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Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
British Chambers of Commerce official says US supreme court decision 'does little to clear the murky waters' The US supreme court just declared Donald Trump 's boldest tariffs illegal , but international businesses and governments are still uncertain over what's to come. After the court said the president cannot enact tariffs in peacetime using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the White ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Britain's Thames Valley Police Thursday arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of King Charles III, on suspicion of misconduct in public office tied to his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The former prince was "released under investigation," meaning he has not yet been charged nor ...
Source: theweek.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Feb. 19 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will direct the Department of Defense to start the process of releasing government files related to "alien and extraterrestrial life," as his administration faces criticism over its handling of documents tied to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein . "Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
U.S. President Donald Trump has given Iran "10 to 15" days to make a meaningful deal over its nuclear program — or "really bad things" will happen. Oil prices held at six-month highs on Friday morning as energy market participants continue to closely monitor heightened geopolitical tensions. Strategists at Barclays said "if conflict is imminent it is likely to be short lived, in our view." In this article US ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
MILAN — Behind a flurry of goals and near-constant control of the puck, the U.S. cruised through the men's hockey semifinal at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday to keep alive its dream of winning its first Olympic gold medal since 1980. The U.S. scored twice in the first period and added three more goals in the second period on its way to dispatching Slovakia, 6-2, at Santagiulia arena. Follow along ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Feb. 20 (UPI) -- The NASA Artemis II second wet dress rehearsal went far better than the first, NASA said Friday, though it still found a few smaller glitches. NASA had its second wet dress rehearsal , in which it fills the rocket with fuel and practices the countdown, Thursday evening at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Its first attempt was Feb. 3, but it was cut short due to hydrogen leaks. "Major progress between WDR and ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
The Boeing-built craft was on its first crewed test flight to the International Space Station when its thrusters failed, leaving it dangerously out of control. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the two NASA astronauts "stranded" in space, came close to catastrophe because their spacecraft wasn't ready to fly, according to a scathing report by the space agency. The investigation classed the incident as a ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
a man snowmobiling with his young son was killed when an avalanche broke free Feb. 18, 2026, in a popular area for backcountry recreation, according to the Wasatch County Sheriff's Office. A child was killed on Feb. 19, 2026, after getting caught in an avalanche while skiing with her family at the Brighton Ski Resort. Avalanche deaths are rare inside the boundaries of ski resorts , but the risk rises in the ...
Source: sltrib.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
As the United States and China battle to dominate artificial intelligence , this week India attempted to highlight other pathways to navigate the silicon surge. Billed as the first high-level AI gathering to be held in the Global South, the India AI Impact Summit has given the world's most populous country a stage to promote itself as a global AI player, broadening the AI conversation to include countries in Latin ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Feb. 20 (UPI) -- The 43-day government shutdown in the fall stymied U.S. gross domestic product growth in the fourth quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Friday. GDP for the fourth quarter of 2025 grew by 1.4% on an annual basis, more than a full point below the Dow Jones estimate of 2.5%. Consumer spending climbed more slowly than expected, while government spending lagged behind greatly. The slowdown ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
– Ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday remained defiant in his first reaction to a for rebellion handed down by a Seoul court the previous day. In a statement released by his lawyers, Yoon maintained that his abrupt and short-lived declaration of martial law in December 2024 was done "solely for the sake of the nation and our people," and dismissed the Seoul Central District Court as biased ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Eric Dane, the celebrated actor best known for his roles on "Grey's Anatomy" and "Euphoria" and who later in life became an advocate for ALS awareness, died Thursday. He was 53. His representatives said Dane died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known also as Lou Gehrig's disease, less than a year after he announced his diagnosis. "He spent his final days surrounded by dear friends, his devoted wife, and his two ...
Source: pbs.org
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Democrats cry foul at change to airport closest to Mar-a-Lago days after president's lawyers trademarked new name Democrats in Florida have condemned Republican colleagues in the state legislature who approved renaming the airport in West Palm Beach to the "President Donald J Trump International Airport", less than a week after lawyers for Trump sought to trademark the name . Only the signature of Florida's ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
NASHVILLE Today, Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium. Rolling back the new and more protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards will allow coal - and oil-fired power plants to emit more damaging pollution that puts the public at ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Research from real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle found more than half of U.S. data center builds are happening outside traditional industry hubs. Texas could become the top such market by 2030. (TNS) — From rural counties to fast-growing suburbs, data center projects are spreading across Texas, often drawing local opposition. Now, thanks in part to its business-friendly regulatory climate, Texas could soon ...
