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Top News Stories for Monday, February 9th 2026
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For the Patriots, this one had it all. All bad. Bad Bunny. Bad offense. Bad pass protection. Bad quarterbacking. Bad karma. Just a bad night all around for the heretofore indomitable upstart New England Patriots. Your Pats, who had won 16 out of 17 and not lost by more than 7 points all season, were shocked and awed Sunday by the Seattle Seahawks, losing Super Bowl LX, 29-13 , at Levi's ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
NEW YORK — It's not easy being a Republican in New York. It'll be even harder this midterm election year. Across the deep blue state, the GOP is being outraised and outpolled in key races. The reality is familiar enough for the perpetual underdogs — they haven't won a statewide contest in more than 20 years. But their woes are compounded now by President Donald Trump's abysmal favorability, prodigious ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was scrambling to shore up his premiership on Monday, as another top aide quit and he prepared to face lawmakers furious that his government has become embroiled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The Labour leader, in office for 19 months, is facing calls from opposition politicians to resign over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, despite knowing he had ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
HONG KONG – The sentencing on Monday of raised concerns from international governments and rights groups. Chinese and Hong Kong authorities defended it, saying it reflected the spirit of the rule of law. Lai, a 78-year-old prominent democracy advocate, was to 20 years in prison after being in December of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles. His ...
Source: news4jax.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 -
MILAN — Breezy Johnson became the second American woman ever to win the Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing Sunday, hours after the first person to accomplish the feat, Lindsey Vonn, crashed violently on the famed Tofane course. Johnson finished in 1:36.1 to earn the first Olympic medal of her career. A native of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Johnson was skiing in her second Olympics. The win was not an upset ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn, racing on a badly injured left knee, crashed early in the Olympic downhill on Sunday and was taken off the course by a helicopter after the 41-year-old American received medical attention on the snow for long, anguished minutes. Vonn lost control over the opening traverse after cutting the line too tight and was spun around in the air. She was heard screaming out ...
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 -
– The urgent investigation into the apparent kidnapping of 84-year-old continued Sunday, a week after the mother of "Today" show host was reported missing in Arizona. solemnly told the potential kidnappers in a social media video released Saturday that the family was prepared to pay for her safe return. Flanked by her siblings, Guthrie said "we received your message" and that: "This is the only way we will ...
Source: news4jax.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