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Top News Stories for Wednesday, February 11th 2026
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 -
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 -
RIO RICO, Ariz. (AP) — A person was detained for questioning Tuesday in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, hours after the FBI released surveillance videos of a masked person wearing a handgun holster outside Guthrie's front door the night she vanished from her Arizona home. News outlets later interviewed a man who said he was questioned and released. Authorities have not confirmed that the person they picked ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A shooting at a school in remote northern British Columbia left seven people dead, while two more were found dead at a nearby home, Canadian authorities said Tuesday. A woman believed by police to be the shooter was also found dead, apparently from a self-inflicted wound. Royal Canadian Mounted Police said more than 25 people were wounded, including two who were airlifted to ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused to consider Moderna's application for a new flu vaccine using mRNA technology, the company announced Tuesday, a decision that could delay the introduction of a shot designed to offer stronger protection for older adults. Moderna said it received what's known as a "refusal-to-file" (RTF) letter from the FDA 's Center for ...
Source: foxnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Cisco announced a suite of capabilities to help enterprises adopt agentic AI with confidence, combining agent protection, interaction governance, and resilient connectivity for AI-driven workflows. As organizations move from AI assistants to autonomous agents that use tools and data across hybrid environments, security teams need to strengthen agentic defenses , govern agent interactions with enterprise systems and ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.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 -
▶ Follow live updates on the airspace around El Paso EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport. A notice posted on the FAA's website said the temporary flight restrictions were for "special security reasons," but did not provide additional details. The closure ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Google expanded its "Results about you" tool to give users more control over sensitive personal information and added a way to request removal of non-consensual explicit images from Search. Manage and limit sensitive personal information in Search Users can request the removal of Search results that contain sensitive personal information, such as driver's license numbers, passport numbers, and Social Security ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
If you think using AI means doing less at work, think again. In a new eight-month study of how generative AI changed work habits at a US-based tech company with about 200 employees, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business found that employees' work intensified in three main ways. Employees multitasked more, took on a broader range of responsibilities, and worked longer hours, ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Elon Musk has long framed SpaceX's mission in sweeping terms: to send humans to Mars and make humans interplanetary. Along the way, the moon has played an inconsistent supporting role. SpaceX is under contract with NASA, for example, to send people to the moon, and that funding plays a key role in some of SpaceX's major projects. However, Musk's main messaging for years has been to build cities on Mars, not the ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
OpenAI has started integrating advertisements for users in the United States on the Free and newly launched Go subscription tiers. OpenAI announced on Monday that it has begun rolling out ads in the United States for users on its Free and Go subscription tiers. The Go plan, priced at $8 per month in the U.S., launched globally in mid-January. Subscribers to higher paid plans—Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, ...
Source: techbriefly.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
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Unverified users will soon need to upload a video selfie or official ID to remove age restrictions. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways On Monday, Discord announced a new age verification protocol that will roll out to all users in March. By default, the app will age-lock all accounts to a "teen-appropriate experience," requiring proof of age to access the ...
Source: zdnet.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
A large Pride flag has been removed from the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village. The National Park Service said it did so under guidance from the Department of Interior, which cautioned the National Parks Service that non-agency flags could not be officially displayed. "Under government-wide guidance, including General Services Administration policy and Department of the Interior ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Singer Chappell Roan says she has left the talent agency led by Casey Wasserman, whose name appears in the Epstein files. Announcing her split with the agency, Roan said she has a "duty to protect her team" and her decision reflected her belief that "meaningful change in our industry requires accountability". Wasserman has been criticised after his flirtatious emails to Ghislaine Maxwell, sent in 2003, were ...
Source: bbc.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Officials for the Environmental Protection Agency said they are working to end a 2009 declaration that says climate change is a danger to public health. During the weekend, EPA officials submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a proposed rule revoking the 2009 endangerment finding that guided U.S. climate and greenhouse gas regulations. The EPA did not say when the endangerment finding ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed a number of community bank-favored provisions as part of a larger housing package Monday night, but those riders are already imperiling the bill's chances of re-passing the Senate. Processing Content The bill, H.R. 6644, passed the full house Monday evening by a wide bipartisan margin. House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill, R-Ark., ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Havana — Cuban aviation officials have warned airlines that there isn't enough fuel for airplanes to refuel on the island, the latest step in its moves to ration energy as the Trump administration cuts the Caribbean nation off from its fuel resources. The government of Cuba published the notices to airlines and pilots on Sunday night, warning that jet fuel wouldn't be available at nine airports across the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Drinking two to three cups of coffee daily could reduce the risk of dementia , according to new observational research published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. American researchers analyzed four decades of data from more than 130,000 doctors and nurses, finding that moderately caffeinated coffee and tea intake can lower the risk of cognitive decline, ...
