All Stories from February 8, 2026 (Change date)
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Prosecutor: Round Lake Beach boy hit with belt, deprived of food before deathFeb 08, 2026 2:48 pm - An 8-year-old Round Lake Beach boy had been beaten repeatedly with a belt and deprived of food for days leading up to his death Friday, a prosecutor said Sunday during the initial court appearance for the child’s mother and her boyfriend.
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Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years in prisonFeb 08, 2026 2:48 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporte...
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The US said a Marine could not adopt an Afghan girl. Records show officials helped him get herFeb 08, 2026 2:46 pm - The judge wanted everyone in the courtroom to know that when he’d signed a war orphan over to an American Marine he thought it was an emergency — that the child injured o...
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Brad Arnold, lead singer of Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, dies at 47Feb 08, 2026 2:40 pm - Brad Arnold, the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, died Saturday, months after he announced that he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer. He was 47.
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‘Take the vaccine, please,’ Dr. Oz says in an appeal as measles cases riseFeb 08, 2026 2:36 pm - Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, recently urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status.
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Investigation continues a week after Savannah Guthrie mother was reported missingFeb 08, 2026 2:30 pm - TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The urgent investigation into the apparent kidnapping of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie continued Sunday, a week after the mother of “Today” show host Sav...
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Before Vonn's crash, Iranian coach called the skier her 'superhero' — and hoped to get her pinFeb 08, 2026 2:26 pm - CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Before U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn's devastating crash on Sunday while racing on a badly injured left knee, Iran's Alpine women's skiing coach...
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Japanese prime minister's party secures supermajority in lower house in landslide victoryFeb 08, 2026 2:21 pm - TOKYO (AP) — The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japanese media reported citin...
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‘Melania’ falls steeply and ‘Send Help’ holds steady at No. 1 on a quiet weekend in theatersFeb 08, 2026 2:09 pm - Hollywood largely ceded attention to football over a slow box-office weekend, with the survival thriller “Send Help” repeating as No. 1 in ticket sales and the Melania Trump documentary “Melania” falling sharply in its second weekend.
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Paul Thomas Anderson wins at 78th Directors Guild Awards for ‘One Battle After Another’Feb 08, 2026 2:01 pm - Paul Thomas Anderson won the top prize at the 78th Directors Guild Awards, putting the “One Battle After Another” filmmaker on course to potentially win his first Oscar.