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Top News Stories for Tuesday, February 3rd 2026
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Leslie Jordan's character on Will & Grace had a running joke, whenever he introduced his lover: "This is my business associate, Benji." No one was fooled. Everyone knew exactly what that phrase was doing: softening, sanitizing, shielding a truth obvious to anyone paying attention. Some two decades later, that same euphemism has become the go-to line for ...
Source: rawstory.com
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U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Jimmy Kimmel says he had not expected Donald Trump to take a swipe at him when responding to questions in the White House . The president had been fielding questions in the Oval Office and hit out at Grammy Awards show host Trevor Noah , but also included a jab ...
Source: rawstory.com
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to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Monday, the New York Times reported a bizarre and shocking update to news of an FBI raid last week on a Georgia election office: It turns out that immediately after the federal raid, the FBI officers involved spoke directly with President Donald Trump . To say that this is unusual would be an ...
Source: slate.com
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The merger aims to develop orbital data centers that harvest solar power to bypass Earth's energy and cooling constraints. SpaceX has acquired Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI, creating the world's most valuable private company, the spaceflight firm announced on Monday. Musk, CEO of SpaceX, detailed the merger in a memo posted on the company's website. The primary aim is to develop space-based data ...
Source: techbriefly.com
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NASA said Tuesday it was delaying its mission to send four astronauts on a journey around the moon, after issues arose during a critical test of its enormous rocket. Mission managers were conducting an elaborate launch day walkthrough, known as a "wet dress rehearsal," at Kennedy Space Center in Florida when engineers detected leaking hydrogen at the base of the Space Launch System rocket. NASA was forced to end ...
Source: nbcnews.com
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Bullied and buffeted by President Donald Trump's tariffs for the past year, America's longstanding allies are desperately seeking ways to shield themselves from the president's impulsive wrath. U.S. trade partners are cutting deals among themselves —- sometimes discarding old differences to do so — in a push to diversify their economies away from a newly protectionist United ...
Source: apnews.com
Palestinians line up to cross Rafah after rocky first day of reopening of Gaza-Egypt border crossing
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
KHAN YUNIS – Palestinians lined up Tuesday on both sides of Gaza's border with Egypt, hoping to pass through after its long-awaited was marred by delays and uncertainty over who would be allowed through. On the Egyptian side were Palestinians who had undergone medical treatment in Egypt and had left Gaza earlier in the Israel-Hamas war, according to Egypt's state-run Al-Qahera News television. On the Gaza ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Welcome to the Vogue Business Careers Guide: AI Edition .Based on a survey of over 300 industry professionals and students, this series unpacks how AI is changing careers in fashion and beauty at every level, and what it takes to future-proof your path in the AI age. Read part one here . You're no longer the new hire, but you're not in the room where the big decisions are made either. You know your job inside and ...
Source: vogue.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
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The 13-year-old attempted to kayak back to shore to get help, but the vessel took on water, forcing him to swim 4km A teenager has saved his mother and two younger siblings by swimming for four hours in fading light and rough conditions after they were swept out to sea in south-west Western Australia . The family were holidaying in Quindalup, 200km south of Perth, when strong winds pushed their inflatable ...
Source: theguardian.com
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OSLO, Norway (AP) — The son of Norway's crown princess pleaded not guilty to rape charges as he went on trial Tuesday for multiple alleged offenses, opening weeks of proceedings in a case that has cast a shadow on the royal family's image. Marius Borg Høiby, 29, is the eldest son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit from a previous relationship and the stepson of the heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon. ...
Source: apnews.com
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We don't need self-replicating AI models to have problems, just self-replicating prompts. On November 2, 1988, graduate student Robert Morris released a self-replicating program into the early Internet. Within 24 hours, the Morris worm had infected roughly 10 percent of all connected computers, crashing systems at Harvard, Stanford, NASA, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The worm exploited security flaws ...
Source: arstechnica.com
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The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by local police, according to the Paris Prosecutor's Office. The search is being carried out by a cybercrime unit in relation to an investigation opened in January 2025, the prosecutor's office said in an on Tuesday. A press release shared with Business Insider said that the office was investigating a number of criminal offences, including aiding and abetting the ...
Source: businessinsider.com
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Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Snowflake announced advancements that make data AI-ready by design, enabling enterprises to rely on data that is continuously available, usable, and governed as AI transitions from experimentation into real-world production systems. With new enhancements to Snowflake Postgres, the ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
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Officials said the policy on the handles, which are common on Tesla's electric vehicles, aims to address safety concerns after fatal EV accidents where they reportedly failed to operate. HONG KONG — China will ban hidden door handles on cars, commonly used on Tesla 's electric vehicles and many other EV models, starting next year. All car doors must include a mechanical release function for handles, except ...
Source: nbcnews.com
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Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! OpenAI has launched the new Codex app for macOS, a dedicated workspace for managing multiple AI coding agents in parallel. The app is designed to help developers reduce repetitive work and focus on higher-level engineering tasks. Codex can write features, fix bugs, answer questions ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
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– 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 -
The Firefox 148 update introduces a settings toggle that prevents access to AI tools and removes all promotional reminders. Mozilla has announced that Firefox will soon enable users to block all current and future generative AI features. The update also allows users to disable specific AI features while retaining others. Firefox 148, set to roll out on February 24, introduces a new AI controls section in the ...
