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Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Home » » On Feb. 23, Federal Express (FedEx) sued the Trump administration, seeking a "full refund" of all tariffs it paid the government, which President Donald Trump imposed through the recently overturned International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in 2025. Previously, on Feb. 20, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Trump exceeded his executive powers when he issued the IEEPA to ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are betting that Virginia Gov. last November, will resonate with the country when she delivers their party's response to President Donald Trump's The rebuttal gives Democrats a prime opportunity to make their case against Trump and his policies ahead of the midterm elections. Spanberger's double-digit victory in Virginia last November was viewed by party leaders as validation of a ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined, join Huff Already a member? Flavor Flav made a big pitch to the U.S. women's hockey team on Monday after the Olympic gold medalists an invite from President Donald Trump , who is facing ...
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Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Mexican security forces struck a major blow against international drug traffickers when they killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes over the weekend. Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," was the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and one of Mexico's most ruthless drug kingpins. But while his death leaves a ...
Source: theweek.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Contact centres are experiencing mixed results with AI deployments right now. Whilst some are undoubtedly seeing measurable improvements in efficiency, customer satisfaction, and operational resilience – others are struggling to see any ROI at all. To explore the reasons behind this unsettling trend, we asked our panel of technology experts exactly where leading contact centres are applying AI in their ...
Source: callcentrehelper.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
News , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons US court blocks release of Mar-a-Lago classified documents report A US federal judge on Monday granted President Donald Trump's motion to prohibit public release of prosecutorial findings in a dropped case against the president that involved classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago. The court ruled that Special Counsel Jack Smith's continued work on the case functionally ...
Source: jurist.org
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
PROVIDENCE – Roads across Rhode Island remained blanketed in snow on Tuesday, keeping the state mostly at a standstill as crews struggled to dig out streets in the wake of Monday's historic blizzard that battered the region and dumped more than three feet of snow in some spots. Plows rushed to clear main roads as bright sun helped melt the snow into slush, but many side roads and sidewalks remained buried in ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
SAN FRANCISCO: The San Francisco artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has accused three Chinese companies of improperly harvesting large amounts of data from its AI technologies in an effort to accelerate the development of their own systems. Anthropic said in a blog post Monday that DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax -- three prominent Chinese startups -- used about 24,000 fraudulent accounts to generate more ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
A source close to Warner Bros has said that executives were assured the slur would be removed before broadcast, while search engine remove AI-generated prompt BBC apologises to staff over N-word inclusion as Bafta announces comprehensive review Bafta judge quits over 'utterly unforgivable' handling of N-word incident The dust has not yet settled on the Baftas N-word row. This is why Warner Bros reacted immediately ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
The ex-prince is accused of sharing sensitive documents with the convicted paedophile during his time as trade envoy Reading Time: 3 minutes The UK government said on Tuesday it supported the release of documents on ex-prince Andrew's past role as a trade envoy, hours after a veteran politician was quizzed by police in the widening Jeffrey Epstein scandal. US authorities last month published millions of files ...
Source: scmp.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Texas representative Tony Gonzales 's reelection campaign has been roiled by accusations that he had an affair with a female staffer who died by suicide last year. Gonzales has so far remained defiant, alleging a political motivation behind the claims and trying to ride out the scandal until March 3, when he faces off against a farther-right challenger in a competitive primary. But the release of Gonzales's highly ...
Source: nymag.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. Discovery said that Paramount has raised the price of its takeover offer to $31 per share, potentially setting the stage for a fresh bidding war with Netflix over the future of the Hollywood giant. Paramount's offer had previously stood at $30 per share since December — when the Skydance owned company launched its hostile bid to challenge a deal Warner struck with Netflix to ...
Source: pbs.org
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
The actor killed himself, his family said in a statement that aimed to raise awareness of 'his nearly two-decade battle with bipolar disorder' Robert Carradine, a member of the famed acting family who was known for his roles in Revenge of the Nerds and Lizzie McGuire, has died aged 71. Carradine killed himself after years of living with bipolar disorder, his family said in a statement which they said they hoped ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
whether climate change tort litigation brought by local and state governments against large energy companies can continue in state courts or whether jurisdiction is more appropriate in federal court. Dozens of lawsuits initiated by local and state governments have been filed in state courts across the country. In this particular case, the City of Boulder, Colo. sued two global energy companies. The companies have ...
