Casey Wasserman, LA28 chairman and president, is facing growing pressure to step down from his role. During a gubernatorial forum in Sacramento, candidates were asked whether Wasserman should step down. Allen, who chairs the state special committee on the 2028 Olympics, said he wanted to see the report done by the LA28 board about Wasserman before making a decision. Representatives for LA28, the nonprofit overseeing the Games, and Wasserman did not respond to requests for comment. Gavin Newsom, when asked about the drama surrounding Wasserman, last week declined to weigh in and said he needed to talk to him.

The 18-year-old accused of running up to the US Capitol with a loaded shotgun on Tuesday told officers he wanted to talk to a member of Congress, according to the criminal complaint filed against him. The man from Georgia, Carter Camacho, made his initial appearance in federal court Wednesday on a charge of unlawfully possessing a firearm on US Capitol grounds. An 18-year-old who charged the US Capitol with a loaded shotgun while wearing a tactical vest was quickly arrested Tuesday, February 17, 2026, US Capitol Police said. United States Capitol PoliceAccording to the complaint, as Camacho approached the Capitol, an officer asked him what he was carrying. A fixed-blade knife was also located 40 feet from the car and in the path Camacho took to the Capitol, they said.

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg arrives Wednesday at Los Angeles County Superior Court, where he was called to testify in a trial over claims that his company and other social media giants deliberately designed their platforms to be addictive to children. Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg made an extended, pugnacious appearance in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday, defending his company from the witness stand against a lawsuit that alleges social media harms children. Meta’s lawyers have so far sought to discredit the idea of social media addiction, while simultaneously casting doubt on whether Kaley actually has it. A media camp is set up outside a downtown L.A. courthouse ahead of Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony Wednesday. Schmidt pressed Zuckerberg on whether Meta’s success was tied to keeping users on the app for longer and longer periods of time.

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But once you step inside, the Pasadena house feels completely different. In the guest room, the wallpaper matches the drapery fabric and upholstered furniture. In the guest room, the couple paired the wallpaper with the drapes and the upholstered furniture. “Brent went from telling me ‘Don’t feed that cat’ to designing a custom cat box for him in the guest house,” Quillian says, laughing. Like the den, the walls of the guest house are painted a warm green hue for a relaxing feel.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores how to stay motivated to exercise. Still, simply being aware of the benefits doesn’t always translate into sticking to a resolution to exercise more, day in and day out. “It has to be individualized and personalized to you,” Hill told Gupta. “It was this moment where, wow, I’ve written a book on movement, and I’m unwilling to move my body because it’s too scary,” she told Gupta. We hope these five tips help you keep motivated to exercise throughout the year.

CSET’s Helen Toner was featured on CNN News Central, where she discussed the accelerating global AI race and the challenges it poses. She explored China’s rapid advancement in AI, the shift from chatbots to autonomous AI agents capable of performing complex tasks, and the growing use of AI to develop AI itself. Toner also addressed the “Hindenburg-style” risks, warning that these powerful systems could fail unpredictably or have unintended consequences, and emphasized that even the engineers building AI are raising alarms about the potential for serious harm.

Lindsey Vonn has been through a lot over the last few weeks, even more than we previously knew. The legendary U.S. ski racer revealed Wednesday that on the day after she crashed violently while competing at the Milan-Cortina Olympics, Vonn lost someone very close to her. Vonn wrote in a lengthy Instagram post that Leo has joined two of her other canine companions, Lucy and Bear, “up in heaven.”Advertisement“This has been an incredibly hard few days. I still have not come to terms that he is gone…” Vonn wrote. He will always be my first love,” Vonn wrote.

Whether enforceable or not, Carr’s plan to prioritize the equal-time rule is creating significant political noise, and that may well be the point. Applying 1927 to 2026The equal-time rule was conceived at the dawn of the broadcast age. The FCC rule specifically covers political candidates and election cycles, so there are many times when it doesn’t apply. But the “equal-time rule” is sometimes conflated with broader “equal time” arguments in the never-ending attention war that is American politics. Joe Lamberti/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesLast month, the Los Angeles Times asked Hannity about Carr’s equal-time talk, and he said: “We need less government regulation and more freedom.

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