Rhode Island hockey rink shooting victims identified as shooter’s son, ex-wife

Police said the gunman appeared to have been going after members of his family.
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin to leave agency, source says

The Department of Homeland Security’s top spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin, is stepping down, a Trump administration official told CNN.
Omaha man charged in deadly shooting bound over for trial

The 21-year-old suspect in a deadly shooting during Native Omaha Days will go to trial.
Warm and windy today, snow chance on Thursday

Warm and windy today in Omaha
Trump administration backs Kalshi, Polymarket as states move to ban prediction markets

The Trump administration has backed Kalshi and Polymarket in a court fight over whether prediction markets constitute gambling.
Taylor Swift concert attack plot leads to terrorism charges against 21-year-old man

Austrian public prosecutors filed terrorism-related charges against a 21-year-old who they say planned to attack one of superstar singer Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna.
Are Russian athletes competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics?

A delegation of Russian “neutral” athletes is competing at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, but only in certain events. Here’s the breakdown.
Lawsuit alleges Trump administration is erasing history, science at national parks

Conservation and historical organizations are suing the Trump administration over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s national parks.
Russian woman carried Ukraine placard at Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

Anastasia Kucherova, a Russian living in Milan, voiced her opposition to the Russia-Ukraine war with a symbolic, if anonymous, act: carrying the Ukraine team placard during the Opening Ceremony.
Russian figure skater Adeliia Petrosian is an Olympic mystery with big jumps and fitness concerns

Adeliia Petrosian, coached by Eteri Tutberidze, could win gold at Milan Cortina despite limited international experience and fitness concerns before the short program