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Top News Stories for Monday, February 9th 2026
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Drake Maye was a dependable and steadying force for the New England Patriots this season. The second-year quarterback never got the chance to be that when his team needed him most in the Super Bowl. Maye was the NFL's most accurate passer during the regular season and finished second in MVP voting, but he was hounded by the Seahawks' "Dark Side" defense throughout. He threw two touchdown passes , but was sacked six ...
Source: wbur.org
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
State election officials got an unusual invitation from the Trump administration last week: a late February call about midterm preparations organized by the FBI. The surprise email came at a tense moment. The Justice Department has sued dozens of states for unredacted voter rolls, the FBI raided an Atlanta-area elections office , and President Donald Trump has called for nationalizing at least some elections. Some ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a battle to stay in post as he comes under heavy criticism for his decision in 2024 to appoint veteran politician Peter Mandelson as the British ambassador to the U.S. despite the latter's ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer's judgment is in the spotlight like never before after the recent release of millions of ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Family of media tycoon say he will 'die a martyr behind bars' amid widespread criticism from press freedom groups Jimmy Lai, the media mogul and prominent pro-democracy activist, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong for national security offences, a punishment his daughter said could mean "he will die a martyr behind bars". Claire Lai said the sentence was "heartbreakingly cruel" given her ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Novo Nordisk, maker of Wegovy, saw its stock rise 8% after the opening bell on Monday. The company and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration threatened legal action against Hims & Hers, over its plan to sell a copycat weight-loss pill. The telehealth provider pulled the plans over the weekend. In this article Novo Nordisk shares jumped 8% Monday after Hims & Hers said it will pull its copycat weight-loss pill ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Venezuelan authorities on Sunday said they were seeking court approval to put prominent opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa under house arrest, shortly after he was seized by armed men in Caracas in what his son called a kidnapping. The incident came hours after Guanipa, a close ally of Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado , was released from jail after being held more than eight months on accusations ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
– The Bhumjaithai Party of Prime Minister is on track to win the most seats in Thailand's general election, according to unofficial results released by the state Election Commission after about 94% of polling stations had reported Monday. It's the first decisive victory of a conservative party in Thailand in years. Sunday's election came against a backdrop of slow economic growth and heightened nationalist ...
Source: news4jax.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Saturday that he's stepping down, ending a troubled tenure three days after the newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff. Lewis announced his departure in a two-paragraph email to the newspaper's staff, saying that after two years of transformation, "now is the right time for me to step aside." The Post's chief financial officer, Jeff D'Onofrio, was ...
Source: pbs.org
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy • Breezy Johnson became the first American in 16 years to win the Olympic downhill gold, on a day that will also be remembered for Lindsey Vonn's crash that ended her hopes of returning to the event's podium, conquering the famed Olympia delle Tofane slope here on Sunday. Johnson won in 1 minute, 36.10 seconds, holding off Germany's Emma Aicher, who was 0.04 seconds back for silver. ...
Source: sltrib.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The remarkable return of Lindsey Vonn reached a key moment Sunday at the Winter Games, where the 41-year-old American was racing in the women's downhill on a badly injured left knee with hopes of her first Olympic gold medal since 2010. Vonn was scheduled to be the 13th skier on the iconic Olympia delle Tofana course on a sunny day in Cortina below the jagged peaks of the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
Newly released records detail Epstein's contacts with top U.S. technology executives. Authorities stress inclusion in the files is not evidence of wrongdoing. Documents shed light on Epstein's influence-building before his death in 2019. Printed documents available at Epstein Library on the U.S. Department of Justice website are seen in this illustration photo. The U.S. Justice Department's latest release of ...
Source: cnbc.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The urgent investigation into the apparent kidnapping of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie continued Sunday, a week after the mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie was reported missing in Arizona. Savannah Guthrie solemnly told the potential kidnappers in a social media video released Saturday that the family was prepared to pay for her safe ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
Washington — A whistleblower complaint containing allegations related to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard includes highly-classified details about a National Security Agency intercept of a call between two foreign nationals who discussed a person close to President Trump, a senior U.S. intelligence official and an attorney for the whistleblower confirmed to CBS News. Last week, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
MILAN (AP) — It seemed only fitting that Ilia Malinin was the first one to get his Olympic gold medal after the U.S. successfully defended its team title by holding off the Japanese on Sunday night in the three-day competition at the Milan Cortina Games. After all, everything came down to him in the end. With the teams tied after seven of eight performances, Malinin calmly delivered for the Americans. The ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
When power is used to provoke and dehumanize, independent journalism matters. Your membership allows us to name harmful rhetoric, provide context, and report with integrity—standing up for truth and accountability. Already a member? Brad Arnold, founding member and lead singer of 3 Doors Down, has died. He was 47. "With heavy hearts, we share the news that Brad Arnold, founder, lead singer, and songwriter of ...
Source: huffpost.com