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WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - CBS News ‌is considering ‌a new round of ​layoffs that could see cuts totaling at least ‌15% of ⁠the current staff, Variety reported ⁠on Thursday, citing three ​people familiar ​with ​the matter.

Variety ‌added that discussions around layoffs and staff reductions remain fluid and ‌said CBS ​News declined ​to ​make executives ‌available for comment.

CBS ​News ​could not be immediately reached ​for ‌comment.

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NEED TO KNOW

• Laurie Metcalf played Jackie Harris on Roseanne from 1988 to 1997 and reprised the role in The Conners from 2018 to its conclusion last year

• One of her most unforgettable moments as the character was in the episode where Roseanne and Jackie's father dies, prompting one of the funniest calls in TV history

• Metcalf took home the Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy that year, her second consecutive win

Laurie Metcalfhas always delivered as Jackie Harris.

Through her time onRoseanneand later onThe Conners, the actress, 70, has proven serious comedic chops. Jackie has always been wacky and high strung, at her best dealing with a mess of emotions.

No episode demonstrates it better thanRoseanne's season 5 episode "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home," in which Roseanne and Jackie cope with the unexpected death of their father, with whom they had a complicated relationship.

Tired of making the rounds and sharing the unfortunate news with family members, Roseanne turns it over to Jackie, who is tasked with calling their Aunt Barbara.

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The task would prove harder than it looked, both because Jackie was used to Roseanne dealing with hard things on her behalf but also because Aunt Barbara was hard of hearing. Jackie tries to deliver the news delicately, but it turns frantic when she realizes there's no getting through to her.

"Hi Auntie Barbara. It's Jackie...Jackie!" she begins. She says she's fine once before repeating it louder. Then she gets to the point of the call.

"I have some bad news. Dad is not with us anymore," Jackie says. She pauses a beat, then repeats louder, "I said, dad has passed away."

Then louder, "He's passed away. He's dead! No, dead! DEAD!"

After another pause, she gives up, saying, "No, he's fine. He sends his love," and hanging up, telling Roseanne, "I am not doing that again. You can't make me."

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The scene from the episode, which aired February 9, 1993, led to her nomination for an Emmy that year, for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy.

She took home the honor, marking the second year she was recognized by her peers for her role as Jackie. Metcalf, who was pregnant at the time, tearfully accepted the award.

"I'm having a baby soon and I don't know what to say, I didn't think I'd be up here. Hi toZoe. Thank you all very, very much."

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NEED TO KNOW

• Montell Jordan was diagnosed with prostate cancer twice in the past two years

• After undergoing a radical prostatectomy and radiation, the R&B singer reveals he is now cancer-free

• He and his wife Kristin open up to PEOPLE about overcoming the difficult journey and how they're prioritizing their health and marriage moving forward

Montell Jordanis officially cancer-free.

The"This Is How We Do It"singer, 57, and his wife Kristin Jordan recently spoke to PEOPLE about overcoming his second bout with prostate cancer and their hope for the future as they prioritize their health and marriage.

Montell was diagnosed with stage 1 prostate cancer in early 2024 following a routine Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) test. Shortly after, he successfully underwent a radical prostatectomy.

However, nearly a year later, follow-up scans detected cancer had returned in his lymph nodes. This time it was an "aggressive" stage 2 prostate cancer. The R&B singer underwent radiation treatment and got the news that he was cancer-free in December 2025.

"Christmas Day we found out that we are undetected, cancer-free," Montell tells PEOPLE. "We're finally at an all-clear and I feel fantastic."

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"Following the roller coaster ride of becoming a two-time cancer survivor, standing in my home on Christmas Day, surrounded by my kids and my grandkids, to get the call on that morning was surreal," he says. "It's almost like it's still unbelievable that we're at this place right now, but we're just super, super grateful."

"The best Christmas ever," Kristin adds.

Montell admits that despite having his cancer return once, he has no fears of any recurrence moving forward. That's in part, because he's made lifestyle changes to maintain his health.

The Grammy-nominated artist has cut sugar and dairy from his diet and maintained regular exercise, all of which Kristin says she's also implementing in her life in support of her husband.

