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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 -
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — After days of increasingly brutal conditions in California's Sierra Nevada, a group of 15 backcountry skiers set out for home. But as they left remote huts at thousands of feet of elevation and trekked back toward the trailhead, they were slammed by a treacherous avalanche that left eight dead and one missing. With avalanche warnings in effect through early Thursday, officials were ...
Source: bostonglobe.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
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
King expresses his 'deepest concern' and says 'law must take its course' as former prince arrested at Sandringham estate Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office by police investigating the former prince's dealings with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Photographs of unmarked police cars and plainclothes officers at Wood Farm on the Sandringham estate ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
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 -
In a fiery speech in Los Angeles, the Vermont senator criticizes 'grotesque' levels of economic inequality Billionaires are "treading on very, very thin ice," Bernie Sanders warned on Wednesday during a fiery speech in Los Angeles, imploring California voters to fight "grotesque" levels of economic inequality by approving a proposed tax on the state's richest residents. The Vermont senator railed against the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
By LOS ANGELES -- In a crowded courtroom Wednesday, a lawyer drew a picture of a frowning stick figure and projected it on a screen in front of Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's CEO. The figure represented a vulnerable child. The plaintiff's lawyer asked Zuckerberg, 41, clad in a navy blue suit and gray tie, whether a reasonable company should help, ignore or prey on the child. "I think a reasonable company should try to ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
Moderna said Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration changed course and will review an amended application for its new flu vaccine, a week after rejecting the original submission and fueling drugmaker and investor concerns over policy changes at the agency under President Donald Trump. Shares of the vaccine maker closed up 6% on Wednesday after falling as much as 12% just after the FDA refusal became public. The ...
Source: nbcnews.com
'He's a competent witness, he's just not telling the truth': Les Wexner testifies on Jeffrey Epstein
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform emerged from Les Wexner's New Albany estate Wednesday to express skepticism that the Ohio billionaire was telling them the whole truth during an ongoing committee deposition about his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Top committee Democrat Robert Garcia of California told reporters during a break in the hearing that he ...
Source: cleveland.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
A federal judge in Chicago has ruled there's "no meat on [the] bones" of a restaurant customer's argument that its boneless wings aren't actually chicken wings. The ruling on Tuesday comes after Chicagoan Aimen Halim filed a lawsuit against Buffalo Wild Wings in 2023, alleging that the use of the term "boneless wings" was deceptive and "a clear-cut case of false advertising." Halim bought food at a Mount Prospect ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — California regulators said on Tuesday that Tesla had stopped misleading drivers about the safety of its cars and so has decided not to suspend its license to sell in the state for 30 days. The decision by the California Department of Motor Vehicles comes after Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker was found by an administrative law judge last year to have misled drivers about the ability of Tesla ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
At their most recent meeting, Federal Reserve officials discussed scenarios in which an interest rate hike might be appropriate, according to minutes of it released Wednesday. "Several" Fed officials thought there was a "possibility that upward adjustments" to interest rates "could be appropriate" if inflation continues to track above 2%, as it has for nearly five years. The deliberations underscore how inflation ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2026 -
Christy Carlson Romano is getting candid about her personal health in the wake of a cancer screening test that came back positive. On Tuesday, February 17, the Even Stevens alum took to Instagram to share the news and reassure her fans that she will "keep fighting" as she awaits further test results. "Right now the news is that something is going on," she wrote in her caption . "I'm nervous and a bit scared (heck ...
Source: instyle.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 -
A free press depends on people who believe in it. As more outlets cave to the administration's demands to quiet opposing voices, our members enable reporting that holds firm to its values and serves the public interest. Already a member? The Trump administration has been sued over from the historic Stonewall National Monument in New York City this month. A lawsuit , filed Tuesday in federal court by a group of ...
Source: huffpost.com