CBS Evening News, 02/18/26
CBS Evening News
CBS News
3.5 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
The search for a group of missing skiers ends in tragedy.
Atlanta police officers are being hailed as heroes after saving the life of a 9-year-old boy.
And, the dog who stole the show at the Olympics just by crossing the finish line.
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| 0:00.0 | Your favorite true crime series, 48 Hours, is back for a new season, and so is the official |
| 0:05.5 | after show podcast, Postmortem. Every Monday, listen to a new episode of 48 hours, and then |
| 0:11.2 | join me, 48 Hours correspondent Anne-Marie Green on Tuesday for a new episode of Postmortem, |
| 0:17.2 | where we bring you a closer look at each case. This case was eye-opening on so many different levels. |
| 0:24.1 | Follow and listen to 48 hours on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.7 | Good to be with you. I'm Tonya to Coppel. The breaking news right now. |
| 0:34.9 | One of the deadliest avalanches in modern U.S. history, at least eight dead, |
| 0:40.2 | another missing and presumed dead at this hour, the victims all wearing location beacons |
| 0:45.9 | found on near vertical terrain. What authorities are saying tonight, and Matt Gutman is there. |
| 0:52.4 | Also developing tonight, the sheriff telling us the man seen in that eerie surveillance video |
| 0:57.1 | may have had an accomplice who entered the house, what it means for the investigation. |
| 1:03.3 | And met as CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the stand today in Los Angeles, accused of putting profits |
| 1:09.1 | over safety for kids on Facebook and Instagram, |
| 1:12.6 | confronted with his own internal emails today and what he said. |
| 1:17.6 | A big day for Team USA, American skiing sensation, Michaela Schiffran. |
| 1:22.6 | She strikes gold once again, ending an eight-year Olympic drought. |
| 1:26.6 | And a surprise competitor steals the show. |
| 1:29.5 | Seth Dohn has all the highlights. |
| 1:32.2 | And tonight, a federal judge weighs in on the definition of chicken wings? |
| 1:38.1 | From CBS News headquarters in New York, this is the CBS Evening News with Tony DeCopold. Thank you for joining us on a busy |
| 1:47.9 | Wednesday night. We begin in the remote backcountry of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, along a dream |
| 1:53.1 | destination for elite skiers, but that all-inspiring terrain can be deadly as well, and that is where we are |
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