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The images of Lindsey Vonn down on the snow, screaming in pain and then being airlifted off the course by helicopter after a crash at the Olympics have been a stark reminder of the dangers of the downhill.So is this: Her skis didn’t come off.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listVonn’s boots remained locked into her skis even after her pinwheeling fall at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026, and they pointed awkwardly in different directions as the American four-time world champion and 2010 Olympic gold medallist slid to a stop in obvious agony.It is impossible to know whether…

The U.S. military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on three boats accused of smuggling drugs in Latin American waters, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest days of the Trump administration’s monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers.The series of strikes conducted Monday brought the death toll to at least 145 people since the administration began targeting those it calls “narcoterrorists” in small vessels since early September.Like most of the military’s statements on the 42 known strikes, U.S. Southern Command said it targeted alleged drug traffickers along known smuggling routes. It said two vessels carrying four people each were struck…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The University of Harvard is offering an “Immigrant Justice Lab” course this semester where Ivy League students can earn credit hours contributing “research and writing for asylum applicants.”HIST 123 is available for undergraduate students in the history department of the school’s social sciences division and utilizes a partnership with the Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice, a nonprofit legal services organization that provides free representation to asylum seekers. “This course trains and supports teams of undergraduates to contribute research and writing for asylum applicants represented by attorneys at the Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice,”…

After the COVID-19 pandemic,  ridership on Toronto’s buses, streetcars and subways struggled to rebound. But it surged back in nearby cities.Brampton, Mississauga and parts of Waterloo Region were among the suburbs that rapidly recovered from COVID-19, setting records for the number of passengers and struggling with overcrowding.Then, the federal government put a cap on the number of international students who could study in Ontario. The move appears to be directly linked to suddenly plummeting ridership in those cities, which are now recording millions fewer rides.“In 2024, federal policy changes reduced immigration inflows and began to affect ridership,” the City of…

Regulators have cracked down on the South-West hotel at the centre of the Dunsborough sea scare, issuing compliance notices after it hired water sports equipment to a family who were subsequently swept out to sea.Club Wyndham is banned from lending any aquatic gear until it meets each regulatory demand issued by WorkSafe.This comes two weeks after WorkSafe confirmed Club Wyndham — which hired paddleboards and a kayak to Joanne Appelbee and her three children Austin, 13, Beau, 12, and Grace, eight — was being investigated.Club Wyndham have denied any wrongdoing, saying its staff had no reason to be concerned when…

The replica of the ARM is an electronic chip board during a collaborative ceremony launching a partnership between Malaysia and ARM Holdings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 5, 2025. Hari Anggara | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesNew York-listed shares of British semiconductor firm Arm ticked 1.4% higher in premarket trading on Wednesday, after documents showed Nvidia sold its stake in the company it once wanted to buy. At the end of the third quarter, Nvidia held 1.1 million shares of Arm with a value of $155.8 million. The chip giant’s filing to the SEC on Tuesday showed it had offloaded…

BEIJING: An explosion at a fireworks shop in central China killed 12 people on Wednesday (Feb 18), the second day of the Chinese New Year holiday, according to state broadcaster CCTV.Setting off fireworks and firecrackers is common during holiday celebrations in China, especially around Chinese New Year, which fell on Tuesday.While many larger cities, including the capital Beijing, have banned the practice in recent years – in part due to pollution – towns and rural areas are often filled with the sounds of exploding firecrackers and “missile” fireworks for days on end during the holiday period.”At approximately 2pm on the…

NewsFeedPalestinians are marking the start of the holy month of Ramadan in Gaza where the impact of Israel’s genocidal war continues to be felt, despite a ceasefire in place since October.Published On 18 Feb 202618 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Share

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The House Oversight Committee is hearing from a billionaire on Wednesday who was named one of Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirators by a 2019 FBI document.Les Wexner is the latest person to be deposed in the House’s investigation into the federal government’s handling of Epstein’s case. Unlike most previous depositions, however, committee staff and potentially some lawmakers are traveling to Ohio on Wednesday morning to depose Wexner in his home state.A spokesperson for Wexner declined to comment on the deposition and on whether he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right to avoid answering questions.BILL CLINTON…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former NBA coach Doug Moe died, his son David said on Tuesday. He was 87.David informed multiple of the coach’s friends that his father had passed away after a lengthy bout with cancer.Longtime Denver TV personality Ron Zappolo also confirmed the passing to The Associated Press. Moe was an ABA original and gained fame over a rumpled, irreverent decade as coach of the Denver Nuggets in the 1980s.In a tribute to Moe posted to social media, the Nuggets remembered Moe as a “a one-of-a-kind leader and person who spearheaded one of the…