21Globe - February 2018

ABC News - President Donald Trump is sending a message to the Senate on immigration: Pass a bill based on his priorities.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Snowboarding at the Olympics turned 20 this year, and there’s a good chance that in another two decades, people will still be talking about the contest that went down in the mountains of South Korea on Wednesday.

Reuters - NEW YORK - Faith in the economy is reason to think this current stock market correction is unlikely to deepen into a full-blown bear market.

USA Today - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — All that mattered was advancing to the Olympic halfpipe final. But with the top riders in the world all in one place, the one-upmanship couldn’t be avoided.

ABC News - After another dry spell, California and much of the Southwest is finally getting some much-needed rain and snow.

FOX News - A huge, trillion-ton iceberg about the size of Delaware broke free from Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf in July 2017. As it moved away from its chilly birth mom and into the Weddell Sea, a vast expanse of water saw the light for the first time in up to 120,000 years.

FOX News - Is the thought of looming retirement and availability of Social Security killing you? Two researchers say yes.

MOSCOW (AP) — Investigators say the crash of a Russian passenger plane that killed all 71 people on board may have been caused by the pilots’ failure to activate heating for pressure measurement equipment, resulting in flawed speed data.

CNN - That's how Budget Director Mick Mulvaney described the Trump administration's proposal to replace nearly half of poor Americans' monthly cash benefits with a box of food. It would affect households that receive at least $90 a month in food stamps, or roughly 38 million people.

The New Yorker - Henry Worsley’s father, like Shackleton, had been a celebrated leader of men. While growing up, Henry had heard stories about how his father, Richard Worsley, had fought with distinction during the Second World War, helping his regiment win battles in the deserts of North Africa and on the streets of Italy. The Independent had praised his ability to maintain “morale in bruising situations.” Over the years, he had risen to the highest ranks of the British Army, becoming Quartermaster-General in 1979.