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Annual orchids show brings vivid color to Chicago winter 02/06/2026 06:47pm • CHICAGO (AP) — A soft layer of white snow blankets the grounds of the Chicago Botanic Garden. The air is chilly, the sky gray. Inside, however, the air is warm and lights illuminate more than 10,000 vividly colored orchids. Staff members move in and out of greenhouses, preparing to open the garden The Latest: Two cauldrons are lit for the first time at a Winter Olympics 02/06/2026 06:38pm • MILAN (AP) — An unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Winter Olympics opening ceremony replete with references to Italian icons and culture has officially kicked off the Milan Cortina Games, as the sports spectacle returns to a nation that last hosted the event 20 years ago. Italian President Ser Donovan Mitchell's emotional week: All-Star pick, a major trade and fiancée's Super Bowl performance 02/06/2026 06:33pm • Donovan Mitchell was already in store for an emotional week. The Cleveland Cavaliers guard was selected to the NBA All-Star Game for the seventh straight season and will watch his fiancée, Coco Jones, sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” before Super Bowl 60 on Sunday. Things took an unexpected tur What to know about the search for 'Today' show host Savannah Guthrie's missing mother 02/06/2026 05:50pm • The Arizona sheriff investigating the apparent kidnapping of “Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie 's mother said Friday he remains concerned about the 84-year-old's health as her family anxiously waits for proof she is alive, days into the search. “Her conditions, I would imagine, are worsening Trump ends Obama-era restrictions on commercial fishing in protected area off New England 02/06/2026 05:40pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Friday reopening a huge swath of protected sea in the Atlantic Ocean to commercial fishing. Trump said the move would reestablish fishing in Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the New England coast, a Leeds beat Forest and take giant step towards securing Premier League status 02/06/2026 05:29pm • LEEDS, England (AP) — Leeds United scored twice in four minutes in a dominant first half then added a third soon after halftime in beating Nottingham Forest 3-1 for a massive boost in its fight against Premier League relegation on Friday. Leeds' fourth Friday night win in a row lifted it nine poin If Jayson Tatum has doubts, Celtics boss Brad Stevens is ready to remind him: We're better with you 02/06/2026 05:16pm • BOSTON (AP) — Brad Stevens has a message for Jayson Tatum if the injured Boston Celtics star truly wonders whether he would still fit in on the team he led to the 2024 NBA championship. “Obviously, any team with Jayson Tatum’s going to be better,” Stevens said on Friday. “If he needs it, I Accused militant is taken into custody in the deadly 2012 Benghazi attack 02/06/2026 03:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — An alleged participant in the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been taken into custody to face prosecution for the rampage that killed four Americans and emerged as a divisive political issue, the Justice Department said Friday. Zubayar Al-Bakoush, Ja Morant remains with Grizzlies as the franchise embarks on an uncertain future 02/06/2026 02:46pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The NBA trade deadline has passed and Ja Morant remains in Memphis despite speculation that the relationship between the Grizzlies and their former all-star had reached a parting point. Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman addressed the team's trade deadline moves on Friday Seed guardians of the Amazon: A family's solitary fight to save endangered plants 02/06/2026 02:43pm • ALTO ILA, Ecuador (AP) — On a recent journey into the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, Ramón Pucha realized he was being trailed. Fresh puma tracks now lined the path alongside his own footprints. Unfazed, he continued his trek, focused entirely on the precious cargo he carried — seeds from some of th Low-income West Virginians could lose access to 28% of affordable housing unless lawmakers step in 02/06/2026 02:41pm • At 93, Anna Lee Pettit lives alone in a first-floor apartment at Morgantown’s Unity House Apartments, where she can get her mail indoors and avoid hauling garbage outside in the winter. She survives on Social Security benefits and said she wouldn’t have made it without affordable housing after Special prosecutor to get cases of man who says North Carolina religious group beat him in 2013 02/06/2026 02:37pm • A district attorney has turned over to a special prosecutor the criminal cases accusing members of a secretive North Carolina religious group of holding down and beating a one-time member 13 years ago. The victim asked a judge to kick District Attorney Ted Bell off the case just days before a retria Pro Football Hall of Fame to consider changes after Belichick's omission sparks outrage 02/06/2026 02:20pm • The Pro Football Hall of Fame will consider making changes to the voting panel and process of choosing Hall of Famers following a year when Bill Belichick's omission from the 2026 class generated outrage. Hall of Fame President Jim Porter said in an interview Thursday night after the five-player cla Hezbollah replaces top security official Wafiq Safa as part of internal restructuring 02/06/2026 02:14pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah has replaced a top security official who was in charge of coordination with Lebanon’s security agencies after he told the group’s leadership that he wants to step down, two officials with the group who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter said Friday. Waf With $48M in philanthropic backing, a division of USAID relaunches as a nonprofit 02/06/2026 02:14pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A division of the U.S. Agency for International Development eliminated by Trump administration cuts last year was reborn Thursday as an independent nonprofit, allowing its international work to continue in a new form. This reincarnation of USAID’s Development Innovation Venture