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Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
News , CC0, via Wikimedia Commons US Supreme Court allows California redistricting to proceed The US Supreme Court on Wednesday denied an injunction request from California Republicans who had asked the court to block the implementation of a new congressional district map before the 2026 midterm elections. A ballot initiative, Proposition 50 , mandates redistricting of California to potentially flip five ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Senior officials meet for indirect talks, amid a crisis that has raised fears of a military action between Iran and the US From While the talks are happening in Oman, we know US warships and aircraft have amassed near Iran's coastal waters , with Trump threatening that "bad things" would probably happen if a deal could not be reached. Tehran is deeply worried that Trump may still carry out his threat of striking ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
The Trump administration's promised direct-to-consumer drug platform TrumpRx has officially gone live, with President Trump on Thursday calling it "one of the most transformative health care initiatives of all time." The website TrumpRx.gov currently features a collection of 43 prescription drugs treating various different conditions at varying discounts. Medications for asthma, infertility and obesity are among ...
Source: wfla.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump has assumed essentially unlimited discretion to choose how many government employees lose their job security, under a rule that critics say threatens to upend the nonpartisan professional nature of the federal civilian workforce that has existed since the 1880s. A final regulation from the Office of Personnel Management released Thursday empowers Trump to reclassify federal policy-influencing ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
What's that magical channel that will save your business? "This is the most common question I get," writes Ivan Sparrow, a mobile marketer and app developer, in a . "And the one I constantly see on X." Unfortunately, there's no easy answer. Every brand and business has its own go‑to‑market style, and that determines which ad platforms work best. Apple Ads, for instance, are expensive. But a small ...
Source: adexchanger.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
United States President Donald Trump has hailed his Wednesday phone call with his key trade rival, China's President Xi Jinping, in which they discussed a wide range of issues, as "excellent". But while Trump, who hopes to persuade China to further isolate Iran, claimed after the call that China had promised to increase the volume of soya beans it buys from the US, Xi appeared more concerned with warning the US to ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Apparently, humans aren't the only ones with a knack for acting and imagination. A bonobo named Kanzi could have cleared the audition of an elite culinarian when he pretended to see food that wasn't even there. In a recent set of experiments , scientists wanted to test if animals could play pretend just as well as humans, and the results didn't disappoint. Kanzi was treated to a make-believe tea party where he was ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian and U.S. negotiators discussed the expiration of the last remaining nuclear arms pact between the two countries and agreed on the need to quickly launch new arms control talks, the Kremlin said Friday, even as the U.S. emphasized the need for China to join a future arms pact and accused Beijing of covert nuclear tests. The New START treaty terminated Thursday, leaving no caps on the two ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
London — So far, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hasn't been linked to any suggested wrongdoing revealed by the Epstein files . But his decision to give another politician, whose ties to Jeffrey Epstein have been laid bare by the documents, the vital job of ambassador in Washington D.C. has drawn a ferocious backlash. As the most tumultuous week in his premiership ends, Starmer is facing calls from ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Valve's living room PC console is coming in 2026 with custom AMD hardware, SteamOS, Proton support and a focus on 4K gaming, but price and launch timing are still in flux. Valve is bringing the Steam Machine back, but not as a partner program for third party living room PCs. This time it is a compact home console alongside the Steam Deck, built and sold by Valve with its own custom hardware and SteamOS software. ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
The directive targets firewalls, routers, and VPNs that are no longer receiving vendor patches, as nation-state actors shift their tactics from endpoints to infrastructure. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has given federal agencies 18 months to remove all end-of-support edge devices from their networks, escalating its response to what security researchers describe as a fundamental shift in ...
Source: csoonline.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
The new Page Match tool allows readers to scan a physical page to find their exact place in the audio. Spotify announced updates to its audiobook business on Thursday, February 5, 2026. The changes include enabling U.S. and U.K. users to buy physical copies of audiobooks directly through the app. The company also introduced two new features: Page Match and an expansion of Audiobook Recaps. Users will access ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Donald Trump is mentioned more than 3,000 times in the new tranche of three million documents The U.S. Justice Department released millions of files related to the case of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, shedding further light on his expansive network of high ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
The search for "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie 's mother is stretching into a fifth day Thursday as authorities intensify efforts to identify a possible suspect — or suspects — and motive in the 84-year-old's disappearance. Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on Sunday in Arizona after not showing up for church, and her family is pleading for her return. Savannah Guthrie has appealed directly ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Brad Karp, chair of the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, has resigned his position in the wake of his name appearing in the latest cache of Epstein files. "Leading Paul, Weiss for the past 18 years has been the honor of my professional life. Recent reporting has created a distraction and has placed a focus on me that is not in the best interests of the firm," Karp said in a ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
NUEVA YORK (AP) — Fotos de personas desnudas. Nombres y rostros de víctimas de abuso sexual. Números de cuentas bancarias y del Seguro Social a plena vista. Todo esto se puede ver entre la montaña de documentos que el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos publicó el viernes como parte de sus labores por cumplir con una ley que requiere que la agencia saque a la luz sus ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
New data on jobs and layoffs this week points to more job cuts and lackluster hiring plans, indicating 2026 might not be the fresh start many job seekers are looking for. A monthly survey of layoff announcements from the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas released Thursday found that U.S. employers announced 108,435 job cuts in January, the highest cuts for the first month of the year since 2009. Last ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Guthrie appeared in the video alongside her siblings, Annie and Camron, and read from a prepared statement — at one point, addressing the people who may have her mother. "We need to know, without a doubt, that she is alive, and that you have her. We want to hear from you, and we are ready to listen. Please, reach out to us," she said. In the nearly four-minute-long video, Guthrie described her mother as a ...
