Nation and World
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‘Dawson’s Creek’ star James Van Der Beek dies at 48
Feb 11, 2026 1:55 pm - James Van Der Beek, a heartthrob who starred in coming-of-age dramas at the dawn of the new millennium, shooting to fame playing the titular character in “Dawson’s Creek” and in later years mocking his own hunky persona, has died. He was 48.
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US employers add surprising 130,000 jobs last month, but revisions cut thousands of 2024-2025 jobs
Feb 11, 2026 7:46 am - U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands. The unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, the Labor Department said Wednesday.
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FAA lifts temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, saying all flights to resume
Feb 11, 2026 7:35 am - The Federal Aviation Administration reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday morning, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport.
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Shootings at school, home in northeast British Columbia leave 10 dead, including shooter
Feb 10, 2026 8:35 pm - VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A shooting at a school in British Columbia left eight dead including the suspect, with two more people found dead at a home believed to be c...
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Trump administration plans to hold back grant money for some Democratic-led states
Feb 10, 2026 4:27 pm - President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to withhold some public health and transportation money from a group of Democratic-led states. Full details have not b...
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Under growing pressure, the biggest social networks agree to be rated on teen safety
Feb 10, 2026 3:33 pm - Three leading social media companies have agreed to undergo independent assessments of how effectively they protect the mental health of teenage users, submitting to a ba...
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Israeli drone strike kills 2 cyclists in Gaza as death toll mounts despite ceasefire
Feb 10, 2026 3:28 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli drone strike killed two Palestinians on bicycles Tuesday, hospital officials said, marking the latest deaths since an October cease...
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FBI search of Georgia offices tied to probe of possible 2020 election 'defects,' affidavit says
Feb 10, 2026 3:25 pm - ATLANTA — The FBI relied on years-old claims of fraud, many of them thoroughly investigated, to obtain a search warrant to seize ballots from election offices in Fulton C...
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledges meetings with Epstein that contradict previous claims
Feb 10, 2026 3:20 pm - WASHINGTON — Under questioning from Democrats on Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledged that he had met with Jeffrey Epstein twice after the late financi...
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Democrats say White House offer on ICE is 'insufficient' as Homeland Security funding set to expire
Feb 10, 2026 3:17 pm - WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete and insufficient” as they demand new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigrati...