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Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
FedEx is suing the U.S. government, the latest company to request a refund on what it paid for tariffs set by President Donald Trump last year after the Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs are illegal . More than 1,000 companies have filed suit in the U.S. Court of International Trade in efforts to recoup costs from the illegal tariffs, including large U.S. corporations like Costco and Revlon. Most of the lawsuits ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article She will have far less time than the Republican president to deliver her rebuttal Democrats are betting that Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's affordability-focused message will resonate with the country when she delivers their party's response to President Donald Trump's State ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article "Hey, that's cool,' Trump said. 'I never thought I'd ever have this on' A member of the winning U.S. Men's Hockey Team let Donald Trump try on his Olympic gold medal during a visit to the Oval Office ahead of the State of the Union — and the president joked he was "not ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Mexican security forces struck a major blow against international drug traffickers when they killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes over the weekend. Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," was the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and one of Mexico's most ruthless drug kingpins. But while his death leaves a ...
Source: theweek.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Vouched Identity Inc. , a leading developer of artificial intelligence-powered identity verification, today announced Agent Checkpoint, a platform that helps organizations integrate and engage with AI agents. Agentic AI has seen the rise of a new type of software that uses artificial intelligence to break down complex goals into step-by-step tasks and sets about using multiple AI agents in collaboration to achieve ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon Monday moved to permanently block the release of former special counsel Jack Smith's final report on President Donald Trump's hoarding of classified documents after he left the White House in 2021. Cannon said releasing Smith's report would amount to a "manifest injustice" ...
Source: theweek.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By JAKE OFFENHARTZ NEW YORK (AP) — Millions across the northeastern United States on Tuesday contended with treks to school and work as they dug out from a major — and in some areas record-breaking — storm that blanketed the region with snow, canceled flights , disrupted transit and downed power lines. Even as the snow moved north ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Anthropic accused three Chinese AI firms of engaging in concerted "distillation attack" campaigns. U.S. companies like Anthropic and OpenAI are concerned with ceding a competitive advantage to such firms, who can reproduce the performance of American AI models at a significantly lower cost. Some online users, however, were quick to point out the similarities between Anthropic's claims and its own use of ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Film-maker Jonte Richardson cites 'harm inflicted on both the black and disabled communities', while New Black Film Collective and MP Dawn Butler criticise BBC's failure to edit A black British film-maker has said he will step down as a Bafta judge over the organisation's handling of the incident during Sunday's ceremony during which a Tourette syndrome campaigner shouted a racial slur while two black actors were ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — Police in Britain said Peter Mandelson, the former U.K. ambassador to the United States, has been released on bail after he was arrested in a misconduct probe stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein. It came days after a friendship with Epstein landed the former Prince Andrew in police custody. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said in a statement issued just after 2 a.m. ...
Source: pbs.org
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas resisted growing calls Tuesday from fellow congressional Republicans to resign over a report of an alleged affair with a former staffer who later died after she set herself on fire. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky joined Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida and Nancy Mace of South Carolina in demanding that Gonzales step down ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
After 10 tries , David Ellison's Paramount Skydance has finally made a proposal that Warner Bros. Discovery's board is excited about. Paramount is prepared to pay $31 per share for all of WBD, including its TV networks like CNN and TruTV, up from $30 per share in its previous public offers, WBD told shareholders on Tuesday afternoon. WBD's board said Paramount's offer "could reasonably be expected" to "lead to" a ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Hilary Duff is paying tribute to fellow actor Robert Carradine, who played her father on the hit television show Lizzie McGuire and who died at 71 years old, his family confirmed on February 23. Writing on Instagram, Duff wrote of the loss, "This one hurts." She added, "It's really hard to face this reality about an old friend. There was so much warmth in the McGuire family, and I always felt so cared for by my ...
Source: instyle.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
whether climate change tort litigation brought by local and state governments against large energy companies can continue in state courts or whether jurisdiction is more appropriate in federal court. Dozens of lawsuits initiated by local and state governments have been filed in state courts across the country. In this particular case, the City of Boulder, Colo. sued two global energy companies. The companies have ...