Source: insider.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Amazon posted mixed results for the fourth quarter. The company also said it expects capital expenditures to hit roughly $200 billion in 2026. Tech companies have aggressively ramped up their spending forecasts to seize artificial intelligence demand. In this article Amazon shares plunged more than 10% in extended trading Thursday after the company posted mixed fourth-quarter earnings and boosted its 2026 spending ...
Source: cnbc.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal agency for protecting workers' civil rights revealed Wednesday that it is investigating sportswear giant Nike for allegedly discriminating against white employees through its diversity policies. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disclosed the investigation in a motion filed in Missouri federal court demanding that Nike fully comply with a subpoena for information. The ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By JONEL ALECCIA A newborn baby died from a listeria infection likely linked to the child's mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy, health officials said. New Mexico officials this week warned people to avoid consuming unpasteurized dairy products following the death. Interest in and sales of raw milk have been rising in recent years, fueled by social media and growing ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
First, the jihadists sent a letter saying they were coming to the village to preach, said Nigerian chief Umar Bio Salihu. When no one attended, they went on a rampage, killing people and torching houses, he said. Salihu is the traditional chief of Woro, a small, Muslim-majority village in west-central Nigeria where alleged jihadist gunmen perpetrated a massacre late Tuesday. Details are still emerging from the ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it will not enforce regulations against "false or misleading" material on food labeling. The new plan would give manufacturers the ability to label their products free of artificial food dyes, even if they aren't. The FDA's rules say that any color additives are labeled as "artificial color" even if they're derived from natural sources. The ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
3 min read The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing two people, according to US Southern Command. "On Feb. 5, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations," SOUTHCOM wrote on X , ...
Source: edition.cnn.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
KYIV, Ukraine — Fighting against Russia's 4-year-old invasion has cost the lives of 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers, according to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as a U.S. envoy described two days of talks between Moscow and Kyiv officials as "detailed and productive." Ukraine has also listed "a large number of people" as missing in the war, Zelenskyy added in an interview broadcast by French TV channel ...
Source: military.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Trump's administration is publicly feuding with itself. A spokesperson for Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security blasted government attorney Juliet Le on Wednesday, after Le told a federal judge that her job "sucked" and begged to be held in contempt . Le made the statements during a hearing to address why ICE officials were ignoring court orders to release detainees. "This conduct is unprofessional and ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Follow Earth on Google Why does autism seem easy to spot in boys during childhood, yet many women speak about receiving a diagnosis much later in life? A large study from Sweden offers a clear answer. Autism does not appear less often in girls – it often gets recognized later. For decades, autism spectrum disorder has been linked more strongly with male individuals. Many reports showed about four male ...
Source: earth.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Varonis is expanding its AI security capabilities through the acquisition of AllTrue.ai, which brings real-time visibility and security to AI systems, complementing Varonis' understanding of enterprise data, identities, and access. Together, the combined platform helps organizations ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Google plans to spend up to $185B Alphabet executives struck a confident tone on Wednesday's post-earnings call, signaling that Google's heavy investments in artificial intelligence are now translating into real revenue growth across the business. The call was the first since Google released its Gemini 3 model , which has boosted user engagement and helped the company regain momentum in the intensifying AI race. ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Housing market watchers say improving home affordability and inventory levels are short-term positives for home shoppers, but caution that the maintaining the independence of the Federal Reserve and tracking broader economic conditions like consumer confidence and economic uncertainty, will help predict where the housing market is heading in the year ahead. The latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® ...
Source: rismedia.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Nearly half of cancers could be avoided by cutting out three major risk factors, a new study has revealed. Research published this week in Nature Medicine identified that nearly 40% of global cancer cases are linked to tobacco (15% of new cases), infections (10%) and alcohol consumption (3%). Overall, 7.1 million cancer diagnoses in 2022 were linked to 30 modifiable risk ...
Source: foxnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Far fewer people who could benefit from statins actually take the cholesterol-lowering drugs now. Many who start taking them stop. The long list of side effects, detailed in fine print on package inserts and discussed in exam rooms over the years, pose barriers to ...
Source: statnews.com