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In the news today: U.S. Olympic gold medalists decline to appear at Trump's State of the Union address; a medical influencer resigns from CBS News following Epstein revelations; and how a meeting with his lover led to the killing of cartel leader "El Mencho." Also, berries are giving new hope to a very unusual parrot species.
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Team United States players celebrate after beating Canada 2-1 in overtime in the women's ice hockey gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) |
US women's hockey team declines invitation from Trump to attend State of Union address |
The U.S. women's hockey gold medal-winning team has politely declined an invitation from President Donald Trump to attend his State of the Union address on Tuesday. Read more. |
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- Logistics played a role in the decision, as many of the women players were not scheduled to arrive in North America until Monday evening. The men's team flew by charter to Miami earlier Monday. The women took a commercial flight and were scheduled to land in Atlanta.
Trump also invited the U.S. men's gold medal-winning team. When extending the invitation to them on Sunday night, Trump said, "I must tell you, we're going to have to bring the women's team, you do know that." Trump joked that if he did not also invite the women's team, "I do believe I probably would be impeached." The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the status of both teams.
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Medical influencer Dr. Peter Attia resigns post at CBS News after name included in multiple Epstein files |
Attia, a medical influencer whose emails with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in the latest Justice Department release of files, has resigned from a post with CBS News. Read more. |
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Attia was one of a group of people named last month by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss as a contributor to network programming. He was the subject of a "60 Minutes" profile last October. But shortly after the appointment, Attia's name surfaced in hundreds of Epstein documents. While Attia said he was guilty of no wrongdoing and did not attend any of Epstein's sex parties, he admitted in an apology earlier this month that some of his emails were "embarrassing, tasteless and indefensible."
Despite some public pressure, CBS News did not cut ties with Attia after the documents surfaced. Instead, Attia resigned from the network on his own, according to published reports confirmed by CBS News on Monday.
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How a romantic partner led forces to cartel leader 'El Mencho' |
Surveillance of a romantic partner helped put the Mexican armed forces on the trail of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, who was captured and killed Sunday, Mexican authorities said Monday. Read more. |
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Both Mexico and the United States had spent years tracking the notorious leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, who faced numerous outstanding arrest warrants for organized crime and drug trafficking in both countries. This time, however, the intelligence efforts proved successful.
Mexican Defense Secretary Gen. Ricardo Trevilla noted that military investigators identified and began following a trusted associate of one of Oseguera Cervantes' romantic partners. This individual escorted the woman to Tapalpa, Jalisco, on Friday for a meeting with the drug lord. The military official explained that the exact location was confirmed by "very important additional information" provided by U.S. intelligence. Once the woman left after spending the night with "El Mencho," special forces finalized their plans, having confirmed he was staying in the area with a security detail.
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In this photo provided by the Dept. of Conservation, New Zealand, Kakapo, Kohengi sits with her three eggs, on Anchor Island, Pukenui, New Zealand, Feb. 3, 2026. (Andrew Digby/Dept. of Conservation, New Zealand via AP) |
A bumper berry harvest has New Zealand's weird flightless parrot in a rare mood for romance
The world's only flightless parrot species was once thought to be doomed by design. The kakapo is too heavy, too slow and, frankly, too delicious to survive around predators, and takes a shamelessly relaxed approach to reproduction. But this year, with a bumper crop of the strange parrot's favorite berries prompting a rare enthusiasm for mating, those working to save the birds hope for a record number of chicks in February, which would move the kakapo closer to defying what was not long ago believed to be certain extinction. |
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