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From YouTuber to NASCAR driver: Cleetus McFarland expands his racing resume at DaytonaFeb 12, 2026 3:26 pm - Garrett Mitchell is better known as “Cleetus McFarland” to his millions of followers gained over the years as a racing influencer. He's pretty much always been called a YouTuber, until he was out to dinner last week when a fan stopped by and referred to him as a NASCAR driver.
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2 Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid dock in Cuba as US blockade sparks energy crisisFeb 12, 2026 3:24 pm - HAVANA — Two Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid docked in Cuba on Thursday as a U.S. blockade deepens the island’s energy crisis. The ships arrived two weeks ...
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Chloe Kim falls short of Olympic three-peat, taking silver as Choi Gaon wins women’s halfpipeFeb 12, 2026 3:19 pm - Chloe Kim fell short in her bid to become the first Olympic snowboarder to win three consecutive gold medals, finishing second to Choi Gaon of South Korea in the women's halfpipe on Thursday.
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Chock and Bates say their near-perfect skate felt like a win, even if silver left fans ‘confused’Feb 12, 2026 3:12 pm - U.S. ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates didn’t conceal their disappointment Thursday at the bittersweet Olympic silver medal for what Bates called their “absolute best performance,” while Chock said the confusion over the result “does a disservice to our sport.”
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Grieving families press Congress on aviation safety reforms after midair collision near DCFeb 12, 2026 3:11 pm - Key senators and the families of the 67 dead in an airliner collision with an Army helicopter near the nation's capital are convinced that advanced aircraft locator syste...
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RFK Jr. promised to restore trust in US health agencies. A year later, it’s erodingFeb 12, 2026 3:06 pm - NEW YORK — Since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services one year ago, he has defended his upending of federal health ...
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Will American ‘Quad God’ Ilia Malinin try hardest quad of all in his last skate at the Olympics?Feb 12, 2026 2:59 pm - Ilia Malinin keeps teasing fans at the Milan Cortina Olympics by submitting program plans that have the American figure skating star attempting the quad axel, a 4½-revolution jump so difficult nobody but him has ever landed it in competition.
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Homeland Security shutdown seems certain as funding talks between White House and Democrats stallFeb 12, 2026 2:41 pm - WASHINGTON — A shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security appeared certain Thursday as lawmakers in the House and Senate were set to leave Washington for a 10-day b...
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Speaker Johnson says he disapproves of Justice Department logging lawmaker searches of Epstein filesFeb 12, 2026 2:36 pm - WASHINGTON— Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that he did not think it was appropriate for the Justice Department to be tracking the search histories of...
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McDonald’s says focus on value is bringing back customersFeb 12, 2026 2:31 pm - McDonald’s focus on value is paying off.The fast food giant said Wednesday that its global same-store sales — or sales at locations open at least a year — jumped 5.7% in the October-December period. That's better than the 3.9% Wall Street was expecting, according to analysts polled by FactSet.