Source: techbriefly.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: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Reading time 5 minutes Moltbook, the Reddit-style site for AI agents to communicate with each other , has become the talk of human social media over the last few days, as people who should know better have convinced themselves that they are witnessing AI gain sentience. (They aren't.) Now, the platform is getting attention for a new reason: it appears to be a haphazardly built platform that presents ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
The president says the building is "dilapidated". But critics claim the closure is to deflect from cancellations that followed his decision to rename the memorial to JFK. Donald Trump has said the Kennedy Center will close for two years in plans that are fuelling the growing controversy over the Washington DC arts venue. The national cultural centre opened in 1971 and was named after President John F. Kennedy by ...
Source: news.sky.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of wintry weather Monday, a forecast sure to disappoint many after what's already been a long, cold season across large parts of the United States. His annual prediction and announcement that he had seen his shadow was translated by his top hat-wearing handlers in the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club at Gobbler's Knob in western ...
Source: mysuncoast.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Cameras will also be deployed to the rest of the department's agents nationwide. Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The Department of Homeland Security plans to issue body cameras to all of its agents nationwide, starting with those who currently work in the field in Minneapolis. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem made the announcement Monday as protests and backlash over the deaths of two U.S. citizens in the Minnesota city at the hands of ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Bad Bunny thanked his mother and praised his homeland, Puerto Rico, while Billie Eilish criticised ICE at an electric 2026 Grammy Awards Reading Time: 2 minutes Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, for his critically acclaimed Debí Tirar Más Fotos , closing out a surprising and history-making night. It is the first time a Spanish-language album has ...
Source: scmp.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Democrats in the United States are rejoicing over a Texas State Senate special election victory US midterm elections. Some commentators are describing the Democratic upset win in Texas as a "political earthquake", but Trump has dismissed the contest as a "local" race. Union leader Taylor Rehmet, a Democrat, defeated Trump-backed conservative activist Leigh Wambsganss in Saturday's election, receiving 57 ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
The latest revelations and reaction to them may mean he has finally encountered a scandal he is unable to outrun It was the evening of 6 May 2010 and, months after being released from jail for procuring a child for prostitution, Jeffrey Epstein was curious as to the result of Britain's general election. "Well?" he emailed Peter Mandelson , the then de facto deputy prime minister in Gordon Brown's government. Twenty ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Feb. 2 (UPI) -- President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico announced over the weekend plans to send humanitarian aid to Cuba amid rising tensions between Havana and Washington. Since President Donald Trump oversaw last month's U.S. military seizure of Venezuela's authoritarian leader, Nicolas Maduro , he has focused on Cuba, warning that the nation is on the precipice of failing. Last week, Trump declared a national ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
DOJ reportedly failed to redact nearly 40 nude photos and 43 victims' names. The Epstein files released by the Department of Justice on Friday included at least a few dozen unredacted nude photos and names of at least 43 victims, according to news reports. The DOJ missed a December 19 deadline set by the Epstein Files Transparency Act by more than a month, but still released the files without fully redacting nude ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Blinding white lights flickered, giving the audience small flashes of Lady Gaga as she took the 68th Grammy Awards stage Sunday. Gaga's voice overpowered Crypto.com Arena, her robotic movements captivating the audience as she performed a rock version of her Grammy-winning hit "Abracadabra." The "Mayhem" singer is a Grammys stage veteran, having performed more than half a dozen times. She picked up eight nominations ...
Source: latimes.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
The Department of Labor won't issue its report on U.S. hiring in January on Friday as planned because of the partial government shutdown . "The Employment Situation release for January 2026 will not be released as scheduled on Friday, February 6, 2026. The release will be rescheduled upon the resumption of government funding," a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unit that compiles the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Pink noise-often used to promote sleep-may reduce restorative REM sleep and interfere with sleep recovery. In contrast, earplugs were found to be significantly more effective in protecting sleep against traffic noise, according to new study published in the journal Sleep from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. The findings challenge ...
Source: news-medical.net
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
– The seven victims of a marine disaster that devastated a storied Massachusetts fishing town included a fifth-generation fisherman, a young federal fisheries observer and a father-and-son crew duo. All died when their fishing boat, the Lily Jean, sank in waters off America's oldest seaport. The sinking underscored the risks long inherent in Gloucester's fishing industry, which spans more than 400 years and ...
Source: news4jax.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Defense chief: "No Ukrainians have been killed by Russian drones using Starlink." Ukraine and SpaceX say they recently collaborated to stop strikes by Russian drones using Starlink and will soon block all unregistered use of Starlink terminals in an attempt to stop Russia's military from using the satellite broadband network over Ukraine territory. Ukrainians will soon be required to register their Starlink ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Washington — A federal appeals court judge dismissed a judicial misconduct complaint that the Justice Department filed against U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, whom President Trump has denounced over his handling of a legal battle involving the Alien Enemies Act and the administration's swift removals of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador. In a December decision , Judge Jeffrey Sutton, the chief judge of ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez have been identified in a report as the immigration agents who fired on Alex Pretti Two federal immigration agents involved in the shooting of protester Alex Pretti on a Minneapolis street ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
A federal judge on Monday ruled that an offshore wind project aimed at powering 600,000 New York homes can resume construction, the fifth such project put back on track after the Trump administration halted them in December. In clearing the way for Sunrise Wind to proceed, Judge Royce Lamberth found that the government had not shown that offshore wind is such an imminent national security risk that it must halt in ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
– Authorities believe the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie was kidnapped, abducted or otherwise taken against her will, and the sheriff said Monday it's imperative she's found soon because she could die without her medication. Nancy Guthrie was last seen around 9:30 p.m. Saturday at her home in the Tucson area, where she lived alone. Her family reported her missing around noon Sunday. ...
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