Firefighters battle a fire at the Abundant Life Fellowship Church in Boonville, N.Y., on Feb. 17, 2026. A fiery explosion that ripped through the church injured five people, including the pastor and firefighters who responded to a report of the odor of gas in the building, officials said. Nichole Moore, Daily Sentinel/Boonville Herald via AP
People stand outside a police perimeter around the Dennis M. Lynch Arena where a shooting occurred in Pawtucket, R. I., on Feb. 16, 2026. At least two people were killed and three wounded in a shooting at an ice rink in the town. The initial investigation suggested the shooting was targeted and might involve a family dispute. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
A ground crew de-ices an American Eagle passenger plane at LaGuardia Airport in New York City on Feb. 22, 2026. A fast-developing storm is threatening to pummel the East Coast with a foot or more of snow beginning Sunday. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump delivers remarks during the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington on Feb. 19, 2026. The board is focused on the reconstruction of Gaza. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
The Gateway Project Construction in New York City on Feb 17, 2026. Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke surrounded by union members as President Donald Trump continues to express his opposition to the Gateway tunnel project that is designed to connect New York and New Jersey. The Trump administration froze federal funding for the project in September, but a federal judge ruled last week that funds must begin flowing again. The judge is set to consider an appeal by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
First Lady Melania Trump and fashion designer Herve Pierre view her second inaugural dress during an event at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington on Feb. 20, 2026. Mrs. Trump donated her second inaugural dress to the museum, which was designed by Pierre, who also designed her first inauguration dress. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Supporters of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton at a campaign event during the Texas Senate Primary in Magnolia, Texas, on Feb. 19, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Kiona Norwood and her son Kiari bring balloons to a small memorial outside of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition's national headquarters to mourn the death of its founder Rev. Jesse Jackson in Chicago, on Feb. 17, 2026. Scott Olson/Getty Images
An armed man breached the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's resort in Palm Beach, Florida, before being shot and killed early Sunday morning, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service, in Palm Beach, Fla, on Feb. 22, 2026. Marta Lavandier/AP Photo
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono (L) shake hands at the State Department in Washington, on Feb. 19, 2026. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Angie Tagalog (L) and Barbara Hauser lay flowers at a memorial near the residence of Nancy Guthrie, in Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 19, 2026. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
People protest against the planned project of converting a warehouse into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Roxbury, N.J., on Feb. 16, 2026. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images
Moldovan violinist Rusanda Panfili performs during a dinner with state governors hosted by President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 21, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump poses with employees and guests during a stop at The Varsity restaurant in Rome, Ga., on Feb. 19, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
A woman works on a display in a luxury jewelry store in New York City on Feb. 19, 2026. New York City’s democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani surprised many New Yorkers with a proposal to cover the city’s budget shortfalls by raising city property tax rates by 9.5 percent, unless the state of New York enacts his proposed tax hikes on corporations and the ultra-wealthy. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Activists take part in a rally to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia's war on Ukraine, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Feb. 21, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Riders on the Boeuf Gras float throw beads to the crowd as the Rex parade makes its way down St. Charles Avenue during Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans on Feb. 17, 2026. Michael DeMocker/Getty Images
Workers use giant pumps to move sewage around a broken section of the Potomac Interceptor, a six-foot-wide sewage pipe between the Clara Barton Parkway and the C&O Canal in Cabin John, Md., on Feb. 16, 2026. More than 240 million gallons of raw sewage poured into the Potomac River after the underground pipeline collapsed on Jan. 19. According to the Potomac Riverkeeper Network and researchers at the University of Maryland, fecal-related bacteria and disease-causing pathogens in the Potomac River reached levels more than 2,700 times the safe limit. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
President Donald Trump gives a speech about the economy at the Coosa Steel Corporation factory in Rome, Ga., on Feb. 19, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
A protester with the Gender Liberation Movement and ACT UP is arrested during a demonstration blocking the entrance to the Department of Health and Human Services while protesting the Trump administration’s plan to cut federal funding to clinics providing care for transgender minors, in Washington, on Feb. 17, 2026. Heather Diehl/Getty Images
The No. 26 WAR Shocks/Rackley Roofing Chevrolet, driven by Dawson Sutton, in flames after an on-track incident during the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Fr8 Racing 208 at Echo Park Speedway in Hampton, Ga., on Feb. 21, 2026. Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images
Shipping cranes stand above shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles on Feb. 20, 2026. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs on most U.S. trading partners were unconstitutional. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Falun Gong practitioners take part in the Chinese New Year parade in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City on Feb. 21, 2026. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
