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What if just 1 in 10 people changed how they eat, drive, heat or shop?Feb 14, 2026 1:45 pm - Everyday lifestyle choices can add up to significant climate impact when even a small share of the population makes them. Looking across food, transportation, home energy and clothing, the numbers show that swapping one weekly beef meal for chicken, switching from gas cars to electric vehicles, heating homes with electric heat pumps, or buying jeans secondhand can each cut billions of pounds of carbon pollution when adopted by 1 in 10 Americans who engage in these habits.
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What you need to know before making financial giftsFeb 14, 2026 11:29 am - If you have gifting to loved ones on your mind, here are some considerations related to taxes and logistics. Gifting logistics Unless you’re writing a check from you...
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Jordan Stolz wins his 2nd Olympic speedskating gold medal by adding a 500-meter title to the 1,000Feb 14, 2026 11:00 am - Jordan Stolz is now a two-time Olympic gold medalist in speedskating — halfway to his goal of four at the Milan Cortina Games — after winning the 500 meters on Saturday to go along with his victory in the 1,000.
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After ‘Olympic curse’ hits Ilia Malinin in his free skate, the ‘Quad god’ sets his sights on futureFeb 14, 2026 10:29 am - Ilia Malinin need only to have looked into the stands on Friday night, where Nathan Chen watched as the American figure skating sensation known as the “Quad god” fell apart in his Olympic free skate, for inspiration about what might come next.
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Listen to your heart: What is atrial fibrillation and how is it treated?Feb 14, 2026 9:48 am - Short for atrial fibrillation, A-fib is a quivering or irregular heartbeat that is a worrisome stage-setter for blood clots, stroke and heart failure. Some researchers believe more than 10 million Americans have it — most of them older.
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Journalist Don Lemon pleads not guilty to civil rights charges in Minnesota church protestFeb 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.
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Feds open a perjury probe into ICE officers’ testimony about the shooting of a Venezuelan manFeb 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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Shelby Miller agrees to $2.5 million, 2-year contract with the Chicago Cubs, AP source saysFeb 13, 2026 6:06 pm - Shelby Miller is joining the Chicago Cubs, according to a person familiar with the situation, after the pitcher had major elbow surgery in October.
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‘Quad God’ Ilia Malinin falls twice in Olympic disaster, allowing Mikhail Shaidorov to claim goldFeb 13, 2026 5:50 pm - Ilia Malinin wound his way through the tunnels beneath the Milano Ice Skating Arena on Friday night, trying in vain to explain — or even just understand — exactly went wrong in an Olympic free skate that could only be described as a disaster.
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A look at false claims made by the Trump administration as it revokes a key scientific findingFeb 13, 2026 4:35 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked the 2009 endangerment finding, which has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.But in making the announcement, Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin made false claims regarding the government declaration, climate change, and energy.