"Everything that we do, we have to do in tandem and in unison in order for it to last," she says. "We better take care of these temples that we have because we only get one, right? So for us, those lifestyle changes helped in our journey, but they will help limit us from having other sickness or other issues further down the line."

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Craig Obrist

Montell says he's had almost 32 years of that kind of support from his wife, who he married in 1994.

"When you have a disease, you feel like if you share that with someone, then they kind of also carry the disease. And I never wanted her to carry cancer," he explains. "But what I learned in the process is that from her support, she didn't have to carry cancer, but she could help carry me. She supported me and carried me."

"I think that's part of a fight, right? That you don't do it solo," Kristin says. "Solo pilots crash and burn. The teams that win are the ones that do it together … When we face our mortality, we have a clearer picture and vision of how important our loved ones are."

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Montell and Kristin tell PEOPLE that his cancer journey has strengthened their relationship in many ways. And it's why they now want to share their expertise in honor ofNational Marriage Week, which runs from Feb. 7-14.

"We want to be resources to the world," Montell says. "We love allowing the journey we've been on to be a public display of God's goodness and of us applying the tools that we've learned along the way to having a great happily forever after that's not just for us, but we wanna share that information with the rest of the world so that they can help preserve their family legacy as well."

Additionally, the couple notes that Montell's entire prostate cancer journey will be featured in his upcoming documentary,Sustain. He hopes the close-up look at the past two years of his life will encourage others to prioritize early detection.

"We are not only looking to help preserve family legacy during National Marriage Week, but we're also trying to help save lives," Montell says. "Early detection saves lives. That was the thing that we kind of hang our hat on, that this journey isn't really even about us. I believe if God can get it through us, he'll get it to us. And so the fight came to us so that we can help save other men's lives by making them aware."

"Right. It's not about us," Kristin adds. "It's really about how many people that we can share with and help."

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel asked a court Thursday to revoke the citizenship of two men convicted of terrorism offenses, in what appears to be the first test ofa lawallowing the deportation of Palestinian citizens convicted of certain violent crimes.

Court documents filed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday argue that the severity of the crimes, along with payments those found guilty allegedly received from aPalestinian Authority fund, justify revoking citizenship and expelling the individuals convicted of violent attacks.

Roughly one in five Israeli citizens is Palestinian. When the law passed, critics said it was one instance in which Israel's legal system treats Jewish and Palestinian citizens differently. Rights groups argued that basing a deportation law on Palestinian Authority payments effectively limited its application on the basis of race and excluded Jewish Israelis — including settlersconvictedofattacksagainst Palestinians— from the threat of having their citizenship revoked.

Netanyahu has long argued the fund in questionrewards violence, including attacks on civilians. Palestinian officials, however, have defended it as a safety net for the broad cross‑section of society with family members in Israeli detention. They have dismissed Netanyahu's focus on the relatively small share of beneficiaries involved in such attacks.

Citizenship revocation law faces first test

Netanyahu in a statement this week said proceedings were launched against two men with more such cases were on their way. One of the court filings seen by The Associated Press details the request against Mohamad Hamad, who the state's request says was convicted of "offenses that constitute an act of terrorism and receiving funds in connection with terrorism."

It alleges Hamad, a 48-year‑old citizen from east Jerusalem, received payment after he was sentenced in 2002 on charges that included shootings and weapons trafficking. He went on to serve more than two decades in prison before his release.

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The 2023 law applies to citizens or permanent residents convicted of "committing an act that constitutes a breach of loyalty to the State of Israel," including terrorism.

Hassan Jabareen, the general director of Israel's Adalah legal center, called steps taken to apply it this week "a cynical propaganda move" by Netanyahu. He said revoking citizenship violated the most basic principles of the rule of law, including by acting against individuals who completed prison sentences.

"The Israeli government is attempting to strip individuals of the very foundation through which all rights are protected, their nationality," he said on Thursday.

If the court moves ahead, it would make Israel one of the few nations — includingBahrain— to revoke citizenship of people born with the status in their country. Countries such as theUnited KingdomandFrancehave stripped dual or naturalized citizens of their citizenships over terrorism convictions, but international conventions generally bar states from taking away someone's nationality if it would leave them stateless.

