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Top News Stories for Wednesday, February 4th 2026
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
ATLANTA (AP) — Health care business owner Rick Jackson announced his Republican run for governor in Georgia on Tuesday, shaking up a field of candidates that had seemed settled for months. Jackson, 71, is bidding to succeed Republican Gov. , who can't run again because he's term-limited. He's vying with Lt. Gov. Jackson dismissed them as "career politicians" who "are going to do nothing, get rich and keep you ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Like me, this news probably shocked almost all AI enthusiasts. The GenAI gold rush has apparently turned into a reckoning. And the fallout may be the next cyberattack. A recent MIT report reveals an unexpected twist in the AI market, making waves across boardrooms and leadership circles. The report, based on analysis of over 300 AI deployments, interviews with 52 organizations, and surveys from 153 senior leaders, ...
Source: securityboulevard.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Two of Elon Musk's companies are merging to build data centers in space, according to a post on the SpaceX website . The rocket and satellite company has acquired xAI, Musk's artificial intelligence company, which also owns the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). In the post, Musk said the combined company is "the most ambitious, vertically integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, ...
Source: cnet.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
NASA announced Tuesday that it would not try to launch astronauts on an around-the-moon trip until at least March. The decision was made after the agency was unable to complete a countdown rehearsal that started Saturday. NASA officials had hoped that the Artemis II mission, which would be the first time humans leave low-Earth orbit since the end of the Apollo moon landings more than 50 years ago, might be able to ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
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
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Trump says India will remove trade barriers for American goods and stop buying Russian oil President Donald Trump said the U.S. had reached a trade deal that would see tariffs on Indian goods cut to 18 percent from 25 percent. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
The accelerating month-long fury over xAI's Grok chatbot feature that lets X users alter any images posted to the social network – a feature that has led to millions of nonconsensual and sexualized images of women and children – escalated this week when French authorities searched X's offices in Paris and summoned Elon Musk to appear for questioning. At the same time, the UK's Information Commissioner's ...
Source: securityboulevard.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
– Speaker Mike Johnson's ability to carry out President Donald Trump's "play call" for funding the government will be put to the test Tuesday as the House holds a procedural vote on a bill to end the Johnson will need near-unanimous support from his Republican conference to proceed. He can afford to lose only one Republican on party-line votes with perfect attendance, but some lawmakers are threatening to ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
A small number of Palestinians from Gaza have started crossing into Egypt for medical treatment after Israel allowed a limited reopening of the Rafah border crossing. It had been largely closed since Israeli troops seized it in May 2024, cutting off a critical lifeline for those in Gaza. Around 20,000 Palestinians needing medical care hope to leave Gaza using the crossing, but only a handful have been allowed ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Investigators found signs of forced entry at the Arizona home of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's mother, a person familiar with the investigation said Tuesday, as the host asked for prayers to help bring back the 84-year-old, who is believed to have been taken against her will . The host described her mother, Nancy Guthrie , as "a woman of deep conviction, a good and faithful ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. . AOC Rips DOJ For Dragging Heels On Epstein Prosecutions — And Weighs In On Clinton Testimony After immigration agents killed two American citizens in Minneapolis last month, even Republicans have acknowledged the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far, and DHS said this week it will distribute body cameras to agents ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
OpenAI and Nvidia, the two companies at the center of the AI boom, have yet to make progress on a $100 billion agreement from September. Since the deal was announced, Nvidia has invested in other AI labs, while OpenAI has forged agreements with rival chipmakers. For all their reported friction, Nvidia and OpenAI still need each other to fuel their respective growth. In this article Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Leaders had been trading hostile remarks for months but Gustavo Petro's visit ended with warm words from US counterpart After months of trading insults – from "sick man" and "drug trafficking leader" on one side, to "accomplice to genocide" with a "senile brain" on the other – the first meeting between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro ended with pleasantries, autographs and a Maga cap. The Colombian ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Sleek car doors reduce vehicle drag but are prone to losing operability in the event of a crash, officials say China will soon ban concealed door handles on electric vehicles (EVs), becoming the first country to do so after several deadly incidents triggered global scrutiny of the controversial design first popularised by Tesla . According to regulations announced on Monday by the Ministry of Industry and ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
The family of Virginia Giuffre , one of Jeffrey Epstein 's most vocal accusers who died by suicide in 2025, says they are outraged over the Justice Department's handling of the latest release of the Epstein files. Sky and Amanda Roberts, Giuffre's brother and sister-in-law, say the department failed to protect survivors of Epstein's abuse when releasing the documents. "I mean these are intimate details in these ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Mozilla Firefox has always seemed like the "cool kid" browser option, for the power users who don't want to deal with Google or Microsoft. So perhaps filling it up with "AI" features — you know, the things people are kind of tired of seeing from Google and Apple — might not be winning people over. Mozilla seems to have read the room: Upcoming builds will let you disable "AI" completely. "We've heard ...
