“The Muppet Show” returned Wednesday night as a special on the ABC network and Disney+. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and Rowlf the Dog, among others, took center stage at the original Muppet Theatre with their very special guest, Sabrina Carpenter.
Jim Henson created the first Muppets, i.e. Kermit and Rowlf, in the 1950s and their popularity resulted in a request from the Children’s Television Network for show-specific Muppet characters. In …
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George on Thursday: 8 Deaths Confirmed in Storm Skiing Avalanche; Nightclub Condemned for Playing Kanye’s Song ‘Heil Hitler’; USA and Canada Both Reach Hockey Semi-Finals at Olympics; U.S. FDA Reverses Course, Will Review Moderna Flu Vaccine; Russo-Ukrainian Peace Talks Continue; Fast-Moving Wildfires Rage in U.S.
Good morning! Today is Thursday, the 19th of February, 2026 and this is Thursday Morning Edition of GEORGE.
GEORGE opens with news of one of the deadliest U.S. avalanches in decades. Fifteen people were caught in an avalanche on Monday during a skiing excursion. Six were rescued in what was a major operation and eight were found to have perished on Tuesday. The ninth person is presumed dead.
In news from Miami …
George on Wednesday: Hyatt Chairman Pritzker Resigns Over Epstein Ties, Year of the Fire Horse, Start of Ramadan, Potomac Wastewater Spill Becomes Ecological and Political Disaster, Sea Curtain Might Stop Doomsday Glacier Melt, Imperial Hotel to Open in Kyoto
Good morning! Today is Wednesday, the 18th of February, 2026 and this is Wednesday Morning Edition of GEORGE.
It’s a busy week for lunar holidays. First came celebrations to welcome the Year of the Fire Horse with the start of the Chinese, or Lunar, New Year, and then came the sighting of the crescent moon, which serves to indicate the start of Ramadan. Finally, today is Lent, also a holiday determined …
George on Tuesday: A Tense Munich Security Conference, George Bush on George Washington’s Humility, AI Will Make the Humanities ‘More Important,’ UK to Regulate AI Chatbots, David J. Farber, ‘Grandfather of the Internet,’ Dies at 91
Good morning! Today is Tuesday, the 17th of February, 2026 and this is Tuesday Morning Edition of GEORGE.
Seemingly in awe of Abraham Lincoln’s resolve and Harry Truman’s decisiveness, former President George W. Bush penned a tribute to George Washington’s humility, something that set numerous precedents for a fledgling democracy that had just broken loose from Britain rule. GEORGE examines what Mr. Bush said and why it has particular importance today.
The …
George on Monday: Rubio Casts U.S. as ‘Child of Europe,’ Decade-Long Ticket Fraud at the Louvre Exposed, 85-Year-Old Australian Man Kidnapped, Controversy Arises in Olympic Curling Matches, Is Havana Syndrome Real?
Good morning! Today is Monday, the 16th of February, 2026, as well as Presidents’ Day or Washington’s Birthday, a bank holiday in the United States. This is Monday Morning Edition of GEORGE.
In Munich, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told European leaders in a speech that the United States is and will always be “a child of Europe.’ GEORGE reports on what Mr. Rubio said later on in this issue. …
George on the Weekend: Homeland Security Dept. Shutdown Could Impact Air Travel, Anti-Seizure Drug Prevents Alzheimer’s, Inflation in U.S. Falls, Navalny Poisoned By Frog Toxin in Russian Custody, How to Stop Live Activities from Taking Over Your Apple Watch, Is Havana Syndrome Real?
Good morning! Today is Sunday, the 15th of February, 2026, and this is the Weekend Morning Edition of GEORGE.
Inflation in the United States in January eased more than had been expected in a promising sign for the economy, GEORGE reports.
Monday is a bank holiday, Presidents Day in the United States, and GEORGE takes a look at whom that holiday honors, a murky question if there ever was one. The …
David J. Farber, ‘Grandfather of the Internet,’ Dies at 91
David J. Farber, a pioneering computer scientist, researcher, and professor who taught a generation of students who continued his work in building an online world and, as a result, was sometimes referred to as the “grandfather of the Internet,” died on 7 February at his home in Tokyo. He was 91.
His son Emanuel confirmed Professor Farber’s death with an e-mail message to his father’s Interesting-People remailing list.
Professor Farber was a …
George on Friday: Canada: A Country in Mourning; Border Officials Caused El Paso Shutdown; More Chain Stores Are Likely to File Bankruptcy Thanks to New Tariffs; Apple Releases iOS 26.3, Addresses 39 Security Flaws; Waldorf Astoria to be Sold; Canadian Visits to U.S. Down 26% in January
Good morning! Today is Friday, the 13th of February, 2026, and this is the Friday Morning Edition of GEORGE.
In Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will travel together to the close-knit community of Tumbler Ridge Friday for a vigil as the country reeled from the horrific school shooting there. Meanwhile, the survivors of the Chanukah by the Sea massacre in Sidney, Australia, bid farewell to the …
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It Was a Bad Week to Be Ed Bastian. His Airline Has Been Melting Down. There’s No End in Sight, and Customers Are Abandoning Ship.
“I should probably have stayed in bed that morning.”
That’s probably what Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is thinking, reflecting on his appearance on a news segment on the television program “CBS Mornings” before the Fourth of July.
The hostess, Gayle King, began by asking: “Is Delta ready, how do you know you’re prepared?” referencing the summer travel season, adding “this is the part where you say, ‘no Gayle, we not …
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Another Historic Pan Am Terminal is Facing the Chopping Block
The iconic Marine Air Terminal, located at LaGuardia Airport, built to handle Pan American World Airways’ fleet of flying boats, the Boeing 314 Clippers, which landed on the nearby Bowery Bay, is the most historically significant commercial aviation building in the United States, Linda Little Freire, the chairperson of the Pan Am Museum Foundation, told FBT.
Pan Am’s transatlantic Boeing 314 flying boats moved to the terminal from Port Washington in …
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It Was a Bad Week to Be Ed Bastian. His Airline Has Been Melting Down. There’s No End in Sight, and Customers Are Abandoning Ship.
“I should probably have stayed in bed that morning.”
That’s probably what Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is thinking, reflecting on his appearance on a news segment on the television program “CBS Mornings” before the Fourth of July.
The hostess, Gayle King, began by asking: “Is Delta ready, how do you know you’re prepared?” referencing the summer travel season, adding “this is the part where you say, ‘no Gayle, we not …
In Flight »
Another Historic Pan Am Terminal is Facing the Chopping Block
The iconic Marine Air Terminal, located at LaGuardia Airport, built to handle Pan American World Airways’ fleet of flying boats, the Boeing 314 Clippers, which landed on the nearby Bowery Bay, is the most historically significant commercial aviation building in the United States, Linda Little Freire, the chairperson of the Pan Am Museum Foundation, told FBT.
Pan Am’s transatlantic Boeing 314 flying boats moved to the terminal from Port Washington in …
