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Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Trump said 'of course' he condemns the racist parts of the video, but would not apologize for sharing it President Donald Trump has refused to apologize for a video shared on his Truth Social account— which was later deleted — that included a racist image depicting ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
The White House's TrumpRx website went live Thursday with a promise to instantly deliver prescription drugs at "the lowest price anywhere in the world." "This launch represents the largest reduction in prescription drug prices in history by many, many times, and it's not even close," President Trump said at a news conference announcing the launch of the platform. Drug policy experts say the jury is still out on ...
Source: latimes.com
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump said Friday that the high-stakes talks between Iran and the United States in Oman had gone well and that the two sides would meet again next week , though he did not provide any details about the meeting "They had a very good meeting with a very high representative Iran, of Iran, and we'll see how it all turns out," Trump said in a gathering of reporters aboard Air Force One, noting that the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
Democracy experts say there is little doubt about president's desire to interfere in elections this November Donald Trump set off alarm bells earlier this week with comments that his administration should "take over the voting" in some states in the run-up to the 2026 midterms, which followed an unprecedented FBI raid on an election office in Georgia. Although election experts say it's clear the president doesn't ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
News ) Uber ordered to pay $8.5 million in bellwether sexual assault case A US federal jury on Thursday ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million in compensatory damages to a passenger who alleged she was sexually assaulted by her driver, marking the first plaintiff victory in a multidistrict litigation including thousands of similar claims. Thursday's verdict hinged on the legal theory of apparent authority , under which a ...
Source: jurist.org
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
Authorities in the European Union said that the video-sharing platform TikTok is in breach of online content regulations, warning the company to change "addictive" features in order to protect minors from compulsive use. The European Commission shared the preliminary conclusions of a probe into TikTok on Friday, stating that features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and a personalised ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
India and the United States on Saturday issued a joint statement outlining the details of the recently announced trade pact, under which tariffs on Indian products entering US will drop from 50% to 18%. The development follows months of negotiations that started back in February 2025. For India, the deal will reduce duties on a range of items such as textiles and apparel, leather and footwear, plastic and rubber ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — It's been a week since "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie 's mother disappeared from her home in Arizona in what authorities say was a kidnapping. Investigators have been examining ransom notes and looking for evidence but have not named a suspect. On Friday, officers returned to 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie 's home near Tucson and to the surrounding neighborhood to continue their search. ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
News Trump administration paves way for easier termination of public employees The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Thursday announced drastic changes to the way federal employees are classified, making it easier for the president to fire public employees. The rule adds a new "excepted service" category, Schedule Policy/Career, which includes "career positions of a confidential, policy-determining, ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Apparently, humans aren't the only ones with a knack for acting and imagination. A bonobo named Kanzi could have cleared the audition of an elite culinarian when he pretended to see food that wasn't even there. In a recent set of experiments , scientists wanted to test if animals could play pretend just as well as humans, and the results didn't disappoint. Kanzi was treated to a make-believe tea party where he was ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — "West Wing" and "Field of Dreams" actor Timothy Busfield has been indicted by a grand jury on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child under age 13, a New Mexico prosecutor announced Friday. The allegations are tied to Busfield's work as a director on the set of the TV series "The Cleaning Lady" from 2022 to 2024. Busfield has denied the allegations, initially filed in court ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. military has conducted another strike on a suspected drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific, killing two people. The U.S. Southern Command announced the strike on X Thursday night . "On Feb. 5, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article On Friday, a Manhattan judge ruled that the Trump administration must unfreeze the tunnel's federal funds New York Senator Chuck Schumer has denied a claim by President Donald Trump that it was the Senator who suggested renaming Penn Station in honor of the president in exchange ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian and U.S. negotiators discussed the expiration of the last remaining nuclear arms pact between the two countries and agreed on the need to quickly launch new arms control talks, the Kremlin said Friday, even as the U.S. emphasized the need for China to join a future arms pact and accused Beijing of covert nuclear tests. The New START treaty terminated Thursday, leaving no caps on the two ...
