The United States will send its largest Winter Olympic delegation ever to the Milan Cortina Games, with 232 athletes traveling for the event. The total number of competitors could surpass the record of 228 set at Pyeongchang 2018. With Olympic competition set to begin Wednesday ahead of the official start on Friday, here are 10 athletes to watch:

February 04, 2026 02:01 UTC

The fact is, the Kennedy Center has always been political. (Bettmann Archive / Getty Images)The Kennedy Center proved political from Day 1. The Brutalist monumentalism of the Kennedy Center also grew over time to be loved, increasingly bringing cachet to a diverse nation’s artistic needs. Rostropovich exuded, in the Kennedy Center aura, the expression of an overwhelmingly triumphant celebration of the end of the Soviet repression. You can take the symphony and the opera out of the Kennedy Center, but you can’t take the essence of the Kennedy Center, the living memorial to the ideal of something larger than political ego, out of the symphony and opera.

February 04, 2026 01:52 UTC

David Muir sits down with Disney's next CEO Josh D'Amaro, Bob Iger David Muir sits down with D'Amaro and Iger to discuss the future of The Walt Disney Company – including streaming, embracing AI, and the company's legacy.

February 04, 2026 01:40 UTC

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February 04, 2026 00:45 UTC

Savannah Guthrie was supposed to fly to Italy on Monday for NBC’s much-anticipated coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics. But instead, Guthrie spent a heart-wrenching day in Tucson, Arizona, supporting a massive search for her 84-year-old mother, Nancy. ‘The worst phone call of her life…’With that big international trip coming up, Guthrie spent much of last weekend with her husband and two kids. It was “the worst phone call of her life,” said an NBC producer who knows Savannah personally. “If you know Savannah then you know her mom — because she raised her, through some very tough times,” Llamas said.

February 03, 2026 23:38 UTC





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February 03, 2026 23:35 UTC

Jenn Seeto comfort each other at the Ghost Tire memorial honoring people killed along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. A pedestrian was killed on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on Monday night, authorities said. The person was struck by a vehicle near Winding Way about 7:30 p.m., Lt. Aaron Jacob of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. The collision closed all lanes of PCH for several hours between East Winding Way and West Winding Way Monday night before eventually reopening. AdvertisementIn 2024, one person was killed on PCH in Malibu in a car-to-car head-on collision.

February 03, 2026 23:30 UTC

Public health officials in Northern California are investigating a tuberculosis outbreak, identifying more than 50 cases at a private Catholic high school and ordering those who are infected to stay home. The outbreak comes as tuberculosis cases have been on the rise statewide since 2023. AdvertisementThe three cases of active TB have been diagnosed at the school since November, according to public health officials. School officials told NBC Bay Area news that in-person classes had been canceled and would resume Feb. 9, with hybrid learning in place until Feb. 20. Nationally, the rates of TB cases have increased in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, which “was in some ways anticipated,” said Gohil.

February 03, 2026 23:14 UTC

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February 03, 2026 23:06 UTC

It’s a national race, and it’s critical for the MAHA movement. A student eats a local orange for lunch at an elementary school in Tucson, Arizona, on April 29, 2025. Health officials regularly appear on MAHA video calls to tout wins on food and pharmaceuticals and remind voters to keep engaging. While the MAHA agenda — food policy, particularly — is widely popular across party lines, vaccine skepticism is not, including among MAHA voters, according to pollsters. Those same authors often appear in the weekly MAHA Action streaming installments.

February 03, 2026 23:06 UTC

Multiple media outlets are reporting that Harden and the Clippers working to find a suitable deal that would send him to another team by Thursday’s NBA trade deadline. Many of those reports mention a possible trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers, swapping Harden in exchange for guard Darius Garland. Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated described discussions between the two teams as “advanced.”The Clippers play the Cavaliers in Cleveland on Wednesday. The trade reports involving Harden broke Monday during the Clippers’ 128-113 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers at Crypto.com Arena. “Sorry.”After the game, Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard told Joey Linn of Linn Sports media he was surprised by the Harden reports.

February 03, 2026 23:06 UTC

This would be a retreat from even former President Obama's position and there is no evidence that President Trump has given up on these demands. America's fake allies, who should be on President Trump's side, are providing Iran with a structure that will allow it to save face. The final result will be no different from – though maybe worse than – Obama's agreement, from which President Trump withdrew. But again, we do not know that President Trump will give up on the four demands. This is what President Trump's fake allies are pressuring him to do for the sake of peace.

February 03, 2026 23:00 UTC

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