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Top News Stories for Saturday, February 7th 2026
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Donald Trump shared a video on Truth Social late Thursday night that featured a clip depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. The video, which was just more than a minute long, started out by making claims about voting machine anomalies and the 2020 election. At the 59-second mark, as the video came to an end, a clip showing Barack and Michelle's faces superimposed on cartoon monkey or ape bodies and dancing ...
Source: pennlive.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
State election officials were left unnerved after being summoned by the FBI to a mysterious conference to discuss "preparations" for this year's midterm elections , which President Donald Trump has recently called for Republicans to "nationalize" in violation of the Constitution. On Tuesday, election officials in all 50 states received an email from Kellie M. Hardiman, who identified herself as an "FBI Election ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
News Trump administration paves way for easier termination of public employees The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Thursday announced drastic changes to the way federal employees are classified, making it easier for the president to fire public employees. The rule adds a new "excepted service" category, Schedule Policy/Career, which includes "career positions of a confidential, policy-determining, ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A New Mexico grand jury on Friday indicted actor Timothy Busfield on four counts that accuse him of criminal sexual contact of a child. Each charge carries a minimum sentence of three years in prison if Busfield, 68, is found guilty, according to New Mexico law. "As with all criminal proceedings, Mr. Busfield is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law," Bernalillo County ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
A federal jury in Arizona awarded $8.5 million on Thursday to a woman who claimed that she was raped by her Uber driver. The verdict comes in the first federal bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation against Uber Technologies Inc. over claims of sexual assault. Plaintiff Jaylynn Dean alleged that her Uber driver raped her Nov. 15, 2023, while she was on a trip in Tempe, Arizona. Uber's lawyers said Hassan ...
Source: abajournal.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
A New York judge on Friday said. Mangione's trial will start in June, despite his attorneys pleading to push back the date as his federal trial begins in April. The New York state trial for Luigi Mangione, who is facing charges in connection with the 2024 fatal shooting of a UnitedHealthcare executive, will begin on June 8, the judge said in court Friday. While he was leaving court Friday, Mangione said: "One plus ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
The cheapest seat to this Sunday's Super Bowl matchup between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will cost you roughly four times what the typical U.S. worker earns in a week. In recent years, lower-priced tickets to the big game have averaged between $4,000 and $6,000, according to Ticketmaster, the official ticketing partner of the NFL. Add the cost of flights and lodging and the price tag to attend ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
In response to rising concerns about the extreme energy demands of artificial intelligence data centers, Democratic legislators in New York are proposing a three-year pause on their creation in the state. The environmental group Food & Water Watch called the proposal, introduced Friday by state Sen. Liz Krueger (D-28) and Assemblymember Anna Kelles (D-125), the "strongest data center moratorium bill in the ...
Source: commondreams.org
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon sales surged 14% during the fourth quarter, helped by strong holiday spending and a better-than-expected growth in its prominent cloud computing unit. But shares fell 11% in after hours trading on Thursday as investors appeared to be spooked by the Seattle-based tech company's plans to increase capital spending by nearly 60% to $200 billion from last year's $128 billion as it sees ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By JONEL ALECCIA, AP Health Writer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is relaxing rules that restrict when food companies can claim their products have no artificial colors. The agency announced Thursday that food labels may claim to have "no artificial colors" when they are free of petroleum-based dyes, even when they contain dyes derived from natural sources such as ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Ballerina Farm is the latest manufacturer of raw milk to halt production after reports that its milk failed safety tests. Coliform, a bacteria family that includes E. coli, was found in bottles manufactured in May and June 2025. The company, owned by lifestyle influencers Hannah and Daniel Neeleman, produces its raw milk, among other products, at a small farm in Kamas, Utah, where it also has a farm stand. They ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
In a tearful video posted Wednesday on Instagram, "TODAY" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie pleaded for more information from her 84-year-old mother's possible kidnapper, saying her family is "ready to talk." Savannah Guthrie — reading from prepared remarks, speaking directly to a camera and seated alongside her two siblings — said her family was aware of reports about a ransom letter sent to at least two ...
Source: nbcnews.com