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Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny with dart frog toxin, European nations say

By JILL LAWLESS
Feb 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.”
Iranian security use dragnet spanning the entire country to arrest protesters

By AMIR-HUSSEIN RADJY
Feb 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.
TSA agents are working without pay at US airports due to another shutdown

By RIO YAMAT
Feb 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.
White House, RFK Jr. shake up health leadership after controversies

By Lauren Weber, Rachel Roubein and Dan Diamond
Feb 14, 2026 3:02 pm - The White House and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are shaking up the health department’s leadership team ahead of the midterms, pushing out several deputies while elevating others in hopes of stabilizing an agency rattled by internal fights and controversial messages, according to more than half a dozen people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe personnel matters.
A man was running from police. Eight llamas caught him.

By Maggie Penman
Feb 14, 2026 2:54 pm - Heidi Price pulled up to her home last week after a long day working as a psychiatric nurse and found her road in Derbyshire, England, lit up by police cars.When she got out of her car, she saw officers and her partner, Graham Oliver. “I was met at the front door,” Price said, “being told my llamas were heroes.”
Rubio’s speech to European allies takes a softer tone but sticks to Trump’s firm stance

By MATTHEW LEE, EMMA BURROWS and GEIR MOULSON
Feb 14, 2026 2:49 pm - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a reassuring message to America’s allies on Saturday, striking a less aggressive but still firm tone about the administration’s intent to reshape the trans-Atlantic alliance and push its priorities after more than a year of President Donald Trump’s often-hostile rhetoric toward traditional allies.
Law enforcement block road near Nancy Guthrie’s home during investigation into her disappearance

By TY ONEIL
Feb 14, 2026 2:41 pm - Law enforcement investigating the disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie 's mother sealed off a road near Nancy Guthrie's home in Arizona late Friday night. A parade of sheriff’s and FBI vehicles, including forensics vehicles, passed through the roadblock that was set up about 2 miles from the house.
Journalist Don Lemon pleads not guilty to civil rights charges in Minnesota church protest

By STEVE KARNOWSKI
Feb 13, 2026 7:39 pm - Former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges Friday, following a protest at a Minnesota church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official is a pastor. Four others also pleaded not guilty in the case.
DHS shutdown nears as Senate fails to cut deal, heads to recess

By Erik Wasson and Steven T. Dennis
Feb 13, 2026 7:26 pm - A Saturday shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is all but inevitable after the Senate failed to advance a funding bill and headed out on a week-long recess without a deal regarding new limits on immigration enforcement.
Feds open a perjury probe into ICE officers’ testimony about the shooting of a Venezuelan man

By MICHAEL BIESECKER, JIM MUSTIAN and JACK BROOK
Feb 13, 2026 7:14 pm - Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men.

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