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Top News Stories for Wednesday, February 4th 2026
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Leslie Jordan's character on Will & Grace had a running joke, whenever he introduced his lover: "This is my business associate, Benji." No one was fooled. Everyone knew exactly what that phrase was doing: softening, sanitizing, shielding a truth obvious to anyone paying attention. Some two decades later, that same euphemism has become the go-to line for ...
Source: rawstory.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Jimmy Kimmel says he had not expected Donald Trump to take a swipe at him when responding to questions in the White House . The president had been fielding questions in the Oval Office and hit out at Grammy Awards show host Trevor Noah , but also included a jab ...
Source: rawstory.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Monday, the New York Times reported a bizarre and shocking update to news of an FBI raid last week on a Georgia election office: It turns out that immediately after the federal raid, the FBI officers involved spoke directly with President Donald Trump . To say that this is unusual would be an ...
Source: slate.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
The merger aims to develop orbital data centers that harvest solar power to bypass Earth's energy and cooling constraints. SpaceX has acquired Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI, creating the world's most valuable private company, the spaceflight firm announced on Monday. Musk, CEO of SpaceX, detailed the merger in a memo posted on the company's website. The primary aim is to develop space-based data ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
NASA said Tuesday it was delaying its mission to send four astronauts on a journey around the moon, after issues arose during a critical test of its enormous rocket. Mission managers were conducting an elaborate launch day walkthrough, known as a "wet dress rehearsal," at Kennedy Space Center in Florida when engineers detected leaking hydrogen at the base of the Space Launch System rocket. NASA was forced to end ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bullied and buffeted by President Donald Trump's tariffs for the past year, America's longstanding allies are desperately seeking ways to shield themselves from the president's impulsive wrath. U.S. trade partners are cutting deals among themselves —- sometimes discarding old differences to do so — in a push to diversify their economies away from a newly protectionist United ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Only five medical evacuees were allowed to leave Gaza, and just 12 Palestinians were allowed to return to the war-torn territory due to delays imposed by Israeli authorities as the Rafah border crossing with Egypt finally reopened. The long-awaited reopening of the territory's southern border crossing with Egypt on Monday was supposed to alleviate more than 18 months of a punishing military siege on Gaza. Instead, ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
This article examines the intricate dynamics of self-healing AI in the realm of cybersecurity. The incorporation of autonomous security features that detect and address vulnerabilities is reshaping the operational landscape of DevSecOps . AI systems are capable of providing real-time assistance, minimizing human intervention while enhancing defenses against advanced cyberthreats. Striking the right balance between ...
Source: securityboulevard.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to welcome Colombian President Gustavo Petro to the White House on Tuesday for talks only weeks after threatening military action against the South American country and accusing the leader of pumping cocaine into the United States. U.S. administration officials say the meeting will focus on regional security cooperation and counternarcotics efforts. And Trump on ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
The 13-year-old attempted to kayak back to shore to get help, but the vessel took on water, forcing him to swim 4km A teenager has saved his mother and two younger siblings by swimming for four hours in fading light and rough conditions after they were swept out to sea in south-west Western Australia . The family were holidaying in Quindalup, 200km south of Perth, when strong winds pushed their inflatable ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Marius Borg Høiby, 29, pleads not guilty to most serious charges in trial that has embarrassed the royal family The son of Norway's crown princess has pleaded not guilty to four counts of rape on the first day of his trial for multiple offences, a legal saga that has embarrassed the royal family and raised questions over domestic abuse in Norway . Appearing in front of a packed courtroom at Oslo district ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
We don't need self-replicating AI models to have problems, just self-replicating prompts. On November 2, 1988, graduate student Robert Morris released a self-replicating program into the early Internet. Within 24 hours, the Morris worm had infected roughly 10 percent of all connected computers, crashing systems at Harvard, Stanford, NASA, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The worm exploited security flaws ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by local police, according to the Paris Prosecutor's Office. The search is being carried out by a cybercrime unit in relation to an investigation opened in January 2025, the prosecutor's office said in an on Tuesday. A press release shared with Business Insider said that the office was investigating a number of criminal offences, including aiding and abetting the ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
The agreement allows organizations to build AI agents on top of their enterprise data using the three major cloud providers. Snowflake announced a $200 million multi-year AI deal with OpenAI on Monday. The agreement provides Snowflake's 12,600 customers with access to OpenAI models across all three major cloud providers. Snowflake employees also gain access to OpenAI's ChatGPT Enterprise. The companies plan to ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Jessie Yeung, and CNN's Beijing bureau 3 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The door handle on a 2018 Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle pictured in Cardiff, California on June 1, 2018. - Mike Blake/Reuters China is banning hidden door handles on all cars sold in the country, becoming the first country in the world to target the feature – which was popularized by Tesla ...