Source: pcworld.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — British politician Peter Mandelson is quitting the House of Lords as he faces new questions, and a potential police investigation, over his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Speaker of the Lords, Michael Forsyth, said Mandelson has informed officials he will retire from Parliament's upper chamber effective Wednesday. The announcement came as the British government ...
Source: pbs.org
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Marius Borg Høiby, son of the crown princess of Norway, pleaded not guilty to four counts of rape in his trial that began Tuesday in an Oslo courtroom. Høiby, 29, is facing 38 charges , including abuse in close relationships and filming women's genitals without their knowledge. He pleaded guilty to some charges, including sexually offensive behavior, violation of a restraining order ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
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
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
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
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
The National Rifle Association clapped back at former Fox News host-turned-U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. Jeanine Pirro on Tuesday, following Pirro's claim on Monday that if "you bring a gun into this district, count on going to jail." Pirro was on Fox News on Monday, crowing about the reduction in crime in Washington, D.C. since President Donald Trump's return to office, and told anchor Martha MacCallum that ...
Source: mediaite.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Donald Trump is reflected in a television screen on Air Force One. REUTERS/Nathan Howard Trump has sued the Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion. In the suit, filed in Miami federal court on Thursday, Trump alleges that the IRS was responsible for the leak of some of Trump's tax documents to press in September 2020. The leak occurred by an IRS contractor. The leaked tax documents revealed that Trump paid only ...
Source: rawstory.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Chairman Josh D'Amaro set to replace Bob Iger as the new chief executive Longtime Disney CEO Bob Iger will retire from the company at the end of the year, with Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D'Amaro taking over as chief executive officer on March 18, 2026, the company announced Tuesday. Iger, 74, will retire on Dec. 31, 2026, after having first joined the company in 1996. Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Kelly Clarkson has announced that her daytime talk show is coming to an end. The former American Idol winner turned TV host and homewares mogul shared a statement confirming that The Kelly Clarkson Show will end its run after seven seasons. In a statement posted on her Instagram on February 2, Clarkson explained that she is stepping away as the host of her Daytime Emmy Award-winning talk show at the end of its ...
Source: southernliving.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
US president makes further claims of antisemitism against Ivy League school amid wider dispute with higher eduction institutions Donald Trump has announced that his administration is seeking $1bn in damages from Harvard University , the latest step in a long-running battle with the university over allegations of antisemitism. In a Truth Social post late on Monday, Trump accused the Ivy League school of being ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
The proof of environmental regulation success is tangled in a century's worth of human hair. For generations, lead was ubiquitous in modern life, lurking in the paint on living room walls, coursing through municipal water pipes, and billowing from the tailpipes of millions of cars. The heavy metal has highly useful chemical and physical properties that made it valuable across various industries. But it's also a ...
Source: zmescience.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
PepsiCo is lowering the prices of its Cheetos, Doritos, Lays and other snack brands by up to 15%, saying it wants to bring "relief" to consumers facing an affordability crunch . The food and beverage company said the price cuts — announced just before this weekend's Super Bowl game — are an effort to respond to the financial strain facing many consumers, who conveyed that "rising everyday ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Zelenskyy says Putin 'taking advantage of the coldest days of winter to terrorise people', as Kyiv hits lows of -20C More than 1,000 residential buildings in Kyiv were without heating on Tuesday after a massive Russian air attack during one of the coldest nights of the winter, with temperatures in the capital falling to -20C. Overnight, the Kremlin fired 450 attack drones and more than 70 missiles across the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Ideas The End of the Nuclear-Arms-Control Era The last significant treaty is about to expire, and Trump isn't putting anything in its place. Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic. Sources: Bettmann; Peter Turnley / Corbis / VCG / Getty. Save Something very dangerous is on track to happen this Thursday. In two days, New START , the last significant survivor of the age of nuclear-arms-control agreements ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
"Smoking is associated with many cancers but is the most common cause of lung cancer. In general, more men smoke than women, although in several countries the incidence of smoking is decreasing because of social awareness. HPV is a sexually transmitted virus and the most common cause of cervical cancer. HPV vaccination "Men tend to have higher exposure to several major risks — notably tobacco smoking, ...
