February 11, 2026 4:54 am
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Police have identified the suspect in a school shooting in Canada as an 18-year-old who had prior mental health calls to her home. Authorities shared Jesse Van Rootselaar’s name at a news conference Wednesday, a day after seven people were killed at a school in remote British Columbia and two others were killed at a nearby home in one of the country’s deadliest mass shootings. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said Van Rootselaar, who was found dead, had a history of mental health contact with police, and that the suspect’s mother and stepbrother were also found dead
February 10, 2026 4:57 am
ATLANTA (AP) — The FBI relied on years-old claims of fraud, many of them thoroughly investigated, to obtain a search warrant to seize ballots from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia. That’s according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday that shows the investigation began with a referral from an administration official who tried to help President Donald Trump overturn his 2020 election loss. The affidavit provides the first public justification for an FBI search last month that targeted a county that Trump and allies have long seen as central to their false claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Audits, state officials, courts and Trump’s own former attorney general have all rejected the idea of widespread problems that could have altered the outcome.
February 11, 2026 4:58 am
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz says the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota could end soon. He spoke with top Trump administration officials, including border czar Tom Homan and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles. Walz said Tuesday that he anticipates hearing more from the administration soon about the operation’s future. Walz emphasized a “trust but verify” approach, as the situation could change. Walz also hopes for cooperation on joint investigations into the shooting deaths of two Minnesotans by federal officers. The crackdown has impacted local businesses, with employees and customers staying away out of fear.
February 10, 2026 4:56 am
Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody. A third is charged with taking bribes. A review by The Associated Press found at least two dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees and contractors have been charged with crimes since 2020. The wrongdoing includes patterns of physical and sexual abuse and corruption. Most cases happened before Congress gave ICE $75 billion last year to hire more agents and detain more people, but experts say these kinds of crimes could accelerate. A spokesperson says ICE takes allegations of misconduct “extremely seriously” and thoroughly vets new applicants.
February 11, 2026 3:09 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — James Van Der Beek, best known as Dawson on “Dawson’s Creek,” has died at 48, according to a statement on his Instagram. The post on Wednesday says he died earlier that day. Van Der Beek shared in 2024 that he was receiving treatment for colorectal cancer. He was best known for “Dawson’s Creek,” which ran from 1998 to 2003. He also appeared in “Varsity Blues” and later leaned into jokes about his own image. He is survived by his wife, Kimberly, and six children.
February 11, 2026 4:47 am
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office has filed theft charges against the now-suspended head coach of the Burrell High School boys basketball team. Detectives said Michael Fantuzzo, 40, stole $246,000 from the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association, a nonprofit headquartered in the eastern part of the state. Court documents say he used the money to take his family to Disney World and the Outer Banks, buy a $10,000 hot tub for his home and pay off credit cards. The DA’s office said Fantuzzo, the former treasurer of the nonprofit, also used the money to join the Hillcrest Country Club and hire a limousine service. Court documents said this all happened between May 2021 and September of 2025 and was only uncovered when a new Board of Directors was elected. This season, Fantuzzo led his high school team to the playoffs, who will face off against Belle Vernon without him on Friday. Current assistant coaches and volunteers will be in charge of the team.”
February 11, 2026 2:45 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Six former players on the women’s basketball team at the University of Pittsburgh have sued coach Tory Verdi and the school over what they call toxic coaching methods. And the players say their efforts to seek help from his supervisors were ignored. The university denied the allegations in a statement Tuesday on behalf of both the coach and the school. Lawyer Keenan Holmes says the young women understand the pressure inherent in college sports. But he says the situation went beyond basketball and “the bounds of common decency.” He says Verdi also tried to force players into the transfer portal, putting their scholarships at risk.
February 10, 2026 1:23 pm
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie more than a week ago released the first surveillance images Tuesday, showing a masked person on her porch the night she went missing. Authorities searching for the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie have not identified any suspects of persons of interest. FBI Director Kash Patel posted the images on X, saying, “The video was recovered from residual data located in back-end systems.” He said the images show “an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance.” (Photo: AP)
February 10, 2026 9:51 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers pulled back the pace of their spending in December from November, closing out the holiday shopping season and the year on a lackluster tone. The report, issued by the Commerce Department on Tuesday, raised questions about shoppers’ ability to spend this year as they worry about a slowing job market and uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s tariffs and their impact on prices. Retail sales were flat in December from November, when business was up 0.6%. Economists were expecting a 0.4% increase for December.
February 10, 2026 3:29 am
West Finley Township has never had zoning in its entire existence. It does now. Supervisors unanimously adopted a zoning ordinance to have better control over how developing industries may work in their township. The idea came about in the summer of 2025 when a Florida real estate development company knocked on the doors of supervisors to see what it would take to build a data center and an associated gas fired power plant along Nuthatch Lane. According to township supervisor chairperson Melinda Duncan, developers backed off when they heard that coal mining was on its way through the area that was under consideration. Regardless that data center request prompted residents to be concerned and got supervisors to develop zoning in the township. The ordinance has four zones. The largest, that covers the vast majority of the township, is the residential/agricultural zone. Five areas, mostly around state game lands, have been designated as a recreational district. Three areas have been designated village/commercial. One zone, in the northwest area of the township is zoned industrial. According to Duncan, that area was chosen because of already existing businesses that would be similar in nature to data centers. Henriette O’Brien was a driver for the ordinance. She and several others reached out to County Commissioners last summer when the first overtures about data centers were made. She is pleased because such entities will be limited on where to build and that would control noise, emissions and traffic that would disrupt the rural nature of the township. According to Duncan, no data center applications are in front of any township board.
