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Top News Stories for Friday, February 6th 2026
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina and the United States agreed Thursday to ease restrictions on each other's goods in an expansive trade and investment deal that boosts a drive by President Javier Milei's government to Argentina's protectionist economy and a push by the Trump administration to reduce food prices for Americans. The deal, which slashes hundreds of reciprocal tariffs between the ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
repeated efforts to tie her and her husband, former President Comer, who leads the House Oversight Committee, has been trying to get the Clintons to testify about their relationship with the disgraced financier and convicted *** offender. Last month, members of the committee ― including nine Democrats ― for defying its subpoena, which led the couple to But the former first lady, senator and secretary of ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
The last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia is set to expire Thursday, leaving the world without a significant nuclear agreement between the two superpowers for the first time in more than half a century. Lawmakers are worried. The end of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), intended to scale back leftover Cold War nuclear arsenals, means "we're throwing ...
Source: wfla.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Home » » U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon sentenced Ryan Routh, the man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump in September 2024, to life in prison. Routh was convicted on five counts for his assassination plot on President Trump in 2024, during his election campaign, while the president was golfing at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. Judge Cannon also added ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
The Paul Weiss chair dined with Epstein and sought his help getting his son a job with a Woody Allen film production Brad Karp, the longtime chair of powerful Wall Street law firm Paul Weiss, has resigned his top leadership role and will be replaced by partner Scott Barshay, the firm said on Wednesday. Karp has faced scrutiny after emails released by the US Department of Justice on Friday revealed extensive ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned of the threat of a military escalation in the Middle East before talks between Iran and the United States in Oman on Friday. Speaking in Doha on Thursday, Merz said that fears of a new conflict had characterised his talks during his trip to the Gulf region. "In all my conversations yesterday and today, great concern has been expressed about a further escalation in the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump had a lengthy, far-reaching telephone conversation on Wednesday, in which the Asian leader warned his American counterpart that "the Taiwan question" was the most pressing issue in their countries' relationship. The self-governing, democratic island has increasingly become a focal point in U.S.-China relations amid growing concerns about an ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
On Wednesday, storied newspaper axed nearly one-third of company after earlier unpopular moves by owner Jeff Bezos Under Marty Baron, the Washington Post won 11 Pulitzer prizes and expanded its newsroom to house more than 1,000 journalists. The storied newspaper's future is now in question, according to its former executive editor. "The aspirations of this news organization are diminished," Baron told the Guardian ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has agreed to reveal the vetting process used by the ruling Labour Party to approve Peter Mandelson's appointment as the United Kingdom's ambassador to the United States in December 2024 after new revelations from the Jeffrey Epstein files about the relationship between the diplomat and the billionaire sex offender. For one, the latest release of files relating to the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ALI SWENSON NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate at a time when health care and the cost of living are growing concerns for Americans. "You're going to save a fortune," President Donald Trump said at the site's unveiling. "And this is ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Anthropic announced its Claude AI chatbot will remain completely ad-free, contrasting sharply with OpenAI's recent decision to test advertisements in ChatGPT. PCWorld reports that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman criticized Anthropic's stance, calling Claude an "expensive product for the rich" despite Claude also offering free access. This creates a clear market divide between ad-supported and ad-free AI assistants, with ...
Source: pcworld.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
text is overwhelming institutions – setting off a 'arms race' with AI detectors In 2023, the science fiction literary magazine Clarkesworld stopped accepting new submissions because so many were generated by artificial intelligence. Near as the editors could tell, many submitters pasted the magazine's detailed story guidelines into an AI and sent in the results. And they weren't alone. Other fiction ...
Source: theconversation.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
New data on jobs and layoffs this week points to more job cuts and lackluster hiring plans, indicating 2026 might not be the fresh start many job seekers are looking for. A monthly survey of layoff announcements from the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas released Thursday found that U.S. employers announced 108,435 job cuts in January, the highest cuts for the first month of the year since 2009. Last ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
The Office of Personnel Management finalized a new classification Thursday for career federal workers in policy-related roles that will effectively make them easier to terminate. The new "Schedule Policy/Career" creates an administrative category for nonpolitical "career" federal employees who work in roles that are defined as influencing policy. Workers added to that classification will be converted to "at-will" ...
