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Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Stephen Colbert claims CBS told him not to broadcast an interview with Senate candidate James Talarico Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, has clapped back at Stephen Colbert after he claims CBS told him not to air an interview with a Democratic ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
A weekslong "snow drought" in Northern California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly avalanche , after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had hardened, making it unstable and easily triggered, experts said. The new snow did not have time to bond to the earlier layer before the avalanche near Lake Tahoe killed at least eight backcountry skiers, said Craig Clements, a ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Indian leader Narendra Modi and tech chiefs including OpenAI's Sam Altman will speak on artificial intelligence's opportunities and threats. Indian leader Narendra Modi and tech chiefs including OpenAI's Sam Altman will speak Thursday on artificial intelligence's opportunities and threats at a summit in New Delhi, but Microsoft founder Bill Gates cancelled just hours before his speech. Gates, facing questions over ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump was able to push through many of the tax breaks he touted on the campaign trail, but experts said they may be more hype than savings for some taxpayers. Four main tax breaks were created with the passage of Trump's sweeping budget bill in July 2025: no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, a deduction on qualifying new auto loans and a $6,000 senior deduction, which passed instead of no federal ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over ties to Epstein
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former British prince who was stripped of his royal titles because of his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. While Andrew has consistently denied any wrongdoing in connection with his friendship with Epstein, concerns about Mountbatten-Windsor's links to the late financier have dogged ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
will gather Thursday with representatives from that have — and several that have opted not to — for an inaugural meeting that will focus on and building an international stabilization force for , where a shaky ceasefire deal persists. Trump announced ahead of the meeting that board members for reconstruction, a fraction of the estimated $70 billion needed to rebuild the Palestinian territory decimated ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Behind the scenes, real journalism faces real resistance. We keep reporting anyway. Member support protects our independence and keeps tough stories in the light. Join today to help defend a free press. Already a member? AUSTIN, Texas – Seven months and $60 million later, Senate Republicans' efforts to rescue one of their caucus' leading members have proven totally ineffective, driving worries the party could ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Trump told the U.K. not to "give away" the Chagos Islands, which is where a joint U.S.-U.K. military base is located. The president suggested the Chagos deal was prompted by "Wokeism" after the U.K. has come under pressure to hand the islands back to Mauritius. The U.S. is due to hold talks with Mauritius on the issue next week. U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hold a press ...
Source: cnbc.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
The device sports a 6.3-inch Actua display that is 11% brighter than the previous generation. Google on Wednesday introduced the Pixel 10a, a $499 entry-level smartphone that is available for preorder now with shipments starting March 5. The device comes in four colors: Lavender, Berry, Fog, and Obsidian. It features a flat back where the camera bar blends flush with the phone's body. The Pixel 10a sports a ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
– Former South Korean President was found guilty of leading an insurrection on Thursday and sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law in 2024, a ruling that marks a dramatic culmination of the country's The conservative leader was ousted from office after he declared martial law and sent troops to surround the National Assembly on Dec. 3, 2024, in a baffling attempt to overcome a ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Bad Bunny to make lead acting debut in film inspired by Puerto Rican revolutionary Singer Bad Bunny is to take on his first lead acting role, starring in a film alongside Javier Bardem and Edward Norton. Porto Rico, described as a love letter to the 31-year-old's home of Puerto Rico, will be directed by rapper René Pérez, known as Residente. The film, which has been in development since 2023, is ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Users can simply describe a song or upload a photo to generate music that matches a specific mood. Google announced on Wednesday that it is adding a music-generation feature to the Gemini app. The feature is powered by DeepMind's Lyria 3 music-generation model and is currently in beta. Users describe the song they want to create via a text prompt, and the app generates a 30-second track with lyrics and cover art. ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Deal agreed to acquire British secondhand fashion resale app from Etsy as eBay attempts to fend off Amazon The online retailer eBay has agreed to buy the British secondhand fashion resale app Depop from Etsy for about $1.2bn (£890m) in cash, as eBay targets younger fashion-loving consumers. The deal comes at a time when secondhand marketplaces continue to soar in popularity , especially among gen Z shoppers ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
US Sen. Bernie Sanders used his appearance at a rally in Los Angeles on Wednesday to call out—in some cases by name—the billionaires using tiny slices of their fortunes to fight a proposed wealth tax in California. "What I can tell the oligarchs is that the American people are sick and tired of their greed," Sanders (I-Vt.) told an enthusiastic audience gathered at The Wiltern theater, with members of ...
Source: commondreams.org
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
– A "campaign of destruction" in October by Sudanese paramilitary forces against non-Arab communities in and near shows "hallmarks of genocide," U.N.-backed human rights experts reported Thursday, a dramatic finding in the country's devastating war. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces — which are at war with the Sudanese military — carried out mass killings and other atrocities in the city of ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Air pollution can cause far more damage than previously believed. According to a recent study published in PLOS Medicine , the tiny particles in polluted air are way more harmful. The long-term exposure to PM2.5, which is extremely small pollution particles, is linked to a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Scientists now believe these particles may not only affect the lungs but also reach and impact ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
Meta chief says it has improved identifying underage users but adds 'I always wish we could have gotten there sooner' The Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg , testified at a landmark trial of social media companies on Wednesday. Plaintiffs' lawyers grilled Zuckerberg about internal complaints that not enough was being done to verify whether children under 13 were using the platform. Zuckerberg claimed Meta had improved in ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
Behind the scenes, real journalism faces real resistance. We keep reporting anyway. Member support protects our independence and keeps tough stories in the light. Join today to help defend a free press. Already a member? Feb 18 (Reuters) - Moderna said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to review its influenza vaccine, reversing an earlier decision to reject the application, after the ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
Billionaire Les Wexner tells US lawmakers he was 'naive' and 'conned' by Epstein US billionaire Les Wexner, who is alleged to have played a key role in helping Jeffrey Epstein build his wealth, has described himself as "naive, foolish and gullible" for trusting the late sex offender. In a statement to US lawmakers at the start of a closed-door deposition on Wednesday, the former CEO of Victoria's Secret lingerie ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
Thousands of years from now, what will remain of our digital era? Thousands of years from now, what will remain of our digital era? The ever-growing vastness of human knowledge is no longer stored in libraries, but on hard drives that struggle to last decades, let alone millennia. However, information written into glass by lasers could allow data to be preserved for more than 10,000 years, Microsoft announced in a ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
Back in January 2023, Aimen Halim bought an order of "boneless wings" at a Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW) outlet in Mount Prospect, Illinois. At the time, he claims, he assumed the product was composed of deboned chicken wing meat. But to his horror, he discovered that it was in fact made from chicken breast meat. That revelation resulted in a federal lawsuit that Halim filed against the chicken chain two months later, ...
