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Top News Stories for Monday, February 9th 2026
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Welcome to the Unconventional Review, an instant reaction to standouts, stats, and story lines from the Patriots' most recent game … Despite the outcome, there's much to laud about the Patriots' defensive performance in their 29-13 loss to the Seahawks in Super Bowl LX. But there are going to be some lingering laments that trail them into the offseason, too. The Patriots held the ...
Source: bostonglobe.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 -
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was scrambling to shore up his premiership Monday, as he prepared to face lawmakers furious that his government has become embroiled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The Labour leader faced calls from opposition politicians to resign over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador despite knowing his links to sex offender Epstein. Starmer was due to address Labour MPs ...
Source: digitaljournal.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 -
Venezuelan authorities on Sunday said they were seeking court approval to put prominent opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa under house arrest, shortly after he was seized by armed men in Caracas in what his son called a kidnapping. The incident came hours after Guanipa, a close ally of Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado , was released from jail after being held more than eight months on accusations ...
Source: nbcnews.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 -
MILAN — Breezy Johnson became the second American woman ever to win the Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing Sunday, hours after the first person to accomplish the feat, Lindsey Vonn, crashed violently on the famed Tofane course. Johnson finished in 1:36.1 to earn the first Olympic medal of her career. A native of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Johnson was skiing in her second Olympics. The win was not an upset ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn's pursuit of an against-all-odds Olympic medal ended Sunday in a devastating crash only 13.4 seconds into the downhill final. Follow along for live updates Skiing in a brace just nine days after rupturing the ACL in her left knee, Vonn did not finish the final at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. She was attempting to become the oldest Alpine skier, man or woman, to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Feb 8th, 2026 -
Valeria Chomsky says Epstein had deceived them and they were 'careless' not to thoroughly research his background Noam Chomsky and his wife, Valeria, made a "grave mistake" and were "careless" not to thoroughly research the background of Jeffrey Epstein , Valeria Chomsky said in a lengthy statement on Saturday, adding also that Epstein had deceived them. The relationship between Noam Chomsky, the 97-year-old ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
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
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
Brad Arnold, the lead singer and co-founder of rock band 3 Doors Down, has died at age 47, the band announced Saturday. He died "peacefully" in his sleep on Saturday "after his courageous battle with cancer," the band shared on social media. His wife, Jennifer, and his family were by his side, according to the post. Arnold was a founding member of 3 Doors Down as both its lead singer and original drummer. The band ...
Source: nbcnews.com