👋🏼 Hello! I'm Phaedra Trethan , stuffed from too much Super Bowl food but still feeling the joy from Bad Bunny's halftime performance. 🎵 🐰 🎶 |
| • | There was a football game yesterday. And a show in the middle of it. You might have heard. 🏈 🐰 | | • | Italy leads the medal count (for now), but the Olympics have had no shortage of thrilling moments (and some heartbreaking ones) for Team USA. 🥇 | | • | Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, serving 20 years in prison for her role in a sex-trafficking ring, refused to testify to Congress. | |
Super Bowl, Super Show 🏈 🎶 🐰 |
But the halftime show by Bad Bunny – with cameos by Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Cardi B and even Pedro Pascal – was electrifying: an energetic love letter to Puerto Rican culture, Latin music and even a call for American unity. We were there for all of it: | Bad Bunny Super Bowl 60 halftime performance Reuters / Apple Music |
Heroes and heartbreak in Italy 🥇 💔 |
The Olympics are in full swing in Milan and Cortina, Italy. Team USA has seen its share of triumph but also a bit of bitter disappointment. | Mikaela Shiffrin, left, and Breezy Johnson celebrate winning the gold medal in team combined during the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach, Austria on Feb. 11, 2025. Alain Grosclaude, Agence Zoom via Getty Images |
'Who is she protecting?' Ghislaine Maxwell pleads the Fifth |
Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell refused to cooperate with a House committee seeking more information on the late accused sex trafficker's possible co-conspirators. Maxwell, serving a 20-year sentence for her role in soliciting minors for sex, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, leading one prominent Democrat to ask, "Who is she protecting?" |
Meanwhile, lawmakers are looking at millions of pages of unredacted documents relating to the late financier. |
Oz urges vaccinations amid measles outbreaks |
Health officials in Washington are warning people who attended the March For Life last month that they may have been exposed to measles, a highly contagious but easily preventable illness. |
DC Health said three people infected with measles visited sites throughout the city between Jan. 21 and Feb. 2, including the annual march, which draws millions of anti-abortion advocates. |
Meanwhile, Dr. Mehmet Oz, who leads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is urging Americans who aren't already vaccinated to " take the vaccine, please," adding, "We have a solution for our problem." | Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on Feb. 2, 2026. Al Drago/Reuters | | One person was shot Monday afternoon at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland. The school remains on lockdown. | | Behavioral economist Alex Smith thinks we spend too much time fretting about this year's taxes, and too little planning for next year. | | | | The complaint said the commission lacks the perspective of those "who face some of the most pernicious discrimination." | | | | Forty years ago, wood stork populations in Florida were plummeting. But federal and private efforts have made a dramatic difference, officials say. | | | | It's been a year since President Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. We asked people along its shores what they actually call it. | | | | Hundreds of people protested against ICE and President Trump's immigration policies near Levi's Stadium during Super Bowl LX. | | | | The Dalai Lama, a Tibetan spiritual leader, said he never interacted Jeffrey Epstein, following what he called attempts to connect him to the late sex offender. | | | | Despite frequently filing his own lawsuits, President Trump told the Supreme Court a suit against him by E. Jean Carroll is a damaging distraction. | | | | Want to invest in gold but think it's too expensive? Learn how to invest and avoid pitfalls. Investment options include ETFs and physical gold. | | | | A tourism boon in Puerto Rico has local hotspots facing challenges of cultural dilution and environmental strain. | | | | | Play Your Way to a Relaxing Break | Unwind with crosswords and challenges that recharge you. | | | Crosswords, Puzzles, Comics & Horoscopes | | | | | | |
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