Wednesday, February 14

🚨NATION

📌 Senate passes Ukraine, Israel aid package that divided GOP; House speaker rejects it (AP)

📌 Democrat wins New York special election to fill George Santos’s seat (ABC)

📌 Powerful nor’easter pelts region with snow, making it New York City’s snowiest day in 2 years (CNN)

📌 Trump to attend N.Y. criminal trial hearing over Stormy Daniels hush money on Thursday (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Mediators are in Cairo working to secure a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas (NPR)

📌 House GOP in discussions with Biden special counsel Robert Hur for testimony (CNN)

📌 Russia buying Musk’s Starlink Systems in Arab countries, Ukraine says (REUTERS)

📌 Russia puts Estonia prime minister on wanted list (TIME)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Alaska man is first reported person to die of Alaskapox virus; exposure may be linked to stray cat (CBS NEWS)

📌 Pilots got their payday. Now flights attendants are pushing airlines for higher wages (CNBC)

📌 Diamondback Energy's $26 billion deal for Endeavor Energy Resources looks to solve a U.S. oil "puzzle" (AXIOS)

📌 A person in Oregon diagnosed with the plague (AP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Super Bowl 2024 was most watched US TV broadcast since 1969 Moon landing (BBC)

📌 ‘Deadpool 3’ dethrones ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ as most-viewed trailer launch of all time (VARIETY)

📌 Katy Perry announces her last season on ‘American Idol’ (CNN)

📌 Mics picked up Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s sweet on-field conversation after Super Bowl win (SI)