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Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Federal immigration agents arrested 261 beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, during the first 10 months of the second Trump administration, according to official U.S. government statistics that were shared with Congress and obtained by CBS News. The statistics indicate the vast majority of DACA recipients taken into federal immigration custody during that period had criminal ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
"We have so much respect for the women's team, and to share that gold medal with them is something that we're forever grateful for." Speaking to reporters in Boston on Wednesday, Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman said that the U.S. men's hockey team should have had a different reaction after President Donald Trump made a joke about the U.S. women's hockey team after both teams won gold at the 2026 Winter ...
Source: boston.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Right now at T-Mobile, you can get the Galaxy S26 Ultra for free with any new Experience Beyond plan or line. Free Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra at T-Mobile (with select plans) ZD recommends View at T-Mobile The new Samsung Galaxy S phones have arrived. And right now at T-Mobile, you can get the 256GB Galaxy S26 Ultra for free when you switch or add a new line to your Experience Beyond plan. If you need a bit more ...
Source: zdnet.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Trump's New Tariffs Could Be Higher Than 15% For Some Countries, Top Trade Official Says New 15% tariffs President Donald Trump announced in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning his sweeping Liberation Day tariffs on Friday could apply only to some countries and be higher for others, despite Trump promising new "global" 15% tariffs, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Wednesday. "It'll go up to 15 ...
Source: forbes.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined, join Huff Already a member? Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his teaching appointments at the end of the academic year over the fallout from his ties to the late ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
The AI data center boom has triggered a dramatic spike in electricity costs, and President Donald Trump has a plan to stop it. To do this, Trump said at Tuesday's State of the Union address that he issued a mandate for data centers to build their own power plants. Trump said he'd "negotiated" a ratepayer protection pledge with major technology companies and billed it as a unique solution to Big Tech's mounting ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
The dominant narrative around artificial intelligence has centered around its novelty and potential for disruption. But new research from the February 2026 edition of "The Agentic AI Report" from PYMNTS Intelligence suggests the AI market has already crossed a more consequential threshold. Consumers are no longer merely sampling AI but are beginning to rely on it. According to the study, roughly half of U.S. ...
Source: pymnts.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. An eight-minute exchange at the end of Casey Means' two-hour confirmation hearing captured the potential and the predicament the MAHA movement has created for itself. Means, an entrepreneurial wellness influencer with a medical degree from Stanford, appeared on ...
Source: statnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has not released summaries and notes from three separate interviews the FBI conducted with a South Carolina woman who alleged she was a sexual assault victim of Jeffrey Epstein and also made sexual abuse allegations against President Donald Trump , according to an NBC News analysis of the Epstein files and information provided by a source familiar with the investigation. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
CEO was summoned to Washington after trying to limit military use of its technology. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened to cut Anthropic from his department's supply chain unless it agrees to sign off on its technology being used in all lawful military applications by Friday. The threat is the latest escalation in a feud between Anthropic and the department, triggered by the AI group's refusal to give ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By GLENN GAMBOA and JAMES POLLARD Bill Gates addressed his connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and "took responsibility for his actions" during a town hall meeting of his nonprofit Gates Foundation on Tuesday, the nonprofit said. "Bill spoke candidly, addressing several questions in detail," a Gates Foundation spokesperson said in a statement. Gates ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
By Warner Bros. Discovery announced Tuesday that Paramount Skydance has raised its purchase offer to $31 per share, which may top Netflix's offer. WBD last week said it would reopen talks with Paramount, and Netflix granted a seven-day waiver that ended Monday to allow shareholders a chance to get clarity on the offer. Netflix kept matching rights. Netflix and Paramount have been trying to buy WBD since October. ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
FBI agents on Wednesday searched the headquarters of the Los Angeles Unified School District and the home of its superintendent. Law enforcement officers served a search warrant at LAUSD, the second-largest district in the nation, and the nearby home of its superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller said. The FBI also searched an address in Southwest Ranches, Florida, as part of the same ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Reading time 2 minutes After a rocky start, Discord has delayed the global rollout of its age-verification policies following user backlash. Earlier this month, the messaging-based social platform announced that it would set all new and existing accounts to what it calls " teen-by-default" settings . That means users who want access to age-restricted content and features will need to verify that they are adults. ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
By Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) stock has lost about 18% in the past month, at the time of writing, Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 25, according to Yahoo Finance . Meanwhile, the SPDR S&P 500 index ( SPY ) is up about 0.4% in the same period. The stock crashed following its Q4 earnings report on February 3. It closed at $242.11, and the following day it closed at $200.19, losing about 17% in a single day. I covered ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued a multimillion-pound fine to Reddit for GDPR non-compliance, but experts have warned that its rules pose a risk to user security and privacy. The UK's data protection regulator said on February 24 that its £14.47m ($19.6m) fine was levied for two main reasons. First, Reddit failed to put "robust" age verification measures in place, which meant it did ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities are barred from conducting an "unsupervised, wholesale search" of electronic devices that they seized from a Washington Post reporter's Virginia home while investigating allegations that a Pentagon contractor illegally leaked classified information to the journalist, a magistrate judge ruled Tuesday . U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter said he will independently review ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
A United States federal judge has ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump had violated the law through the swift deportation of migrants to countries other than their own , without giving them an opportunity to appeal their removal. US District Judge Brian Murphy declared the policy invalid on Wednesday, teeing up a possible appeal from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the Supreme Court. ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
You are not logged into your account. You have a registered email address and password on pressherald.com, but we are unable to locate a paid subscription attached to these credentials. Please Thank you for your support of local journalism! During Tuesday's State of the Union address, President Donald Trump accused members of Maine's Somali community of committing fraud on a level that's "even worse" than what's ...
