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Top News Stories for Wednesday, February 4th 2026
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
We report without fear or favor because our work is sustained by members, not influence. Your support helps ensure the truth is told clearly, even when those in power push back. Join HuffPost today. Already a member? President Donald Trump is facing heat for on one of the female journalists who cover him and his administration. "You are the worst reporter," Trump scolded CNN 's Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday. "I don't ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
You'd be hard-pressed to find a cybersecurity professional who doesn't recognize the benefits of AI, or who isn't using AI. Still, likewise, nearly all companies are moving forward with trepidation, expressing concern about AI Agents' potential to negatively impact cybersecurity, new research from Darktrace shows. Almost all (96%) of the 1,500 cybersecurity professionals surveyed for Darktrace's ...
Source: securityboulevard.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Trump announced that a trade deal had been reached with India, claiming that New Delhi would stop buying Russian oil as part of the agreement. India has not commented on that, and Russia said it has received no word from New Delhi about halting oil purchases. Analysts are skeptical that India will stop buying Russian oil completely due to the economic ramifications. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who emerged as a national figure and activist after the Capitol siege on Jan. 6, 2021, announced a run for Congress in Maryland on Wednesday. Dunn, a Democrat, has rapidly transformed into a well-known face and name in national politics in the years after he to secure the Democratic nomination for a seat in Maryland's 3rd District in 2024. This time, he is running in ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion government funding bill Tuesday that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding. The president moved quickly to sign the bill after the House approved it with a 217-214 vote. "This bill is a great victory for the American people," Trump said. ...
Source: military.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
TUCSON, Ariz. — Investigators found signs of forced entry at the Arizona home of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's mother, a person familiar with the investigation said Tuesday, as the host asked for prayers to help bring back the 84-year-old, who is believed to have been taken against her will . The host described her mother, Nancy Guthrie , as "a woman of deep conviction, a good and faithful servant" in ...
Source: cleveland.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
After two decades and two stints as Walt Disney Co. boss, Bob Iger finally is hanging up the reins. Disney this week tapped 54-year-old parks chief Josh D'Amaro to succeed Iger as chief executive. The handoff is set for March 18, at the company's annual investor meeting, with Iger staying on as a senior advisor and board member until his December retirement. The changing of the guard atop one of America's iconic ...
Source: latimes.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has recently jointly released the Safety Technical Requirements for Automobile Door Handles. The regulation mandates that all vehicles sold in China, except for tailgates, must be equipped with mechanical exterior door handles and interior door handles. Even if the vehicle is locked due to an accident or power failure, the doors must still be able to be ...
Source: technode.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced growing pressure Wednesday over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, after fresh revelations about the disgraced politician's close ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer was set to be grilled in parliament about his judgement in appointing Mandelson, following new allegations that the ex-envoy had passed confidential information to the late US sex offender ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A doberman pinscher named Penny won Best in Show on Tuesday night during the 150th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at New York City's Madison Square Garden. The 4-year-old canine bested the six other group winners to take the prestigious award, making her the 42nd female to win Best in Show and the first Doberman since 1989. "You can't attribute it to one thing," Penny's handler, Andy ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
– Greek coast guard boats and a helicopter scoured the sea near an eastern Aegean island on Wednesday after an overnight collision between a patrol boat and a people and injured more than two dozen. Accotrding to the coast guard, initial information indicated most of those on board the speedboat were from Afghanistan. Twenty-four people, including 11 children, were hospitalized on the island of Chios ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Up to four in ten cancer cases worldwide could be prevented, according to a new global analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO) and its International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The study examines 30 preventable causes, including tobacco, alcohol, high body mass index, physical inactivity, air pollution, ultraviolet radiation – and for the first time – nine cancer-causing infections. ...
Source: news-medical.net
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
To ensure developer control, Xcode creates automatic milestones for every modification, allowing teams to revert the entire project to a pre-agent state. Apple announced Xcode 26.3 on Tuesday, introducing agentic coding tools such as Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex directly within its app development suite. The Xcode 26.3 Release Candidate became available to all Apple Developers on the developer ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
The deal embeds advanced OpenAI models directly into Snowflake's data platform, enabling secure, AI-powered analytics and agents across major clouds. Snowflake and OpenAI have struck a multi-year, $200 million partnership to bring OpenAI's advanced models, including GPT-5.2, directly into Snowflake's enterprise data platform. The collaboration is designed to let Snowflake's large customer base, more than 12,000 ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Last Tuesday, CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss announced that the longevity guru Dr. Peter Attia would be a contributor to the network, one of several high-profile hires to mark her takeover. Last Friday, in the latest congressional release of material related to the convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein , Attia's name appeared over 1,700 times, including in emails discussing Epstein's sex life. In the most widely ...