Source: yahoo.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! OpenAI has launched the new Codex app for macOS, a dedicated workspace for managing multiple AI coding agents in parallel. The app is designed to help developers reduce repetitive work and focus on higher-level engineering tasks. Codex can write features, fix bugs, answer questions ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
– The charity founded by , is shutting down following the release of emails showing the depth of her friendship with the late sex offender Sarah's Trust, which focused on improving the lives of women and children, said it will close for the "foreseeable future,'' following the revelations in latest documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice. Ferguson is the ex-wife of the former Prince due to his ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Mozilla will add a set of controls in Firefox that let users manage and block GenAI features in the desktop browser. The controls will be included in Firefox version 148 on February 24, 2026. "We believe choice is more important than ever as AI becomes a part of people's browsing ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal, though perhaps temporary, setback. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington granted a request to pause the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians while a lawsuit challenging it ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
What is the 'social media network for AI' Moltbook? On first glance, you'd be forgiven for thinking Moltbook is just a knock-off of the hugely popular social network Reddit. It certainly looks similar, with thousands of communities discussing topics ranging from music to ethics, and 1.5 million users - it claims - voting on their favourite posts. But this new social network has one big difference - Moltbook is ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
The president says the building is "dilapidated". But critics claim the closure is to deflect from cancellations that followed his decision to rename the memorial to JFK. Donald Trump has said the Kennedy Center will close for two years in plans that are fuelling the growing controversy over the Washington DC arts venue. The national cultural centre opened in 1971 and was named after President John F. Kennedy by ...
Source: news.sky.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Punxsutawney Phil doesn't think winter is going anywhere after he emerged from his burrow at Gobbler's Knob and saw his shadow during this year's Groundhog Day celebration. Thousands of people gather at Gobbler's Knob every year on Feb. 2 to watch Phil make his big prediction. The tradition, which dates back to 1887, draws crowds out to the small town of Punxsutawney, about 80 miles from Pittsburgh. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said federal officers in Minneapolis will be equipped with body-worn cameras effective immediately, with plans to expand the program nationwide as funding allows. Noem announced the deployment Monday in a social media post , saying she had spoken with Tom Homan, the director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the commissioner of the U.S. Customs and ...