Source: pressherald.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Ornate packaging paired with enticing advertisements that claim expensive shampoos are elixirs to all hair woes can leave one wondering: Are the higher prices really worth it? Should I abandon my $8 drugstore mainstay for a $42 premium brand? Experts say affordable shampoos and conditioners found in grocery stores and pharmacies can do the job as well as the pricey versions with tempting messaging and testimonials ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
By Ron Lieber and Tara Siegel Bernard During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said he would expand access to workplace retirement plans for millions of Americans who didn't already have one, a longtime goal of policymakers in both parties. Tens of millions of Americans do not have access to workplace retirement plans, many of them lower-income employees at smaller businesses. While ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Tony Gonzales allegedly asked his staffer what her 'favorite position' and asked her to send him a 'sexy pic' Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales has hit back at calls for him to resign, as more details continue to emerge about an alleged affair with a staffer who later died by ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
– A helicopter pilot wounded in the raid that received the Congressional Medal of Honor during President Donald Trump's Tuesday evening. Trump said Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Slover, who appeared using a walker, was the pilot of the lead CH-47 Chinook helicopter that descended on the "heavily protected military fortress" that that, while successful, left seven U.S. service members with gunshot wounds ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended Israel's devastating war on Gaza, saying it stands by the country "with full conviction" – despite accusations of genocide against the Palestinian people. Modi gave a speech to the Knesset, or parliament, on Wednesday, on the first day of his two-day visit and received a standing ovation as he stressed India's enduring support for Israel. It was the first time an ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Dr. Richard Axel, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, said he is stepping down as co-director of Columbia University's Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute on the heels of his association with notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein drawing public attention. "My past association with Jeffrey Epstein was a serious error in judgment, which I deeply regret," Axel said. Axel won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! A "highly sophisticated" cyber threat actor has been exploiting a zero-day authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-20127) in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (formerly vSmart), Cisco has announced today. The vulnerability was reported by Australian Signals Directorate's ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
but he now says the U.S. may have to bomb Iran again over its nuclear ambitions. in the region, he and his administration have offered varying assessments of Iran's military capabilities and intentions. In the latest turn after many zigzags, on Tuesday night Trump spelled out what he called the Islamic Republic's "sinister nuclear ambitions." These and other threats to the U.S. were quickly dismissed by Tehran as ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Nvidia Corp. sailed past analysts' earnings expectations again as revenue in its core data center business jumped more than 75% from a year earlier, sending its stock higher in after-hours trading. Once again, the company delivered solid fourth-quarter results across the board. Net profit jumped 94% from a year ago, to nearly $43 billion, or $1.76 per share, easily beating Wall Street's target of $1.53 per share. ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
NEW YORK – Light snow moved through parts of the Northeast on Wednesday as people heading to work and school were trying to navigate their way out of that dropped piles of powder on streets and sidewalks from Maryland to Maine. One to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.6 centimeters) of snow was expected — a far cry from — but any snow that melted likely froze overnight, resulting in patchy black ice to make for ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Killing of Ruben Ray Martinez on 15 March 2025 in Texas was not disclosed by the department until media reported it A grand jury on Wednesday rejected indictments over the fatal shooting last year of a US citizen by a federal immigration agent during a traffic encounter in Texas , prosecutors said. The shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez on 15 March 2025 by a Homeland Security investigations agent wasn't publicly ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NASA astronaut Mike Fincke announced Wednesday that it was his medical issue aboard the International Space Station in January that prompted the agency to return the SpaceX Crew-11 mission to Earth early. "I experienced a medical event that required immediate attention from my incredible crewmates," Fincke said according to a NASA website update. "Thanks to their quick ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Reading time 4 minutes Kalshi has temporarily banned two people from betting on its platform, a video editor for MrBeast and a former gubernatorial candidate in California, over allegations of insider trading, according to a new blog post from the company. The two men have been issued fines, and their cases are being referred to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Kalshi didn't name the two men in its ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
In August 2021, YouTube started a pilot test for a new Premium Lite subscription in a few European markets. While the company eventually decided to phase it out for the current YouTube Premium experience, of its YouTube subscription in March 2025. Focused on providing ad-free viewing for most videos, it lacked two of the main features available on Premium: background play and the ability to download videos to play ...
