Jury Deadlocked in Trial of Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators at Stanford
A judge declared a mistrial after a jury could not reach a verdict in a case involving five current and former students charged with felonies. The jury deadlocked, with nine jurors for and three against convicting on the vandalism charge, and eight for and four against convicting on conspiracy. The detailsOn June 5, 2024, police arrested 13 people in connection with breaking into the office of the Stanford president early that morning and barricading themselves inside. On June 5, 2024, police arrested 13 people in connection with the protests at Stanford. The players Jeff Rosen The district attorney for Santa Clara County who plans to retry the case.
Source:New York Times
February 14, 2026 12:05 UTC
What a Times Reporter on an Antarctica Expedition Eats in a Day
What a Times Reporter on an Antarctica Expedition Eats in a DayOur climate reporter Raymond Zhong has spent more than a month on a South Korean ship in Antarctica with nearly 40 scientists from around the world. Here’s everything he eats in a day. By Raymond Zhong, Chang W. Lee, Leila Medina, Sutton Raphael, Rebecca Suner and Stephanie SwartFebruary 13, 2026
Source:New York Times
February 14, 2026 11:43 UTC
World tabloids report on the triumph of Kazakh figure skater Shaidorov at the Olympics
He became the first Kazakh Olympic figure skating champion, delivering his country’s first gold medal of these Games and its first Winter Olympic gold since Lillehammer 1994. Grand Pinnacle Tribune: Mikhail Shaidorov stuns field with Olympic figure skating goldScreenshot from evrimagaci.orgAccording to Grand Pinnacle Tribune, the men’s figure skating final at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics was meant to crown a king. Mikhail Shaidorov, the 21-year-old from Kazakhstan, skated last among the contenders with nothing to lose and everything to gain. Mikhail Shaidorov had just delivered one of the biggest upsets in Olympic figure skating history. “He is very important for figure skating, he is the best skater in history.
Source:Washington Post
February 14, 2026 11:15 UTC
“When the Wolf is Beyond Reproach: An Exploration of Stealth Authoritarianism in America”
Photo by NASA: www.unsplash.com“When the Wolf is Beyond Reproach: An Exploration of Stealth Authoritarianism in America”Stealth Authoritarianism: How Will We Know? Over the past few months, the political agenda of the United States has aligned with stealth authoritarianism in a manner that undermines democracy. The SAVE America Act and the Mindset It Assumes. Deceptively, the SAVE America Act does not employ overt authoritarianism. The use of stealth authoritarianism cultivates a system where the wolf appears beyond reproach.
Source:Washington Post
February 14, 2026 07:25 UTC
LTE: The Dem Policy That Gave Away America – Advancing Bad Gun Law
Most of them follow gun laws at least as closely as football fans follow rule changes. When a Democratic legislator proposes, or even worse, successfully passes a bad law, votes shift. Most gun owners support reasonable gun control, but oppose bad gun laws that do little or nothing to minimize gun violence while driving more people away from the Democratic Party. And ironically, gun sales to more liberal (usually Democratic-leaning) voters are on the rise**, perhaps because of recent outrages by government agents. But it will for some people, even if they just start refusing to vote Democrat, or vote at all.
Source:CNN
February 14, 2026 06:51 UTC
The ‘significant unease’ happening at Munich Security Conference
How unsolved killings of Palestinian citizens reveal inequality in IsraelPalestinian citizens of Israel are being killed at record rates — roughly one person a day. Though they make up about 20% of the population, they account for more than 80% of homicide victims. The community says the government has failed to stem the violence and that its inaction has helped spur a cycle of violence largely perpetrated by Arab crime groups. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond reports from Sakhnin.
Source:CNN
February 14, 2026 06:38 UTC
Epstein fallout heads to the Hill as Trump tells everyone to move on
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Source:CNN
February 14, 2026 06:37 UTC
February 13, 2026
They want federal agents to coordinate with local and state governments and for those governments to have jurisdiction over federal agents who break the law. And they want federal agents to have standardized uniforms like those of regular law enforcement, not paramilitaries. Democrats said White House offers were insufficient to address their concerns, although the White House did not make its position public. Trump is adamant that Republicans must win the 2026 elections and so is calling for new election laws, claiming that Democrats can win elections only through the illegal votes of undocumented immigrants. That information includes confidential data from the Social Security Administration, accessed by the Department of Government Efficiency.
