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Trump Told GOP Senator Who Criticized Racist Obama Video That She Was Dead To Him: Report
- Stand with a newsroom that doesn't flinch. Become a member and help keep fearless reporting independent. Already a member? President Donald Trump last weekend privately lambasted two Republican lawmakers for condemning the racist video he shared that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, Trump removed the video amid alike, but refused to apologize for sharing it. ...

Source: huffpost.com
WORLD  
Ban on Palestine Action 'massively backfired', says group's co-founder
- Huda Ammori calls for proscription to be lifted after high court finds it to be very serious interference with protest rights The co-founder of Palestine Action has said the ban on the group "massively backfired" and called for its proscription to be suspended after the high court found it to be unlawful . Three senior judges ruled on Friday that the ban was disproportionate and constituted very serious ...

Source: theguardian.com
US   MARKETS  
Traders pivot Fed interest-rate cut bets after January CPI surprise
- Federal Reserve showed a surprise. rose less than expected last month, it may have addressed concerns of some Fed policymakers that inflation may be too high to cut interest rates more than once this year, especially after the hot CPI had come in hot, we would have cautioned against taking it too literally – but the fact that the January report was so tepid relative to a typical January is somewhat of a ...

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The problem with doorbell cams: Nancy Guthrie case and Ring Super Bowl ad reawaken surveillance fears
- Many people bought the devices thinking they would do little more than protect their delivery packages W hat happens to the data that smart home cameras collect? Can law enforcement access this information – even when users aren't aware officers may be viewing their footage? Two recent events have put these concerns in the spotlight. A Super Bowl ad by the doorbell-camera company Ring and the FBI's pursuit of ...

Source: theguardian.com
Navalny killed by Russia with frog poison, UK government says
- Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Russia is responsible for the 2024 poisoning death of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny while he was imprisoned after blaming a previous attempt on his life on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Navalny died after being poisoned with epibatidine, a deadly toxin found in the skin of wild dart frogs in South America, a death which five European governments said on Saturday could only have been ...

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WORLD  
US, Iran to hold new round of nuclear talks in Geneva this week, Swiss government says
- – Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks over Tehran's nuclear program next week, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Oman, which welcomed the first round of on Feb. 6, will host the talks in Geneva, the Swiss ministry said, without specifying which days. After the first discussions, U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran that failure to reach an agreement with his ...

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US   SCIENCE  
Astronauts arrive at ISS for 8-month mission after medical emergency forced early evacuation
- Four new astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, bringing the lab back up to full capacity after several of their colleagues were forced to leave early last month due to a medical issue. The U.S., French and Russian astronauts and cosmonaut launched from Cape Canaveral in a SpaceX rocket on Friday for the approximately 34-hour journey. "That was quite the ride," NASA Commander Jessica ...

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ICE officers face criminal probe for alleged 'untruthful statements' under oath about Minneapolis shooting
- You can now listen to Fox News articles! Two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are under criminal investigation after federal prosecutors moved to dismiss felony assault charges against Venezuelan nationals from a January shooting in Minneapolis . ICE Director Todd Lyons said Friday that newly reviewed video evidence suggests the officers may have made "untruthful statements" under oath about the ...

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US figure skater Ilia Malinin disaster long program Olympics
- This was not supposed to be a competition, but a coronation. Ilia Malinin had won 14 consecutive figure skating events over the last three years. He is the two-time world champion. He'd carried his American teammates to the gold medal last weekend. The only man at Olympus who could beat the Quad God was the Quad God himself. Astonishingly, he did . In the sport's biggest upset in the history of the Winter Games, ...

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Hollywood mogul Casey Wasserman selling talent agency amid Epstein files fallout
- Hollywood mogul Casey Wasserman on Friday informed staff members at his talent agency that he is putting the company up for sale, a move that comes as he faces growing scrutiny over his ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. In a memo to staff obtained by NBC News, Wasserman wrote that he believed he had "become a distraction" at his eponymous firm, which represents high-profile musicians and athletes. ...

Source: nbcnews.com
Olympic curling committee issues warning after Sweden accuses Canada of cheating in curse-filled fight
- The Olympic curling committee issued a warning after a heated fight filled with cheating allegations and audible curse words overshadowed a feisty match between Sweden and Canada. Canada's Marc Kennedy got offended Friday evening when he was accused by Swedish rival Oskar Eriksson of "double touching" — essentially, touching the rock again after initially releasing it down the sheet of ice — during ...

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POLITICS  
Watch: US military conducted a 'lethal kinetic strike' on 'terrorist' vessel in Carribbean; 3 killed - The
- The US military conducted a deadly strike on a suspected drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people. The operation is part of the Trump administration's ongoing campaign against drug cartels, which has resulted in 133 deaths through 38 attacks since September in Caribbean and eastern Pacific waters. US Southern Command shared details of the latest strike on social media, including video ...

