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8:59 AM on Friday, February 20

Johannes Dale-Skjevdal of Norway was the only biathlete to hit all 20 of his targets in the 15-kilometer mass start race Friday and skied his way to gold Norway’s 17th gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics — breaking the record for the most gold medals won by a nation at a single Winter Olympics

8:53 AM on Friday, February 20

President Donald Trump has long spread conspiracy theories about voting that are designed to explain away his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden

8:45 AM on Friday, February 20

America’s gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — increased at an 1.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter, the Commerce Department reported Friday, down from 4.4% in the July-September quarter and 3.8% in the quarter before that

8:43 AM on Friday, February 20

Nurses on strike at a major New York City hospital system have reached a tentative deal to end a more than monthlong strike

8:40 AM on Friday, February 20

A key inflation gauge accelerated in December, a sign that many prices are still rising more quickly than most Americans would prefer — and faster than the Federal Reserve’s target of 2% a year

8:36 AM on Friday, February 20

Last hospital system in New York nurses' strike reaches tentative deal to end city’s biggest nursing walkout in decades

8:34 AM on Friday, February 20

The US economy's growth slowed in the final three months of 2025 after a robust expansion last summer and fall

8:33 AM on Friday, February 20

Fed's preferred inflation gauge accelerated last month, showing that price growth remains elevated

8:18 AM on Friday, February 20

State Republicans redrew their congressional map over the summer to make five Democratic-held seats winnable, in line with the explicit expectation set by President Donald Trump

7:44 AM on Friday, February 20

President Donald Trump has long spread conspiracy theories about voting that are designed to explain away his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden

7:09 AM on Friday, February 20

A new AP-NORC poll shows more Americans say extreme cold has affected their lives after frigid weather engulfed much of North America at the beginning of 2026

7:05 AM on Friday, February 20

About 7 in 10 Americans have had higher utility bills in the past year because of cold weather, AP-NORC poll finds

5:41 AM on Friday, February 20

An Austrian court has convicted a man of manslaughter caused by gross negligence after his girlfriend froze to death as the couple attempted to climb the country’s highest peak last year

4:43 AM on Friday, February 20

Police have searched the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a day after the former prince was held in custody on suspicion of misconduct in public office

3:06 AM on Friday, February 20

Saudi Arabia could have some form of uranium enrichment within the kingdom under a proposed nuclear deal with the United States

12:21 AM on Friday, February 20

U.S. stocks are edging lower after reports showed a discouraging combination of slowing growth for the economy and faster inflation

12:01 AM on Friday, February 20

Four years into its full-scale invasion, Russia controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory, where an estimated 3 million to 5 million people live

5:29 PM on Thursday, February 19

For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through the way they design their platforms, deliberately addicting kids and failing to protect them from sexual predators and dangerous content

10:03 AM on Thursday, February 19

Police are searching the former property of the brother of King Charles III, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a day after he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in connection with his close relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

4:20 PM on Tuesday, February 17