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Top News Stories for Wednesday, February 11th 2026
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Bad Bunny's halftime show aside, AI companies stole the spotlight on Super Bowl Sunday. Anthropic, OpenAI, Salesforce, Meta, Amazon-owned Ring and a smaller company called Genspark.ai all used Super Bowl spots to promote their products as AI tools meant to help boost productivity and inspiration – rather than replace, annoy or deceive. "A lot of AI companies see the Super Bowl as an opportunity to connect ...
Source: adexchanger.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 -
The platform is moving to a teen-by-default experience to enhance safety for younger users across its global network. Discord announced on Monday that it will implement global age verification starting next month, with changes beginning in early March. All users will receive a teen-appropriate experience by default unless they verify their age as adults. Both new and existing users must complete verification to ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
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 -
Chappell Roan announced Monday that she's left her talent agency after its CEO was named in files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the Department of Justice. The Epstein Files Transparency Act passed overwhelmingly by Congress in November compelled the Department of Justice to release all the documents in its possession related to the disgraced financier. Roan, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Successful reruns are rare in the NFL. And New England showed enough holes on Sunday to suggest making it back to the big dance soon will be tough The greatest lie a fanbase tells itself is that there is always next year. It is the softest landing spot in sport, a comfort blanket after a crushing defeat. Next year, we'll be healthier. Next year, we'll fix our offensive line. Next year, we'll add that superstar ...
Source: theguardian.com
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 -
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A trial focused on the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media and whether Meta misrepresented the safety of its platforms is set to start in New Mexico with opening statements Monday. It's the first stand-alone trial from state prosecutors in a stream of lawsuits against major social media companies, including Meta, over harm to children, and one that is likely to highlight ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Ghislaine Maxwell, the associate and former girlfriend of the late Jeffrey Epstein, has refused to answer questions before a United States House of Representatives committee, but indicated that she may testify in exchange for clemency. Maxwell, who was found guilty in 2021 for her role in helping Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, invoked her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, lawmakers from ...
Source: aljazeera.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 -
Tom Homan suggested that a widespread approach to immigration operations would lose public support Tom Homan – the Trump administration's "border czar" sent to Minnesota in January after federal agents fatally shot two US citizen protesters – warned last year that the government's aggressive, widespread approach to immigration enforcement would cost it public support. Homan made the observation in an ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Mountbatten-Windsor suspected of forwarding reports to child sex offender when he was government trade envoy Police are assessing allegations that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor passed on confidential information about overseas trips to the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor is suspected of forwarding official reports about trips to Singapore, Hong Kong and Vietnam in 2010 and 2011 when he was a ...
Source: theguardian.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 rubber boat carrying dozens of people has capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving at least 53 people, including two babies, dead or missing. In a statement on Monday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the vessel carrying 55 people had overturned north of the coastal city of Zuwara, in northwestern Libya, on February 6. The IOM said its teams provided two survivors with ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
A U.S. military strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Pacific killed at least two people, with one survivor, according to U.S. Southern Command. The strike was carried out Thursday at the direction of commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan and targeted a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations, according to SOUTHCOM . Officials said two people described as "narco-terrorists" were killed and one ...
Source: bnonews.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — About 6,000 public schoolteachers in San Francisco went on strike Monday, the city's first such walkout in nearly 50 years. The strike comes after teachers and the district failed to reach an agreement over higher wages, health benefits, and more resources for students with special needs. The San Francisco Unified School District closed all 120 of its schools and said it would offer ...
Source: pbs.org
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
– U.S. military forces boarded a sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the ship from the Caribbean Sea as part of an , Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday. Venezuela had faced U.S. sanctions on its oil and relied on a shadow fleet of falsely flagged tankers to . Following the U.S. raid to apprehend in early January, several tankers fled the Venezuelan coast, including the ship that was ...
Source: news4jax.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 -
Feb 9 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Los Angeles on Monday preliminarily struck down a California state law that bans federal officers from wearing masks while on duty. U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder said the U.S. government was likely to prove that the law is unconstitutional and granted its request for an order against its enforcement. Jumpstart your morning with the latest legal news delivered straight to ...
Source: reuters.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
European Commission Intends to Force Meta to Open Chat App to Third Party AI The European Commission said Meta appears to have broken antitrust law by blocking third-party AI assistants from interfacing with their users through WhatsApp. The commission said Monday that Meta's actions "risks blocking competitors from entering or expanding in the rapidly growing market for AI assistants." It intends to force the ...
Source: govinfosecurity.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