Source: nymag.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
China's President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin hailed their countries' "stabilising" economic, political and security alliance in the face of "turbulent" times globally, as they spoke via video call on Wednesday. Moscow and Beijing have sought to present a united front against the West, with ties deepening since Russia's 2022 Ukraine offensive. The call comes days after top officials from both ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
– Envoys from Moscow and Kyiv met in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for of U.S.-brokered talks on ending the as Russian cluster munitions killed seven people at a market in Ukraine. The delegations from Moscow and Kyiv were joined in the United Arab Emirates by U.S. officials, Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council chief, who was present at the meeting, said on social media. Umerov said the ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Two of Elon Musk's companies are merging to build data centers in space, according to a post on the SpaceX website . The rocket and satellite company has acquired xAI, Musk's artificial intelligence company, which also owns the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). In the post, Musk said the combined company is "the most ambitious, vertically integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, ...
Source: cnet.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Reading time 2 minutes European investigations into Elon Musk's social media network X are escalating fast. Paris prosecutors' cybercrime unit, along with Europol and French national police, raided X's offices in the country on Tuesday. The city prosecutor's office also announced in a statement that it has issued summonses to Musk and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino for a hearing scheduled for April. The raid is part ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
NASA has postponed the earliest launch opportunity for the Artemis 2 mission from February 6 to March following a liquid hydrogen leak during a wet dress rehearsal on February 3. The agency began final preparations for Artemis 2 in early January. The wet dress rehearsal, conducted in the early morning hours of February 3, simulates propellant loading and countdown procedures. The Space Launch System rocket, already ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are in a standoff with House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., over testimony the panel is seeking in its investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The dispute is over the format of the Clintons' testimony to lawmakers. The Clintons' legal team wrote a letter to Comer on Tuesday ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
President Trump recently called Colombia's leader, Gustavo Petro, a "sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States." But on Tuesday, the two leaders made nice - mostly - at a closed-door meeting at the White House that both described as productive. Trump described the two-hour-long conversation, which touched on energy, Venezuela and bilateral efforts to combat drug trafficking, as ...
Source: bradenton.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — A deal was reached between lawyers for victims of Jeffrey Epstein and the Justice Department to protect the identities of nearly 100 women whose lives were allegedly harmed after the government began releasing millions of documents last week, a lawyer told a federal judge on Tuesday. Judge Richard M. Berman in Manhattan cancelled a hearing scheduled for Wednesday after he was notified by ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
) as well as traditional browsers that are getting generative AI features whether you like it or not (like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge). Firefox is also part of that second category, as Mozilla has been adding AI features to its browser. However, Mozilla is doing something different with its AI features; it's placing a universal off switch in the Firefox settings that lets you block all AI features in the ...
Source: bgr.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
The National Rifle Association clapped back at former Fox News host-turned-U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. Jeanine Pirro on Tuesday, following Pirro's claim on Monday that if "you bring a gun into this district, count on going to jail." Pirro was on Fox News on Monday, crowing about the reduction in crime in Washington, D.C. since President Donald Trump's return to office, and told anchor Martha MacCallum that ...
Source: mediaite.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
US president makes further claims of antisemitism against Ivy League school amid wider dispute with higher eduction institutions Donald Trump has announced that his administration is seeking $1bn in damages from Harvard University , the latest step in a long-running battle with the university over allegations of antisemitism. In a Truth Social post late on Monday, Trump accused the Ivy League school of being ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Reading time 4 minutes OpenAI and Nvidia, the two darlings of AI hype and long-term partners, seem to be having a bit of a falling out. At the center of this rift is a $100 billion Nvidia investment in OpenAI announced in September 2025. As part of the deal, Nvidia would build 10 gigawatts of AI data centers for OpenAI and invest $100 billion in the company in 10 installments, as each gigawatt comes online. In ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Russian forces have attacked energy infrastructure in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, and its second-largest city, Kharkiv, as a supposed weeklong truce amid winter conditions ended, according to Ukrainian officials. Russia attacked with 450 drones and more than 60 missiles overnight, Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday, accusing Moscow of having waited for ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Kelly Clarkson has announced that her daytime talk show is coming to an end. The former American Idol winner turned TV host and homewares mogul shared a statement confirming that The Kelly Clarkson Show will end its run after seven seasons. In a statement posted on her Instagram on February 2, Clarkson explained that she is stepping away as the host of her Daytime Emmy Award-winning talk show at the end of its ...