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files
- At least a half-dozen top officials in the current Trump administration have connections to Jeffrey Epstein , according to an NBC News review of some of the over 3 million documents the Justice Department has released. The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications. President Donald Trump, who had a lengthy relationship with Epstein, ...

Source: nbcnews.com
There's Now a Café Where You Go on Dates With AI
- There's Now a Café Where You Go on Dates With AI By As AI continues to reshape how people work and socialize, a more intimate frontier has emerged: romance. Millions of people now talk, flirt, confide, and form emotional bonds with AI companions-relationships that exist entirely on screens. But what has been missing, until now, is the presence of an IRL date itself. On Valentine's Day weekend, that boundary ...

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WORLD   POLITICS  
An estimated 350,000 people march in Toronto in support of Iran protests, police say
- A rally in North York Saturday that drew an estimated 350,000 people called on the Canadian government to recognize Iran's exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi as the leader of Iran's democratic transition after anti-government protests erupted in Iran at the end of last year. Chants of 'King Reza Pahlavi' could be heard down Yonge Street Listen to this article Estimated 7 minutes The audio version of this article is ...

Source: cbc.ca
MEDICINE  
What is colorectal cancer and is it preventable?
- Cases among younger people are rising – such as with actor James Van Der Beek, who died on 11 February at age 48 Actor James Van Der Beek died on 11 February, aged 48; he had been diagnosed in 2023 with colorectal cancer. According to the World Health Organization, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. While rates are declining ...

Source: theguardian.com
US   POLITICS  
As feds eye a potential Orlando ICE facility, records show detainees might stay for 7 days
- Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ICE's new "processing centers," like the one it is eyeing in a massive warehouse in east Orlando, would each hold up to 1,500 immigrant detainees for as long as a week before they are transferred to other facilities or deported, according to an outline of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's plan released by New Hampshire's governor. Homeland Security intends to ...

Source: orlandosentinel.com
US   POLITICS  
Trump administration sues Harvard over data on race in admissions
- The Trump administration is suing Harvard University for alleged failures to comply with a US Department of Justice civil rights investigation. The lawsuit accuses Harvard of not disclosing data needed to determine whether it had illegally considered race in its admissions process. "Providing requested data is a basic expectation of any credible compliance process," the justice department's civil rights head, ...

Source: bbc.com
TECHNOLOGY  
AI Careers in National Security: Skills, Tools, Resumes & Reality Check
- AI is everywhere in national security—but "AI careers" don't all look the same. In this ClearanceJobs webinar, Lindy Kyzer (ClearanceJobs) sat down with Darrell Eplee (Amentum) and Gerald Auger (Simply Cyber) to break down what recruiters mean when they say they want "cleared AI talent," and how candidates can realistically pivot into the space. Darrell explained that AI is one of the fastest-growing segments ...

Source: news.clearancejobs.com
POLITICS  
The CEO of Dubai's largest ports firm has been replaced after ties to Epstein revealed
- Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem had served as the chair of DP World since 2007, and as its CEO since 2016. It comes after the Department of Justice's latest release of files related to Epstein showed the pedophile's emails with bin Sulayem. In a 2013 email to bin Sulayem, Epstein said: "You are one of my most trusted friends in very sense of the word, you have never let me down." Correspondence between bin Sulayem, ...

Source: insider.com
US   POLITICS  
Goldman Sachs' Top Lawyer To Resign After 'Uncle Jeffrey' Epstein Emails Revealed
- Stand with a newsroom that doesn't flinch. Become a member and help keep fearless reporting independent. Already a member? NEW YORK (AP) — Kathy Ruemmler, the top lawyer at storied investment bank Goldman Sachs and former White House counsel to President Barack Obama , announced her resignation Thursday, after emails between her and Jeffrey Epstein showed a close relationship where she described him as an ...

Source: huffpost.com
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Don Lemon pleads not guilty in Minnesota church protest case
- Former CNN host Don Lemon has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from his coverage of a protest last month at a church over federal immigration raids in the US state of Minnesota. Lemon, 59, was charged with conspiracy to deprive rights and interfering with religious freedoms by allegedly obstructing someone's First Amendment rights by force. He was arrested after entering the Cities Church in St Paul on 18 ...

Source: bbc.com
POLITICS  
Judge orders deported Babson College student returned to U.S.
- A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to return Babson College freshman Any Lucia Lopez Belloza to the United States within two weeks, saying it was time to "make amends" for mistakenly deporting her to Honduras in November in violation of a court order. "In this unfortunate case , the government commendably admits that it did wrong," US District Judge Richard G. Stearns wrote in the eight-page order. ...

Source: bostonglobe.com
POLITICS  
Trump Has Spent $40 Million in Secretive Deals Deporting Hundreds of People to Third Countries
- Using secretive agreements, often with countries that have histories of human rights abuses, the Trump administration has "expanded and institutionalized" a system in which the government deports migrants to nations where they have never lived, according to a report released Friday by Democrats on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The report, titled At What Cost? Inside the Trump Administration's Secret ...

Source: commondreams.org