Source: reason.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
MILAN — In her third and final opportunity to medal at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, Team USA superstar skier Mikaela Shiffrin ended her struggles at the Olympics during two emphatic runs Wednesday that earned her gold in slalom. Shiffrin stormed down a Cortina d'Ampezzo course with nearly 600 feet of vertical drop to finish in 47.13 seconds after her first run, 0.82 of a second ahead of the rest of the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
Feb. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. military has killed 11 people in recent strikes on three boats allegedly transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean Sea. The boats were attacked late Monday, U.S. Southern Command said in a statement , which alleged that the three boats were operated by designated terrorist organizations. No proof was provided. A 39-second video published online by Southern Command ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
By Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times Tesla sales won't be suspended in California after regulators ruled Tuesday that the electric vehicle company has stopped misleading customers about its driver assistance features. In December, the California Department of Motor Vehicles found Tesla in violation of state law for exaggerating the capabilities of its "Autopilot" and "Full Self-Driving" technology. The ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Federal Reserve officials want to see inflation fall further before they would support additional interest rate cuts this year, particularly if the job market continues to stabilize, minutes of last month's meeting show. The "vast majority" of the 19 participants on the Fed's rate-setting committee said ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
The Paris prosecutor's office said it was opening two new lines of inquiry, one into alleged human trafficking and the other into possible financial wrongdoing related to Epstein. LONDON — The global fallout from the Epstein files widened Wednesday, with French authorities urging survivors to come forward and British police assessing private flights to and from London connected to the late financier and ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
The Trump administration is going to bat for a hands-off approach to the explosion of gambling in America. Reading time 3 minutes Over the past year, several states have launched legal actions against some of the largest players in the booming prediction market industry, such as Kalshi and Polymarket. These cases mostly have to do with state-level gambling regulations, as there is disagreement over whether these ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article As of Tuesday evening, there had been more than a quarter million reports of YouTube issues, according to the crowd-sourced site Downdetector has announced that all of its platforms are "are back to normal" after more than a quarter million users reported issues accessing the ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
By When a single customer signs up for "millions" of AI chips, that is more than a routine supply agreement. Meta Platforms has agreed to deploy millions of Nvidia processors and related hardware over the next several years as part of an expanded, multigenerational AI infrastructure deal, Meta and Nvidia said in a joint announcement. Nvidia described the agreement as covering a broad range of its hardware ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
Explore our Olympics coverage | See More Now It seems like intermittent fasting would be a great weight loss strategy. You can't eat during certain times of the day, and that might ultimately reduce your calorie intake, right? But despite all the hype surrounding intermittent fasting, new research suggests you could end up with the same results, whether you follow the eating strategy or do nothing at all. The ...
Source: self.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
Christy Carlson Romano is opening up about a potential health battle. On Feb. 17, the Disney Channel alum revealed that she received positive results from a preliminary cancer screening. "I got the results back a little bit before filming down in Florida," she said in an Instagram video . "My husband's came back completely negative. Mine did not come back negative." Romano explained that her results are not an ...
Source: bustle.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
Ukraine's sports minister has condemned the decision to allow six Russians and four Belarusians to compete under their nation's flags at next month's Winter Paralympics as "disappointing and outrageous" and said Ukraine officials will not attend the opening ceremony or other official events as a result. "The flags of Russia and Belarus have no place at international sporting events that stand for fairness, ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
Newark Liberty International Airport has reopened after an aircraft emergency caused a ground stop Wednesday evening, according to The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. A plane had to be evacuated, prompting a temporary closure of the airport. Port Authority said a JetBlue flight took off from Newark around 5:45 p.m. The flight then immediately turned around after experiencing engine failure. The Federal ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
A U.S. Capitol police officer puts on gloves as he walks the steps of the U.S. Capitol building, two days after a winter storm swept across a large swath of the United States, in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 27, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper New details emerged Tuesday afternoon after Capitol police took into custody an 18-year-old man who was running towards the Capitol with a loaded shotgun and wearing a tactical vest. ...
Source: rawstory.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Agrochemical maker Bayer and attorneys for cancer patients announced a proposed $7.25 billion settlement Tuesday to resolve thousands of U.S. lawsuits alleging the company failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller Roundup could cause cancer. The proposed settlement comes as the U.S. Supreme Court ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
The Pride flag's removal from New York's Stonewall National Monument by the Trump administration without first notifying the public or considering the ramifications for the historic property violated federal law, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Manhattan on Tuesday. The federal government removed the flag on Feb. 9, saying it was necessary to comply with Department of Interior and National Park Service ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com