Source: bgr.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have expressed their desire to deepen economic ties between their countries, during the German leader's inaugural visit to Beijing, China's state broadcaster has reported. During a meeting with Merz, who arrived in Beijing on Wednesday on a visit focused on resetting trade relations and deepening cooperation, Xi told the German leader that the two ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
A man convicted of killing a Palmetto grocery store owner during a 1986 robbery was executed Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. Melvin Trotter, 65, received a lethal injection after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant last month . A medic declared him dead at 6:15 p.m., the department said. Trotter declined to make a final statement. About two dozen ...
Source: bradenton.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
The court found no evidence that any stolen trade secrets were actually used by OpenAI after the employees joined the firm. US District Judge Rita F. Lin has dismissed xAI's trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI. The judge ruled that xAI's complaint does not allege any direct misconduct by OpenAI itself. Instead, the suit attributes all alleged wrongdoing to eight former xAI employees who left to join OpenAI around ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Man, 32, shot dead by deputy after stabbing attack was the subject of domestic violence protection orders A man shot dead by a sheriff's deputy after he fatally stabbed four people outside his mother's home near Gig Harbor, Washington, on Tuesday morning was the subject of domestic violence protection orders recording mental health and substance abuse issues stretching back at least five years. Records reviewed by ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Driven by rising rates in high blood pressure, nearly 6 in 10 women in the U.S. will have some type of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the next 25 years, according to a new scientific statement published today in Circulation , the peer-reviewed, flagship journal of the American Heart Association, a global force changing the future of health for all. Forecasting the Burden of Cardiovascular ...
Source: news-medical.net
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Kyiv, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the start of the fifth year of the Ukraine war by saying Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has failed to achieve his war goals. And the Kremlin agreed. In a video address that showed Ukrainians carrying out acts of resistance against Russian soldiers in the opening days of the conflict, Zelenskyy added that Ukraine was ready to do "everything" it could to ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined, join Huff Already a member? Robert Carradine, the "Revenge of the Nerds" icon who hailed from one of Hollywood's prominent acting families, has died. He was 71. Carradine, who earned a ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
What time is Trump's State of the Union – and how can I watch? The US president will deliver his State of the Union address this evening – here's what you need to know Donald Trump will deliver the State of the Union in Washington on Tuesday, his second major address to Congress this term and the last before the 2026 midterms. It's also the first time Trump will be confronted with the supreme court ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — British comedian Russell Brand pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to new counts of rape and sexual assault. Brand, who was already facing similar charges involving four women, denied the new charges in Southwark Crown Court. The alleged offenses took place in 2009, the Crown Prosecution Service said. Brand, 50, was charged in April with two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and one count ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Slight improvements in consumers' expectations for business conditions, labor market conditions and incomes drove a turnaround in consumer confidence in February, The Conference Board said Tuesday (Feb. 24). The organization's Consumer Confidence Index rose by 2.2 points in February to 91.2 after dropping in January, according to a Tuesday press release . "Four out of five components of the ...
Source: pymnts.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
The Department of Justice is suing UCLA over claims of vile antisemitic acts at the school — including death threats, swastikas scrawled on university buildings and a statue depicting a pig holding a Jewish star and a bag of money. The lawsuit outlined what it described as a pattern of the university failing to address antisemitism and protect Jewish and Israeli employees. During the 2023–2024 academic ...
Source: nypost.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Novo Nordisk will slash U.S. list prices of its blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy by up to 50% starting next year, the Danish drugmaker said on Tuesday. The price cuts will be effective January 1 next year, coinciding with the implementation of new, lower prices for the same drugs under federal Medicare health plans for older adults. The market for so-called GLP-1 drugs has been getting ...
Source: nbcnews.com