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Top News Stories for Saturday, February 14th 2026
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
In today's newsletter: The Department of Homeland Security is poised to shut down as Congress recesses with no final funding deal. New details about the suspect seen on the porch of Nancy Guthrie's home the morning she disappeared. And ice dancing duo Madison Chock and Evan Bates respond to the judging controversy after missing out on gold. Here's what to know today. The Department of Homeland Security is set to ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Home » » President Donald Trump has cancelled a tax credit for car manufacturers that incentivizes them to install an automatic start/stop feature in vehicles. This move from the Trump administration is part of a broader rollback of environmental regulations that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This "auto stop-start" feature shuts off gas engines when cars are idle, such as when they're stopped at a ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
687,697 8,525 Market yield on U.S. treasury securities at 10-year constant maturity. Updated daily. Welcome, + Article Summary The early days of 2026 have seen mortgage lenders benefiting from lower interest rates, increased refinance activity and resilient purchase demand, with technology and creative financing supporting growth. AI Summary Mortgage lenders are entering the 2026 spring homebuying season ...
Source: housingwire.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
has led to a fresh wave of backlash for people associated with the pedophile financier, who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. The documents have revealed friendly communications with Epstein, even after his 2008 conviction for sex offenses. Some of the people who've experienced fallout exchanged crude messages about women, shared government secrets, or had a more expansive ...
Source: insider.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Amazon-owned Ring has canceled its planned partnership with Flock Safety, the license-plate-recognition company, amid broader scrutiny of the potential for home security cameras to be used as tools for neighborhood monitoring and law enforcement. In a statement Thursday afternoon , Ring said the companies made a "joint decision to cancel the planned integration," saying it "would require significantly more time and ...
Source: geekwire.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathy Ruemmler has had a storied legal career. As a federal prosecutor, she helped successfully prosecute Enron executives including Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. She was part of President Barack Obama's administration, working in various roles for much of his two terms in office, including as White House Counsel. She was even briefly considered by President Obama ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Feb. 13 (UPI) -- The British government's ban on protest organization Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws was ruled unlawful by three judges, who said the move was disproportionate and breached free speech rights. The High Court in London said the ban could stay in place for now to allow the government time to appeal and for the court to hear legal arguments. But London's Metropolitan Police said it will not ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych took his case to sport's highest court on Friday, detailing the reasons why he wanted to race at the Milan Cortina Olympics in a helmet that paid tribute to his country's war victims. The arbitrator was moved by his story but ruled against him anyway, denying him his last chance for a win of any kind at this ...
Source: pbs.org
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Home » » On Feb. 12, White House Border czar Tom Homan announced the end of the Trump administration's immigration operation in Minnesota. The two-month-long immigration crackdown has resulted in thousands of arrests, mass demonstrations, and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizen activists. "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude," Homan shared in a ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
China, Iran, North Korea Hackers Exploit Gemini Across Attack Life Cycle State-backed hackers weaponized Google's artificial intelligence model Gemini to accelerate cyberattacks, using the productivity tool as an offensive asset for reconnaissance, social engineering and malware development. report , published Thursday. The company said it has disabled accounts associated with the abuse and implemented new ...
Source: healthcareinfosecurity.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
The latest inflation data released Friday (Feb 13) point to a continued easing of price pressures, particularly in categories that define household necessity rather than discretionary spending, offering consumers incremental but tangible relief. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.4% year over year in January, with a monthly increase of 0.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis. Excluding food, shelter and energy, ...
Source: pymnts.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Proofpoint is adding agentic workspace protection to its cybersecurity platform by acquiring Acuvity . Acuvity delivers AI enterprise security and governance, while Proofpoint offers cybersecurity and compliance, the companies said in a Friday (Feb. 13) press release . With the acquisition, Proofpoint will enhance its platform's ability to provide AI-native visibility, governance and run-time protection for AI and ...
Source: pymnts.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Unofficial results show BNP ahead in Bangladesh election The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by Tarique Rahman has won two-thirds majority in the South Asian country's historic elections – the first since the 2024 student-led uprising that ousted the previous Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina . The Election Commission (EC) on Friday released the latest results from the elections, showing that the BNP had ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
This mission marked the debut of the heavy-lift four-booster variant, which doubles the payload capacity of the previous Ariane 62 model. Europe's most powerful rocket, the Ariane 64, reached orbit for the first time on Wednesday, carrying 32 satellites for Amazon's Leo broadband internet constellation. The launch took place at 16:45 UTC from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, with the mission lasting one ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
The application has been erased from the national internet directory as part of a broader crackdown on unfriendly communication tools. Russian authorities have fully blocked WhatsApp, impacting up to 100 million users, according to the Financial Times. Officials removed the app from an online directory, erasing it from Russia's internet. The government previously urged users to switch to Max, an unencrypted app ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
With NASA's delayed Artemis II moon mission on hold, SpaceX pressed ahead with a Friday the 13th launch of four fresh crew members to the International Space Station in a mission to replace four fliers who came home early last month because of a medical issue one was having. Crew 12 commander Jessica Meir, pilot Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte denied claims made by the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement that federal officials had been in touch with her about plans for a detention center in Merrimack. Under questioning by Sen. Maggie Hassan during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing Thursday, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said Department of Homeland Security ...
