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February 11th, 2026
Suspect in Canada school shooting is identified as 18-year-old who had prior mental health calls
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Police have identified the suspect in a school shooting in Canada as an 18-year-old who had prior mental health calls to her home. Authorities shared Jesse Van Rootselaar’s name at a news conference Wednesday, a day after six people were killed at a school in remote British Columbia and two others were killed at a nearby home in one of the country’s deadliest mass shootings. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said Van Rootselaar, who was found dead, had a history of mental health contact with police, and that the suspect’s mother and stepbrother were also found dead.
FBI combs through thick desert terrain in search for clues in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — FBI agents are fanning out across an Arizona neighborhood not far from Nancy Guthrie’s home. They’re knocking on doors and searching through thick desert terrain. This comes a day after authorities investigating Guthrie’s disappearance detained a man who says he was questioned for hours before being released. The man told several media outlets on Wednesday that he had nothing to do with last week’s disappearance of Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. Hours earlier, the FBI released images of a masked person on Nancy Guthrie’s porch the night she went missing near Tucson.
James Van Der Beek, the ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star who later mocked his own hunky persona, has died at 48
NEW YORK (AP) — James Van Der Beek, best known as the titular character on “Dawson’s Creek,” has died at 48, according to a statement from his family posted on Instagram. The post on Wednesday says he died earlier that day. Van Der Beek shared in 2024 that he was receiving treatment for colorectal cancer. Besides “Dawson’s Creek,” which ran from 1998 to 2003, he also appeared in “Varsity Blues” and later leaned into jokes mocking his own hunky persona. He is survived by his wife, Kimberly, and six children.
House GOP pushes strict proof-of-citizenship requirement for voters ahead of midterm elections
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans want to impose strict new voter ID requirements ahead of the midterm elections. The bill will to a vote on Wednesday. Called the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE America Act, the legislation requires Americans to present proof of citizenship when they register to vote and to show a valid photo identification before they cast ballots. Republicans say it’s needed to prevent voter fraud.
Studies test whether gene-editing can fix high cholesterol. For now, take your medicine
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are testing an entirely new way to fight heart disease: whether gene editing might offer a one-time fix for high cholesterol. It’s very early-stage research that has been tried in only a few dozen people so far. But gene-editing approaches being developed by two companies show hints that switching off certain genes could dramatically reduce artery-clogging cholesterol. It will take far longer and larger studies to prove. Still, researchers say it raises hope of one day being able to prevent heart attacks without having to take pills.
Winter Olympics recap: Franjo von Allmen wins his 3rd gold, Chloe Kim and NHL stars get rolling
MILAN (AP) — Franjo von Allmen of Switzerland looks like a breakout star of the Milan Cortina Olympics after winning his third gold medal. Jordan Stolz has one gold and is targeting three more. And Chloe Kim and a bunch of NHL stars are just getting started. Von Allmen won the super-G in Bormio on Wednesday to become the third man with three victories in Alpine skiing at one Winter Games. It hadn’t been done since 1968. Stolz won the men’s 1,000-meter speedskating and has three events to go. Kim’s attempt at a three-peat in the halfpipe began promisingly when she finished first in qualifying.
Surge of 130,000 US hires last month is a stark contrast to the weak hiring of 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands. The Labor Department said Wednesday that the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%. The report included major revisions that reduced the number of jobs created last year to just 181,000, weakest since the pandemic year of 2020, and less than half the previously reported 584,000. The job market has been sluggish for months even though the economy is registering solid growth.