Source: southernliving.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
The proof of environmental regulation success is tangled in a century's worth of human hair. For generations, lead was ubiquitous in modern life, lurking in the paint on living room walls, coursing through municipal water pipes, and billowing from the tailpipes of millions of cars. The heavy metal has highly useful chemical and physical properties that made it valuable across various industries. But it's also a ...
Source: zmescience.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Austin Appelbee says he was thinking happy thoughts to get him through his gruelling swim to shore through rough seas, while the rest of his family were singing and joking to keep their spirits up while they waited for rescue. A 13-year-old Australian boy has described battling "massive" waves to swim around four hours to shore and raise the alarm after his family were swept out to sea. Austin Appelbee was with his ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday, threatening to ramp up tensions as the Trump administration warns of possible military action to get Iran to the negotiating table . The drone "aggressively approached" the aircraft carrier with "unclear intent" and kept ...
Source: military.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal, though perhaps temporary, setback. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington granted a request to pause the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians while a lawsuit challenging it ...
Source: pbs.org
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Mitch McConnell , R-Ky., was hospitalized Monday evening with flu-like symptoms, his office announced. "In an abundance of caution, after experiencing flu-like symptoms over the weekend, Senator McConnell checked himself into a local hospital for evaluation last night," a spokesperson for McConnell said in a statement. "His prognosis is positive and he is grateful for ...
Source: foxnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
– The charity founded by , is shutting down following the release of emails showing the depth of her friendship with the late sex offender Sarah's Trust, which focused on improving the lives of women and children, said it will close for the "foreseeable future,'' following the revelations in latest documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice. Ferguson is the ex-wife of the former Prince due to his ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Investors remain concerned about the impact memory costs could have on the sales of Nintendo's gaming consoles. The share drop comes after Nintendo's quarterly revenue missed market estimates, despite an 86% surge from last year. Nintendo Co. Switch 2 game consoles at a Bic Camera Inc. electronics store in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, June 5, 2025. Nintendo Co. fans from Tokyo to Manhattan stood in line for ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
PepsiCo is lowering the prices of its Cheetos, Doritos, Lays and other snack brands by up to 15%, saying it wants to bring "relief" to consumers facing an affordability crunch . The food and beverage company said the price cuts — announced just before this weekend's Super Bowl game — are an effort to respond to the financial strain facing many consumers, who conveyed that "rising everyday ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Ideas The End of the Nuclear-Arms-Control Era The last significant treaty is about to expire, and Trump isn't putting anything in its place. Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic. Sources: Bettmann; Peter Turnley / Corbis / VCG / Getty. Save Something very dangerous is on track to happen this Thursday. In two days, New START , the last significant survivor of the age of nuclear-arms-control agreements ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
An intelligence community watchdog has handed over a highly classified whistleblower complaint that includes an allegation of wrongdoing by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to top congressional leaders, following months of delay tied to classification disputes, a government shutdown, and leadership turnover at Gabbard's office, CBS News has learned. In a Feb. 2 letter to the leaders of the House and ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday that body cameras would go to immigration agents in Minneapolis, where there have been calls for accountability after two deadly shootings. Body cameras will go to agents nationwide when funding is available, she said on X . Noem said the move was in the interest of transparency. Noem and federal immigration enforcement agencies, including Immigration and Customs ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
His family au pair pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 2024 and testified against her former lover at trial. An American man who was having an affair with his family's Brazilian au pair has been found guilty of murdering his wife and another man. Brendan Banfield, 40, from Virginia , told police he came across Joseph Ryan attacking his wife, Christine Banfield, with a knife on the morning of 24 February 2023. He shot ...
Source: news.sky.com