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Top News Stories for Wednesday, February 18th 2026
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Stephen Colbert said CBS pulled a Democratic lawmaker's interview from "The Late Show" over concerns about federal regulations. So, he posted it on YouTube instead. The dispute marks the latest flash point in a growing tension between late-night hosts, broadcast networks, and the Federal Communications Commission . James Talarico, a Democratic Texas state representative running for a highly competitive US Senate ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Ordained minister and activist who twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination had been living with progressive supranuclear palsy From Jason Rodrigues is a researcher and writer in the Guardian's research department As a trailblazing US civil rights activist, Jesse Jackson spread his message both at home and abroad, and he was no stranger to the United Kingdom. Groups campaigning for racial equality ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
The media conglomerate announced Tuesday that it will let the Ellisons make another bid for the company over the next week, with two key stipulations: Their offer has to be more than $31 for each share of WBD, and it will be the last time the Ellisons get to make a formal pitch to the WBD board. Since then, the Ellisons, who bought Paramount last year and want to merge it with WBD, have argued that their offer of ...
Source: insider.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government will not repatriate from Syria a group of 34 women and children with alleged ties to the militant Islamic State group, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday. The women and children from 11 families were supposed to fly from Syria to Australia, but Syrian authorities on Monday turned them back to Roj detention camp because of procedural problems, ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Veteran American actor admired for his roles in Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies "You smell that? Do you smell that? ... Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning," says Robert Duvall as the mad, hawkish, surf-loving Lt Col Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now (1979), Francis Ford Coppola's two-and-a-half hour nightmarish ride ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
"No amount of terrorism talk renders this slaughter lawful," said one policy analyst Tuesday after the US Department of Defense announced it had killed 11 people on three boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean—bringing the total number of people killed by the Trump administration in the region to at least 145 as the White House claims to be combating drug trafficking at sea. The US Southern ...
Source: commondreams.org
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is stepping in to stop what it calls an "onslaught" of state-level regulation of prediction markets. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig said Tuesday in a video posted on X that the agency has filed a "friend of the court brief" in support of Crypto.com in its escalating legal battle with regulators in Nevada. The move is significant because it marks the first time under ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Thomas Pritzker admits 'terrible judgment' in maintaining contact with convicted sex trafficker and Ghislaine Maxwell Hyatt Hotels Executive Chairman Thomas Pritzker announced Monday that he is stepping down effective immediately after documents released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . The executive, 75, told the company's board ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Fresh negotiations get under way in Geneva, Switzerland, between the United States and Iran to resolve their long-running nuclear dispute. Donald Trump has warned Iran of "consequences" if a new phase of talks on Tehran's nuclear facilities does not produce an agreement. Washington has sent a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East and is preparing for a possible military campaign if the negotiations in Geneva, ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Capitol Police in Washington, D.C., arrested an 18-year-old man Tuesday after he ran from his vehicle toward the west side of the Capitol Building armed with a shotgun. Capital Police Chief Michael Sullivan said the man, identified as Carter Camacho of Smyrna, Georgia, was arrested after he parked a Mercedes SUV near the Capitol, got out and ran "several hundred yards" toward the ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Agrochemical maker Bayer and attorneys for cancer patients announced a proposed $7.25 billion settlement Tuesday to resolve thousands of U.S. lawsuits alleging the company failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller Roundup could cause cancer. The proposed settlement comes as the U.S. Supreme Court ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's relationship with U.S. Coast Guard officials has become strained throughout her first year leading the department, according to two U.S. officials, a Coast Guard official and a former Coast Guard official. The tensions between Noem and the only branch of the U.S. military overseen by DHS stem from some early decisions she made that rankled Coast Guard ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Washington — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused the Trump administration of a "continuing cover-up" over its handling of the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . "There's something about this administration's attitude toward this, which I think really leads us to conclude they have something to hide," Hillary Clinton told the BBC in an interview ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article As many as 15,800 local law enforcement officers have been deputized to enforce immigration law, report finds Local law enforcement agencies deputized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement have exploded during Donald Trump's second administration , with as many as 15,800 police ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
GENEVA (AP) — Delegations from Moscow and Kyiv were in Geneva on Tuesday for another round of U.S.-brokered peace talks, a week before the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbor. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his government's delegation was in Switzerland, and Russian state news agency Tass said the Russian delegation also had arrived. Talks, due to be held over two ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Logan Paul's iconic Pikachu Illustrator Pokemon card has sold at the Goldin TCG auction for a whopping (almost) $16.5 million, a record-breaking number. The auction house, which is known for rare and record-breaking collectible sales, recently held a Of course, there's little surprise that things turned out this way. After all, Logan Paul is an incredibly notable figure in the world of the internet, and the Pikachu ...