Source: natlawreview.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Anyone with eyes can tell something has gone badly wrong with the training of ICE officers—beyond the fact that the operation seems to be hiring people who failed the initiation ritual into a failing Hells Angels chapter in Encino. On Monday, a former ICE official named Ryan Schwank made it plain in front of a congressional panel. From MS NOW: Ryan Schwank—an ICE academy instructor for new recruits ...
Source: esquire.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined, join Huff Already a member? WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's public database of the Epstein Files contains an allegation President Donald Trump abused a minor decades ago, but ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Tuesday that Russia has not "broken Ukrainians" nor triumphed in its war, four years after an invasion that has severely tested the resolve of Kyiv and its allies and fueled European fears about the scale of Moscow's ambitions. In a show of support, more than a dozen senior European officials headed to the Ukrainian capital to mark the grim ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The cold weather isn't delaying SpaceX's plans to launch another Starlink mission Tuesday, but did delay NASA's plans to roll back the Artemis II rocket from the launch pad. A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying 29 of its internet satellites is targeting liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 at 6:04 p.m. during a launch window that runs until 7:56 ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Meta is joining OpenAI as one of the major tech companies to take a stake in chipmaker AMD, as part of an AI hardware buying frenzy. Meta and AMD on Tuesday announced a partnership that will involve CEO Mark Zuckerberg's tech giant buying billions of dollars' worth of AMD Instinct GPUs in order to fuel its ambitions to build out AI offerings across Meta platforms , including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. In a ...
Source: cnet.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
The creators of Dark Sky, the cult-favorite weather app acquired by Apple in 2020 , pulled off something rare: they made forecasting feel personal. Dark Sky was beloved for its hyperlocal rain predictions, precise alerts and emphasis on data visualization. Now, three of its creators— Adam Grossman , Josh Reyes and Dan Abrutyn —are taking another swing at weather forecasting with Acme Weather, a new app ...
Source: observer.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Actor and comedian Russell Brand pleaded not guilty to two additional sexual charges in a British court Tuesday, including one for rape. Brand, 50, was charged in December with the rape and sexual assault of two women, which allegedly happened in 2009. He appeared at Southwark Crown Court for the plea and trial preparation hearing. He has pleaded not guilty charges of two counts of rape, one charge ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Karseell's collagen hair mask with argan iil is 20% off. Whether your hair has thinned with age or is hurting from heat damage, you may think fixing will require lots of dough and extra salon trips. Lucky for you, we spotted a collagen and argan oil hair mask from the brand Karseell , which reviewers deem " a five-star professional experience delivered in a jar." The at-home mask is made with a blend of nourishing ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said Tuesday morning that the central bank should prioritize getting inflation to its 2% target, as higher prices remain a concern for consumers and businesses. During an appearance at the National Association for Business Economics conference in Washington, Goolsbee said the Fed should hold off on overstimulating the economy with additional cuts until ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The American consumer's confidence in the U.S. economy improved slightly in February after cratering a month earlier. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose to 91.2 in February from an upwardly revised 89 last month. A measure of Americans' short-term expectations for their income, business conditions and the job market rose four points to 72, remaining ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
The record fine came after an investigation by the data protection watchdog which found the US company used children's information unlawfully. Reddit has been fined more than £14m by the Information Commissioner's Office for failing to keep children safe. It is the largest fine ever handed out by the information watchdog over children's privacy issues. An investigation by the data protection watchdog found ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
PARIS (AP) — France's spat with the U.S. ambassador to Paris took another turn Tuesday with the French foreign minister saying the top U.S. diplomat in France must respond to a summons and won't have access to French government officials until he complies. French authorities had summoned Ambassador Charles Kushner — the father of U.S. President Donald Trump 's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
— President Trump will deliver the 2026 State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, laying out his agenda for the year ahead and touting his accomplishments since returning to office. he does not have the authority to impose sweeping tariffs under an emergency powers law, dealing a significant blow to his trade agenda. The president has vowed to go around the court's decision and ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Ozempic and Wegovy prices will drop by 35% and 50%, respectively, in 2027 as company faces growing competition from cheaper alternatives Novo Nordisk on Tuesday announced plans to cut the list price of its popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy by as much as 50% in the U.S. next year. The Danish drugmaker indicated the price cuts will be effective on Jan. 1, 2027, and the timing will ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said Tuesday that Panama authorities had threatened its employees with criminal prosecution if they defied orders to leave two strategic canal ports at the center of a legal battle that has embroiled Beijing and Washington. CK Hutchison said Panama's decision to cancel key port contracts and grant temporary licenses to the Danish shipping company Maersk and the Geneva-based ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Horses whinny by making sounds in a unique way that is not seen in other animals How horses whinny has long been a mystery. The sound is quite distinct from any other in the animal kingdom. And now scientists think they've discovered why: horses whinny by producing sounds at two frequencies at the same time—much like singing and whistling simultaneously. The findings, which were published on Monday in Current ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
From small art schools to large public universities, the new DOJ release of emails reveals just how deep the financier's influence in academia went. Students are demanding accountability. Many of Jeffrey Epstein's ties to prominent universities and academics , which he maintained through monetary donations and luxury gifts, have been known since his 2019 arrest and suicide in a Manhattan jail cell. After the US ...