Source:Washington Post
February 14, 2026 06:28 UTC
Case against man shot by ICE in Minneapolis dismissed with prejudice
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February 14, 2026 06:27 UTC
Church kidnappings plague Nigeria as clerics declare nation a “failed state”
A wave of terror has swept through central Nigeria, marked by a series of brazen kidnappings and killings. “The kidnapping of priests is a reflection of the failure of the Nigerian state to protect its citizens,’ said Father Stan Chu Ilo in an exclusive interview with CWR. “Whether these targets are random or not, priests and pastoral agents and Christians in general are a target in Nigeria,” he added. Noting that the Nigerian state has been “hijacked” by the powerful, Ilo pointed to a fundamental failure of the government to uphold its constitutional contract with its citizens as the major contributing factor to the free fall of the Nigerian state. He pointed to a growing willingness within the Nigerian Catholic Secretariat to speak out against injustice as a positive and necessary development.
Source:CNN
February 14, 2026 05:34 UTC
Why Mattel now has a problem with Barbie
Barbie manufacturer Mattel took a hit this week after its superstar doll failed to deliver. The doll and its many variants have been losing momentum since her latest 15 minutes in the spotlight following the 2023 hit movie "Barbie." Despite efforts to create buzz around the Barbie brand — including a diabetes Barbie and an autism Barbie — gross billings for Barbie products slid 11% last year, following a similar decline in 2024. Mattel announced plans to spend around $160 million to acquire the other half of mobile games studio Mattel 163, a joint venture between Mattel and the Chinese internet and video game company NetEase. Mattel plans to make more "games based on Mattel IP that drive sustained engagement for fans," Kreiz said in a statement.
Source:Los Angeles Times
February 14, 2026 05:27 UTC
Standoff over masked agents fuels the latest partial government shutdown
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) rides the Senate subway Thursday ahead of the latest partial government shutdown. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced earlier this month that the agency would be acquiring and issuing body cameras to federal agents. “I would work with this committee and any committee to work with holding individuals accountable that doxx ICE agents, because ICE agents don’t want to be masked,” Lyons said. James Lankford of Oklahoma, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Rand Paul of Kentucky talk during a hearing Thursday on oversight of federal immigration agencies. “I’m a no on anything but real reform.”Padilla said he would be a “firm no” until lawmakers agree that federal immigration officers need to be held accountable.
Source:Los Angeles Times
February 14, 2026 04:36 UTC
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
UCLA became a battleground campus last year when the Trump administration accused the school of civil rights violations. The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked the government’s $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. As part of an agreement to drop the appeal, the administration filed a joint request with Dubal’s clients in federal district court to modify the November injunction. AdvertisementThe 1st Amendment protects free speech — an area in which the Trump administration has faced court losses in its campaign against campus DEI. The Trump administration accused UCLA of federal civil rights violations for using race in its admissions practices — allegations UC denies.
Source:Los Angeles Times
February 14, 2026 04:36 UTC
LLNL Report, February 13, 2026
(AGENPARL) - Roma, 13 Febbraio 2026(AGENPARL) – Fri 13 February 2026 A weekly compendium of media reports on science and technology achievementsat Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. LLNL Report, Feb. 13, 2026The Washington Post profiled Tammy Ma as part of the newspaper’s “Post Next”list of 50 people who will define the stories of 2026. The simulations showed evidence of a free energy barrier separatinghigh-density liquid water from low-density liquid water that quickly vanishedat a critical point. Read Morehttps://www.ucdavis.edu/blog/chemists-provide-new-evidence-two-supercooled-liquid-water-states——————————————————————————Founded in 1952, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory https://www.llnl.govprovides solutions to our nation’s most important national securitychallenges through innovative science, engineering and technology. LawrenceLivermore National Laboratory is managed by Lawrence Livermore NationalSecurity, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear SecurityAdministration.
Source:Washington Post
February 14, 2026 04:10 UTC