For: February 13, 2026
>>Trading Week Winding Down
(New York, NY) -- The opening bell rings this morning after stocks closed sharply lower on Thursday. Stocks like Morgan Stanley came under pressure over fears of artificial intelligence disruption of the wealth management sector. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 669 points to 49-451. The S&P 500 lost 108 points to 68-32. The Nasdaq fell 469 points to 22-597.
>>Amazon Canceling Surveillance Program With Flock
(Seattle, WA) -- Amazon is canceling a planned partnership between its Ring doorbell cameras and Flock Safety, a law enforcement surveillance tech company. The plan would have allowed Ring customers to share doorbell video with police through a program called Community Requests. A similar program unrelated to Flock is called Search Party, which would let users share video with others. It was advertised during the Super Bowl as being a way to find lost dogs, but has drawn criticism from privacy advocates who say the tech could be used to track people. Amazon said the Flock partnership was scrapped because it would take more time and resources than initially anticipated.
>>Weekly Jobless Claims Down
(Undated) -- Initial claims for jobless benefits fell to 227-thousand last week, down five-thousand from the prior week's revised total of 232-thousand. The Labor Department says the four-week moving average rose to 219-thousand-500, up seven-thousand from the previous week.
>>Appeals Court Won't Let Trump Freeze Gateway Tunnel Funding
(Washington, DC) -- A federal appeals court is allowing a judge's order to go into effect requiring the Trump administration to resume funding for the Gateway tunnel project connecting New York and New Jersey. The project may now resume, although the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit will issue another ruling after holding oral arguments later this month. The Transportation Department stopped supporting the 16-billion dollar tunnel project as part of a review of compliance with federal regulations. Trump reportedly told Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer in January he would drop the hold if Schumer agreed to rename Penn Station and Washington Dulles International Airport after him.
>>Spirit Airlines Sells More Planes And Recalls Employees
(Dania Beach, FL) -- Spirit Airlines is selling more planes and bringing flight attendants back from furlough. The airline said it sold another 20 aircraft as it continues to slim its fleet, though most of the planes were not in service. The budget-carrier is also recalling about 500 flight attendants from furlough "to ease some of the operational issues" Spirit has faced since cutting more one-thousand-300 flight attendants and hundreds of pilots to save cash. Spirit Airlines is in its second bankruptcy in less than a year and has held talks with Frontier Airlines as well as the investment firm Castlelake but neither has yielded a deal.
>>Scam Targets Spanish-Speaking Injured Workers
(Salem, OR) -- The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services is warning about a scam that targets Spanish-speaking injured workers. They're contacted by phone, email and social media apps. The scammer tries to convince the victim to appear at a workers' compensation hearing that's fake. It could include a fake judge, attorney, and government representative. They try to get the victim to pay for workers' compensation benefits. The state doesn't require payment to receive the benefits. The scam has been reported in Idaho and Montana as well.
>>Jersey Shore Business Owners Worry Over Ice Melt
(Highlands, NJ) -- Business owners along the Jersey Shore say they're looking forward to warmer temperatures -- but they also worry about what will happen when the ice along the docks begins to melt. In some places, the ice is so thick it's lifting up pilings and damaging the marina's infrastructure. Ice buildup in the Shrewsbury River near Sandy Hook Bay has damaged more than a dozen pilings already. The area has seen its share of damage from ice during the winter over the decades but business owners say this could be the worst they've ever seen.
