporter was hit and held with three other journalists and a lawyer, two detainees said, while at a center for migrants secretively deported from the United States.
El presidente de EE. UU. no solo está creando cuentas extraoficiales que marginan al Congreso; también debilita las herramientas institucionales que el gobierno utiliza para recaudar fondos públicos.
Spain may have a solution to the backlash against migrants in many wealthy countries.
In 1994, the Olympics were rocked by a giant skating scandal. When it was all over, three athletes waited for their medals.
Southern California Edison had said its electrical equipment most likely caused the blaze, which destroyed much of Altadena, a Los Angeles suburb.
The $1.2 billion deal comes as eBay looks to expand its appeal among younger users.
When the U.S. plays Canada in the Olympic women’s final, there will be much more than a gold medal at stake.
El actor, conocido por sus papeles en “Transformers” y “Megalópolis”, fue arrestado tras atacar a dos personas durante un altercado en el Barrio Francés.
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
But stay tuned: We’ve still got more to share about this Antarctic expedition, and the next ones scientists are already planning.
From Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier to Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi nearly a century later, the onscreen connection between Cathy and Heathcliff has taken many turns.
House Republicans skipped a deposition with Leslie Wexner, the retail billionaire, and Democrats said his answers were not credible.
True crime obsessives, internet theorizers and livestreamers are complicating the investigation of the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of the “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie.
The intensified push is part of an extraordinary all-fronts effort to insert federal law enforcement into the machinery of American elections ahead of the midterms.
A political movement cannot survive on spite alone.
From dashikis to turtlenecks to leisure suits, he was never worried about looking like he worked at a bank.
Senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to announce the move on Friday, according to people briefed on the matter.
Meta’s chief executive said users spent a lot of time on Instagram because of its value, as he was grilled about child safety issues in front of a jury.
Barring a rapid deterioration in the labor market or a significant cooling of inflation, the Federal Reserve appears poised for an extended hold.
Había numerosas señales de que algo no iba bien con Jeffrey Epstein. ¿Por qué nadie dijo nada?
Mayor Zohran Mamdani reversed course on Wednesday and said that New York City will restart the process of sweeping homeless encampments. Mr. Mamdani said that his administration will connect the homeless with shelter and services.
The government of President Salva Kiir has been accused of gross incompetence, as fighting between rebels and security forces pushes toward the capital.
A recent dry spell meant that as heavy snow fell this week, it landed on an unstable snowpack.
The Department of Homeland Security’s tracking of opponents of ICE. Also: Antislavery Americans; Native American pain; hazing laws; sympathy from Canada.
Even with a sturdy ship and the help of satellite images, negotiating the frozen ocean requires a dose of humility before nature’s might.
Beacons, shovels and probes are necessities in avalanche country.
In our conversation about numbers that explain the world, we’re looking at the point-in-time count.
We interviewed our bot about what it learned on Moltbook, the A.I.-only social network.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until President Trump appoints a permanent director.
Making these pan-fried fritters is a labor of love, timeless, joy-inducing and effusively Korean.
The monumental, two-film “Die Nibelungen,” drawn from similar material to Wagner’s “Ring,” is best when presented live with a full orchestra.
I can’t picture spending the rest of my career working with him.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed six members to the Rent Guidelines Board, which decides whether rents can go up in nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments.
Rescuers have been able to locate some of the 15-person backcountry ski group in California that was caught in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe. Heavy, disruptive snowfall has been forecast to continue in the area.
Los cargos incluyen enarbolar falsamente una bandera guyanesa y no obedecer una orden de la Guardia Costera de detener el barco para que fuera abordado por fuerzas estadounidenses.
Meta’s biggest election investment aims to prevent state legislation that it fears could inhibit artificial intelligence development. Its spending starts this week in Texas and Illinois.
My new sheet-pan scallion shrimp leads today’s lineup of audibly delicious recipes.
In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.
These exercises challenge one side of your body at a time. Practicing them can make daily tasks easier.
Ordinary citizens have a range of legal tools to hold the rich and politically connected accountable.
A proposed ballot measure to give Democrats more seats for the 2028 and 2030 elections signals that the nation’s gerrymandering fight is likely to persist for years.
Prosecutors have been repeatedly caught between the president’s insistence that they undertake weak or baseless cases and the necessity of having to go to court.
The woman who made stylists into celebrities is back where it all started — reality TV.
Six Russian athletes and four Belarusians will be allowed to represent their nations, officials said. The decision could pave the way for a Russian team to compete at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
The Beatles, the Stones and Clapton shared the stage with him. He made solo hits, too. A documentary by Paris Barclay explores his success and his difficult life.
The Times was honored for its coverage of President Trump, the abuse of housekeepers and nannies in Saudi Arabia and brutality in New York prisons.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority filed a complaint saying Churchill Downs Inc. is not paying its fair share to support inspections and testing.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani will place the Department of Homeless Services in charge of the sweeps, replacing the Police Department as lead of the interagency effort.
The “Wicked” actress plays 23 roles in a one-woman show on London’s West End.
Adeliia Petrosian, de 18 años, tiene el currículum de una medallista. Pero su entorno formó parte de un escándalo de dopaje en los Juegos Olímpicos pasados.
The latest round of talks ended with no indication of progress, but negotiators are bargaining over who will control land in eastern Ukraine if they reach a settlement.
Humain, which was created by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last year, said it made the investment just before xAI was acquired by SpaceX, Mr. Musk’s rocket company.
Across the country, Democratic-led states are accelerating their initiatives to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Their role just became much more important.
After failing to medal in 2022, Shiffrin rebounded to win gold in slalom.
Linda McMahon is shocked — shocked! — that there’s been a backlash to the Department of Education’s ‘History Rocks!’ tour.
