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A snow-covered trail leading to Castle Peak, near Soda Springs, Calif., late Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Eight skiers were killed and one other was presumed dead following an avalanche on Tuesday, the deadliest snow disaster in modern California history. Six were found alive. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)

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Was Anyone at Fault in California’s Avalanche Deaths? An Inquiry Considers Criminal Negligence.

U.S. President Donald Trump turns to look at U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., while making an announcement linking autism to childhood vaccines and to the use of popular pain medication Tylenol for pregnant women and children, claims which are not backed by decades of science, at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 22, 2025. (Reuters File)

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MAHA Activists Warn Trump Could Lose Their Support Over Glyphosate Order

Alex Ferreira of the U.S. celebrates winning gold, joined by silver medalist Henry Sildaru of Estonia, left, and bronze medalist Brendan Mackay of Canada, right in the freestyle men’s freeski halfpipe final, during the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in Livigno, Italy, on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)

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Ferreira Completes His Halfpipe Set with Gold

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Fresno District 7 Candidate AJ Rassamni Clarifies Facebook Posts

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Bessent, asked about the fall in the price of Bitcoin this week, said the government could not try to stop the decline by ordering banks to buy Bitcoin. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

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Supreme Court Has Taken Away Trump’s Leverage With Tariff Ruling, Says Bessent

People walk past an anti-U.S. billboard in Tehran, Iran, February 19, 2026. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)

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Iran Prepares Counterproposal as Trump Weighs Strikes

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