Source: bnonews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Bad Bunny made history Sunday night at the Grammy Awards when "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS" won album of the year, the first time an all-Spanish-language album won the coveted category. The artist, 31, has described the album, which in English translates to "I Should Have Taken More Photos," as his most Puerto Rican album yet . To pay tribute to his heritage, he began his acceptance speech in Spanish. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Under the fluorescent lights of an American Legion hall near Atlanta, in front of more than a dozen Democratic activists, apologized for all the things that he did as a Republican. He regrets opposing gun control. He's sorry for fighting the expansion of Georgia's Medicaid program. And he's most remorseful about supporting some of the "Unlike most folks in politics, I'm willing to say I'm ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Met police assessing reports of alleged misconduct in public office after government information apparently shared Peter Mandelson is facing a possible police investigation into his alleged leak of market-sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein at the height of the financial crisis. New disclosures from the Epstein files appear to show Mandelson sent a string of emails to the late sex offender containing ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Move from Claudia Sheinbaum comes after Trump signed an order threatening tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba Mexico 's president Claudia Sheinbaum has pledged to send humanitarian aid this week to Cuba and said Mexico was "exploring all diplomatic avenues to be able to send fuel to the Cuban people," despite efforts from Washington to cut off oil to the Caribbean nation. Donald Trump last week signed an ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
The Justice Department vowed to protect the identities of women who were preyed on by the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but survivors said the latest release of Epstein files has left many of them exposed and their lives turned "upside down." The DOJ did a slapdash job of redacting their personal information from the avalanche of investigative files released Friday and even outed the identity of at least one ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
A shirtless Justin Bieber, only in his underwear and socks, strolled onto the Grammys stage Sunday with a purple guitar strapped around his neck. The audience erupted in cheers the second Bieber's soulful vocals filled Crypto.com Arena. The pop star took the Grammys stage for the first time in four years. Bieber gave an early performance during the 68th Grammy Awards with a stripped-down rendition of his ...
Source: latimes.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
The Bureau of Labor Statistics will not be releasing the January jobs report as scheduled Friday due to the partial government shutdown, The decision comes ahead of a busy week for economic data that would have culminated with the nonfarm payrolls release. The US Department of Labor headquarters building is seen at dusk on June 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will not be releasing the ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Pink noise-often used to promote sleep-may reduce restorative REM sleep and interfere with sleep recovery. In contrast, earplugs were found to be significantly more effective in protecting sleep against traffic noise, according to new study published in the journal Sleep from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. The findings challenge ...
Source: news-medical.net
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
– The seven victims of a marine disaster that devastated a storied Massachusetts fishing town included a fifth-generation fisherman, a young federal fisheries observer and a father-and-son crew duo. All died when their fishing boat, the Lily Jean, sank in waters off America's oldest seaport. The sinking underscored the risks long inherent in Gloucester's fishing industry, which spans more than 400 years and ...
Source: news4jax.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Ukraine hails 'real results' after Musk restricts Russian Starlink use Elon Musk's efforts to stop Russia from using Starlink satellites for drone attacks have "delivered real results", a Ukrainian official said. Praising the SpaceX founder as "a true champion of freedom and a true friend of the Ukrainian people", defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov said Musk had swiftly responded when he was told Russian drones with ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
A judicial misconduct complaint against Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of D.C. has been dismissed because the Justice Department failed to show that he exhibited bias against the Trump administration. The allegations against Boasberg, a former prosecutor nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama, were widely recirculated by conservative media. But when a federal appeals court requested evidence ...
Source: abajournal.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez have been identified in a report as the immigration agents who fired on Alex Pretti Two federal immigration agents involved in the shooting of protester Alex Pretti on a Minneapolis street ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Donald Trump arrives at Mar-a-Lago. REUTERS/Nathan Howard While President Donald Trump's administration on Monday again made its commitment to planet-wrecking fossil fuels clear, a Republican-appointed judge in Washington , DC dealt yet another blow to the Department of the Interior's attacks on offshore wind power. US District Judge Royce Lamberth, an appointee of former President Ronald Reagan , issued a ...
Source: rawstory.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
The disappearance of the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie over the weekend is being investigated as a crime based on what authorities saw at her home, an Arizona sheriff said Monday. Speaking during a news conference, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said there are signs at the home indicating Nancy Guthrie did not leave on her own. "I need this community to step up and start giving us some ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
A Virginia man having an affair with the family's Brazilian au pair was found guilty Monday of murdering his wife and another man that prosecutors say was lured to the house as a fall guy. Brendan Banfield , a former IRS law enforcement officer, told police he came across Joseph Ryan attacking his wife, Christine Banfield, with a knife on the morning of Feb. 24, 2023. He shot Ryan and then Juliana ...
Source: cbsnews.com