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2:48 PM on Friday, February 6

American athletes receive an enthusiastic welcome at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony

2:45 PM on Friday, February 6

Prosecutors have dropped the most serious assault charge against Penn State hockey star Gavin McKenna, considered a likely top pick in this year’s NHL draft, but he remains accused of less serious offenses

2:27 PM on Friday, February 6

Two cauldrons are lit for the first time at a Winter Olympics, in Milan and Cortina, symbolizing the start of the Games

2:27 PM on Friday, February 6

Ex-MLB player Yasiel Puig found guilty of obstruction and lying to federal officials in illegal gambling investigation

1:51 PM on Friday, February 6

Italian President Sergio Mattarella officially declares the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games open

1:46 PM on Friday, February 6

A judge has ruled that Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights

1:17 PM on Friday, February 6

The U.S. stock market roared back, as technology stocks recovered much of their losses from earlier in the week and bitcoin halted its plunge, at least for now

12:54 PM on Friday, February 6

12:30 PM on Friday, February 6

The Trump administration says its emergency orders keeping coal-fired plants running helped prevent blackouts during the recent cold snap

12:05 PM on Friday, February 6

Elon Musk's “Vegas Loop,” an underground transit system of private tunnels, is facing scrutiny from Nevada lawmakers after years of complaints about workplace safety and alleged violations

11:42 AM on Friday, February 6

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is resuming staff cuts that were paused during January's severe winter storm, according to two FEMA managers

11:18 AM on Friday, February 6

Repairs on a pipe rupture sending sewage into the Potomac River northwest of Washington, D.C., will take weeks longer due to an unexpected blockage

9:33 AM on Friday, February 6

A New Mexico grand jury has indicted actor Timothy Busfield on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child

9:21 AM on Friday, February 6

A federal jury has ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million to a woman who says an Uber driver raped her during a 2023 trip

7:06 AM on Friday, February 6

Vice President JD Vance met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Milan on Friday, part of his trip to the Olympics

7:02 AM on Friday, February 6

The Justice Department says a key participant in the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been taken into custody and will be prosecuted in Washington in connection with the rampage that killed four Americans and became a divisive political issue

4:07 AM on Friday, February 6

Three fans who have attended every Super Bowl since 1967 are going again this year

1:03 AM on Friday, February 6

A week after rupturing the ACL in her left knee, Lindsey Vonn opened her chase for Olympic gold at the age of 41 with an aggressive and successful training run down the Olympia delle Tofane downhill course

11:37 PM on Thursday, February 5

A Bad Bunny look-alike contest in San Francisco has turned into a street party as hundreds of fans gather to celebrate the global superstar

8:31 PM on Thursday, February 5

The U.S. stock market roared back, as technology stocks recovered much of their losses from earlier in the week and bitcoin halted its plunge, at least for now