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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 -
: Samsung Unpacked 2026 recap: All the news on Galaxy S26 Ultra, Privacy Display, Buds 4 Pro From the Galaxy S26 to new earbuds and agentic AI, here's everything unveiled at Samsung Unpacked this week. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Samsung's first Unpacked event of the year is over, with the company launching new Galaxy S26 phones, the Galaxy Buds 4 series, and more. ZDNET is ...
Source: zdnet.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 -
GENEVA (AP) — Iran and the United States began indirect talks Thursday in Geneva over Tehran's nuclear negotiations viewed as a last chance for diplomacy as America has gathered a fleet of aircraft and warships to the Middle East to pressure Tehran into a deal. President Trump wants a deal to constrain Iran's nuclear program, and he sees an opportunity while the country is struggling at home with growing ...
Source: bostonglobe.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 -
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court sentenced the father of a U.S.-based activist to eight months in prison Thursday for attempting to withdraw some funds from his daughter's insurance policy, in the first case against a family member of a pro-democracy advocate wanted by the city's authorities brought under a national security law . Kwok Yin-sang, 69, was found guilty earlier this month of attempting to deal ...
Source: apnews.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 -
– Russia launched a barrage of 420 drones and 39 missiles at Ukraine overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as U.S. and Ukrainian envoys held more on ending the war that is The bombardment, which included 11 ballistic missiles, targeted critical infrastructure and residential areas across eight regions of Ukraine, Zelenskyy said. Dozens of people, including children, were injured, officials ...
Source: news4jax.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 -
President Trump on Tuesday awarded Team USA's hockey goalie Connor Hellebuyck the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. The American team won the Olympic gold medal on Sunday, the first time in 46 years, on the anniversary of the team's legendary triumph over the USSR, known as the "Miracle on Ice." They won in a 2-1 overtime game against Canada, with Hellebuyck's performance widely ...
Source: latimes.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Casey Means holds no active medical license and promotes alternative medicine. Casey Means, President Trump's nominee for surgeon general, will appear before the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday and is likely to face scrutiny over her qualifications for becoming the country's top doctor. Though Means holds a medical degree from Stanford Medical School, she dropped out of her medical residency and holds no ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has not released summaries and notes from three separate interviews the FBI conducted with a South Carolina woman who alleged she was a sexual assault victim of Jeffrey Epstein and also made sexual abuse allegations against President Donald Trump , according to an NBC News analysis of the Epstein files and information provided by a source familiar with the investigation. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — In a nod to voter frustration over rising electricity prices, President Trump on Tuesday said he was negotiating pledges from major tech companies to pay a greater share of the energy costs associated with new data centers. Silicon Valley is spending hundreds of billions of dollars to build power-hungry data centers for artificial intelligence as demand for electricity is increasing across the ...
Source: bostonglobe.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? on Tuesday apologized to staff at his charitable foundation for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and for engulfing them in the scandal surrounding the late ...
Source: huffpost.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 -
Supreme Court ruling has thrown fresh confusion over the raft of trade deals negotiated with global partners over the past year. Foreign leaders are mostly in "wait and see" approach, reassessing their positions for renegotiating some of the terms. Trump warned countries against backing away from the deals, saying any country that wants to "play games" would face much higher duties under different trade laws. ...
Source: cnbc.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 announced Tuesday it is delaying its global age verification rollout from March to the second half of 2026. The decision follows heavy user backlash earlier this month regarding the company's initial plan to place all users into a "teen-appropriate experience" by default until they verified their age as adults. Discord CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy acknowledged the company failed to clearly communicate its ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Washington — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a Department of Homeland Security policy that allows immigration authorities to deport migrants to "third countries" that are not their own, without first giving them notice or the opportunity to object, is unlawful. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Massachusetts sided with a group of noncitizens who filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the US Justice Department cannot search the devices it seized from Hannah Natanson, a Washington Post journalist whose home was raided by the FBI earlier this year as part of an investigation into a government contractor. William Porter, magistrate judge of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia's Arlington Division, wrote in his 22-page decision that the Trump ...
Source: commondreams.org
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Dr. Richard Axel, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, said he is stepping down as co-director of Columbia University's Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute on the heels of his association with notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein drawing public attention. "My past association with Jeffrey Epstein was a serious error in judgment, which I deeply regret," Axel said. Axel won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump used one of the most-watched political stages in America Tuesday night to spotlight something far removed from tax policy and border debates: battlefield valor. During his 2026 State of the Union address , Trump awarded, or announced the awarding of, two Congressional Medals of Honor, recognizing acts of heroism separated by more than seven decades but united by what the president called ...
Source: military.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 defended Israel's devastating war on Gaza, saying it stands by the country "with full conviction" – despite accusations of genocide against the Palestinian people. Modi gave a speech to the Knesset, or parliament, on Wednesday, on the first day of his two-day visit and received a standing ovation as he stressed India's enduring support for Israel. It was the first time an ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Even twisting an ex-employee's text to favor xAI's reading fails to sway judge. Elon Musk appears to be grasping at straws in a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of poaching eight xAI employees in an allegedly unlawful bid to access xAI trade secrets connected to its data centers and chatbot, Grok. In a Tuesday order granting OpenAI's motion to dismiss, US District Judge Rita F. Lin said that xAI failed to provide evidence ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Leading prediction market Kalshi has revealed details of two recent insider trading cases it flagged to authorities, giving a rare look at how the platform enforces its policies. A former candidate in the 2026 race for governor of California and a popular YouTuber have been kicked off Kalshi's platform for alleged violations related to insider trading, the popular prediction market revealed Wednesday. In a blog ...
Source: wired.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes Let's run through a hypothetical situation real quick: Let's say you're an AI company that has made your calling card safety, and you are negotiating the use of your technology with the military, which has threatened to punish your business if you don't abandon your principles. You'd like to maintain your position as the safety-conscious company in the AI space, which has garnered you a ...
Source: gizmodo.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 -
A New York City snowball fight gone wrong leaves Mayor Mamdani at odds with police What started as an innocent snowball fight during the New York City blizzard has, in fact, snowballed, landing Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city's police leadership in a row. Video taken Monday afternoon in Washington Square Park shows a snowball fight following an epic snowstorm devolving into some parkgoers apparently targeting ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Heart disease is the top cause of death for women in the U.S.; it kills more of them than all forms of cancer combined. But the unique signs and symptoms of heart disease in women are more likely go undetected and untreated than those in men . The dangers heart disease poses to women may be about to get worse, according to a new analysis. Based on national data between 2010 to 2020, researchers project that, by ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
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 -
Lawsuit is latest action by Trump administration against a university and escalation of president's feud with California The justice department sued the University of California, Los Angeles on Tuesday, alleging the university created a hostile work environment for Jewish and Israeli faculty and staff after protests against the war on Gaza broke out across campus. The lawsuit claims UCLA violated Title VII of the ...
Source: theguardian.com