Source: natlawreview.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is "lying to Congress and the American people" and directing new recruits to "violate the Constitution," according to a whistleblower who testified on Capitol Hill Monday. Ryan Schwank, a former ICE lawyer who worked at the federal government's law enforcement training academy, stepped down from his post last week after submitting a whistleblower complaint about an agency ...
Source: commondreams.org
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
House Democrats are accusing the Justice Department of illegally withholding FBI interviews with a woman who accused Donald Trump of crimes linked to Jeffrey Epstein. House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia announced that Democrats on his committee would open a new investigation into the matter. "Yesterday, I reviewed unredacted evidence logs at the Department of Justice. Oversight Democrats can ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared Tuesday that Russia has not "broken Ukrainians" nor triumphed in its war, four years after an invasion that has severely tested the resolve of Kyiv and its allies and fueled European fears about the scale of Moscow's ambitions. In a show of support, more than a dozen senior European officials headed to the Ukrainian capital to mark the grim anniversary of the ...
Source: militarytimes.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Feb. 24 (UPI) -- NASA has delayed the first crewed launch of its Artemis program after encountering a problem with its rocket system. The space agency said it plans to roll the Artemis II Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft off the launch pad and back into the vehicle assembly building to address the problem Wednesday. The Artemis II SLS rocket has been on launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Meta is joining OpenAI as one of the major tech companies to take a stake in chipmaker AMD, as part of an AI hardware buying frenzy. Meta and AMD on Tuesday announced a partnership that will involve CEO Mark Zuckerberg's tech giant buying billions of dollars' worth of AMD Instinct GPUs in order to fuel its ambitions to build out AI offerings across Meta platforms , including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. In a ...
Source: cnet.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
The creators of Dark Sky, the cult-favorite weather app acquired by Apple in 2020 , pulled off something rare: they made forecasting feel personal. Dark Sky was beloved for its hyperlocal rain predictions, precise alerts and emphasis on data visualization. Now, three of its creators— Adam Grossman , Josh Reyes and Dan Abrutyn —are taking another swing at weather forecasting with Acme Weather, a new app ...
Source: observer.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
LONDON — British actor and comedian Russell Brand pleaded not guilty in a London court on Tuesday to two additional charges of rape and sexual assault allegedly committed against two women nearly two decades ago. Brand, once one of Britain's most high-profile broadcasters and former husband of U.S. pop singer Katy Perry, appeared at Southwark Crown Court where he denied raping one woman and sexually ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Here's Everything You Need to Know About Pre-Shampoo Treatments, According To Experts These products can provide much-needed nourishment to dry, brittle strands. Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Jump to: Peruse the haircare aisle of any beauty store, and you'll be inundated with a dizzying lineup of products claiming to cleanse, nourish, ...
Source: womenshealthmag.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said Tuesday that interest rate cuts aren't appropriate until there's more evidence that inflation is on its way down. "People express that prices are one of their most pressing concerns. Let's pay attention," he said. Austan Goolsbee, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, speaks during the National Association of Business ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Consumer confidence rose among Republican and Independent voters in February, while Democrats were less confident Consumer confidence ticked higher in February as American households' expectations for the labor market improved. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index rose 2.2 points to 91.2 in February from an upwardly revised 89 in January. The January data was initially reported as 84.5, the lowest level ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
The record fine came after an investigation by the data protection watchdog which found the US company used children's information unlawfully. Reddit has been fined more than £14m by the Information Commissioner's Office for failing to keep children safe. It is the largest fine ever handed out by the information watchdog over children's privacy issues. An investigation by the data protection watchdog found ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
France has banned United States Ambassador Charles Kushner from meeting French government ministers, after he failed to attend a meeting at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs in Paris to explain comments made by the Trump administration following the recent killing of a French far-right activist. The French Foreign Ministry announced the decision on Monday, as diplomatic relations between Paris and ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
— President Trump will deliver the 2026 State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, laying out his agenda for the year ahead and touting his accomplishments since returning to office. he does not have the authority to impose sweeping tariffs under an emergency powers law, dealing a significant blow to his trade agenda. The president has vowed to go around the court's decision and ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Novo Nordisk said Tuesday it will slash its prices for Wegovy and Ozempic beginning next year by up to 50%, highlighting the growing competition among pharmaceutical firms for customers seeking weight-loss drugs. The Danish drugmaker said it plans to offer the medicines for $675 per month starting in January 2027, representing a 50% reduction in price for Wegovy and a 35% reduction for Ozempic. Novo Nordisk ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said Tuesday that Panama authorities had threatened its employees with criminal prosecution if they defied orders to leave two strategic canal ports at the center of a legal battle that has embroiled Beijing and Washington. CK Hutchison said Panama's decision to cancel key port contracts and grant temporary licenses to the Danish shipping company Maersk and the Geneva-based ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Horses whinny by making sounds in a unique way that is not seen in other animals How horses whinny has long been a mystery. The sound is quite distinct from any other in the animal kingdom. And now scientists think they've discovered why: horses whinny by producing sounds at two frequencies at the same time—much like singing and whistling simultaneously. The findings, which were published on Monday in Current ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
From small art schools to large public universities, the new DOJ release of emails reveals just how deep the financier's influence in academia went. Students are demanding accountability. Many of Jeffrey Epstein's ties to prominent universities and academics , which he maintained through monetary donations and luxury gifts, have been known since his 2019 arrest and suicide in a Manhattan jail cell. After the US ...