Source: foxnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Stand with a newsroom that doesn't flinch. Become a member and help keep fearless reporting independent. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — An annual meeting of the nation's governors that has long served as a rare bipartisan gathering is unraveling after President Donald Trump excluded Democratic governors from White House events. The National Governors Association said it will no longer hold a formal ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com A federal judge in Los Angeles Monday struck down a California law that prohibited federal law enforcement agents from wearing masks but upheld a companion law that requires federal agents to display clear identification with their agency and badge number. California's first-in-the-nation unmasking law, passed ...
Source: theweek.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday it's undertaking a review of the chemical preservative butylated hydroxyanisole to determine if the potentially carcinogenic substance is safe for continued use. Health officials have aired concerns about BHA since its use was approved, and the National Institute of Health's National Toxicology Program describes it as "reasonably anticipated to be ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
The Sun/Facebook/screen grab A British woman was shot dead in Texas after arguing with her father about President Donald Trump , witnesses told an inquest this week. According to the BBC , police in Prosper, Texas, investigated the death of Lucy Harrison after she was shot in January 2025 as a possible case of manslaughter, but no charges were ever brought. Lucy Harrison's boyfriend, Sam Littler, told an inquest in ...
Source: rawstory.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
A federal judge Tuesday shut down the Justice Department's efforts to obtain personal voter information from elections officials in Michigan, the third time a court has tossed a lawsuit by the Trump administration in its efforts to obtain voter registration lists from the states. U.S. District Judge Hala Jarbou, the chief judge for U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, granted a request from ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Todd Lyons, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his agency's officers before Congress on Tuesday, standing behind their tactics and saying they would not be intimidated as they carry out the president's mass deportation plans. Lyons was one of the three heads of agencies implementing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda to testify in a hearing called after ...
Source: pbs.org
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
SAN FRANCISCO – Connor Haught has been juggling virtual work meetings and arts and crafts projects for his two daughters as his family tries to navigate a teachers strike in San Francisco with no end date in sight. Haught's job in the construction industry allows him to work from home but, like many parents in the city, he and his wife were scrambling to plan activities for their children amid the uncertainty ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
King Charles III indicated Monday that the British royal family would cooperate if police come asking questions about his younger brother, the former Prince Andrew's ties to Jeffrey Epstein. "The King has made clear, in words and through unprecedented actions, his profound concern at allegations which continue to come to light in respect of Mr Mountbatten-Windsor's conduct," a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Reuniting families with their lost pooches, what's not to like? Well, coordinated neighborhood surveillance, for one. That sums up the reaction to the Super Bowl ad for Search Party, the AI-powered feature from Amazon's Ring that mobilizes outdoor cameras across a neighborhood to help find lost dogs. Search Party raised privacy concerns when it launched last year , focusing in part on the fact that the feature is ...
Source: geekwire.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Home » » The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to dismiss its criminal case against the former adviser to President Donald Trump , Steve Bannon, which is related to his refusal to testify before the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, US Capitol riots. The "government has determined in its prosecutorial discretion that dismissal of this criminal case is in the interests of ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
It was the summer of 2020, and researcher Walter Crist was wandering around the exhibits inside a Dutch museum dedicated to the presence of the ancient Roman empire in the Netherlands. As a scientist who studies ancient board games, one exhibit stuck out to Crist: a stone game board dating to the late Roman Empire. It was about eight inches across and etched with angular lines that roughly formed the shape of an ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Retail giant plans to redirect savings toward additional store hours and guest experience training for frontline employees Target on Monday took steps toward streamlining its retail model by putting more money toward frontline store employees while cutting about 500 office and supply chain jobs. The retail giant indicated in an internal memo seen by FOX Business that it will reduce the number of store districts ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been under intense pressure to resign. It follows his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as Britain's ambassador in Washington, despite knowledge of his connections to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Among Starmer's potential replacements are his former deputy Angela Rayner, Health Minister Wes Streeting and former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband. British Prime Minister Keir ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Immigration Court Blocks Trump From Deporting Pro-Palestine Tufts Student The Trump administration is actively trying to deport students like Rümeysa Öztürk without providing credible evidence for how they took part in antisemitic activity. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. An immigration judge dropped a deportation case against Rümeysa Öztürk, ...
Source: motherjones.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
The world's largest social media companies have been accused of creating "addiction machines" as a landmark trial began in California examining the mental health effects of Instagram and YouTube. In his opening argument before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl and a jury, Mark Lanier argued that his client, plaintiff "K.G.M.," suffered from mental health issues as a result of her social media ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. military conducted a "lethal kinetic strike" targeting a boat alleged to be shipping narcotics in the eastern Pacific on Monday, killing two people and leaving one survivor, U.S. Southern Command said. The boat with three people on board was attacked as "intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the eastern Pacific and was engaged in ...
Source: upi.com