Source: military.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
A New York judge on Friday said. Mangione's trial will start in June, despite his attorneys pleading to push back the date as his federal trial begins in April. The New York state trial for Luigi Mangione, who is facing charges in connection with the 2024 fatal shooting of a UnitedHealthcare executive, will begin on June 8, the judge said in court Friday. While he was leaving court Friday, Mangione said: "One plus ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Apple Inc. is scaling back plans for an AI-based health coach, a retreat that underscores the difficulty of turning health tracking into a paid service. The shift matters for Apple's wearables and services goals. Bloomberg reported on Feb. 5 that Apple has wound down the initiative, code-named Mulberry, citing people familiar with the matter. Apple referred to the effort internally as Health+. Instead of launching ...
Source: pymnts.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Legacy systems often suffer from messy data and workflows that aren't ready for AI's speed and scale. As enterprises race to adopt AI, many are discovering that experimentation alone isn't enough to deliver real business value. Legacy systems, fragmented data, and outdated architectures continue to limit how far AI initiatives can scale , often stalling promising ideas at the pilot stage. To discover more, Digital ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Statin Side Effect Risks May Be Much Lower Than You Think New research suggests that it's rare to experience most of the listed side effects for this common type of cholesterol-lowering medication. Taken by millions of people across the United States, statin medications can reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke by lowering cholesterol levels. But an untold number of people who could also benefit from these ...
Source: everydayhealth.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
The Hims website arranged on a laptop in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it would take action against telehealth provider Hims & Hers for its $49 weight-loss pill, including restricting access to the drug's ingredients and referring the company to the Department of Justice for potential violations of federal law. Federal action to ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter , and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory . Editor's note: GeekWire publishes guest opinions to foster informed discussion and highlight a diversity of perspectives on issues shaping the tech and startup community. If you're interested in submitting a guest column, email us at tips@geekwire.com . ...
Source: geekwire.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a new binding operational directive aimed at reducing a long-standing cyber risk across federal networks: outdated "edge devices" that are not longer supported by vendors and aren't receiving timely security ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Canada opened its consulate in Greenland's capital and the first French consul to the Danish territory arrived on Friday, following the Trump administration's efforts to acquire the island. "I am en route to Nuuk for the opening of Canada's new consulate — strengthening Canada's presence, partnerships, and leadership in the Arctic," Canadian Foreign Minister Anita ...
Source: foxnews.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Zubayar al-Bakoush is suspected in Libya attack resulting in deaths of US ambassador and three other Americans The US attorney general, Pam Bondi, announced on Friday the arrest of a "key participant" in the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack that killed four US government officials, including the US ambassador to Libya , J Christopher Stevens. Bondi said the suspect, Zubayar al-Bakoush, was taken into US custody at ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
The Trump administration says it has begun to scale back some of its immigration enforcement efforts in the Minneapolis region. But the massive strain the crackdown has placed on the area's courts and law enforcement is likely to linger for months to come. Government lawyers are buckling under a crush of hundreds of cases, including scores of challenges filed by migrants who say they are being illegally detained. ...
Source: abajournal.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
A top Russian military intelligence general was shot in a Moscow apartment building Friday and hospitalized, the Kremlin said, depicting it as an assassination attempt orchestrated by Ukraine. There was no comment from Kyiv, which has claimed responsibility for the killings of several high-ranking military officials since Moscow launched its full-scale offensive in February 2022. Russian investigators said Vladimir ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Database Misconfiguration Exposed 1.5 million API Tokens Moltbook, a social media platform for artificial intelligence agents, treats its members as social actors. Its database treated unauthenticated access the same way. Within days of launching Moltbook, a platform where AI agents post memes and debate philosophy without human supervision, founder Matt Schlicht discovered that a misconfigured database exposed ...
Source: devicesecurity.io
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Amazon reported a profit of $21.2 billion on net sales of $213.4 billion in the recently ended quarter. Amazon shares dove more than 11 percent on Thursday as the computing and retail titan reported strong sales but significantly boosted spending estimates. Amazon reported a profit of $21.2 billion on net sales of $213.4 billion in the recently ended quarter as its AWS cloud computing, retail, advertising, and ...
Source: digitaljournal.com