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Top News Stories for Thursday, February 26th 2026
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The Trump administration announced Wednesday it is pausing more than a quarter-billion dollars in Medicaid payments to Minnesota over alleged fraud, a move state officials called the latest act of political retribution against a Democratic-led state. "We are going to start very aggressively in the administration cracking down on people and the organizations that are defrauding Americans," Vice ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
The base S26 and S26+ models received a $100 price hike to $900 and $1,100, a move Samsung attributed to a worldwide shortage of RAM components. Samsung held its latest Unpacked event at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on Wednesday, unveiling the Galaxy S26 smartphone lineup and redesigned Galaxy Buds 4 earbuds. The event took place ahead of Mobile World Congress, positioning the new devices for immediate ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
By and Jeffrey Epstein didn't beat the justice system by accident. For decades, the New York financier curated a network of influential people — politicians, business titans, media figures and academics — whom he leveraged to build his fortune and restore his reputation after he had been accused of preying on underage girls in South Florida in 2008. While much of the spotlight has been on the elite ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
With President Trump's threat to attack Iran looming over the discussions, American and Iranian negotiators sat down again in Switzerland Thursday, separately, for another round of talks brokered by Oman, focusing on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. Iran says it does not have and will not build a nuclear weapon, and Mr. Trump has said he will not allow Tehran to acquire one — a position he shares ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Los Angeles schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who has developed a reputation for improving academics and graduation rates while leading two major U.S. districts, had his home searched Wednesday by the FBI as part of a federal investigation. Agents served search warrants at the home as well as the headquarters of the Los Angeles Unified School District and a location near Miami, where Carvalho was ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
, a leader in distributed edge and remote infrastructure, announced it has joined the VAST Cosmos Community, a global community of developers, builders, and experts in innovative AI solutions, through strategic collaboration with VAST Data, the AI Operating System company, to deliver a new generation of private, distributed, and global AI factories. Together, the companies provide an integrated solution ...
Source: aithority.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
The British pro-democracy campaigner will remain in prison because he was sentenced to 20 years after being convicted, in another case, of national security offences in Hong Kong. British pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai has been cleared of fraud charges. He will remain in prison after being sentenced to 20 years under China's national security law earlier this month. Lai, 78, a prominent critic of China's ruling ...
Source: news.sky.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Chipmaker Nvidia reported stronger-than-expected results for the January quarter on Wednesday. The company also projected current-quarter revenue above market estimates, fueled by strong spending on artificial-intelligence processors by Big Tech companies. The company posted sales of $68.13 billion for the quarter, up 94% from a year ago, exceeding analysts' estimate of $66.21 billion. Adjusted earnings came in at ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Government security agencies in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have urged Cisco customers to take immediate action to patch a critical zero-day bug in their SD-WAN kit that has been exploited since 2023. CVE-2026-20127 is an authentication bypass vulnerability in the peering authentication in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (formerly SD-WAN vSmart) and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly SD-WAN ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Trump's State of the Union address could be good news for hopeful retirees. President Donald Trump proposed an expansion of retirement savings for Americans without 401(k)s and other employer-provided retirement plans during his Tuesday speech. He said the federal government will soon match individual savings up to $1,000 a year. Over 40 million Americans who work full-time don't have a retirement plan, and nearly ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Older adults classified as "SuperAgers" generate at least twice as many neurons in the hippocampus than their typical aging peers, a new study has revealed. These findings, released on Wednesday by the University of Illinois Chicago and Northwestern University, could help explain why SuperAgers have exceptional memory and cognitive resilience even well past 80 years old. ...
