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Top News Stories for Tuesday, February 10th 2026
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
OpenAI has started integrating advertisements for users in the United States on the Free and newly launched Go subscription tiers. OpenAI announced on Monday that it has begun rolling out ads in the United States for users on its Free and Go subscription tiers. The Go plan, priced at $8 per month in the U.S., launched globally in mid-January. Subscribers to higher paid plans—Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Feb. 10 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of a Canada-funded bridge linking Ontario with Michigan, saying the United States must be "fully compensated for everything we have given them." Trump issued the threat via his Truth Social platform on Monday evening, targeting the long-planned, $4.4 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge, which is expected to open later this year along ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Drinking two to three cups of coffee daily could reduce the risk of dementia , according to new observational research published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. American researchers analyzed four decades of data from more than 130,000 doctors and nurses, finding that moderately caffeinated coffee and tea intake can lower the risk of cognitive decline, ...
Source: foxnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
The billionaire stated that a lunar city could be finished in under 10 years due to more frequent launch windows and proximity. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that the company has shifted its near-term priorities from Mars settlement to building a "self‑growing city on the Moon." In a post on X, Musk stated the lunar project could be completed in less than 10 years, compared to more than 20 years for a ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Discord users will soon see a change to how their accounts work. From early March 2026, access to some features will require age verification using an ID or a face scan. The changes follow earlier deployments in a small number of countries and will apply to both new and existing ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
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By Blake Brittain Feb 10 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk's U.S. patent lawsuit against Hims & Hers, filed on Monday, marks a new front in the Danish pharmaceutical drugmaker's campaign against companies selling compounded versions of its blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy. The case, Novo's first U.S. patent infringement lawsuit against a compounder over Wegovy, comes as large telehealth companies have expanded ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has emerged rattled but ultimately unscathed after a day and night of drama during which a key member of his Labour Party called for him to resign over revelations about a former ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, in the Jeffrey Epstein files. Starmer has faced more than a week of mounting pressure since the release of the latest tranche of documents from the US ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Stand with a newsroom that doesn't flinch. Become a member and help keep fearless reporting independent. Already a member? LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Chloe Kim and Eileen Gu , two Olympic standouts who have faced their share of hate over the years, each weighed in Monday on Donald Trump 's bashing of their friend, American freeskier Hunter Hess, for having said he didn't back the U.S. president's heightened ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed a number of community bank-favored provisions as part of a larger housing package Monday night, but those riders are already imperiling the bill's chances of re-passing the Senate. Processing Content The bill, H.R. 6644, passed the full house Monday evening by a wide bipartisan margin. House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill, R-Ark., ...
Source: americanbanker.com
New Zealand mosque shooter always planned to admit his crimes, his former lawyers tell appeals court
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The self-professed white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims in New Zealand's deadliest mass shooting was pleased to be charged with terrorism and wanted to be described as a terrorist, his former lawyer told a court deciding if the man was in a fit state to admit to his crimes. Brenton Tarrant, 35, was sentenced to life in prison without a chance of parole after pleading guilty ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Israel's security cabinet has approved plans that pave the way for more settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory A White House official has reiterated Donald Trump's opposition towards Israel annexing the West Bank , after Israeli plans were announced that would pave the way for more settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. The measures, announced on Sunday, included allowing Jewish Israelis to ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
US singer-songwriter Chappell Roan announced on Monday that she had left her talent agency, after its CEO was named in files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA), passed overwhelmingly by Congress in November, compelled the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all of the documents in its possession related to the disgraced financier. Roan, 27, had been ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
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 -
Since the start of the year, the White House chief of staff and DHS secretary have met multiple times to discuss election security, and DNI Tulsi Gabbard has been present in at least one of those meetings, according to a U.S. official. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has become increasingly involved in election security and integrity efforts, drawing scrutiny over whether the role aligns with her ...
Source: nextgov.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MORGAN LEE, Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Meta has failed to disclose what it knows about the harmful effect of its platforms on children in violation of New Mexico's consumer protection laws, a state prosecutor said Monday as a trial began over the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media. It's the first stand-alone trial ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Stand with a newsroom that doesn't flinch. Become a member and help keep fearless reporting independent. Already a member? WASHINGTON — Jeffery Epstein's former accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell sat for a video deposition with members of Congress on Monday but refused to talk. Appearing from the prison camp where she's serving a 20-year sentence, Maxwell invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 20 years' jail Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media tycoon, has been jailed for 20 years for colluding with foreign forces under the city's controversial national security law . Rights groups called it a death sentence for the 78-year-old, whose family has raised concerns about his health, but Hong Kong's leader said it was "deeply gratifying". This is the ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. As I followed a patrol of federal agents around New York City's Chinatown during their fumbling attempted raid in mid-October last year , I noticed something curious. I was following a small group with the immediately recognizable style of Stephen Miller's paramilitaristic vanguard: baggy street clothes, masked ...
Source: slate.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
– Thames Valley police said Monday that it is assessing allegations that the sent confidential trade reports to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The police force, which serves areas west of London, including the ex-royal's former home in Windsor, launched the inquiry after news organizations reported on emails that suggest the then-prince sent Epstein reports from a 2010 tour of Southeast Asia he took as ...
Source: news4jax.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 -
A United Nations agency said on Monday that 53 migrants are dead or missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya . According to the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM), the boat carrying the migrants capsized in "perishingly cold waters of the central Mediterranean Sea, north of the coastal town of Zuwara" on Friday. At least two women, originally from Nigeria , survived the shipwreck ...
Source: commondreams.org
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. military conducted a "lethal kinetic strike" targeting a boat alleged to be shipping narcotics in the eastern Pacific on Monday, killing two people and leaving one survivor, U.S. Southern Command said. The boat with three people on board was attacked as "intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the eastern Pacific and was engaged in ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
The United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) went on strike on Monday, shutting down the San Francisco Unified School District's 120 schools and robbing 50,000 children of their regularly scheduled education. The strike is the first one in 50 years, reports ABC10, and will continue "until we win the schools our students deserve and the contracts our members deserve," said UESF President Cassondra Curiel at a Monday ...
Source: reason.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Officials say rescuers searching for lone survivor after latest attack on what Pentagon says are suspected drug smugglers The US military's Southern Command, which oversee operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, announced that it carried out another deadly strike on Monday, killing two suspected drug smugglers in the eastern Pacific. The statement said that the latest in what legal experts have called a ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
A type of cognitive training that tests people's quick recall seems to reduce the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease Cognitive "speed training" can reduce the risk of a dementia diagnosis by 25 per cent – that's according to results from the world's first randomised controlled trial of any intervention against the condition. "There was a lot of scepticism about whether or not brain training ...
Source: newscientist.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked a California law from going into effect that would ban federal immigration agents from covering their faces, but they will still be required to wear clear identification showing their agency and badge number. California became the first state to ban most law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings under a bill that was signed in September ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Regulators are concerned that Meta is using its dominant position to crowd out innovative AI competitors like OpenAI and Perplexity. The European Commission has charged Meta Platforms with antitrust violations for blocking rival AI assistants from WhatsApp. The regulator issued a statement of objections on Monday, accusing the company of breaching EU competition rules by restricting access to only its own Meta AI ...
Source: techbriefly.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