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The Conversation
A 4-step maintenance plan to help keep your relationship going strong
After the intensity of early courtship, even a healthy, happy relationship can feel lackluster. Psychology researchers have ideas for what can help you perk up your relationship rather than give up.
USA TODAY
How does an airplane go missing? Crews searching for Alaska plane
Planes carry transponders that transmit their real-time location. The Alaska plane stopped sharing that data on Thursday.
AFP
Handcuffs and beach clean-ups: a Cuban migrant's seven months in Guantanamo Bay
Yeilis Torres, a 38-year-old Cuban woman, knows all too well the loneliness and anguish facing the migrants flown by the United States this week to its notorious military base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.Torres was picked up at sea by the US Coast Guard while fleeing Cuba in mid-2022 and held for seven months at Guantanamo Bay before being transferred to the United States, where she was eventually granted asylum.
Politico
Judge to block Trump administration plan to put 2,200 USAID workers on leave
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, said he would formalize his decision later this evening.
AFP
Rare Stradivarius violin sells for $11.3 mn at Sotheby's
A rare Stradivarius violin, made over 300 years ago by Antonio Stradivari during his so-called golden period, fetched $11.3 million at auction in New York on Friday, Sotheby's said.The most-expensive record belongs to another Stradivarius, the "Lady Blunt," which sold was sold in 2011 for $15.9 million.
Politico
'Reciprocal' tariffs on every country to be announced next week, Trump says
President Donald Trump shifts from his previous threat to impose an across-the-board tariff on all imports from across the world.
Yahoo News
What is USAID and why are Musk and Trump shutting it down?
Trump and Musk have been accusing USAID of corruption — and systematically dismantling it as a result. Do they have any proof?
CBS News
Alaska plane with 10 aboard had sudden drop in altitude before signal lost: Officials
U.S. Coast Guard said on Friday they launched a search and rescue operation.
CBS News
Sonya Massey's family reaches $10 million settlement with Sangamon County
Massey was shot and killed in her home near Springfield last July. Former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson is charged with her murder.
Associated Press
28 agencies were authorized to fly helicopters near Reagan Airport before deadly crash
The Army was one of 28 government agencies authorized to fly helicopters near Ronald Reagan National Airport before its Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet last week, killing 67. As the wreckage of both aircraft are recovered, authorities are also looking at why the helicopter may have been flying above a 200-foot flight restriction. More details are becoming clear, including that there was no rule on how far inland or over the water the helicopter could be.
CBS News
Woman arrested after reporter dies while covering Super Bowl in New Orleans
A Kansas City sports anchor and reporter died on Wednesday while he was on assignment covering the Super Bowl, KGKC Telemundo Kansas City said.
NBC News
Woman arrested after sports reporter in Louisiana covering Super Bowl is found dead in hotel room
A Louisiana woman with a history of "drugging men" and stealing their credit cards was arrested after the death of a TV reporter who was New Orleans for the Super Bowl, police said Friday.
AFP
US approves sale of $7.4 bn in bombs, missiles to Israel
The United States on Friday announced the approval of the sale of more than $7.4 billion in bombs, missiles and related equipment to Israel, which has used American-made weapons to devastating effect during the war in Gaza.While the State Department has approved the sale of the bombs and missiles, the transactions still need to be approved by Congress, which is unlikely to block the provision of the weapons to Washington's closest ally in the Middle East. wd/st
Politico
Hakeem Jeffries met privately with Silicon Valley donors in bid to ‘mend fences.’
The meeting comes as the tech world has lurched rightward in the second Donald Trump era.
Associated Press
Trump is trying to halt the EV charger buildout. Experts say it's not that easy
Experts are questioning President Donald Trump’s latest effort to slow the electric vehicle charging buildout in the U.S. In a letter Thursday night, the Trump administration directed states to stop spending money for EV charging infrastructure, funds they were allocated under former President Joe Biden. Trump has slammed federal funding for electric vehicle chargers as “an incredible waste of taxpayer dollars.”
AFP
Musk vows to rehire deputy who quit over racist posts
US tech billionaire Elon Musk said Friday he was reinstating a deputy who quit a job giving him access to the sensitive personal data of millions of Americans after the staffer was linked to a racist social media account.Elez's resignation came after a court ruled that he and another DOGE worker could continue to access the personal information of millions of Americans kept in Treasury payment systems.
USA TODAY
USAID signs removed from HQ as judge puts 'limited' block on Trump bid to dismantle agency
A federal judge issued a "very limited" temporary order blocking the Trump administration from taking certain steps to dismantle USAID.
Yahoo News
Search intensifies for Alaska flight that disappeared carrying 10 people near Nome. Here's what we know.
The plane operated by Bering Air was carrying nine passengers and a pilot from Unalakleet to Nome in northwestern Alaska when it went missing, officials say.
CBS News
Here's how much U.S. car prices could rise if Trump tariffs kick in
Proposed 25% U.S. tariffs on Canada and Mexico could lead to a sharp increase in vehicle prices, auto industry executives and analysts say.
Reuters
War crimes prosecutor first target of Trump's ICC sanctions, sources say
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan is the first person to be hit with economic and travel sanctions authorized by U.S. President Donald Trump that target the war crimes tribunal over investigations of U.S. citizens or U.S. allies, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters on Friday. Khan, who is British, was named on Friday in an annex - not yet made public - to an executive order signed by Trump a day earlier, a senior ICC official and another source, both briefed by U.S. government officials, told Reuters. The order directed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in consultation with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to submit a report within 60 days naming people who should be sanctioned.

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