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Top News Stories for Tuesday, February 10th 2026
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
OpenAI has started integrating advertisements for users in the United States on the Free and newly launched Go subscription tiers. OpenAI announced on Monday that it has begun rolling out ads in the United States for users on its Free and Go subscription tiers. The Go plan, priced at $8 per month in the U.S., launched globally in mid-January. Subscribers to higher paid plans—Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Feb. 10 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of a Canada-funded bridge linking Ontario with Michigan, saying the United States must be "fully compensated for everything we have given them." Trump issued the threat via his Truth Social platform on Monday evening, targeting the long-planned, $4.4 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge, which is expected to open later this year along ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Drinking two to three cups of coffee daily could reduce the risk of dementia , according to new observational research published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. American researchers analyzed four decades of data from more than 130,000 doctors and nurses, finding that moderately caffeinated coffee and tea intake can lower the risk of cognitive decline, ...
Source: foxnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
The billionaire stated that a lunar city could be finished in under 10 years due to more frequent launch windows and proximity. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that the company has shifted its near-term priorities from Mars settlement to building a "self‑growing city on the Moon." In a post on X, Musk stated the lunar project could be completed in less than 10 years, compared to more than 20 years for a ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Discord users will soon see a change to how their accounts work. From early March 2026, access to some features will require age verification using an ID or a face scan. The changes follow earlier deployments in a small number of countries and will apply to both new and existing ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
By Blake Brittain Feb 10 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk's U.S. patent lawsuit against Hims & Hers, filed on Monday, marks a new front in the Danish pharmaceutical drugmaker's campaign against companies selling compounded versions of its blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy. The case, Novo's first U.S. patent infringement lawsuit against a compounder over Wegovy, comes as large telehealth companies have expanded ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
LONDON — The leader of the Scottish Labour party, Anas Sarwar, urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign Monday, intensifying pressure on the British leader over his decision to make Peter Mandelson the ambassador to the United States despite his close ties to Jeffrey Epstein. "The distraction needs to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change," Sarwar said at a news conference in Glasgow, ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Stand with a newsroom that doesn't flinch. Become a member and help keep fearless reporting independent. Already a member? LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Chloe Kim and Eileen Gu , two Olympic standouts who have faced their share of hate over the years, each weighed in Monday on Donald Trump 's bashing of their friend, American freeskier Hunter Hess, for having said he didn't back the U.S. president's heightened ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed a number of community bank-favored provisions as part of a larger housing package Monday night, but those riders are already imperiling the bill's chances of re-passing the Senate. Processing Content The bill, H.R. 6644, passed the full house Monday evening by a wide bipartisan margin. House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill, R-Ark., ...
Source: americanbanker.com
New Zealand mosque shooter always planned to admit his crimes, his former lawyers tell appeals court
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The self-professed white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims in New Zealand's deadliest mass shooting was pleased to be charged with terrorism and wanted to be described as a terrorist, his former lawyer told a court deciding if the man was in a fit state to admit to his crimes. Brenton Tarrant, 35, was sentenced to life in prison without a chance of parole after pleading guilty ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Israel's security cabinet has approved plans that pave the way for more settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory A White House official has reiterated Donald Trump's opposition towards Israel annexing the West Bank , after Israeli plans were announced that would pave the way for more settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. The measures, announced on Sunday, included allowing Jewish Israelis to ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Chappell Roan announced Monday that she's left her talent agency after its CEO was named in files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the Department of Justice. The Epstein Files Transparency Act passed overwhelmingly by Congress in November compelled the Department of Justice to release all the documents in its possession related to the disgraced financier. Roan, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
The 38-year-old head coach, in his second year on the job, was wearing a black, SEAHAWKS SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS T-shirt. And a huge smile. Jermaine Kearse, Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril from #Seahawks ' Super Bowl 11 years ago against the Patriots, outside the Seattle locker room after Super Bowl 60 win here tonight here in Santa Clara. @thenewstribune pic.twitter.com/G1PPRVckP7 — Gregg Bell ...