Source: govtech.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
News , via Wikimedia Commons West Virginia attorney general sues Apple over encryption, child porn West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey filed suit against Apple on Thursday, arguing that the company turned a blind eye to iCloud encryption methods that facilitate mass transmission of child pornography. The suit focuses on Apple iCloud and its use of end-to-end encryption, which makes digital files ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
The department is reportedly considering buying a Boeing plane for deportation flights and for use by Trump officials A $70m aircraft the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering for deportation flights has a luxurious interior and will be used to transport Trump administration officials to engagements in comfort, according to a report published Friday. NBC News obtained images of the Boeing 737-8 Max ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
The Pixel 10a debuts as the best Google offering under $500, but its toughest rival is its predecessor, the Google Pixel 9a. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Google just launched its new budget Pixel phone , and it's left a lot of people confused. On the surface, the Pixel 10a looks very similar to its predecessor. The new device has the same screen size, battery capacity, and ...
Source: zdnet.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Utah Governor Spencer Cox acknowledged the logic to the Trump administration's plan for U.S. AI dominance, but not at the expense of state laws ensuring safety. Utah Republican Governor Spencer Cox weighed in on the regulatory debate between the federal government and state governments on Thursday, supporting states' agency in regulating aspects of artificial intelligence development and deployment. Speaking ...
Source: route-fifty.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Families of political prisoners await prison releases as Venezuela signs amnesty law Venezuela's acting president has signed into law an amnesty bill that could see hundreds of politicians, activists and lawyers released soon, while tacitly acknowledging what the country has denied for years – that it has political detainees in jail. The law, signed on Thursday, in effect reverses decades of denials in the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Ex-Victoria's Secret mogul Les Wexner's lawyer was caught on a hot mic jokingly threatening to "kill" him if he continued giving long answers to questions during his deposition on Jeffrey Epstein by the House Oversight Committee. The moment was caught after the committee released its full, nearly five-hour deposition of 88-year-old Wexner as part of its ongoing probe into ...
Source: foxnews.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article New allegations of misconduct at the Department of Labor have come to the surface amid the ongoing departmental probe The husband of President Donald Trump 's Labor Secretary has been banned from the Department of Labor's headquarters following allegations of sexual assault, ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
By Fewer Americans are looking into buying a home this winter compared with this time last year, and those who are interested are not in a rush to close a deal, the latest figures reveal. Pending home sales in the U.S-where buyers have signed a contract but the sale has not yet been closed-plunged by nearly 6 percent year-over-year in the four weeks ending February 15, according to a new Redfin report . It is the ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Federal prosecutors say the San Jose residents used their tech company positions to steal confidential information and obstruct justice Three Silicon Valley engineers were arrested and charged with stealing trade secrets from Google and other U.S. technology firms and transferring sensitive data to unauthorized locations, including Iran, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Samaneh Ghandali, 41, Soroor Ghandali, ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing a regional Coca-Cola bottler for allegedly discriminating against male employees after hosting a 2024 women-only networking event. The federal agency that enforced workplace civil rights claimed in its Tuesday lawsuit that male employees of Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast "suffered damages" after a September 2024 two-day event at the Mohegan Sun casino resort ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Property taxes around the U.S. have long been a lightning rod for debate, with political leaders perpetually balancing the need to fund their budget priorities against the risk of alienating homeowners and businesses. This week, for example, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sparked an uproar by proposing to close a budget hole by sharply raising property taxes . Although the move was widely interpreted as a ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. . S cientists have known for decades that people living at higher altitudes, where oxygen is scarce, have lower rates of diabetes, and it's a phenomenon that's not restricted to humans. Tibetan pigs, deer mice, snowfinches, and other animals all have tighter control of their blood sugar at high altitudes as well. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. So ...
Source: nautil.us
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Recent research reveals the most vulnerable passwords of 2026 — additionally, the research determined the most commonly hacked categories of passwords. This research was conducted by Plasma. The methodology involved assessing Comparitech's Most Common Password report and NordPass's Top 200 Most Common Passwords list, then leveraging KeywordTool to determine search volumes to find the 25 most ...