Source: fedscoop.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
NUEVA YORK (AP) — Fotos de personas desnudas. Nombres y rostros de víctimas de abuso sexual. Números de cuentas bancarias y del Seguro Social a plena vista. Todo esto se puede ver entre la montaña de documentos que el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos publicó el viernes como parte de sus labores por cumplir con una ley que requiere que la agencia saque a la luz sus ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Washington — A federal court hearing in Minneapolis on Tuesday provided an extraordinary window into the volume of immigration-related cases overwhelming federal prosecutors in Minnesota amid the Trump administration's surge of immigration agents to the Twin Cities, and the frustrations of exasperated judges who have said their orders are repeatedly ignored. The hearing before U.S. District Judge Jerry ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Humans should not be drinking cow's milk for countless reasons, including the horrific torture that cows experience . Furthermore, drinking raw milk puts human lives at severe risk of illness, no matter how bright and bubbly the social media presence of the farm in question. Indeed, drinking raw milk from an influencer-led farm is such a bad idea that it should seem obvious to abstain. Nevertheless, the influencer ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
In a tearful video posted Wednesday on Instagram, "TODAY" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie pleaded for more information from her 84-year-old mother's possible kidnapper, saying her family is "ready to talk." Savannah Guthrie — reading from prepared remarks, speaking directly to a camera and seated alongside her two siblings — said her family was aware of reports about a ransom letter sent to at least two ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal agency for protecting workers' civil rights revealed Wednesday that it is investigating sportswear giant Nike for allegedly discriminating against white employees through its diversity policies. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disclosed the investigation in a motion filed in Missouri federal court demanding that Nike fully comply with a subpoena for information. The ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
An ape was able to identify the location of imaginary objects in pretend scenarios, researchers find Whether it's playing at being doctors or hosting a toy's tea party, children are adept at engaging in make-believe – now researchers say bonobos can do it too. While there have been anecdotal reports of apes using imaginary objects, including apparently dragging pretend blocks across the floor, experts say it ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Home » » The Trump administration is withdrawing 700 federal immigration agents in Minnesota "effective immediately," White House border Czar Tom Homan announced on Feb. 4 during a press conference in Minneapolis. Despite the reduction in personnel, Homan affirmed that immigration crackdowns will persist within the state. Nearly 25% of the total number of federal officers deployed to Minnesota will be ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Google plans to spend up to $185B Alphabet executives struck a confident tone on Wednesday's post-earnings call, signaling that Google's heavy investments in artificial intelligence are now translating into real revenue growth across the business. The call was the first since Google released its Gemini 3 model , which has boosted user engagement and helped the company regain momentum in the intensifying AI race. ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu deployed an army batallion to a troubled state after gunmen killed as many as 162 people in one of the country's deadliest attacks in recent months. The attack late Tuesday on Woro village in Kwara State came after the military recently carried out operations in the area against what it called "terrorist elements". Gunmen burned shops and a traditional ruler's home and wounded ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Nearly 40% of new cancer cases worldwide are potentially preventable, according to one of the first investigations of its kind, which analysed dozens of cancer types in almost 200 countries. The study found that in 2022, roughly seven million cancer diagnoses were linked to modifiable risk factors — those that can be changed, controlled or managed to reduce the likelihood of developing the disease. Overall, ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — As Super Bowl Sunday approaches, the battle off the field for advertisers to win over 120 million-plus viewers will be just as heated as the rivalry between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. Dozens of advertisers are pulling out all the stops for Super Bowl 60, airing Sunday on NBC. They're hoping that audiences tuning in will remember their brand names as they stuff their ads ...
Source: pbs.org
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Amazon posted record quarterly revenue and strong cloud growth in Q4 — but its stock sunk more than 10% in after-hours trading Thursday after the company missed Wall Street's profit expectations and revealed plans to spend $200 billion on capital expenditures in the upcoming year. "With such strong demand for our existing offerings and seminal opportunities like AI, chips, robotics, and low earth orbit ...
Source: geekwire.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
U.S. seeks price floors and tariffs to counter China's grip on critical minerals Washington announced new bilateral critical minerals agreements with 11 countries. A new "Forege" partnership aims to align allies on mineral policy and investment. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers opening remarks during the Critical Minerals Ministerial at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 4, 2026. ...
Source: cnbc.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
PCWorld reports that Valve's Steam Machine launch faces delays and increased costs due to industry-wide memory and storage shortages affecting component availability. RAM prices have surged significantly, potentially increasing PC costs by 20%, forcing Valve to consider subsidizing the device to remain competitive. I had a feeling this was coming. While Valve has never confirmed the price of its hotly anticipated ...
Source: pcworld.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Alex Kantrowitz writes the Big Technology newsletter on Substack and hosts the Big Technology Podcast. AI agents have been gathering online by the thousands over the past week, debating their existence , attempting to date each other , building their own religion , concocting crypto schemes , and spewing gibberish . It's all been happening on Moltbook, a new social network for bots, and it's a disturbing preview of ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
LONDON — Former Prince Andrew has moved out of his sprawling home in Windsor, it has been widely reported by British media, as fresh revelations in the newly-released Epstein files throw up more challenges and embarrassment for Britain's royals. Now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has become a persistent headache for King Charles III, who ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
By replacing both breathing and circulatory buffering, a novel artificial lung bought critical time after lung removal, revealed irreversible damage, and made transplantation possible when no other options remained. Study: Bridge to transplant using a flow-adaptive extracorporeal total artificial lung system following bilateral pneumonectomy. A recent case report published in Med evaluates the effectiveness ...
Source: news-medical.net
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
The Alexa Plus AI has been in early access for over a year , but this week all that changes, starting with a Thursday preview at Amazon's upcoming Big Game ad featuring Chris Hemsworth . Let's look at how our phones and smart speakers are getting this smart voice assistant upgrade . I've been reviewing beta Alexa Plus over the past year and found the AI upgrade to be highly conversational and more capable ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Follow Earth on Google Why does autism seem easy to spot in boys during childhood, yet many women speak about receiving a diagnosis much later in life? A large study from Sweden offers a clear answer. Autism does not appear less often in girls – it often gets recognized later. For decades, autism spectrum disorder has been linked more strongly with male individuals. Many reports showed about four male ...
Source: earth.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Mortgage rates rose again in the first full week following the Federal Open Market Committee's decision not to reduce rates during its January meeting. Processing Content Following the meeting, Pres. Trump nominated Kevin Warsh , a former Fed governor, to replace Jerome Powell as chairman. Warsh is seen by the markets as someone who is more accommodating to the President's desire to lower short-term rates. The ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Israeli strikes kill 20 in Gaza, hospitals say, after soldier wounded by gunfire At least 20 Palestinians, including several children and a paramedic, have been killed and almost 40 others wounded in Israeli strikes in Gaza, hospitals say. The Israeli military said tanks and aircraft carried out "precise strikes" against what it called "terrorists" who opened fire on troops in the north of the strip, seriously ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday praised the steady expansion of economic cooperation between Russia and China during a video call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, describing the partnership as strategic and mutually beneficial. The talks took place amid China's parallel engagement with Western leaders, even as differences persist over Russia's war in Ukraine. According to news agency AP, Putin said ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com