Bad Bunny will perform at the Super Bowl halftime show Sunday, fresh off his album of the year Grammy win for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos.” The performance is expected to be a historic moment for Latino culture. A trailer released in January hints at a lively show featuring his single “Baile Inolvidable.” The performance may include symbols like Puerto Rico's many flags, trees, clothing and traditional instruments. Bad Bunny's music is in Spanish, so his set will likely follow suit. While special guests are possible, the focus is on his international appeal and cultural pride. Political elements may also appear given his history of activism and amid growing anti-immigrant raids.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the air force's performance in parts of the country is “unsatisfactory.” He said Friday that steps are being taken to improve defenses against Russian drone attacks. The assaults have targeted Ukraine’s power grid, causing blackouts during a harsh winter. As the war nears its fifth year, U.S.-led peace efforts show no progress. Zelenskyy has discussed new air defense measures with military leaders. Recent Russian attacks killed one person and injured others in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukraine's strikes have damaged power facilities in Russia. The front line remains active despite freezing temperatures.

Moltbook, a so-called social network built exclusively for AI agents, has generated buzz in the technology world and posts from the platform have set the internet ablaze with conversations about autonomous artificial intelligence. While the technology world has been split between excitement and skepticism about Moltbook, many experts have expressed security concerns about the platform. One researcher was able to able to gain unauthenticated access to a database that included personal information and gave him the ability to edit content on the site. More than 1.6 million AI agents are registered on Moltbook, according to the site, but that number has been disputed.

Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber targeted a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and wounding at least 169 others. It was a rare attack in the capital of Pakistan as its Western-allied government struggles to rein in a surge in militant attacks across the country. Some of the wounded in the attack on the sprawling mosque of Khadija Al-Kubra were reported to be in critical condition. Television footage and social media images showed police and residents transporting the wounded to nearby hospitals. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Militant groups across Pakistan often target security forces and civilians.

President Donald Trump has used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle. The Republican president's Thursday night post also amplified his false claims his 2020 election defeat was fraudulent. Trump's post has drawn backlash for its treatment of the nation’s first Black president and first lady, who are Democrats. The White House is pushing back against criticism of the post. An Obama spokesperson hasn't responded to a Friday request for comment.

Some Democratic mayors and governors say they are experiencing an increasingly hostile relationship with President Donald Trump, driven by his immigration policies. Trump deployed National Guard troops to some U.S. cities last year over the objection of local leaders. Federal officers remain in Minneapolis despite local opposition, highlighting the growing divide. The tensions have upended longtime Republican arguments that the federal government should leave local governance to the states under the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Tensions worsened after federal agents killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis last month.

A week after rupturing the ACL in her left knee, Lindsey Vonn opened her chase for Olympic gold at the age of 41 with an aggressive and successful training run down the Olympia delle Tofane downhill course. The American got tight with her line midway down and only narrowly cleared a gate but she led at the final checkpoints, then stood up out of her tuck before the finish. She traded fist pumps and a hug with teammate Breezy Johnson. Vonn tore the ACL a week ago but she plans to race in the the Milan Cortina Games with a large brace on her injured knee. The downhill is Sunday.

Local leaders across the U.S. describe an increasingly hostile relationship with Washington, driven by President Donald Trump's immigration policies. Federal officers remain in Minneapolis despite local opposition, highlighting the growing divide. Local leaders feel pressured by federal priorities, affecting trust and stability. The tensions have upended longtime Republican arguments that the federal government should leave local governance to the states under the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Now a Republican president is articulating a muscular federal approach over the protest of Democrats. Trump has expressed frustration at reflexive resistance from Democratic mayors and governors.

Thousands of pages of once-secret court documents show how federal officials and a Virginia court helped an American Marine adopt an Afghan war orphan, in defiance of the U.S. government’s official policy to unite the child with her family. The Associated Press fought for three years for access to the documents, which reveal how the country’s fractured bureaucracy enabled Marine Joshua Mast and his wife, Stephanie, to adopt the child who was halfway around the globe, being raised by a couple the Afghan government decided were her family. The records show the Virginia judge who granted the adoption skipped critical legal safeguards and that some federal employees helped Mast take the child, even as others in their own agencies were trying to keep him away from her.

Documents obtained by The Guardian and The Associated Press undermine Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s testimony during his Senate confirmation hearings that the 2019 trip he took to Samoa before a devastating measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines.” Emails sent by staffers at the U.S. Embassy and the United Nations include contemporaneous accounts suggesting Kennedy's concerns about vaccine safety motivated the visit. Samoan officials later said Kennedy’s trip bolstered the credibility of anti-vaccine activists ahead of the measles outbreak, which killed dozens of people. Kennedy has since said his “purpose” for going there was not related to vaccines. Kennedy was sworn in as U.S. health secretary last February.

Public health officials say a measles crisis has long been brewing in Minnesota. For years, the state's large Somali community has been fertile ground for the myth that the measles vaccine causes autism. Data show autism rates in Somali 4-year-olds are high. Researchers don’t know why. Many here blame the measles, mumps and rubella shot. It's one injection proven to safely protect against the three viruses. The first dose is recommended at 12 to 15 months old. Many Somali parents wait until age 5, though there's no scientific evidence backing that approach. Before federal immigration authorities launched a crackdown in Minneapolis, immunization advocates noted small victories. But they say now, with many families afraid, progress has been lost.

A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies and gave families fake ashes is set to be sentenced. Jon Hallford, who owned Return to Nature Funeral Home with his then-wife Carie, pleaded guilty to nearly 200 counts of corpse abuse. Investigators discovered the bodies in 2023 after reports of a stench. Families of the deceased were devastated to learn the ashes they received were not their loved ones. Jon Hallford faces between 30 and 50 years in prison on Friday. In a related case, the Hallfords admitted to defrauding the federal government of nearly $900,000 in pandemic aid.

Farmers in Louisiana are going toe-to-toe with some nasty enemies: apple snails that clog crawfish traps while laying millions of bubblegum-colored eggs and tiny bugs called delphacids that can wipe out half a rice field while spreading plant disease. Scientists are trying to figure out how to stop them, but the recent surge in these pests that threaten the cultural heritage of the South is still largely a mystery. Researchers are examining possible factors including farming methods, pesticides and extreme weather. They say that in general climate change is helping invasive species find footholds.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have acquired guard Ayo Dosunmu from the Chicago Bulls. The move adds a proven scorer to bolster their depth for the stretch run in the stacked Western Conference playoffs race. Minnesota agreed to send 2024 first-round draft pick Rob Dillingham, deep reserve Leonard Miller and four second-round draft picks to Chicago for Dosunmu and forward Julian Phillips. The rebuilding Bulls made seven trades this week. Dosunmu was a second-round pick by his hometown Bulls in the 2021 draft. He is averaging a career-high 15 points per game and shooting a career-best 45.1% from 3-point range this season.

President Donald Trump claims his tariffs have revived the U.S. economy, calling it an “American economic miracle.” He argues that tariffs have boosted growth and reduced inflation. However, the facts tell a different story. The U.S. economy was already growing before his second term. During the first three quarters of the year, Trump’s tariffs — or the threat of them — delivered mixed results for the American economy. Inflation figures are skewed by data disruptions, and tariffs have actually increased core goods prices. Trump also claims foreign producers bear most tariff costs, but studies show U.S. consumers and firms are affected.