Here's everything that happened on February 14:
OVERNIGHT:
9:00pm - Sabrina Carpenter released the deluxe version of “Short n’ Sweet” we’ve been waiting for, featuring “Please Please Please” with Dolly Parton
9:02pm - Alessia Cara released her new album, “Love and Hyperbole”
11:00pm - The Wayans family is said to be inducted into the NAACP Awards’ Hall of Fame
FRIDAY:
12:21am - A Russian drone hit the protective confinement shell of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant but radiation levels have not increased, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The strike started a fire, which has been put out, he added.
2:26am - A Kremlin spokesman denied Ukrainian claims that Russia struck the outer protective shell of the Chernobyl nuclear plant with a drone.
6:44am - Pope Francis has been hospitalized for bronchitis and diagnostic tests
6:45am - On the heals of that, the Louisiana Department of Health announced that they will no longer promote mass vaccinations, claiming instead that each person should discuss the risks and benefits of vaccinations with their provider.
7:00am - Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco revealed that their first single from their joint album that I mentioned yesterday is titled “Younger & Hotter”
8:12am - Russian state media reported that they arrested another American – a 28-year-old – over medicinal cannabis
8:18am - Shaq has agreed to a $15M a year long-term deal with TNT Sports
8:45am - We learned that hundreds of staff at the agency responsible for maintaining the US nuclear stockpile were fired on Thursday in the wave of mass Trump Administration terminations
9:18am - Multiple lawmakers in Munich have told a reporter from the Washington Post that the US Congressional delegation presented Ukrainian President Zelensky with a piece of paper they wanted him to sign which would grant the US rights to 50% of Ukraine’s future mineral reserves, which he politely declined to sign.
9:24am - Singer Noah Schnacky and influencer Kristin Marino got engaged at Disney World
9:30am - The White House expanded their ban of the Associated Press from the Oval Office to include a ban of them on Air Force One over what they call a “commitment to misinformation” for not calling the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.
10:08am - We got confirmation that singer ROSALIA and football player Marshawn Lynch would be joining the cast of Euphoria season 3
11:30am - A sample of milk from a herd of dairy cows in Maricopa County, AZ tested positive for bird flu, according to the Arizona Department of Agriculture
12:00pm - Benny Blanco got Selena Gomez a bathtub full of queso for Valentine’s Day
12:36pm - Trump signed an Executive Order ending federal funding for any schools that required the Covid vaccine
2:01pm - Two people were shot during the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl parade celebration
3:33pm - The sexual assault lawsuit against JayZ was dismissed
3:59pm - Luigi Mangione - the guy accused of shooting the UnitedHealthcare CEO – made his first public statement on a new website launched by his legal defense team.
4:00pm - A judge in Michigan officially sentenced Walmart shoplifters to wash cars in the Walmart parking lot during weekend car wash events
4:17pm - New Jersey Health confirmed that a case of measles has been detected in the state, which may have led to additional exposures
4:29pm - Will Ferrell’s son, Magnus Ferrell, has started releasing music online
4:44pm - Multiple people were killed in a multi-vehicle pileup in a Wyoming tunnel that ignited a fire