Source: vice.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers on Tuesday moved closer to placing President Donald Trump's name on the Palm Beach International Airport despite turbulence over state funding, trademarking rights and his personal conduct. The Republican-controlled House voted 81-30 in support of the name change to President Donald J. Trump International Airport (HB 919) as a similar ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
NEW YORK — A group of nonprofits filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against the Trump administration, arguing that its decision to remove the Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City this month violated a federal law that allows national parks and monuments to fly Confederate flags. The lawsuit, led by a foundation honoring Gilbert Baker, the artist who created the rainbow Pride ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Trump said 'no other president' had tried to pass criminal justice reform or long-term funding for historically Black colleges and universities, which was supported by Jackson President Donald Trump used the death of Reverend Jesse Jackson to highlight his personal accomplishments ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Can cloud-based password managers that claim "zero-knowledge encryption" keep users' passwords safe even if their encrypted-vault servers are compromised? Researchers at ETH Zurich and Università della Svizzera italiana set out to answer that question, and the answer is ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
– Georgia high school students on Tuesday testified in court about the horrors of being shot during their algebra class, and recounted through tears seeing a classmate in a pool of blood, then seeing blood on their own bodies and fearing they might die. Various students took the stand at the , the father of Colt Gray, who investigators said had carefully planned the Sept. 4, 2024, at the school northeast of ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. Seattle-based real estate company Zillow has partnered with the company behind the long-running online game World of Warcraft in order to showcase players' creativity by exhibiting their virtual homes. A new microsite, " Zillow for Warcraft ," allows users to explore an assortment of designs for ...
Source: geekwire.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
X is facing mounting criticism from foreign watchdogs over its generative AI chatbot, Grok. The Irish Data Protection Commission said Tuesday that it had opened an inquiry into Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter. The commission said in a press release that the inquiry was linked to the creation and publication of non-consensual, sexualized images of European Union residents on X using Grok's generative AI ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The European Commission announced Tuesday that it has opened formal proceedings against online retailer Shein "for its addictive design, the lack of transparency of recommender systems, as well as the sale of illegal products, including child sexual abuse material." The Commission said in a press release it was specifically investigating: the systems Shein has to limit the sale of illegal products ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
Hollywood backlash puts spotlight on ByteDance's sketchy launch of Seedance 2.0. ByteDance says that it's rushing to add safeguards to block Seedance 2.0 from generating iconic characters and deepfaking celebrities, after substantial Hollywood backlash after launching the latest version of its AI video tool. The changes come after Disney and Paramount Skydance sent cease-and-desist letters to ByteDance urging the ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
in his renewed push to invalidate the 2020 election. on 15 February to "prohibit the Trump administration from misusing the voter information" taken from an elections warehouse in Fulton county, Georgia, late last month. "Having already failed to overturn the valid results of the 2020 presidential election by invoking false claims of widespread voter fraud, promoting fake electors and inciting a violent ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
Jerusalem — Israel's government has approved a process to register land in the occupied West Bank as "state property," drawing condemnation from Arab nations and critics who said it would accelerate annexation of the Palestinian territory. Israel's foreign ministry said the measure, approved late Sunday, would enable "transparent and thorough clarification of rights to resolve legal disputes" and was ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
Former U.S. President Barack Obama said he did not see evidence that aliens "have made contact with us," after sending social media abuzz by saying aliens were real on a podcast over the weekend. During a lightning round of questions with podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen, Obama was asked, "Are aliens real?" "They're real," he answered, continuing: "But I haven't seen them. And, they're not being kept in Area 51." On ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Dolphins released star receiver Tyreek Hill on Monday, ending the All-Pro's four-year tenure in Miami. Hill, who turns 32 on March 1, is recovering from a season-ending injury suffered in a game against the New York Jets on Sept. 29 that required surgery to repair significant damage to his left knee, including a torn anterior cruciate ligament. It is one of several major roster cuts ...
Source: nbcnews.com