All Stories from February 14, 2026 (Change date)
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Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny with dart frog toxin, European nations sayFeb 14, 2026 8:02 pm - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with a rare and lethal toxin found in the skin of poison dart frogs, five European countries said Saturday.The foreign ministries of the U.K., France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said analysis in European labs of samples taken from Navalny's body “conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine.”
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Boys wrestling: Warren’s Noble, Stewart capture sectional championships at BarringtonFeb 14, 2026 7:56 pm - A roundup of results from Saturday’s boys wrestling individual sectionals.
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A whole new ball game: Searching for Cubs, Sox questions in a routine spring trainingFeb 14, 2026 7:56 pm - The Cubs and White Sox began spring training this week, with the first exhibition game slated for Friday, against each other. Will any significant questions be resolved this month?
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Boys swimming: No stopping Barrington in Mid-Suburban League meetFeb 14, 2026 6:13 pm - Host Buffalo Grove and Fremd tied for second place with 211 points at the Mid-Suburban League boys swimming and diving meet with strong performances Saturday afternoon. But there was just no stopping the Barrington dynasty as the Broncos took home their eighth straight MSL championship with 250 points.
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Jack Eichel and Brady Tkachuk power the U.S. past Denmark 6-3 at the OlympicsFeb 14, 2026 5:15 pm - Jack Eichel scored off his own faceoff win a minute after setting up Brady Tkachuk's first of two goals the same way, and the U.S. rode its top line to a 6-3 defeat of Denmark on Saturday night, keeping pace with also-unbeaten Canada for the top seed in the men's hockey tournament at the Olympics.
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Boys swimming: Cary-Grove co-op piles up the points at Fox Valley Conference meetFeb 14, 2026 5:11 pm - Cary-Grove co-op, which also takes swimmers from Crystal Lake Central, Crystal Lake South and Prairie Ridge, finished first in six of the 11 events and won the Fox Valley Conference boys swimming meet handily with 354 points.
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Iranian security use dragnet spanning the entire country to arrest protestersFeb 14, 2026 4:59 pm - The Iranian security agents came at 2 a.m., pulling up in a half-dozen cars outside the home of the Nakhii family. They woke up the sleeping sisters, Nyusha and Mona, and forced them to give the passwords for their phones. Then they took the two away.The women were accused of participating in the nationwide protests that shook Iran a week earlier, a friend of the pair told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity for her security as she described the Jan. 16 arrests.
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Equine Valentines ‘pass around some love’Feb 14, 2026 4:55 pm - Horses big and small, a “kissing booth” and hobby horses for kids were part of the fun Saturday during the SOUL Kisses 4 Valentines Day event at SOUL Harbor Ranch in Barrington.
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It’s the US (and the US) against the world as the NBA All-Star Game tries yet another formatFeb 14, 2026 4:47 pm - The NBA is trying its fourth All-Star Game format in four years this weekend as it tries once again to answer one of the bigger existential questions in professional basketball.
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TSA agents are working without pay at US airports due to another shutdownFeb 14, 2026 4:46 pm - A shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that took effect early Saturday impacts the agency responsible for screening passengers and bags at airports across the country. Travelers with airline reservations may be nervously recalling a 43-day government shutdown that led to historic flight cancellations and long delays last year.