Source: wbur.org
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Home » » A federal judge in Washington, D.C. agreed to prevent the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly for his participation in a video where he urged troops to disobey unlawful demands. The judge granted the senator's request for a preliminary injunction against Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a suit filed by Kelly accusing Hegseth of trying to penalize him for his political ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Felony cases tied to Trump's mass deportation efforts are falling apart in court The Department of Justice is opening a criminal investigation into whether federal immigration agents lied under oath after prosecutors dropped charges against two Venezuelan men accused of assaulting ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The Justice Department clarified that the lawsuit 'does not accuse Harvard of any discriminatory conduct' 's administration has launched a fresh lawsuit against Harvard University, alleging its failure to cooperate with a federal investigation and demanding documents pertaining to ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges Friday, following a protest at a Minnesota church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official is a pastor. Four others also pleaded not guilty in the case. Lemon insists he was at the Cities Church in St. Paul to chronicle the Jan. 18 protest but was not a participant. ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CAIRO (AP) — Dubai has announced a new chairman for DP World, one of the world's largest logistics companies, replacing the outgoing head who was named in the Jeffrey Epstein documents. The announcement by the government's Dubai Media Office did not specifically name Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem. However, it said that Essa Kazim was named DP World's chairman and Yuvraj ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes Astronomers have discovered a star system that's out of order, with a late bloomer planet that may have sprung up at a different time than its neighbors. The discovery defies the norms of planet formation across the cosmos, raising questions over how this weird rocky world broke a familiar pattern. The inner planets of our solar system, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, are rocky worlds, while ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
TOKYO — Japanese authorities have seized a Chinese fishing boat and arrested its captain for allegedly fleeing inspection in its exclusive economic zone, an incident that could further inflame tensions between Asia's top two economies. The captain, a 47-year-old Chinese national, is accused of ignoring orders to stop for an on-board inspection on Thursday in waters off southwest Nagasaki prefecture, Japan's ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton on Friday called for "immediate property tax relief" for Ohioans, saying recent efforts by the Republican-led legislature to ease homeowners' tax burden aren't enough. Acton, speaking at a Columbus union hall to accept the endorsement of the Ohio AFL-CIO, said she will put out details about her tax plan – and how to pay for it – later in ...
Source: cleveland.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to make arrangements to allow some of the Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador to return to the U.S. at the government's expense. The case has been a legal flashpoint in the administration's sweeping immigration crackdown. It started in March after President Donald Trump invoked the 18th century Alien ...
Source: pbs.org
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
MILAN (AP) — Ilia Malinin wound his way through the tunnels beneath the Milano Ice Skating Arena on Friday night, trying in vain to explain — or even just understand — exactly went wrong in an Olympic free skate that could only be described as a disaster. Out in the arena, Mikhail Shaidorov was taking a victory lap wearing the gold medal everyone expected the American to win. And playing over the ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to return Babson College freshman Any Lucia Lopez Belloza to the United States within two weeks, saying it was time to "make amends" for mistakenly deporting her to Honduras in November in violation of a court order. "In this unfortunate case , the government commendably admits that it did wrong," US District Judge Richard G. Stearns wrote in the eight-page order. ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to give immigrants detained in Minnesota access to attorneys immediately after they are taken into custody and before they are transferred out of state. U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel issued the emergency restraining order Thursday, finding detainees at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building faced so many logistical ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age , including those as young as 20. Actor James Van Der Beek , who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2023, died at age 48 on Feb. 11, 2026, bringing the disease back into the limelight. The Conversation U.S. asked gastrointestinal oncologist Christopher Lieu and cancer researcher Andrea Dwyer to explain what's known about early-onset ...
Source: theconversation.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Dr. Katherine Kuchenbecker, a roboticist from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) , was walking down a hallway tapping the railings, walls, and columns with a "wand" her student, Dr. Andrew Schulz, had given her. While she tapped the wand on different surfaces, she realized she could feel the different vibrations of surfaces, without having to look at them. The vibrations felt soft and gentle ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ROME (AP) — A Slovak fugitive who had been on the run for 16 years was finally arrested when he turned up in Milan to support his national ice hockey team at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics , police said Friday. The 44-year-old man, who was not named, was wanted by Italian authorities for a series of thefts committed in 2010. The carabinieri managed to track down ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
FDA Refuses To Review Moderna mRNA Flu Vaccine and the US Could Miss Out on Next Generation Fu Shots
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
The government's turn against vaccines seems more ideological than scientific. In a rare and surprising move, the FDA has issued a "Refusal to File" letter for Moderna's mRNA-1010 influenza vaccine. Moderna is a batch company that has now become a household name for helping to fight a global pandemic. The FDA claims the decision is based on a technicality: Moderna compared its mRNA shot to Fluarix, a standard-dose ...
Source: zmescience.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Two men are dead and another was wounded after a shooting in a room at a South Carolina State University residential complex, the university said, prompting a nearly eight-hour lockdown that was lifted early Friday. The Thursday night shooting happened a little over four months after two shootings during homecoming celebrations on Oct. 4. One, ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 -
Feb. 12 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to purchase coal-fired electricity to boost domestic coal production, a move that has drawn staunch criticism from energy and environmental experts. Trump issued the directive via an executive order that he signed Thursday at the end of a White House ceremony attended by coal executives called "The Champion of Coal Event." "We're going to be buying a ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 -
Federal judges defended their authority to select a new US attorney for the Northern District of New York after the Justice Department quickly fired the court's newly appointed top prosecutor. The appointment of longtime litigator Donald Kinsella falls in line with the court's statutory role to name a US attorney at the time of a vacancy, the court said Thursday. The statement came a day after Deputy Attorney ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 -
It took two years, but YouTube is finally an Apple Vision Pro app. The news, announced Thursday, might come as a surprise if -- like most people -- you haven't tried Apple's Vision Pro . YouTube always seemed like a perfect fit for Apple's mixed-reality device, since so many videos there work in 3D, 360 degrees or in 180-degree immersive formats. And yet, Google and Apple had never figured out a way to make it ...
Source: cnet.com