Source: foxnews.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Politics Trump's Favorite Voter-ID Bill Would Probably Backfire Congressional Republicans are trying to pass a strict "election integrity" law that seems almost custom-designed to disenfranchise their own supporters. Save On the surface, the debate over the SAVE America Act is familiar, even predictable. At Donald Trump's urging, Republicans are pushing yet another voter-ID bill, ostensibly to prevent fraud and ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
A nearly blind Rohingya refugee from Myanmar has been found dead in Buffalo, New York, days after the United States Border Patrol left him miles away from his home following his release from a county jail, authorities said. The body of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, was located by police officers in the city in upstate New York on Tuesday evening, a Buffalo Police Department spokesperson said on Wednesday. Shah Alam had ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a barrage of 420 drones and 39 missiles at Ukraine overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as U.S. and Ukrainian envoys prepared to hold more talks in Geneva on ending the war that is now in its fifth year. The nighttime bombardment, which included 11 ballistic missiles, targeted critical infrastructure and residential areas across eight regions of Ukraine, ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Feb. 26 (UPI) -- The United States will offer passport services for the first time in Israeli settlements in the illegally occupied West Bank. The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem announced in a statement Wednesday that in an effort to reach all Americans, consular officers "will be providing routine passport services in Efrat on Friday." The move is expected to draw criticism from foreign governments and human rights ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Pat McAfee covered the check after the U.S. Olympic men's hockey team racked up a hefty booze bill at Miami's E11EVEN nightclub Monday, one day after their 2-1 overtime victory against Canada in the gold-medal game at the Milan Cortina Games. While the men's team was partying inside the club, a video of the ESPN personality praising the team flashed on the screen, as seen in a TikTok video. "Boys, thank you ...
Source: nypost.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. An eight-minute exchange at the end of Casey Means' two-hour confirmation hearing captured the potential and the predicament the MAHA movement has created for itself. Means, an entrepreneurial wellness influencer with a medical degree from Stanford, appeared on ...
Source: statnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Missing pages from documents release reportedly contain allegations that president forced a victim's head 'towards his exposed penis' The US justice department withheld documents from the that allege Donald Trump sexually abused a minor, according to reports. More than 50 pages missing from the release contain notes from several interviews the FBI conducted with a woman who claimed she was abused by Mr Trump in ...
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Climate action advocates and energy experts alike said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's "ratepayer protection pledge," introduced during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, will do little to alleviate rising household electricity costs brought on by the White House's mandated artificial intelligence expansion and the construction of thousands of hulking data centers across the country. During his ...
Source: commondreams.org
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
The Microsoft co-founder is among the prominent names appearing in documents released by the US Justice Department. Bill Gates has admitted making a "huge mistake" in associating with Jeffrey Epstein, telling staff at his charity foundation that he had affairs with two Russian women but denying involvement in the disgraced financier's crimes. The Microsoft co-founder is among the prominent names appearing in ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
The U.S. Department of Defense is in a standoff with artificial intelligence developer Anthropic over the company's refusal to let the government use its products for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance of U.S. citizens. The feud presents a frightening picture of the government's agenda when it comes to AI technology—and the lengths to which it's willing to go, or at least threaten to go, in order to ...
Source: reason.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Jamieson Greer warns tariffs may climb from 10% after Trump imposed global levy amid US supreme court setback The US tariff rate for some countries will go up to 15% or higher from the newly imposed 10%, Jamieson Greer, the US trade representative, said on Wednesday, without naming any specific trading partners or other details. "Right now, we have the 10% tariff. It'll go up to 15 [%] for some and then it may go ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
By Warner Bros. Discovery announced Tuesday that Paramount Skydance has raised its purchase offer to $31 per share, which may top Netflix's offer. WBD last week said it would reopen talks with Paramount, and Netflix granted a seven-day waiver that ended Monday to allow shareholders a chance to get clarity on the offer. Netflix kept matching rights. Netflix and Paramount have been trying to buy WBD since October. ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Discord, the popular online communication platform for gamers, said Wednesday it will delay its global age verification rollout after it received user criticism. Discord announced a phased rollout for new and existing users this month that would implement video selfies to determine a person's age group. Users could also submit a form of identification to their vendor partners. The rollout, which was supposed to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration's policy to quickly remove people to third countries to which they have no previous connection is illegal and that people must receive meaningful notice and the chance to challenge their deportations. "This case is about whether the Government may, without notice, deport a person to the wrong country, or a country where he is likely to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
A federal judge has rejected the Justice Department's request to search the seized devices of a Washington Post reporter as part of an FBI investigation into leaked classified documents. In a 22-page opinion issued Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter of the Eastern District of Virginia criticized the government's handling of the case, reversing course in part after previously authorizing the seizure of ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Nobel Prize–winning brain scientist steps down over Epstein ties On Tuesday Nobel Prize winner Richard Axel resigned as co-director Columbia University's Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute over his decade-long association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. A molecular biologist, Axel shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work revealing how the brain ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Feb. 25 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump awarded the nation's highest military decoration to two American service members during Tuesday night's State of the Union address. Before a joint session of Congress on the U.S. Capitol, Trump announced Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Slover and retired Navy Capt. Elmer Royce Williams as recipients of the Medal of Honor. Slover is on active duty, and received the ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Ornate packaging paired with enticing advertisements that claim expensive shampoos are elixirs to all hair woes can leave one wondering: Are the higher prices really worth it? Should I abandon my $8 drugstore mainstay for a $42 premium brand? Experts say affordable shampoos and conditioners found in grocery stores and pharmacies can do the job as well as the pricey versions with tempting messaging and testimonials ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives a speech at the Knesset Plenum on Feruary 25, 2025. (source: GPO) praised the shared bond between Israel and India during a Knesset plenum address on Wednesday, while outlining plans to strengthen relations by working together in innovation, technology, and economic advancement. "The friendship between Israel and India remains a source of strength in an uncertain ...