Source: medicalnewstoday.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: pbs.org
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Property taxes currently account for 90% of school funding and 70% of local revenue American taxpayers could see relief from property taxes in the future as at least five states are currently considering eliminating property taxes altogether, which could force states and localities to turn to other sources to fund key public services. An analysis by Realtor.com broke down the effort to eliminate ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
The "Search Party" tool leverages a neighborhood network of outdoor cameras to scan for missing pets using computer vision. Amazon announced that its AI-powered "Search Party" Ring feature is now available to all U.S. Ring customers, including those without a Ring camera. The expansion makes the tool accessible through the Ring app for the first time to users who do not own camera hardware. Launched last fall, ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
– 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 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Iran's president says he has instructed the country's foreign minister to 'pursue fair and equitable negotiations' with the United States Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian has given the go-ahead for talks with the US in Turkey this week, but warned against any further threats by ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
OpenAI's new desktop coding hub is less magic wand, more manic coworker. OpenAI has given software developers a new desktop toy, and judging by the early reactions, it might feel like someone finally handed coders the Swiss Army knife they've been dreaming about or the kind of gadget that makes them wonder if they're working with a robot coworker now. The company rolled out the Codex app for macOS, a focused ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Dr. Peter Attia, the celebrity doctor who helped popularize the longevity craze, has publicly apologized as he faces a growing backlash following the release of email exchanges he had with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Attia's name appears frequently in the latest batch of Epstein files, which the Justice Department released Friday. The two exchanged jokes, scheduled times to meet and discussed Epstein's ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said federal officers in Minneapolis will be equipped with body-worn cameras effective immediately, with plans to expand the program nationwide as funding allows. Noem announced the deployment Monday in a social media post , saying she had spoken with Tom Homan, the director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the commissioner of the U.S. Customs and ...
Source: bnonews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohioans may be able to start dreaming of milder days after Buckeye Chuck, the state's official groundhog, did not see his shadow Monday morning. Chuck made his annual Groundhog Day appearance at 7:40 a.m. at the Marion County Fairgrounds Colosseum, emerging under cloudy skies — a sign that winter may be nearing its end. "This morning's weather at the burrow is generally fair, and the ...
Source: cleveland.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
696,222 1,700 Market yield on U.S. treasury securities at 10-year constant maturity. Updated daily. Welcome, + Article Summary The BLS January jobs report is delayed due to a partial government shutdown, with publication pending resumed funding. Additional labor data releases are also postponed, potentially affecting economic analysis and mortgage rates. AI Summary The January jobs report published by the ...
Source: housingwire.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes Many of us use soft background noise to help us fall asleep and keep us there. Unfortunately, this strategy could actually backfire in a big way, new research finds. Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania studied people as they tried to sleep under a variety of noise conditions, including pink noise. Compared to no sound at all, people dozing off with pink noise experienced noticeable ...
Source: gizmodo.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 -
Today, the Trump administration lost yet another legal battle in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This is the fifth and final offshore wind project that has successfully challenged the administration's stop-work order. In December—three days before Christmas—Donald Trump's Department of the Interior halted five offshore wind projects that were all more than 40 percent complete. ...
Source: commondreams.org
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
A Virginia man having an affair with the family's Brazilian au pair was found guilty Monday of murdering his wife and another man that prosecutors say was lured to the house as a fall guy. Brendan Banfield , a former IRS law enforcement officer, told police he came across Joseph Ryan attacking his wife, Christine Banfield, with a knife on the morning of Feb. 24, 2023. He shot Ryan and then Juliana ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
GLOUCESTER — The US Coast Guard on Monday identified the seven people who were aboard a commercial fishing vessel when it sank last week off the Massachusetts coast and announced a formal investigation into what caused the tragedy. The boat's captain, five crew members, and a federal fisheries observer were lost at sea when the 72-foot fishing vessel out of Gloucester, named the Lily Jean , went down on ...
Source: bostonglobe.com