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Top News Stories for Monday, February 9th 2026
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For the Patriots, this one had it all. All bad. Bad Bunny. Bad offense. Bad pass protection. Bad quarterbacking. Bad karma. Just a bad night all around for the heretofore indomitable upstart New England Patriots. Your Pats, who had won 16 out of 17 and not lost by more than 7 points all season, were shocked and awed Sunday by the Seattle Seahawks, losing Super Bowl LX, 29-13 , at Levi's ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
State election officials got an unusual invitation from the Trump administration last week: a late February call about midterm preparations organized by the FBI. The surprise email came at a tense moment. The Justice Department has sued dozens of states for unredacted voter rolls, the FBI raided an Atlanta-area elections office , and President Donald Trump has called for nationalizing at least some elections. Some ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a battle to stay in post as he comes under heavy criticism for his decision in 2024 to appoint veteran politician Peter Mandelson as the British ambassador to the U.S. despite the latter's ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer's judgment is in the spotlight like never before after the recent release of millions of ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Family of media tycoon say he will 'die a martyr behind bars' amid widespread criticism from press freedom groups Jimmy Lai, the media mogul and prominent pro-democracy activist, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong for national security offences, a punishment his daughter said could mean "he will die a martyr behind bars". Claire Lai said the sentence was "heartbreakingly cruel" given her ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Novo Nordisk, maker of Wegovy, saw its stock rise 8% after the opening bell on Monday. The company and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration threatened legal action against Hims & Hers, over its plan to sell a copycat weight-loss pill. The telehealth provider pulled the plans over the weekend. In this article Novo Nordisk shares jumped 8% Monday after Hims & Hers said it will pull its copycat weight-loss pill ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Juan Pablo Guanipa was 'violently' taken from a residential neighbourhood in Caracas, according to opposition leader María Corina Machado Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said on Monday one of her closest allies was kidnapped hours after being released from prison. The government had released several prominent opposition members from prison on Sunday after lengthy politically ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
– The Bhumjaithai Party of Prime Minister is on track to win the most seats in Thailand's general election, according to unofficial results released by the state Election Commission after about 94% of polling stations had reported Monday. It's the first decisive victory of a conservative party in Thailand in years. Sunday's election came against a backdrop of slow economic growth and heightened nationalist ...
Source: news4jax.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Saturday that he's stepping down, ending a troubled tenure three days after the newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff. Lewis announced his departure in a two-paragraph email to the newspaper's staff, saying that after two years of transformation, "now is the right time for me to step aside." The Post's chief financial officer, Jeff D'Onofrio, was ...
Source: pbs.org
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
While one dream came to an end, another came true. Lindsey Vonn's heartbreaking crash during the women's downhill race brought a quick end to her Olympic comeback Sunday morning, but one Team USA teammate completed a dream. Breezy Johnson won her first Olympic gold medal after crushing her downhill run with a time of 1:36.10. The sixth racer down the mountain, Johnson watched every contender make a charge at her ...
Source: nypost.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The remarkable return of Lindsey Vonn reached a key moment Sunday at the Winter Games, where the 41-year-old American was racing in the women's downhill on a badly injured left knee with hopes of her first Olympic gold medal since 2010. Vonn was scheduled to be the 13th skier on the iconic Olympia delle Tofana course on a sunny day in Cortina below the jagged peaks of the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
Noam Chomsky, the Philadelphia-born and educated intellectual, told Jeffrey Epstein to "ignore" negative media attention as the disgraced financier was being accused of abusing women and girls, emails recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice show. after the Miami Herald published a series of investigative reports on Epstein months before he was arrested and charged with sex trafficking. The latest ...
Source: bradenton.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The urgent investigation into the apparent kidnapping of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie continued Sunday, a week after the mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie was reported missing in Arizona. Savannah Guthrie solemnly told the potential kidnappers in a social media video released Saturday that the family was prepared to pay for her safe ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
Washington — A whistleblower complaint containing allegations related to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard includes highly-classified details about a National Security Agency intercept of a call between two foreign nationals who discussed a person close to President Trump, a senior U.S. intelligence official and an attorney for the whistleblower confirmed to CBS News. Last week, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
The United States held off a late charge from Japan to retain the Olympic team figure skating title on Sunday, with Ilia Malinin delivering in the men's free skate to secure gold after three days of competition. Japan finished with silver, while host nation Italy claimed bronze. The United States survived a final-day surge from Japan to retain the Olympic team figure skating title on Sunday night, with Ilia Malinin ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brad Arnold, the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, died Saturday, months after he announced that he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer. He was 47. The band said in a statement that Arnold "passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, in his sleep after his courageous battle with cancer." 3 Doors Down formed in Mississippi in 1995 and four years ...
Source: apnews.com