The Palestinian Authority payments, Israel argues, create a sufficient link to justify revoking citizenship and deporting such citizens to the West Bank or Gaza.

The request does not say to where the citizens will be deported.

__ Melzer reported form Nahariya, Israel

The woman behind a popular California bald eagle camera that monitorsJackie and Shadowhas died, a nonprofit that works to preserve their habitat announced.

Sandy Steers was the executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley, an environmental-education nonprofit organization well known for their live camera and social media posts of the eagle couple. Their mission is to protect and preserve the amazing natural local surroundings through environmental education and advocacy.

Big Bear Valley is part of the San Bernardino National Forest, about 95 miles from Los Angeles.

"It is with heavy hearts and great sadness to let our Friends of Big Bear Valley eagle family know that Sandy Steers passed away on the evening of Feb. 11, 2026," the group said in a Facebook post the same day.

In an emailed statement to USA TODAY, the group described Steers as "kind, caring, calming and healing.

"People love her and she is missed dearly. Our team is heartbroken."

Steers died from cancer, the organization said. She'd beaten cancer 30 years ago, but was diagnosed with it again later in life.

She had served as the organization's executive director for roughly 25 years.

The Daily Press, part of the USA TODAY Network,also shared news of her passing.

Sandy Steers' legacy

"Sandy Steers truly exemplifies the spirit of the outdoors through her efforts to conserve the natural environment while helping to enhance and expand opportunities for outdoor recreation in California," Barbara Steinberg, a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of California, wrote in 2023, whilenominatingSteers for Outdoor Californian of the Year.

"Her efforts to preserve nesting sites for Big Bear Lake bald eagles and open space in the region including helping to save a rare pebble plain and a threatened paintbrush flower which is listed on the federal and the state endangered list, and only exists in Big Bear Valley."

The nomination added that Steers had established eco-tourism in the Valley, helping people understand that they can support the local economy by promoting and protecting the natural surroundings rather than destroying them for commercial gain.

The group also puts together educational programs for classrooms that teach children about wildlife and nature.

Steers began the Jackie and Shadow camera for the U.S. Forest Service. The first camera was installed in 2015, Friends of Big Bear Valley told USA TODAY. Steers had loved Jackie since the bird was a chick and wanted to know what was happening inside her nest.

"Her vision was to share it with others as a public benefit, free for all to see and connect with nature," the organization said. "She told amazing stories that helped people understand what was happening and relate to the trials, tribulations and successes felt by Jackie and Shadow in their daily lives."

What's happening with Jackie and Shadow this year?

Friends of Big Bear Valley shared on Jan. 30 in aFacebook postthat Jackie and Shadow had lost their eggs after a raven attack. The ordeal was caught on camera.

The pair might lay a 2nd clutch of eggs, the group said, since the eggs were laid early in the season.

Michelle Del Rey is a trending news reporter at USA TODAY. Reach her at mdelrey@usatoday.com

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As the Pacific warms, there is a growing chance of neutral El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) conditions this spring, according to the latest update from NOAA Thursday morning, with a better than 50% chance of El Niño returning this autumn, including the peak of hurricane season.

We are nearing the peak of the current La Niña, solidly in the moderate category as far as La Niñas go. This area of colder water is circled in red on the map below.

La Niña occurs when the ocean's surface temperatures in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific reach a specific cooler-than-average temperature. El Niño is the warming of the same area of the Pacific and has a different set of weather effects around the planet.

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Neutral conditions are the state between El Niño and La Niña, meaning the water in the Pacific is neither warmer nor cooler than average. This condition will be reached after near-average temperatures are sustained for a multi-month period, and will be indicated by the disappearance of blue colors on the map below in the circled area.

Here's what this forecast means for the next few months:

Impacts

Spring impacts:Years that have shifted from moderately (and relatively) chilly in the Pacific to average have featured some predictable temperature tweaks stateside from March to April.

• Cooler-than-average temperatures from the Northern Rockies to the interior Northeast.

• Reliably warmer than average temperatures in the Southeast and in the Southwest.

