A group of close friends and experienced skiers had long planned a backcountry trip in the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains, but their trek ended in tragedy as a football-field-sized crush of snow and ice overtook their tour. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/19/us/california-avalanche-skiers-lake-tahoe-thursday
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8 skiers dead after avalanche near Lake Tahoe
Eight people were killed in an avalanche during a backcountry skiing expedition on the California side of Lake Tahoe on Tuesday, authorities said in an update Wednesday. One person is still missing but presumed dead, officials said, as searchers fight near-whiteout conditions. Six others in the party survived, ranging in age from 30 to 55…
8 skiers dead after avalanche near Lake Tahoe
Eight people were killed in an avalanche during a backcountry skiing expedition on the California side of Lake Tahoe on Tuesday, authorities said in an update Wednesday. One person is still missing but presumed dead, officials said, as searchers fight near-whiteout conditions. Six others in the party survived, ranging in age from 30 to 55…
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html
Georgia deputy kills Black man freed from prison after exoneration
A Black man who had been exonerated after serving 16 years for an armed robbery conviction was fatally shot by a Georgia sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop as he was driving to visit his mother in Florida. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/georgia-deputy-kills-black-man-freed-prison-after-wrongful-conviction-2023-10-17/