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Arts & EntertainmentAmericans’ new tariff coffee math means ditching the Starbucks, McDonald’s and Dunkin’ runs
By Matt Sedensky and The Associated PressFebruary 16, 2026
BankingWendy’s closes hundreds of restaurants after plunge in same-store sales worse than Wall Street expected
By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated PressFebruary 16, 2026
Arts & EntertainmentAncient stigma around Chinese food is vanishing rapidly in top restaurant scenes: ‘we are trying to break this bias’
By Terry Tang and The Associated PressFebruary 16, 2026
By Lindsey Bahr and The Associated PressFebruary 16, 2026
North AmericaObama clarifies he saw no contact with aliens days after saying ‘they’re real, but I haven’t seen them’
By The Associated PressFebruary 16, 2026
By Jacques Billeaud and The Associated PressFebruary 15, 2026
PoliticsDemocrats and the Trump administration dig in over DHS oversight, offering no signs of a deal to end the partial government shutdown
By Aamer Madhani and The Associated PressFebruary 15, 2026
PoliticsTrump’s border czar says ‘small’ security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown. ‘We’ll get back to the original footprint’
By Ben Finley and The Associated PressFebruary 15, 2026
EnergyU.S. military tracks down a sanctioned oil tanker from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean and ‘shut it down’
By Ben Finley and The Associated PressFebruary 15, 2026
PoliticsThe U.S. and Iran will hold a new round of nuclear talks as Trump sends the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Mideast
By The Associated PressFebruary 15, 2026
EuropeEU foreign policy chief pushes back on U.S. claims that ‘woke, decadent Europe’ is heading toward ‘civilizational erasure’
By Emma Burrows, Geir Moulson and The Associated PressFebruary 15, 2026
Personal FinanceThanks to Trump, tax refunds could $1,000 higher this season. Here are the new deductions taxpayers should know about
By Adriana Morga and The Associated PressFebruary 15, 2026
Future of WorkMore professionals are taking mini-sabbaticals, adult gap years, and other extended career breaks. Here are the creative ways they manage the cost
By Colleen Newvine and The Associated PressFebruary 15, 2026
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