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Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Pam Bondi was spotted with a document which seemingly showed one Democrat's Epstein files search history has been labelled as "creepy" after a new document appeared to show that the DOJ is tracking which Epstein files are being accessed by members of Congress. Lawmakers have ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 -
Wexner, an Ohio billionaire and longtime Epstein associate, has denied wrongdoing and faces closed-door congressional testimony ( JTA ) — Newly released federal investigative documents and a looming congressional deposition have renewed scrutiny of Leslie Wexner, the Ohio billionaire philanthropist long known in the Jewish world for his leadership and largesse — and more recently for his decades-long ...
Source: forward.com
Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 -
Doing President Donald Trump's bidding, the Republican-controlled US House on Wednesday approved legislation that would potentially prevent millions of Americans from participating in federal elections by instituting draconian voter ID requirements, mandating documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, and requiring states to share voter information with the Department of Homeland Security. The White ...
Source: commondreams.org
Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 -
As the EPA moves to roll back the endangerment finding, which allows it to regulate greenhouse gases, experts predict uncertainty for business and a protracted legal fight. On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to roll back the endangerment finding, which underpins the US's ability to regulate the greenhouse gases that cause climate change . The rollback, the result of more than 15 years of ...
Source: wired.com
Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 -
U.S. messenger app WhatsApp , owned by Meta Platforms META.O, has been completely blocked in Russia for failing to comply with local law, the Kremlin said on Thursday, suggesting Russians turn to a state-backed "national messenger" instead. "Due to Meta's unwillingness to comply with Russian law, such a decision was indeed made and implemented," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, proposing that ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 -
A Ukrainian athlete has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics over his insistence on wearing a helmet honoring people killed in his country's war with Russia . Follow along for live updates The International Olympic Committee said in a statement early Thursday that skeleton racer Vladylsav Heraskevych, the Ukrainian flag bearer, was "not allowed to participate at Milano Cortina 2026 after refusing to adhere to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 -
"We will pay for 100% of the grid upgrades needed to interconnect our data centers," Anthropic said in a blog post published Wednesday, adding that it will absorb costs that might otherwise be passed on to American households. "The country needs to build new data centers quickly to maintain its competitiveness on AI and national security," Anthropic said. "But AI companies shouldn't leave American ratepayers to ...
Source: insider.com
Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 -
Shadow AI is the unsanctioned use of artificial intelligence tools outside of an organization's governance framework. In the healthcare field, clinicians and staff are increasingly using unvetted AI tools to improve efficiency, from transcription to summarization. Most of this activity is well-intentioned. But when AI adoption outpaces governance, sensitive data can quietly leave organizational control. Blocking AI ...
Source: securitymagazine.com
Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 -
Feb. 12 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to purchase coal-fired electricity to boost domestic coal production, a move that has drawn staunch criticism from energy and environmental experts. Trump issued the directive via an executive order that he signed Thursday at the end of a White House ceremony attended by coal executives called "The Champion of Coal Event." "We're going to be buying a ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 -
Vote counting is under way in Bangladesh, where 127 million eligible voters are electing a new government, 18 months after a student-led movement ended Sheikh Hasina's two-decade rule. Alliances led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( BNP ) and the Jamaat-e-Islami ( JI ) are vying for the most seats in the national assembly. You can follow our live coverage here . Here are the latest updates from the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
At least nine people were killed and 27 were injured in a mass school shooting on Tuesday in a town in northeastern British Columbia, the Canadian police has said. A suspected attacke r was also found dead from what appeared to be a self‑inflicted injury, police reported, adding that authorities do not believe there were any other suspects or an ongoing threat to the public. Here is what we know: What ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
US job growth beat expectations in January while unemployment crept down, official data showed Wednesday, defying immediate concerns about labor market fragility on the back of President Donald Trump's economic policies. The United States added 130,000 jobs last month, the Department of Labor said, significantly above the 55,000 predicted in surveys by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. This was also ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider a new mRNA flu vaccine made by Moderna, the company revealed in a statement on Tuesday. The vaccine uses mRNA to inoculate the recipient—the same technology used in the Moderna and Pfizer coronavirus vaccines. The way these vaccines work is by delivering a copy of messenger RNA, which acts like a blueprint for cells to make proteins. In the ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Stand with a newsroom that doesn't flinch. Become a member and help keep fearless reporting independent. Already a member? EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The Pentagon allowed U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use an anti-drone laser earlier this week, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to suddenly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the situation who ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
DHS Shot Her and Called Her a "Terrorist." New Videos Show Something Different. "It's time to get aggressive," a Border Patrol agent said shortly before Marimar Martinez was shot five times. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Newly released body camera footage further undermines the Trump administration's efforts to falsely portray Marimar Martinez—who was shot multiple ...