Whether by app or old-school antennas, budget-friendly options abound.
Sick and tired of feeling like a receptacle for others’ negative emotions, a reader is desperate to stem the tide of foul-tempered texts.
Moderna said it had held further discussions with regulators and announced that the agency would accept the company’s application for approval of its flu vaccine that uses mRNA technology.
The difference between first and second place in several events at the 2026 Winter Games has come down to margins unthinkably small. The dramatic finishes have thrilled spectators and left some competitors stunned.
A market rout may have decimated the crypto industry. But its machine in Washington may power proposed regulation past concerned Democrats.
Environmental and health groups sued the E.P.A. over its elimination of the endangerment finding. The matter is likely to end up before the Supreme Court.
The company said it would encourage companies that operated chargers to install them in neighborhoods where its drivers lived and work.
A fast-growing network of private schools, the brainchild of a North Carolina neurosurgeon, is teaching 9,000 war orphans and other needy Palestinian youngsters.
We look back at the life and legacy of an American who helped shape our politics and our culture.
America’s Kurdish allies oversaw two dozen sites holding thousands of members of the terrorist group and their families. Their withdrawal has left the system in chaos.
China parece estar ganándose más corazones y mentes en el extranjero. ¿Ha mejorado su poder blando?
Plus, Brad Pitt vs. Tom Cruise?
El alargamiento de extremidades se practica desde hace décadas para corregir deformidades o discrepancias. Ahora ha cobrado mayor relevancia como procedimiento cosmético.
Tools like Claude Code generate computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.
The avalanche struck a guided backcountry skiing group near Truckee, Calif., near the end of a multiday trip, officials said. Six skiers have been rescued.
Dan Helmer, a Democratic state lawmaker, played a key role in putting redrawn congressional maps before state voters.
Según el fallo, el gobierno no está facultado para borrar o alterar verdades históricas. Anteriormente se habían retirado exposiciones en la antigua casa del primer presidente en Filadelfia.
The House Democratic leader has asked rank-and-file members to sit quietly at the speech or skip it altogether, wary of creating a distraction.
The best dressed character on HBO’s “Industry” also happens to be its most morally compromised.
People are starting to receive eye-popping energy bills after last month’s winter storm — but the cold weather may not be the only source to blame.
After we told the truth, our relationship would never be the same.
The Declaration of Independence’s powerful vision of equality stands as a chief obstacle to the MAGA right’s effort to consummate its vision of domination.
A farmhouse in Jamaica, Vt., a 1930 townhouse in Savannah, Ga., and a cottage in Colorado Springs.
In Minneapolis, people ignore the cold to defend their neighbors from ICE.
The city’s biggest landlord, the Housing Authority, answers to the mayor. The system has long been in crisis.
Have you ever been called a “love addict?” Ever suspected somebody else was?
Ski mountaineering tests strength and endurance as athletes race uphill on skis and on foot before going back down.
Academics have tried to reimagine how our tax laws would be transformed through a feminist lens, and how they could be more equitable and attentive toward caregivers.
A best actor Oscar contender for “Blue Moon,” the star reflects on turbulent times in Hollywood and the notion of selling out: “I think about it constantly.”
Bjarte Sandal renovated a townhouse in a popular Stavanger residential complex, restoring it to its midcentury origins.
We’re entering a new renaissance of software development. We should all be excited, despite the uncertainties that lie ahead.
The Beatles’ beloved collaborator died at 59 in 2006. A new documentary, “That’s the Way God Planned It,” explores what he long kept hidden.
Alongside the Frieze Los Angeles fair at the Santa Monica Airport, Feb. 26 to March 1, the city offers striking art discoveries and a celebrated group show.
A group of college students went on a tech fast for a week. Not only did they survive — they also learned more about themselves and the world around them.
Without the usual flood of new musicals, the playwrights of works like “Becky Shaw,” “Dog Day Afternoon” and “Giant” are getting a chance to shine.
How Michael Heizer’s massive projects have transformed the American landscape.
It took the artist half a century of toil in the most remote parts of Nevada to build what may be the most extreme contemporary monument ever made. Now what?
Onstage, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” and Adrien Brody in “The Fear of 13.” Plus: Cardi B goes on tour, Lise Davidsen takes on Isolde at the Met, 100 years of Martha Graham and more.
Eileen Harris Norton “built a whole new mountain and somehow got everyone to come climb up it,” the artist Mark Bradford says.
Here is a breakdown of which states are redrawing their maps for the 2026 midterms
People often compare imagery of the Trump administration to films like ‘Starship Troopers’ and ‘Total Recall.’ What comfort does the analogy offer?
Contenders say the criteria for judging the category can vary from, say, the number of newcomers to the seamlessness of the ensemble.
Across the country, a flurry of theater productions, including “Black Swan” and “The Lunchbox,” are mining the movies for material.
Poems and songs say love should be world-shattering. The logic of love addiction suggests that it shouldn’t.
Methane emissions from wetlands are rising faster than those from industrial sources, prompting concerns about a climate feedback loop.
A shock Democratic victory in a Texas special election shows what the party needs to do to win more there — and many other places, too.
Tshephiso Marumo has had success selling traditional village food in Botswana. But as she has risen, she has become more outspoken, inviting backlash.
A French designer creates a rustic, rudimentary country house that argues for a better, more environmentally conscious way of life.
Three new books apply an economist’s lens — and language — to some of our most unruly phenomena, including war and nature itself.
In the battle for Congress, redistricting has become all the rage in America. Other nations have guardrails in place to avoid the same situation.
Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national movement for economic and social justice.
Some patients in a clinical trial of one new drug lost so much weight that they became concerned and dropped out.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson gave a master class in public speaking over several decades as a powerful orator. He died on Tuesday at 84.