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Colby advances to medal round, significantly improves

Steamboat Pilot | 2026-02-10, 20:07

Jason Colby — the youngest Steamboat Springs Olympic athlete in Milan Cortina at 19 years old — took his first jumps Monday. Colby hails from a long line of ski jumpers. Both his father and grandfather were

Giaccio advances to finals in women’s moguls with two other Americans

Steamboat Pilot | 2026-02-10, 20:07

Three athletes with Steamboat Springs ties took to the slopes in Livigno for the first qualifying round of Olympic women’s moguls. The individual mogul final for men and women will consist of 10 qualifiers from Tuesday, plus 10 more from the second

Top Iran security official is in Oman, site of talks with the US, likely over ...

Wtop | 2026-02-10, 20:03

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A top Iranian security official traveled on Tuesday to Oman, the Mideast sultanate now mediating talks between Tehran and Washington over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program aimed at halting a possible American

Venezuelan opposition politician placed under house arrest after release from jail, son says

Wtop | 2026-02-10, 20:03

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close political ally of Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado, has been placed under house arrest, his family said on Tuesday, two days after he was released from prison. Guanipa, a former

Egypt’s parliament approves cabinet reshuffle, with 13 new ministers

Wtop | 2026-02-10, 20:03

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s parliament on Tuesday approved by a majority a Cabinet reshuffle as the North African country struggles with an ailing economy and mounting pressure from regional conflicts. The shake-up affected 13 portfolios, including housing, higher

Olympic photo highlights from Day 4 of the Milan Cortina Winter Games

Wtop | 2026-02-10, 20:03

MILAN (AP) — This gallery showcases top

The mayor of Ecuador’s largest port arrested on money laundering and tax evasion charges

Wtop | 2026-02-10, 20:03

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — The mayor of Ecuador’s largest port city was arrested Tuesday on charges of money laundering and tax evasion, prosecutors in the South American country said. In a social media post, Ecuador’s Attorney General’s office said it detained

Take a ride across frozen sea on Estonia’s ice road

Wtop | 2026-02-10, 20:03

HIIUMAA, Estonia (AP) — Temperatures in northern Europe have been so low that citizens of Estonia can now drive across a 20-kilometer (12 1/2-mile) stretch of frozen sea linking the country’s two main islands. The so-called “ice road” connecting the

Village in southern Lebanon buries a child and father killed in Israeli drone strike

Wtop | 2026-02-10, 20:03

YANOUH, Lebanon (AP) — Mourners in southern Lebanon on Tuesday buried a father and his young son killed in an Israeli drone strike that targeted a Hezbollah member. Hassan Jaber, a police officer, and his child, Ali, were on foot when the strike on Monday hit

French prosecutor searches for victims after a man is accused of abusing 89 minors over ...

Wtop | 2026-02-10, 20:03

PARIS (AP) — A French prosecutor on Tuesday made public the identity of a 79-year-old man accused of raping and sexually assaulting 89 minors over more than five decades, launching an appeal for witnesses and possible victims in what authorities described as

Analysis: Connecting the dots of Jeffrey Epstein’s global web

Wtop | 2026-02-10, 20:03

Jeffrey Epstein did not operate in isolation. That is the central lesson of the case, and the reason it continues to matter long after his death. What Epstein built or was inserted into was not merely a criminal network. It was an ecosystem that sat at the

How Mandelson appointment nearly cost Starmer his job as UK prime minister

Wtop | 2026-02-10, 20:03

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has faced the biggest crisis of his leadership because of his decision to appoint a close ally of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to the plum job of U.K. ambassador to the United States. Many

King Charles III seeks ‘moral high ground’ with pledge to help police as Epstein scandal deepens

Wtop | 2026-02-10, 20:03

LONDON (AP) — In an earlier era, Britain’s royal family might have tried to bury the scandal surrounding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Not during the reign of King Charles III. Since October, the king has stripped his younger

Man sentenced to 4 years for acting as agent for China while working for California politician

The Mercury News | 2026-02-10, 20:03

LOS ANGELES — A California man has been sentenced to four years in prison for acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government while working as a campaign adviser for a local politician. Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 65, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Los

Ukraine Olympian banned from wearing helmet tribute to war dead

The Hill | 2026-02-10, 20:02

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said at

Trump mulls sending 2nd aircraft carrier to Mideast

Daily Sabah | 2026-02-10, 20:01

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is weighing the deployment of a second aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East, ramping up pressure on Iran as diplomatic effor ...

Asked to use personal laptop at work, new hire feels uneasy - here's what people ...

The Economic Times | 2026-02-10, 20:00

Reddit advice on using personal laptop at work: A

Virgin River Season 7 release date, cast and what to expect update: When will new ...

The Economic Times | 2026-02-10, 20:00

Virgin River Season 7 release date, cast and what to expect update confirms the Netflix series will return on March 12, 2026. The story follows Mel and Jack after marriage, new family plans, town conflicts, and medical board issues. ...

No college degree needed: Top careers that pay six figures in 2026

The Economic Times | 2026-02-10, 20:00

High-paying jobs exceeding six figures are attainable

Why Anthropic Cofounder Daniela Amodei says most jobs still need humans as AI reshapes work? ...

The Economic Times | 2026-02-10, 20:00

Anthropic hiring humanistic skills: AI is not replacing

Word of the Day: Paradigm

The Economic Times | 2026-02-10, 20:00

A paradigm is a fundamental model or way of thinking