Source: wired.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com While it is legal to bet using online prediction markets in the United States, pushback has begun against a practice that many states say is harmful to their residents. Officials have initiated numerous lawsuits against major betting platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, but they may face an uphill battle as ...
Source: theweek.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Country follows Australia in saying it would support any UK government proposals to remove former prince after arrest New Zealand has become the second Commonwealth country to back the removal of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession after his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office. A spokesperson for New Zealand's prime minister, Christopher Luxon, said on Tuesday: "If the UK ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it killed three people Monday in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea as part of the Trump administration's monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers. Monday's attack brought the death toll to at least 151 people since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in small vessels in early September. As ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three who authored a children's book about grief after her husband's death, is on trial for murder Monday for allegedly poisoning her husband. The 35-year-old faces life in prison with five felony counts against her. She is charged with aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, two counts of insurance fraud and forgery. Kouri Richins' husband Eric Richins died ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Behind the scenes, real journalism faces real resistance. We keep reporting anyway. Member support protects our independence and keeps tough stories in the light. Join today to help defend a free press. Already a member? Health influencer Peter Attia has decided to step away from his new position as a contributor to CBS News after his name appeared in the Epstein files. The longevity expert was one of several new ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
– Germany, France and other European countries vowed their unwavering support for Ukraine on Monday as their diplomats scrambled to finalize new sanctions on Russia and a massive new loan for Kyiv ahead of the fourth anniversary of a war that has left an estimated They also struggled once again to persuade Hungary to support the latest EU efforts to help Ukraine and to make Russia pay an economic price for ...
Source: news4jax.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Collins is also set to produce the film, which is not a remake of the classic 2 min read Today it was announced that Lily Collins will be playing Audrey Hepburn in an upcoming film about the making of Breakfast at Tiffany's —so technically not a remake, but a movie about the making of a movie. I get it, we are living in the age of IP movies and to be fair, Collins is an excellent casting choise for the ...
Source: harpersbazaar.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of Hollywood luminary Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of first-degree murder more than two months after their deaths, denying for the first time that he fatally stabbed his parents. Reiner's attorney, Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene, entered the plea on his behalf as he stood behind glass in an enclosed ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
2 min read Jennifer Lopez just marked a major milestone for her twin kids, Max and Emme . In honor of their 18th birthday, the superstar shared a touching montage full of videos and photos that captured their evolution from babies to adolescence. The montage included a sweet look into their childhood, including behind-the-scenes footage of them dancing at home with J. Lo, running around backstage during J.Lo's tour ...
Source: harpersbazaar.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
OpenAI is collaborating with four consulting firms to help it deploy its Frontier enterprise platform. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup on Monday (Feb. 23) announced partnerships with Boston Consulting Group (BGC), McKinsey & Company , Accenture and Capgemini . These "Frontier Alliances" will help customers "define strategy, integrate systems, redesign workflows, and scale deployment globally," working in ...
Source: pymnts.com