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5 European nations pledge millions to use Ukrainian know-how to make cheap drone defenses 02/20/2026 09:00pm • WARSAW (AP) — Five European nations have announced a new program to produce low-cost air defense systems and autonomous drones using Ukrainian expertise hard-won over the past four years of war against Russia. Friday's initiative of the E5 nations — France, Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom an Minnesota's injury woes worsen with Jaylen Crocker-Johnson out indefinitely as season winds down 02/20/2026 09:00pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota junior forward Jaylen Crocker-Johnson, the team's second-leading scorer who has missed the last two games with a foot injury, will be sidelined indefinitely, coach Niko Medved said on Friday. Crocker-Johnson, who also has the most rebounds for the depleted Gophers, is Mississippi hospital system closes all clinics after ransomware attack 02/20/2026 08:49pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A ransomware attack forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center to close all of its roughly three dozen clinics around the state and cancel elective procedures for a second day on Friday, hobbling one of the state's largest health care providers. University officials The Genesis Invitational Par Scores 02/20/2026 08:49pm • Friday At Riviera Country Club Pacific Palisades, Calif. Purse: $20 million Yardage: 7,383; Par: 71 Second Round Jacob Bridgeman 66-64—130 -12 The Genesis Invitational Scores 02/20/2026 08:49pm • Friday At Riviera Country Club Pacific Palisades, Calif. Purse: $20 million Yardage: 7,383; Par: 71 Second Round Jacob Bridgeman 66-64—130 Marco Peng ChatGPT-maker OpenAI considered alerting Canadian police about school shooting suspect months ago 02/20/2026 08:49pm • TORONTO (AP) — ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said Friday it considered last year alerting Canadian police about the activities of a person who months later committed one of the worst school shootings in the country’s history. OpenAI said last June the company identified the account of Jesse Van Rootsela Ramadan's first Friday prayers are held at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque 02/20/2026 08:46pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered under heavy Israeli restrictions at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, including some who were allowed to enter from the occupied West Bank. The Ramadan prayers at Ana Alonso Rodriguez’s hard climb to Olympic skimo bronze began off the snow, after being hit by car 02/20/2026 08:32pm • BORMIO, Italy (AP) — The steepest hill ski mountaineering athlete Ana Alonso Rodriguez had to climb on her way to an Olympic bronze medal involved no course at all. No snow or competitors, either. Just trusting in herself, and an injured knee, to give it a try and get to the starting line at the M Venezuela’s new amnesty law gets a chilly response from the opposition and detainees’ families 02/20/2026 08:31pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Members of Venezuela ’s opposition, prisoners' rights groups and relatives of people long detained for political reasons gave a lukewarm reception Friday to an amnesty measure expected to free hundreds of people, including political activists and human rights defenders. Cuba's health care system pushed to the brink by US fuel blockade, Cuban minister says 02/20/2026 08:27pm • HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s debilitated health care system has been pushed to the brink of collapse by the U.S. blockading the country’s oil supply, a Cuban official said Friday. The country’s medical system was already perpetually crisis-stricken along with the island’s economy, with lack of sup Justice Department swiftly fires lawyer chosen as top federal prosecutor for Virginia office 02/20/2026 08:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer picked by judges to serve as the top federal prosecutor for a Virginia office that pursued cases against foes of President Donald Trump was swiftly fired Friday by the Justice Department in the latest clash over the appointments of powerful U.S. attorneys. Deputy Atto Just over half ball/strike challenges successful on first day of spring training games 02/20/2026 08:15pm • Just over half the ball/strike challenges were successful on the first day of spring training games Friday as Major League Baseball prepared for the first regular-season use of the automated ball-strike system — the so-called robot umpires. Thirteen of 23 calls were overturned during the five game Las Vegas police investigate terrorism event after vehicle rammed into power substation 02/20/2026 08:13pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say they're investigating a car that rammed into a power substation Thursday as a " terrorism-related event." There's no ongoing threat to the public, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said during a news conference Friday. Police rec Mike LeFleur keeps 10 holdovers on Cardinals staff, including defensive coordinator Nick Rallis 02/20/2026 08:13pm • PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) — New Arizona Cardinals head coach Mike LaFleur has filled out his coaching staff, with 10 holdovers from Jonathan Gannon’s tenure. Defensive coordinator Nick Rallis will remain, and Nathaniel Hackett was previously announced as the offensive coordinator. Offensive line coach These shy, scaly anteaters are the most trafficked mammals in the world 02/20/2026 08:03pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — They are hunted for their unique scales, and the demand makes them the most trafficked mammal in the world. Wildlife conservationists are again raising the plight of pangolins, the shy, scaly anteaters found in parts of Africa and Asia, on World Pangolin Day on Satur