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Top News Stories for Wednesday, February 4th 2026
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in northern New Jersey will select nominees in a special congressional primary on Thursday to replace The crowded, 11-candidate Democratic primary field features Passaic County Commissioner John Bartlett, venture capitalist Zach Beecher, attorney and comedian J-L Cauvin, nonprofit executive Cammie Croft, Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill, Morris Township Committeeman Jeff ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
As AI sweeps through every sector, some are held to a greater degree of scrutiny. Finance is one of them and CIOs across its institutions and systems work within narrow margins of error due to increasing regulations and governance structures. Here, some share how they successfully put AI agents to work in enterprise financial and banking environments. Agentic AI is poised to dominate many areas of software ...
Source: cio.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Trump on Tuesday signed into law an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA, according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative. But the extension is short-term, lasting only until Dec. 31. The trade office said the agreement, which gives eligible duty-free access to the U.S. market for some products, would be modified to account for on other countries as part of the Republican ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
– Despite rare negotiations between Democrats and President Donald Trump, a bipartisan agreement on new restrictions for in the next two weeks will be exceedingly difficult — or even "an impossibility," as Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune said. Congress is discussing potential new rules for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection after officers shot and ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion government funding bill Tuesday that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding. The president moved quickly to sign the bill after the House approved it with a 217-214 vote. "This bill is a great victory for the American people," Trump said. ...
Source: military.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
TUCSON, Ariz. — Investigators found signs of forced entry at the Arizona home of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's mother, a person familiar with the investigation said Tuesday, as the host asked for prayers to help bring back the 84-year-old, who is believed to have been taken against her will . The host described her mother, Nancy Guthrie , as "a woman of deep conviction, a good and faithful servant" in ...
Source: cleveland.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
After two decades and two stints as Walt Disney Co. boss, Bob Iger finally is hanging up the reins. Disney this week tapped 54-year-old parks chief Josh D'Amaro to succeed Iger as chief executive. The handoff is set for March 18, at the company's annual investor meeting, with Iger staying on as a senior advisor and board member until his December retirement. The changing of the guard atop one of America's iconic ...
Source: latimes.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has recently jointly released the Safety Technical Requirements for Automobile Door Handles. The regulation mandates that all vehicles sold in China, except for tailgates, must be equipped with mechanical exterior door handles and interior door handles. Even if the vehicle is locked due to an accident or power failure, the doors must still be able to be ...
Source: technode.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced growing pressure Wednesday over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, after fresh revelations about the disgraced politician's close ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer was set to be grilled in parliament about his judgement in appointing Mandelson, following new allegations that the ex-envoy had passed confidential information to the late US sex offender ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
A Doberman pinscher named Penny is America's top canine after earning the title of best in show on Tuesday night at the 150th Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York. Judge David Fitzpatrick tapped the four-year-old female with the mirror-sheen black-and-rust coat from Ontario, Canada, over a field of six other group champions, among them a Chesapeake Bay retriever named Cota, who was awarded reserve best in ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios has killed at least 15 people, the coast guard said late Tuesday, while a search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter and divers was underway for potentially missing people. The bodies of 14 people — 11 men and three women — were recovered from the sea, the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Up to four in ten cancer cases worldwide could be prevented, according to a new global analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO) and its International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The study examines 30 preventable causes, including tobacco, alcohol, high body mass index, physical inactivity, air pollution, ultraviolet radiation – and for the first time – nine cancer-causing infections. ...
Source: news-medical.net
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Apple released Xcode 26.3 with new agentic coding capabilities designed to let AI systems carry out development tasks inside the IDE. The release supports agents such as Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex . Coding agents can break down tasks, make decisions based on a ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
The deal embeds advanced OpenAI models directly into Snowflake's data platform, enabling secure, AI-powered analytics and agents across major clouds. Snowflake and OpenAI have struck a multi-year, $200 million partnership to bring OpenAI's advanced models, including GPT-5.2, directly into Snowflake's enterprise data platform. The collaboration is designed to let Snowflake's large customer base, more than 12,000 ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Last Tuesday, CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss announced that the longevity guru Dr. Peter Attia would be a contributor to the network, one of several high-profile hires to mark her takeover. Last Friday, in the latest congressional release of material related to the convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein , Attia's name appeared over 1,700 times, including in emails discussing Epstein's sex life. In the most widely ...