By May and June, the signal becomes much more mixed using these analogs, but that's not surprising as the jet stream, and its influence over the Lower 48, typically weakens. One of the meteorological features that ENSO has its hands in is the jet stream. Warming conditions in the Pacific (i.e. a slide toward neutral conditions) could also muddy any connections with weather in the U.S.

Summer impacts?El Niño and La Niña usually have their biggest impacts on the weather in winter, when they've been in place for several months. But if El Niño can develop fast enough, it could at least subtly affect both temperatures and rainfall in the U.S. this summer.

El Niño summers tend to be cooler in the East and Rockies and wetter in the Southeast.

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From a global perspective, the defining warmth of an El Niño will give this summer a push toward the top of the warmest years on record.

(Further beef up your forecast with our detailed, hour-by-hour breakdown for the next 8 days – only available on ourPremium Pro experience.)

Quieter hurricane season ahead?In El Niño hurricane seasons, stronger shearing winds and sinking air often occur over at least the Caribbean Sea and some adjacent parts of the Atlantic Basin. This tends to limit the number and intensity of storms and hurricanes, especially if the El Niño is stronger.

El Niño isn't the only factor that can shape how a hurricane season goes. Bursts of dry air and sinking air or a lack of tropical waves are all other factors that can change how a season goes.

Forecast caveat you should know about:What lies beyond the springtime months is often highly uncertain.

That's because of what's known as aspring predictability barrier– a time of year when models struggle with accurate predictions.

Spring is a time when the ocean is more likely to be closer to average in the temperature department due to the shift out of the polarized summer and winter seasons in their respective hemispheres.

Winds across the equator are also often weaker during the spring because there's less temperature contrast in either hemisphere.

These factors make the signals that climatologists use to make forecasts more fuzzy, leading to a drop off in the accuracy of the forecasts.

Jonathan Belleshas been a digital meteorologist forweather.comfor 9 years and also assists in the production of videos for The Weather Channel en español. His favorite weather is tropical weather, but also enjoys covering high-impact weather and news stories and winter storms. He's a two-time graduate of Florida State University and a proud graduate of St. Petersburg College.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Noah Gragson was caught red-handed by NASCAR.

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Gragson was the first driver busted during Daytona 500 qualifying for violating the new rule that specifies drivers are banned for sticking their hands out the opening of the window during the qualifying run.

Gragson's time in the No. 4 Ford for Front Row Motorsports was thrown out Wednesday because he used his left hand in an attempt to deflect air and gain an advantage on the track.

"I completely forgot about that rule so that one's on me," Gragson said. "Yeah, I feel like an idiot for that."

The 27-year-old Gragson did not advance to the second round of qualifying and lost his chance to race for the pole. The starting order for Sunday's Daytona 500 will be determined by a pair of Thursday night qualifying races.

"I feel like the Daytona 500 is such a long race, you can kind of start wherever," Gragson said. "It is what it is. I feel like an idiot for that. I'm dumb for that."

On the other hand, most in NASCAR found it hilarious.

"This is the most Noah thing ever," NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. wrote on social media. "Don't touch that stove, it's hot. Touches stove. Gets burnt. Says yes, it is hot."

Kyle Busch won the pole for the Daytona 500. Chase Briscoe, last year's pole-sitter, qualified second and got a good chuckle out of Gragson getting busted.

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"He's my buddy, but I'm not surprised it was the guy that had it happen to him," Briscoe said. "I told my guys as soon as it happened, of all the people, I bet he didn't even remember it was a rule."

Teams believed that drivers could earn an aerodynamic advantage on superspeedways with the gesture before NASCAR made the call in the offseason to ban it.

"Sometimes you have a car that drives very easily, and you can do it easily and other times you have got your hands full and you can't do it," Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman said. "You always have an engineer telling you that you need to do it, exactly what position to put your hand in and all that. But I am glad that I can just keep two hands on the steering wheel for this one."

NASCAR suspended Gragson in 2023 and he parted ways with Legacy Motor Club liking an insensitive meme with a photo of George Floyd's face.

Gragson is winless in 111 career Cup races and will make his fifth Daytona 500 start.

"I don't care if I start last for this race," Gragson said. "I know that's probably not what people want to hear, but my best finish in Cup is third at Talladega and we qualified second-to-last. It's kind of crazy, but it is what it is here."

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