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Top News Stories for Tuesday, February 17th 2026
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
A letter sent to Congress by Attorney General Pam Bondi included a list of high-ranking politicians as well as celebrities - though being named in the files does not suggest wrongdoing. The Trump administration has been accused of "purposefully muddying the waters" after releasing a list of hundreds of names mentioned in the Epstein files. A six-page letter sent to Congress by Attorney General Pam Bondi over the ...
Source: news.sky.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
Videos created by new Seedance 2.0 generator go viral, including one of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting ByteDance, the Chinese technology company behind TikTok , has said it will restrain its AI video-making tool, after threats of legal action from Disney and a backlash from other media businesses, according to reports. The AI video generator Seedance 2.0, released last week, has spooked Hollywood as users create ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
Sheriff Chris Nanos of Pima County, Arizona, tells CBS News that investigators searching for Nancy Guthrie believe the clothing and face mask worn by the suspect in the chilling doorbell video released last week were purchased at Walmart. They are still working to identify each brand. CBS News first reported that the suspect's backpack, identified as a black Ozark Trail Hiker, was sold exclusively at Walmart. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
A global artificial intelligence summit kicks off in New Delhi on Monday with big issues on the agenda. A global artificial intelligence summit kicks off in New Delhi on Monday with big issues on the agenda, from job disruption to child safety, but some attendees warn the broad focus could diminish the chance of concrete commitments from world leaders. While frenzied demand for generative AI has turbocharged ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
Michael Jordan, a six-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion, is now a Daytona 500 winner too. Tyler Reddick won "The Great American Race" on Sunday with a last-lap pass at Daytona International Speedway that sent Jordan into a frantic celebration. The NBA Hall of Famer bear-hugged Reddick in the victory lane and then jointly hoisted the Harley J Earl Trophy with the 23XI Racing driver. Jordan, who ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
Presidents Day, which falls on Monday, Feb. 16, this year, was established to honor the birthday of the nation's first president, George Washington. The official name of the holiday is Washington's Birthday, although it's now more commonly referred to as Presidents Day. While most grocery stores and food establishments will remain open, some businesses will be closed and services suspended on Presidents Day, which ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
The Kremlin has "strongly" rejected an assessment by five European countries that the Russian state killed jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny by poisoning him. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's fiercest domestic opponent for years, died in an Arctic prison colony on February 16, 2024 while serving a 19-year sentence for "extremism", a charge he and his supporters said was punishment for his opposition work. ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
GENEVA (AP) — Iran's top diplomat met with the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency on Monday, ahead of a second round of negotiations with the United States over Tehran's nuclear program. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and said he would also meet with Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi of Oman, which is hosting the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
Former United States President Barack Obama has clarified remarks related to the existence of extraterrestrial life made on a podcast, after appearing to claim that he knew aliens are real. During a rapid-fire question-and-answer segment as a guest on left-wing political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen's programme, which was released on Saturday, the podcaster asked Obama whether he believes extraterrestrials are ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
Washington — U.S. military forces boarded another sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon said Sunday. Venezuela had faced U.S. sanctions on its oil for several years, relying on a shadow fleet of falsely flagged tankers to smuggle crude into global supply chains. President Trump ordered a ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The world's best basketball players participated in what could've been the most unusual game of their careers Sunday, in a generally well-received mini-tournament that included welcomed doses of energy, a tad of confusion and perhaps one foreseeable flaw. A team of younger American standouts, dubbed "USA Stars," beat the veteran "USA Stripes" squad 41-21 in the radically revamped 75th NBA ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
The International Space Station is back to full strength. Four new astronauts arrived over the weekend, sliding into orbit to replace a crew that left earlier than planned after a sudden medical emergency. It was a tense few weeks for NASA . For the first time in 65 years of human spaceflight, an astronaut had to be evacuated for health reasons. That decision left the station running lean, with just three people on ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
UK Health Security Agency urges parents in Enfield to get their children vaccinated as Easter holiday travels approach A big measles outbreak in north-east London is affecting unvaccinated children under the age of 10, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. UKHSA previously reported 34 laboratory-confirmed measles cases among children who attend schools and nurseries in Enfield from 1 January to 9 ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
The wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale nearly 150 years ago has been discovered, searchers announced last week, completing a quest that began nearly 60 years ago. Shipwreck World , a group that works to locate shipwrecks around the world, revealed Friday that a team led by Illinois shipwreck hunter Paul Ehron found the wreck of the Lac La Belle in October 2022. It was found about 20 miles ...
Source: cbsnews.com