Source: jpost.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
The court found no evidence that any stolen trade secrets were actually used by OpenAI after the employees joined the firm. US District Judge Rita F. Lin has dismissed xAI's trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI. The judge ruled that xAI's complaint does not allege any direct misconduct by OpenAI itself. Instead, the suit attributes all alleged wrongdoing to eight former xAI employees who left to join OpenAI around ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Kalshi on Wednesday said it fined and suspended an employee of the popular YouTuber MrBeast for insider trading, marking one of the first disciplinary actions within the fast-growing prediction market industry. The case involved bets related to MrBeast's videos, which were flagged by Kalshi's surveillance team for their "near-perfect trading success on markets with low odds," according to the company's ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Tech 4 min read Anthropic, a company founded by OpenAI exiles worried about the dangers of AI, is loosening its core safety principle in response to competition. Instead of self-imposed guardrails constraining its development of AI models, Anthropic is adopting a nonbinding safety framework that it says can and will change. In a blog post Tuesday outlining its new policy, Anthropic said shortcomings in its ...
Source: edition.cnn.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke , the commander of the International Space Station, revealed that he was the crew member whose medical issue required a group of space station fliers to cut short their mission and return early to Earth in January. Fincke, 58, did not provide details about the medical issue, but wrote on LinkedIn that a "full range of terrestrial imaging and diagnostic evaluations — capabilities ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined, join Huff Already a member? New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani seemed to hope cooler heads would prevail after a Monday snowball melee in Washington Square Park left two police officers ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Driven by rising rates in high blood pressure, nearly 6 in 10 women in the U.S. will have some type of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the next 25 years, according to a new scientific statement published today in Circulation , the peer-reviewed, flagship journal of the American Heart Association, a global force changing the future of health for all. Forecasting the Burden of Cardiovascular ...
Source: news-medical.net
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Man, 32, shot dead by deputy after stabbing attack was the subject of domestic violence protection orders A man shot dead by a sheriff's deputy after he fatally stabbed four people outside his mother's home near Gig Harbor, Washington, on Tuesday morning was the subject of domestic violence protection orders recording mental health and substance abuse issues stretching back at least five years. Records reviewed by ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Tony Gonzales allegedly asked his staffer what her 'favorite position' and asked her to send him a 'sexy pic' Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales has hit back at calls for him to resign, as more details continue to emerge about an alleged affair with a staffer who later died by ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
New tool blocking underage users from accessing 18+ rated apps to be utilized in Utah and Louisiana, as well as Brazil, Australia and Singapore Apple announced a new age verification tool in the U.S. and abroad to ensure users wishing to download certain apps are at least 18 years old to comply with laws enacted by some U.S. states and foreign countries. The tool is rolling out in Utah, Louisiana, Brazil, Australia ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is suing the University of California over allegations that UCLA failed to protect Jewish employees from antisemitic harassment amid pro-Palestinian protests that roiled the campus in 2023 and 2024. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in California, is the latest escalation in the Trump administration's campaign to punish top universities that it says have been soft on ...
Source: pbs.org