February 18th, 2021

• ​After 4 week wait, Biden calls Netanyahu, promises stronger US-Israel alliance
• Prisoner swap said snagged: 2 Golan residents refuse to leave Israel for Syria
• In threat to Hezbollah, IDF holds drill practicing massive attacks on group
• European powers, US to discuss bid to salvage Iran nuclear deal
• Iran's supreme leader demands 'action' from US as condition for nuke deal
• 3 Iranian intelligence agents die in operation in southeast, state TV says
• Biden Downgrades Saudi Crown Prince to 'Recalibrate' Ties
• 30 Taliban militants killed during bomb-making class in mosque when bomb accidentally explodes
• China Will Control Appointment of Chinese Catholic Clergy Without Input from Vatican
• Pentagon rethinking how to array forces to focus on China
• Commentary: The China model has come to America
• Trump: 'We Had China Exactly Where We Wanted Them'
• Trump on Election: 'Really Bad, Dishonest Things Happened'
• RNC Announces 'Election Transparency' Committee
• GOP Launches Election Integrity Push to Make It 'Easier to Vote and Harder to Cheat'
• Sen. Graham: No Chance of GOP Winning Senate Without Trump
• Facebook blocks users in Australia from finding or sharing news
• Rush Limbaugh, voice of American conservatism, has died
• Trump praises late Rush Limbaugh in first interview since leaving White House
• Noted leftists celebrate Rush Limbaugh's death with hateful tweets: 'Bigoted King of Talk Radio'
• Joe Scarborough: 'No, jackass,' last summer's Black Lives Matter violence, destruction weren't as bad as the Capitol riot
• Rights Groups Urge Biden to Stop Use of Facial Recognition Technology
• Democratic bill would create public registry of gun owners, their guns, and where they keep them
• Wayne LaPierre: 'Constitutional Fight, Bigger Than the NRA'
• Eight People Shot In Broad Daylight Near Olney Transportation Station, Philadelphia Police Say
• 6.1 magnitude earthquake hits southeast of the Loyalty Islands
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Port-Vila, Vanuatu
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Yasuj, Iran
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Port-Vila, Vanuatu
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Lae, Papua New Guinea
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Isangel, Vanuatu
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Vanuatu
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits southeast of the Loyalty Islands
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Hengchun, Taiwan
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake southeast of the Loyalty Islands
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake southeast of the Loyalty Islands
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Vanuatu
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 29,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 22,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Raung volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Mount Etna fills the Italian sky with orange smoke
• 'We're seeing the winter version of Hurricane Harvey,' Harris County judge on Texas winter storm
• 'Just a real mess': 100M from the South to the East Coast in path of a new winter storm; 3.4M in US without power
• Economic Toll of Multiple Winter Storms Could Result in Billions of Dollars in Property, Agricultural Damage
• $5,152 Power Bill? Texas' Winter Storm Hell Only Gets Worse
• Texas Winter Storm Power Outages Prompt Bitter Fight Between Fossil Fuel, Clean Energy Advocates
• Bill Gates says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's explanation for power outages on the failure of renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar is 'actually wrong'
• AOC says Green New Deal would have helped to prevent Texas blackouts
• Rick Perry says Texans would rather be without power than face federal regulation - and the backlash is fierce
• Animals at Texas primate sanctuary freeze to death amid catastrophic power outages
• Volunteers race to save thousands of cold-stunned turtles washing up in Texas
• Bette Midler Suggests Texas Deadly Winter Storm Is 'Payback' from God to Senators Cruz, Cornyn
• Historic snowstorm leaves 3 dead in Greece
• Disruptive snow falling over Syria, Lebanon and Israel
• Persistent flooding damages thousands of homes and wide swaths of land in southern Mozambique
• South Dakota Governor Calls Biden's Abrupt Termination of Keystone Pipeline 'Dangerous'
• British veterans, discharged for being gay under historic law, allowed to get their medals back
• Israel crosses 4-million mark in vaccines as thousands protest perceived forced vaccination
• Spain betting on vaccine passports to revive summer tourism
• N.Y. Restaurant Fires Waitress Who Wouldn't Get Covid-19 Vaccine
• Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Expresses Concern About COVID-19 Vaccines in Leaked Footage
• Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Takes 'Anti-Vax' Stance and Violates His Own Platform Policy
• Many top NBA players hesitant to promote coronavirus vaccines
• One-Third of Troops Turning Down CCP Virus Vaccine: Pentagon
• 'I wouldn't be complaining.' Gov. DeSantis threatens to pull coronavirus vaccine from communities that criticize distribution
• Cuomo said 'he can destroy me': NY assemblyman alleges governor threatened him over nursing homes scandal
• State Lawmaker to Call for Impeachment of New York Gov. Cuomo