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• Women's Curling Semifinals: USA to play for bronze after loss to Switzerland; Swiss to face Sweden in gold medal game

  The U.S. women's curling team fell to Switzerland in the semifinals on Friday, and will now play Canada in the bronze medal match. With wins on Friday, Switzerland and Sweden will face off for the gold medal.

  NBC Olympics
• Renowned Caltech Scientist Who Led Search for Life Across the Solar System Shot Dead on His Porch

  Carl Grillmair was found dead at his Los Angeles home on Monday, Feb. 16

  Yahoo News New Zealand
• "America's Next Top Model" winner Eva Marcille describes "amazingly horrifying" docuseries allegations

  "America's Next Top Model" winner Eva Marcille tells "CBS Mornings" that she "was gobsmacked" after watching behind-the-scenes moments from the reality competition show.

  CBS News
• season test ahead of Lando Norris and Max Verstappen

  Charles Leclerc has ended the final day of 2026 pre-season testing in Bahrain at the top of the timesheets, heading Lando Norris and Max Verstappen as Friday’s running brought the second test to a close.

  Formula 1
• Top-ranked Canada, U.S. fall in women's Olympic curling semis

  Canada's top-ranked women were upset by Sweden in the Olympic curling semifinals, while the United States also suffered a 7-4 loss to Switzerland.

  ESPN
• Norway wins 17th gold medal, breaking record for most golds won in Winter Olympics

  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 Ol

  AP News
• NASA Conducts Successful Launchpad Test of the Massive Artemis Rocket

  The next moon mission, carrying four astronauts, could launch as soon as early March.

  The New York Times
• Paramount Skydance Proposed WBD Takeover Clears DOJ Antitrust Review

  Paramount Skydance's potential deal to snap up Warner Bros. Discovery in its entirety has cleared antitrust review at the U.S. Justice Department -- despite the fact that David Ellison's Paramount has repeatedly failed to secure an agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.

  Variety
• 2026 NFL Cut Candidates for All 32 Teams: James Conner, Geno Smith on the chopping block

  James Conner and Geno Smith are both former starters on rebuilding teams who could be cut for salary cap relief in 2026. Meanwhile, the fates of Brandon Aiyuk and Tyreek Hill have already been decided.

  NBC Sports
• Junot Díaz’s 'Oscar Wao' removed from English class at NJ school : NPR

  Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was removed from an English class at the public school. PEN America says it's part of a trend of scrubbing literature dealing with uncomfortable topics.

  NPR