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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.
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Trump says change in power in Iran ‘would be the best thing that could happen’Feb 13, 2026 4:23 pm - President Donald Trump said Friday that a change in power in Iran “would be the best thing that could happen” as the U.S. administration weighs whether to take military action against Tehran.Trump made the comments shortly after visiting with troops in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and after he confirmed earlier in the day that he’s deploying a second aircraft carrier group to the Mideast for potential military action against Iran.
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Christian Siriano invites New York Fashion Week guests into his surrealist dreamFeb 13, 2026 2:20 pm - Christian Siriano barely had 48 hours to design his finale gown for his New York Fashion Week show. The iridescent green liquid fabric Siriano had ordered from Italy was stuck in customs for weeks before it finally arrived shortly before Thursday's runway show.
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Buzz of the Olympics: How drone cams deliver high-pace visuals and add a new dynamic for TV viewersFeb 13, 2026 10:11 am - Standing on a tower overlooking the cliffs of the Cortina downhill course, there is someone who is just as involved in the biggest skiing races of the Winter Olympics as Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson.
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Robots are coming to assist MLB umpires. Even so, the human touch still mattersFeb 13, 2026 10:00 am - For those worried robots are about to take over Major League Baseball, Colorado Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer has some experience with the Automated Ball/Strike system that's coming to stadiums this summer.