Source: nymag.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a video call Wednesday to discuss the burgeoning economic cooperation between Moscow and Beijing and their relations with the United States. The Kremlin leader accepted an invitation to visit China twice this year. The call came amid a series of meetings between Xi and Western leaders who have sought to boost ties with China ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
– Envoys from Moscow and Kyiv met in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for of U.S.-brokered talks on ending the as Russian cluster munitions killed seven people at a market in Ukraine. The delegations from Moscow and Kyiv were joined in the United Arab Emirates by U.S. officials, Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council chief, who was present at the meeting, said on social media. Umerov said the ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Key Takeaways: SpaceX bought xAI, combine Elon Musk's rocket company and artificial intelligence startup in one entity.. This deal creates an entity that is worth more than $1.25 trillion, combining SpaceX's hardware with xAI's "Grok" intelligence. This merger prepares for a massive IPO later this year and they also plan to launch solar-powered data centers into orbit. SpaceX has officially acquired xAI, this ...
Source: techiexpert.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Paris, France — French authorities have asked Elon Musk to appear to answer questions as part of a probe into his social media platform X, the Paris prosecutor's office said Monday, as authorities searched X's office in the French capital. "Summons for voluntary interviews on April 20, 2026, in Paris have been sent to Mr. Elon Musk and Ms. Linda Yaccarino, in their capacity as de facto and de jure managers of ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Artemis II mission was due to begin as early as next week and astronauts have spent almost two weeks in quarantine Nasa has postponed its historic mission to send astronauts around the moon and back again, after issues arose during a critical test of its most powerful rocket yet. The US space agency had planned to launch the Artemis II mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida as early as next week, but ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed to testify in the Epstein investigation by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in February. Hillary Clinton agreed to testify on Feb. 26 and Bill Clinton on Feb. 27, committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., announced on Tuesday . "Republicans and Democrats on the Oversight Committee have been clear: no ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is set to host Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the White House on Tuesday in the first meeting between two leaders who have feuded on and off with each other over the past year. The meeting will also be Trump's first sit-down with a South American head of state since the U.S. captured then-President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela one month ago. The bilateral ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — A deal was reached between lawyers for victims of Jeffrey Epstein and the Justice Department to protect the identities of nearly 100 women whose lives were allegedly harmed after the government began releasing millions of documents last week, a lawyer told a federal judge on Tuesday. Judge Richard M. Berman in Manhattan cancelled a hearing scheduled for Wednesday after he was notified by ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
) as well as traditional browsers that are getting generative AI features whether you like it or not (like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge). Firefox is also part of that second category, as Mozilla has been adding AI features to its browser. However, Mozilla is doing something different with its AI features; it's placing a universal off switch in the Firefox settings that lets you block all AI features in the ...
Source: bgr.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article 'You bring a gun into the District, you mark my words, you're going to jail,' Jeanine Pirro told Fox news this week, adding that she didn't care 'if you're a law-abiding gun owner somewhere else.' is currently under fire from gun rights advocates and pro-Second Amendment MAGA ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
US president makes further claims of antisemitism against Ivy League school amid wider dispute with higher eduction institutions Donald Trump has announced that his administration is seeking $1bn in damages from Harvard University , the latest step in a long-running battle with the university over allegations of antisemitism. In a Truth Social post late on Monday, Trump accused the Ivy League school of being ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Two AI giants shake market confidence after investment fails to materialize. In September 2025, Nvidia and OpenAI announced a letter of intent for Nvidia to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI's AI infrastructure. At the time, the companies said they expected to finalize details "in the coming weeks." Five months later, no deal has closed, Nvidia's CEO now says the $100 billion figure was "never a commitment," and ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Here is where things stand on Wednesday, February 4: Fighting At least two teenagers were killed, and nine other people were injured following a Russian strike targeting the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, regional Governor Ivan Fedorov wrote on the Telegram messaging app. A 24-hour air raid alert was issued in the Zaporizhia region following the attack, which damaged four high-rise apartment ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The daytime chat programs Sherri and The Show have been canceled. "This decision is driven by the evolving daytime television landscape and does not reflect on the strength of the show, its production -- which has found strong creative momentum this season -- or the incredibly talented Sherri Shepherd ," Debmar-Mercury co-presidents Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus said in a joint statement to Variety ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
The proof of environmental regulation success is tangled in a century's worth of human hair. For generations, lead was ubiquitous in modern life, lurking in the paint on living room walls, coursing through municipal water pipes, and billowing from the tailpipes of millions of cars. The heavy metal has highly useful chemical and physical properties that made it valuable across various industries. But it's also a ...