Source: motherjones.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Israeli leader was expected to advocate for more forceful US intervention during sixth visit to current White House Donald Trump has said that he is still seeking a deal with Iran to prevent it from seeking a nuclear weapon following a three-hour meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu in which the Israeli leader was expected to advocate for a more forceful intervention by the US military. Netanyahu 's sixth visit to the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Man who was detained released after several hours of questioning in connection to Guthrie's disappearance The FBI announced on Wednesday that it was conducting "an extensive search" along multiple roadways close to the Arizona home of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie who has been missing for 10 days. The development came after authorities released a man earlier in the day who was ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
On Monday, the National Park Service (NPS) removed a Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City — a move many observers have condemned as just the latest attempt by the Trump administration to erase LGBTQ history and culture in the U.S. The Stonewall Inn is a dive bar in Manhattan that is widely considered the birthplace of the LGBTQ liberation movement. In 1969, the bar was the site of ...
Source: truthout.org
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administrationsays it has lifted the temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, and all flights are to resume. The FAA said it was closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport on Wednesday morning. "The temporary closure of airspace over El Paso has been lifted. There is no ...
Source: wfla.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Donald Trump addresses House Republicans in Washington. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Every time he sees trouble brewing, Donald Trump exhibits a telltale panic response. When he's cornered, when the walls close in and facts start to make the hair left on his head stand straight up — although a stiff wind will do that too — Trump doesn't simply deny. He lies by preemptively distancing himself. It's the first ...
Source: rawstory.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Users can click the three-dot menu on an image result and select "remove result," then specify if it shows a sexual image of them. Google has introduced a new tool designed to assist users in removing non-consensual explicit images from its Search results. The tool does not aim to prevent such images but rather to facilitate their removal from indexed content. To initiate a removal request, users can select an ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
By and Investigators say they believe a double-homicide in an upscale Fort Lauderdale neighborhood Tuesday afternoon is linked to the discovery of five people shot to death in Sarasota after the South Florida killings. Detectives said Wednesday that the man responsible for all seven of the deaths, including his own, was 51-year-old Russell Kot. Fort Lauderdale police were called to conduct a welfare check at a town ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump is singing "No Canada" as a sprawling bridge connecting Ontario to Detroit nears completion. The Gordie Howe International Bridge is set to connect Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. Construction began in 2018, with an anticipated opening planned for 2024. Delays pushed the opening to 2026 — and Trump's threats could delay it even longer. The US and Canada are engaged in an ongoing ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
System administrators are likely to have a busy February after Microsoft released updates to fix six actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities, three of which have been publicly disclosed. The zero-days are as follows: CVE-2026-21510 is a security feature bypass vulnerability in Windows Shell which enables unauthorized attackers to circumvent Windows SmartScreen and security prompt protections by tricking victims ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
An Illinois ban on card interchange fees for taxes and tips has survived a court challenge. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division on Tuesday (Feb. 10) sided against a group of financial services organizations which had sued state Attorney General Kwame Raoul over the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (IFPA). The law, set to go into effect in July , ...
Source: pymnts.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Dozens of hair extensions—including artificial and natural braids—may contain synthetic chemicals that are a health and environmental hazard , a new study shows. At least 12 of the 169 chemicals detected in the new analysis have been associated with cancer, birth defects and reproductive issues and are included in California's Proposition 65 hazardous chemicals list. The study, published today in ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Sunday night's Super Bowl and Bad Bunny fell short of setting records for the most watched US broadcast and half-time show. Seattle's 29-13 victory over New England averaged 124.9 million viewers on NBC, Peacock, Telemundo, NBC Sports Digital, and NFL+, according to Nielsen. That fell short of the 127.7 million US viewers who tuned in for Philadelphia's victory over Kansas City last year on Fox. However, this ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Public opinion polling agency says decision 'solely based on Gallup's research goals and priorities' Gallup, the public opinion polling agency, will stop tracking presidential approval ratings after almost nine decades, a spokesperson confirmed. As Donald Trump continues to closely scrutinize polling of his popularity, and publicly lambast media companies that report on unfavorable numbers, Gallup insisted its ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
The Buddhist monk who led a "Walk for Peace" from Texas to the nation's capital said he believes peace can be achieved even in a world filled with conflict, citing the overwhelming displays of public support for his walk as a source of hope for future change. "Peace always begins from with ourself. It's not the world peace out there," the Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara said in an exclusive interview with CBS ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
The retrieval of the video, which sees the armed suspect at the front door of the now-missing 84-year-old, has been a significant development in the case - but it's also led to wider concerns over privacy. Doorbell footage showing a masked man approaching Nancy Guthrie's home on the day of her disappearance has been released by the FBI. It comes almost 10 days after the 84-year-old mother of TV host Savannah ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Howard Lutnick insisted last year he swore off Epstein decades ago. Emails tell a different story Howard Lutnick was emphatic. In an October interview with the New York Post , Trump's commerce secretary dramatically asserted that after a single encounter with the disgraced financier and sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein , he was determined to "never be in the room with that disgusting person ever again." … ...
Source: rollingstone.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Unprecedented raid elevates concern that the president will seek to interfere in this year's midterm elections – key US politics stories from 10 February 2026 at a glance When the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the Fulton county election office in Georgia last month, the decision was based on debunked claims from election deniers and came after a referral from a White House lawyer who tried to ...
Source: theguardian.com