Source: bradenton.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
NEW YORK — It's not easy being a Republican in New York. It'll be even harder this midterm election year. Across the deep blue state, the GOP is being outraised and outpolled in key races. The reality is familiar enough for the perpetual underdogs — they haven't won a statewide contest in more than 20 years. But their woes are compounded now by President Donald Trump's abysmal favorability, prodigious ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Two lawsuits accusing the world's largest social media companies of harming children begin this week, marking the first legal efforts to hold companies like Meta responsible for the effects their products have on young users. Opening arguments began today in a case brought by New Mexico's attorney general's office, which alleges that Meta failed to protect children from sexually explicit material. A separate case ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Stand with a newsroom that doesn't flinch. Become a member and help keep fearless reporting independent. Already a member? WASHINGTON — Jeffery Epstein's former accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell sat for a video deposition with members of Congress on Monday but refused to talk. Appearing from the prison camp where she's serving a 20-year sentence, Maxwell invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
HONG KONG – The sentencing on Monday of raised concerns from international governments and rights groups. Chinese and Hong Kong authorities defended it, saying it reflected the spirit of the rule of law. Lai, a 78-year-old prominent democracy advocate, was to 20 years in prison after being in December of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles. His ...
Source: news4jax.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Tom Homan suggested that a widespread approach to immigration operations would lose public support Tom Homan – the Trump administration's "border czar" sent to Minnesota in January after federal agents fatally shot two US citizen protesters – warned last year that the government's aggressive, widespread approach to immigration enforcement would cost it public support. Homan made the observation in an ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
British police are looking into a claim that former Prince Andrew shared confidential trade documents with disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a U.K. trade envoy. Thames Valley Police, which serves the area west of London, including Windsor, one of the British royal family's residences, said it was assessing new allegations against the younger brother of King Charles III. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's top prosecutor said on Monday that his office had requested the arrest of one of the closest allies of opposition leader María Corina Machado , less than 12 hours after his release from a detention facility as part of a government move to free those facing politically motivated accusations. The attorney general's statement did not say whether Juan Pablo Guanipa was ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Only two survivors rescued in tragedy off Libyan coast, UN migration agency says The UN migration agency said 53 people had died or were missing after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast. Only two survivors were rescued. The International Organization for Migration said the boat overturned north of Zuwara on Friday. "Only two Nigerian women were rescued during a search and rescue operation ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. military conducted a "lethal kinetic strike" targeting a boat alleged to be shipping narcotics in the eastern Pacific on Monday, killing two people and leaving one survivor, U.S. Southern Command said. The boat with three people on board was attacked as "intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the eastern Pacific and was engaged in ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
The United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) went on strike on Monday, shutting down the San Francisco Unified School District's 120 schools and robbing 50,000 children of their regularly scheduled education. The strike is the first one in 50 years, reports ABC10, and will continue "until we win the schools our students deserve and the contracts our members deserve," said UESF President Cassondra Curiel at a Monday ...
Source: reason.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
– U.S. military forces boarded a sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the ship from the Caribbean Sea as part of an , Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday. Venezuela had faced U.S. sanctions on its oil and relied on a shadow fleet of falsely flagged tankers to . Following the U.S. raid to apprehend in early January, several tankers fled the Venezuelan coast, including the ship that was ...
Source: news4jax.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for decades. Experts say the findings are the strongest evidence yet that cognitive training can create lasting changes in the brain. "It's very surprising," said Marilyn Albert, director of the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. "It's not at all what I would have expected." The ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
California may not enforce its mask ban against federal immigration agents, a Los Angeles federal judge ruled Monday, though she left intact other provisions in new state laws requiring officers to identify themselves. Judge Christina Snyder of the US District Court for the Central District of California partially granted the federal government's request for a preliminary injunction Monday. The ban on facial ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
European competition regulators say Meta 's artificial intelligence (AI) assistant policy violates antitrust regulations. The European Commission (EC) announced Monday (Feb. 9) that it sent a statement of objections to the tech giant, stating the watchdog's "preliminary view" that Meta breached EU antitrust rules by preventing third-party AI assistants from accessing WhatsApp. The commission ...
Source: pymnts.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
MILAN (AP) — It seemed only fitting that Ilia Malinin was the first one to get his Olympic gold medal after the U.S. successfully defended its team title by holding off the Japanese on Sunday night in the three-day competition at the Milan Cortina Games. After all, everything came down to him in the end. With the teams tied after seven of eight performances, Malinin calmly delivered for the Americans. The ...
Source: bostonglobe.com