Source: securitymagazine.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
New guidance issued by the Trump administration's top immigration judge this week could result in continued denial of bond hearings for detainees in Fifth Circuit states—Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana—as judges in other jurisdictions may choose to grant the hearings, immigration attorneys and law professors say. Chief Immigration Judge Teresa Riley, in response to a scathing ruling Feb. 18 from Judge ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
A woman has been charged with animal abandonment after she allegedly left her two-year-old dog at a Las Vegas airport, police have said. Officers found the golden doodle/mini poodle tied to a baggage sizer at Harry Reid International Airport after being alerted by other travellers. The animal's owner was stopped at a departure gate. The police said the dog was taken in by Animal Protective Services, but as the ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday approved a concept design and final design for a new White House ballroom and East Wing that President Donald Trump has championed. The approval came despite widespread criticism of the project and from a commission that has been overhauled by the White House, just one day after Trump administration officials of Chamberlain Harris, 26, Trump's longtime executive ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
The American Bankers Association that Lia Fordjour has been named its new chief financial officer and that Tifany Pedersen has been named the new head of marketing. Fordjour brings more than 20 years of financial leadership experience. Since joining ABA in 2022, she has overseen the development of the association's consolidated annual budget, led coordination of annual audit and tax deliverables, prepared monthly ...
Source: bankingjournal.aba.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
The United Nations' independent fact-finding mission on Sudan said on Thursday the siege and capture of El-Fasher by a paramilitary group bore "the hallmarks of genocide". Its investigation concluded that the Rapid Support Forces' (RSF) seizure of the city in Darfur state in October had inflicted "three days of absolute horror" and called for those responsible to be brought to justice. The mission warned that ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of President Donald Trump's appointees , on Thursday approved his proposal to build a ballroom larger than the White House itself where the East Wing once stood. The seven-member panel is one of two federal agencies that must approve Trump's plans for the ballroom. The National Capital Planning Commission, which has jurisdiction over ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
You are not logged into your account. You have a registered email address and password on pressherald.com, but we are unable to locate a paid subscription attached to these credentials. Please Thank you for your support of local journalism! Alysa Liu of the United States celebrates with the gold medal after winning the women's figure skating competition on Thursay in Milan, Italy. (Francisco Seco/Associated Press) ...
Source: pressherald.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
A new DHS memo details plan to allow federal immigration officers to detain legal refugees in the US indefinitely The Trump administration is moving to arrest thousands of people already legally admitted to the US as refugees and detain them indefinitely for aggressive "rescreening", a report published on Thursday said. Under the new policy, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that federal immigration ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
US Sen. Bernie Sanders used his appearance at a rally in Los Angeles on Wednesday to call out—in some cases by name—the billionaires using tiny slices of their fortunes to fight a proposed wealth tax in California. "What I can tell the oligarchs is that the American people are sick and tired of their greed," Sanders (I-Vt.) told an enthusiastic audience gathered at The Wiltern theater, with members of ...
Source: commondreams.org
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
The US trade deficit in goods expanded to a new record in 2025, government data showed Thursday, despite sweeping tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed during his first year back in the White House. The US goods deficit stood at $1.24 trillion for all of last year, widening slightly from 2024's level to its biggest in Commerce Department figures dating back to 1960. But the trade gap in goods with China ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Google LLC today introduced Gemini 3.1 Pro, a new reasoning model that outperforms Claude 4.6 Opus and GPT-5.2 across several benchmarks. The algorithm is available via more than a half-dozen of the search giant's products. Gemini 3.1 Pro is a Transformer model with a mixture of experts architecture, which means that it activates only some of its parameters when generating a prompt response. Users can enter prompts ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Scientists showed in a new study published Thursday that they could use blood draws to build a "clock" for Alzheimer's disease that could roughly predict when symptoms will develop, findings that could eventually transform how the illness is diagnosed and treated. A simple blood test can help diagnose Alzheimer's, but the study in the journal Nature Medicine shows how these kinds of tests could one day play a ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
The UK is not thought to be preparing to support the US in any military offensive against Iran, but has deployed six F-35 warplanes to Cyprus, and sent four Typhoon jets to Qatar, as part of efforts to bolster its own defences should an attack occur. The UK has not agreed to allow the US to launch air strikes against Iran from a British base on Diego Garcia and another in Gloucestershire, it is understood. The ...
Source: news.sky.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The Chicago Bears stepped forward with plans for an Indiana-based new stadium, with the amended Indiana Senate Bill 27 passing 24-0 out of committee. Lawmakers from the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved an amendment to Indiana Senate Bill 27, which will create the Northwest Indiana Stadium Authority. That body would have the power to issue bonds, acquire land and finance ...
Source: upi.com