Friday, February 20th, 2026
MacKinnon sends Canada to gold-medal game after sinking Finns with game winner in dying seconds
Canada’s gold-medal dream in men’s hockey at the Milano-Cortina Olympics remains on course. Nathan MacKinnon scored on a power play with 35.2 seconds left in the third period as the Canadians battled back from a 2-0 deficit to advance to the title game with a 3-2 victory over Finland on Friday. Sam Reinhart and Shea Theodore had the other goals for Canada, which will face the United States in Sunday’s podium decider to cap the NHL’s return to the Games. Jordan Binnington made 15 saves. Connor McDavid picked up twoRead more
After former prince Andrew’s arrest, the Royal Family tries to keep calm and carry on
The scandal surrounding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was already seen by some as the first real royal crisis his elder brother, King Charles, has faced in these opening years of his reign. Still, it continues to evolve, and Andrew’s arrest Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office marks just the latest unprecedented development in the unprecedented story of the former prince who also once served as a trade envoy for the United Kingdom. “In many ways, this crisis for the Royal Family moving forward is more of a personal one thanRead more
Federal judge accuses Trump administration of ‘terror’ against immigrants, vacates ruling on mass detention
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detain a man during an operation in Escondido, Calif. (Gregory Bull/The Associated Press) A U.S. federal judge has thrown out an administrative board’s decision endorsing the Trump administration’s policy of subjecting people arrested during its immigration crackdown to mandatory detention — accusing the administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law. In a ruling late Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Sunshine Sykes in Riverside, Calif., vacated a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals after finding the Trump administration had failed toRead more
Montreal is mentioned in the Epstein files hundreds of times. Here’s what we know
Jeffrey Epstein was facing two U.S. federal charges, one count for sex trafficking a minor and one count of conspiracy to sex traffic involving underage girls (to which he pleaded not guilty), when he died of suicide on Aug. 10, 2019 at a New York detention facility. (Scott Olson/Getty Images, New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP) Located just a short flight away from one of his homes in New York City, Montreal was often on the late American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s radar. Though it’s unclear whether EpsteinRead more