Source: wired.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
The Trump administration's embrace of prediction markets might swing courts in favor of companies that allow people to wager on anything from the weather to basketball shots, attorneys say. Just how much its claim of exclusive regulatory power will sway widespread litigation ensnaring states seeking to regulate prediction market providers such as Kalshi Inc. and Crypto.com is up for debate. President Donald Trump ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Australia's prime minister has told Sir Keir Starmer his government would back plans to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of royal succession. Anthony Albanese expressed his support for such a proposal in a letter to the UK prime minister. Andrew remains eighth in line to the throne despite being stripped of his titles, including "prince", in October amid pressure over his ties to paedophile financier ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it killed three people Monday in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea as part of the Trump administration's monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers. Monday's attack brought the death toll to at least 151 people since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in small vessels in early September. As ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A murder trial is set to begin Monday for a Utah mother of three who published a children's book about grief after her husband's death and was later accused of killing him. Kouri Richins, 35, faces a slew of felony charges for allegedly killing her husband, Eric Richins, with fentanyl in March 2022 at their home just outside the ski town of Park City. Prosecutors say she slipped five ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
2 min read Celebrity doctor Peter Attia has resigned from his new contributor position at CBS News following new revelations about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. "Dr. Attia's contributor role was newly established and had not yet meaningfully begun," a spokesperson for Attia said in a statement. "As such, he stepped back to ensure his involvement didn't become a distraction from the important work being ...
Source: edition.cnn.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
BRUSSELS — The European Union had hoped to make a big show of support for Ukraine this week, on the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion and at a moment when there has been little sign of progress in US-mediated efforts to end the war. But those plans have been upended after Hungary said that it would block the latest package of sanctions against Russia and that it would also stall progress on ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
2 min read Audrey Hepburn's classic, Breakfast at Tiffany's , is getting an update in 2026—and a brand new starlet will bring the story to life. Variety reported that the yet-to-be-titled film will not be an exact retelling of the 1961 film, but will rather go behind-the-scenes and delve into the making of the iconic movie, which has inspired generations of actors and filmmakers in the years since its ...
Source: elle.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Nick Reiner pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles on Monday in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. Nick Reiner , 32, was charged with two counts of murder in the first degree in the fatal stabbings at the couple's home in LA's Brentwood neighborhood in December. His public defender, Kimberly Greene, entered the not guilty plea on her client's behalf. Reiner sat in court behind his attorney ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
3 min read THE RUNDOWN : 's twin children, Maximilian "Max" David Muñiz and Emme Maribel Muñiz , are celebrating a major life milestone: turning 18 and officially stepping into adulthood. The teens' birthday was yesterday, and their mother shared a touching Instagram to mark the occasion. The pop star reflected on her earliest memories of Max and Emme's lives alongside a montage of clips showing the ...
Source: elle.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
OpenAI Group PBC said today it's partnering with four of the world's biggest technology consulting firms in an effort to help more enterprises adopt artificial intelligence agents. The ChatGPT maker has created an initiative it's calling "Frontier Alliances" in collaboration with Accenture Plc., Boston Consulting Group Inc., Capgemini SE and McKinsey & Co.. They're going to work with OpenAI to help teach enterprise ...
Source: siliconangle.com