Source: zmescience.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Austin Appelbee says he was thinking happy thoughts to get him through his gruelling swim to shore through rough seas, while the rest of his family were singing and joking to keep their spirits up while they waited for rescue. A 13-year-old Australian boy has described battling "massive" waves to swim around four hours to shore and raise the alarm after his family were swept out to sea. Austin Appelbee was with his ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
American forces shot down an Iranian drone Tuesday as it "aggressively" approached the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea and appeared to have "unclear intent," U.S. Central Command said. " USS Abraham Lincoln was transiting the Arabian Sea approximately 500 miles from Iran's southern coast when an Iranian Shahed-139 drone unnecessarily maneuvered toward the ship," a spokesman for the command, ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal, though perhaps temporary, setback. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington granted a request to pause the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians while a lawsuit challenging it ...
Source: pbs.org
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Sen. Mitch McConnell was hospitalized Monday night after experiencing what his spokesperson said were "flu-like symptoms" over the weekend. The 83-year-old Republican of Kentucky checked himself into a local hospital out of "an abundance of caution," his spokesperson, David Popp, told Axios in a statement on Tuesday. "His prognosis is positive and he is grateful for the excellent care he is ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
– The charity founded by , is shutting down following the release of emails showing the depth of her friendship with the late sex offender Sarah's Trust, which focused on improving the lives of women and children, said it will close for the "foreseeable future,'' following the revelations in latest documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice. Ferguson is the ex-wife of the former Prince due to his ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Investors remain concerned about the impact memory costs could have on the sales of Nintendo's gaming consoles. The share drop comes after Nintendo's quarterly revenue missed market estimates, despite an 86% surge from last year. Nintendo Co. Switch 2 game consoles at a Bic Camera Inc. electronics store in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, June 5, 2025. Nintendo Co. fans from Tokyo to Manhattan stood in line for ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By DEE-ANN DURBIN PURCHASE, NY (AP) — PepsiCo is cutting prices on Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos and Tostitos chips this year to win back customers exasperated by years of price hikes . "For some consumers, low- and middle-income consumers, the biggest friction they have today in our category… is affordability," PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Ramon Laguarta said Tuesday ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Ideas The End of the Nuclear-Arms-Control Era The last significant treaty is about to expire, and Trump isn't putting anything in its place. Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic. Sources: Bettmann; Peter Turnley / Corbis / VCG / Getty. Save Something very dangerous is on track to happen this Thursday. In two days, New START , the last significant survivor of the age of nuclear-arms-control agreements ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
We report without fear or favor because our work is sustained by members, not influence. Your support helps ensure the truth is told clearly, even when those in power push back. Join HuffPost today. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — A complaint made about Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard months ago relates to an allegation that she withheld access to classified information for political ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
– Every Homeland Security officer on the ground in Minneapolis, including those from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will be immediately issued body-worn cameras, Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday, in the latest fallout after the shooting deaths of at the hands of federal agents. Noem said the body-worn camera program is being expanded nationwide as funding becomes available. "We will rapidly acquire and ...
Source: news4jax.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Former IRS agent Brendan Banfield was convicted by a Fairfax County jury Monday of killing his wife and another man in a scheme prosecutors say he orchestrated with the family's au pair. Banfield, 40, was found guilty of aggravated murder and related charges in the deaths of his wife, 37-year-old Christine Banfield, and 39-year-old Joseph Ryan. The killings occurred in the morning of Feb. 24, 2023, in ...
Source: insidenova.com