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Kyle Larson and Hendrick Motorsports agreed to a contract extension that keeps Larson with the team through the 2031 season, and Hendrick also announced multi-year extensions for crew chief Cliff Daniels and sponsor HendrickCars.com.

Mayor Doug Diny proclaimed Feb. 11 as 211 Day in Wausau to highlight United Way of Marathon County's 211 program. The 211 service operates 24/7 and last year handled more than 4,000 calls and offered over 9,000 referrals.

The Poetry Zone continues monthly readings at the Karpeles Manuscript Museum with small in-person gatherings, and the series traces back to the 1970s when Walt Hopman founded it.

The EPA plans to announce it will revoke the 2009 endangerment finding that linked greenhouse gases to harm to human health, a change that underpins many federal pollution rules. UCLA experts say the move raises legal and public-health questions.

Stacy Keibler posted a photo of James Van Der Beek watching a sunset from a wheelchair and wrote about spending his final days with him. Van Der Beek was reported to have died early Wednesday and no official cause has been announced.

Bijou Phillips is hospitalized in Los Angeles and back on dialysis at UCLA while she awaits a second kidney transplant; she has publicly appealed for a living donor.

The FDA approved Novocure's Optune Pax for certain locally advanced pancreatic cancers after a Phase 3 trial met its primary endpoint; the company's shares rose in after-hours trading.

About two dozen Buddhist monks and their rescue dog completed a 2,300‑mile Walk for Peace from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., drawing large public gatherings and millions of online followers.

Officials say an 18-year-old female allegedly shot people at a Tumbler Ridge home and then at the local secondary school, with multiple people killed and others injured. Police reported the alleged shooter was found deceased at the school and said the investigation is ongoing.

Clarksville Fire Rescue received a nearly $33,000 grant from the Gary Sinise Foundation, awarded with support from Whataburger and facilitated by Waterdogs Scuba and Safety; the funds provide multiple sets of personal protective equipment for the department's dive team.

The Beaufort Lions Club will hold its annual Sweetheart Breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, at Sea Island Presbyterian Church; proceeds will support the club's vision and diabetes programs.

United UpStanders' Madera chapter held a Family Bingo Night at Blast and Brew where families gathered, and the group received a $2,500 Lead4Change grant to support its anti-bullying efforts.

Friends launched a GoFundMe with a $500,000 goal after James Van Der Beek’s death; the page had raised more than $200,000 to assist his wife and six children. The article also reports that Bijou Phillips is hospitalized, back on dialysis, and urgently needs a second kidney transplant.

Black Quare held its first meeting on Oct. 17 after roughly eight years of inactivity to restart a student group that provides a dedicated 'third space' for Black LGBTQIA+ students at UCSB.

Children aged two to 19 in Missoula made thousands of Valentines through Families First Learning Lab; most cards go to seniors and some were given to animals at the Humane Society of Western Montana.

Zion Shelter in Washington, N.C., opened a new community kitchen after months of operating from a Salvation Army truck and will offer educational, financial literacy and employment programs. A ribbon-cutting marked the milestone.

A phase 4 randomized trial in Brazil of 500 people without HIV found one- and three-month isoniazid–rifapentine preventive regimens had high completion rates and mostly mild or moderate adverse reactions.

PET Milk, whose evaporated milk method was patented in 1884 and put into production in 1885, was supplied as rations to U.S. military forces and remains used today in dishes such as tres leches and flan.

Nineteen Theravada Buddhist monks ended a 15-week, 2,300-mile Walk for Peace in Washington, D.C., where thousands and an online audience gathered for an interfaith welcome; the group planned a procession through Capitol Hill and a closing ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial.

A lab study in mice and in human tumor samples found a therapeutic HPV vaccine built with spherical nucleic acids slowed tumor growth and boosted T-cell responses; human clinical testing is still required.

Most veterans reported to spring training in Clearwater while the Phillies plan to give extended looks to young players such as Aidan Miller, Justin Crawford and Andrew Painter; several roster matters, including Nick Castellanos’ status, remain unresolved.

Antonio Reyes, a pastor from Sacramento, officiated a legal Spanish-language wedding for Thomas Wolter and Eleisa Aparicio during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl 60 halftime show after signing nondisclosure agreements and rehearsing the brief ceremony.

The North Valley Food Bank will host a pay-what-you-can, to-go Valentine's Day meal on Thursday, served by participants in its pilot incubator kitchen program; the event runs from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and includes facility tours and staff Q&A.

Researchers describe Tyrannoroter heberti, a football-sized tetrapod known from a 307-million-year-old skull found in Nova Scotia, and report tooth wear and palate teeth consistent with a plant-based diet. The authors say this suggests herbivory among early four-limbed vertebrates appeared sooner and in more groups than previously thought.

Brattleboro's downtown expects increased visitors and business activity this weekend as the 104th Harris Hill Ski Jump brings competitors and spectators for Junior World qualifier events.

Teddi Mellencamp says she is physically in a good place while continuing cancer care and therapy; doctors have not yet declared official remission.

Colorectal cancer diagnoses have risen among younger adults, and research identifies four early warning signs that can appear months to years before diagnosis: abdominal pain, diarrhea, rectal bleeding and iron‑deficiency anemia.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 will launch four crew members from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station for an eight-month mission aboard a reused Dragon spacecraft named Freedom to conduct science, technology demonstrations, and maintenance.

On Feb. 11 China conducted a low‑altitude abort test of its Mengzhou capsule and a powered ocean splashdown of a Long March 10 first stage.

Samples returned by NASA's OSIRIS‑REx from asteroid Bennu contained at least 14 of the 20 amino acids used by life and 19 other amino acids, and isotopic analysis indicates many of these compounds likely formed in cold, icy regions beyond the early solar system's snow line.