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Top News Stories for Wednesday, February 18th 2026
What to know about the 'equal time' rule Stephen Colbert says led CBS to pull his Talarico interview
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Stephen Colbert's comments that network executives pulled his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico over fears it would violate regulatory guidance from the Trump administration has prompted a conversation about the rules governing how media outlets treat political coverage. The concern about the interview , which the late-night host referenced in his Monday night show and later posted in ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a leading figure in the civil rights movement who ran twice as the Democratic candidate for president, has died at the age of 84. The news was confirmed in a statement from his family, who noted that Jackson "died peacefully." "Our father was a servant leader—not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world," the Jackson family wrote. "We ...
Source: vogue.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
The media conglomerate announced Tuesday that it will let the Ellisons make another bid for the company over the next week, with two key stipulations: Their offer has to be more than $31 for each share of WBD, and it will be the last time the Ellisons get to make a formal pitch to the WBD board. Since then, the Ellisons, who bought Paramount last year and want to merge it with WBD, have argued that their offer of ...
Source: insider.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Temporary Exclusion Orders allow the home affairs minister to stop a person entering for up to two years, but there is a high bar for the powers Home affairs minister Tony Burke is "taking advice" from security agencies on whether Australian women and children in a Syrian detention camp should be temporarily banned from returning, but it is unclear how many in the cohort such an order would apply to. On Monday ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES — Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor of matchless versatility and dedication whose classic roles included the intrepid consigliere of the first two "Godfather" movies and the over-the-hill country music singer in "Tender Mercies," has died at age 95. Duvall died "peacefully" at his home Sunday in Middleburg, Virginia, according to an announcement from his publicist and from a statement posted ...
Source: militarytimes.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
The United States military announced that it has carried out three strikes against alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, killing at least 11 people. US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which oversees military activities in Latin America, said it conducted two of the strikes in the Eastern Pacific and one in the Caribbean as part of a campaign dubbed Operation Southern Spear. All three ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
There are two main reasons prediction markets have blown up in the past couple of years. One is that they offer a large group of people something they want: the chance to put money on a wide range of outcomes, from sporting events to elections to how many times Mr. Beast will say the word dollar in his next video . The other is that, until quite recently, they weren't really legal. Things opened up for Kalshi, ...
Source: nymag.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Thomas Pritzker admits 'terrible judgment' in maintaining contact with convicted sex trafficker and Ghislaine Maxwell Hyatt Hotels Executive Chairman Thomas Pritzker announced Monday that he is stepping down effective immediately after documents released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . The executive, 75, told the company's board ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Iran's supreme leader warned on Tuesday that U.S. attempts to depose his government would fail, as Washington and Tehran held indirect talks in Geneva on their long-running nuclear dispute amid a U.S. military buildup in the Middle East . The U.S., which joined Israel in bombing Iran's nuclear facilities in June, has deployed a battle force to the region and U.S. President Donald Trump has said "regime change" in ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Capitol Police in Washington, D.C., arrested an 18-year-old man Tuesday after he ran from his vehicle toward the west side of the Capitol Building armed with a shotgun. Capital Police Chief Michael Sullivan said the man, identified as Carter Camacho of Smyrna, Georgia, was arrested after he parked a Mercedes SUV near the Capitol, got out and ran "several hundred yards" toward the ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Officials for Germany-based Bayer have agreed to pay $7.25 billion to settle a class action filed by those who say its Roundup weedkiller caused them or their loved ones to develop cancer. The proposed settlement would create a fund to pay for existing and future claims filed by those who say the weed killer caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which is blood cancer that forms in the body's lymphatic ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article 'There is a general atmosphere of 'keep your head down; you don't want to be on the firing line,'" one office told NBC News Relations have deteriorated between Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the U.S. Coast Guard 's top brass, driven largely by her insistence on ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
On Monday, the former US secretary of state accused the Trump administration of "slow walking" the release of the files and urged his team to "get the files out". US President Donald Trump has hit back at claims made by Hillary Clinton of a "cover-up" over the release of the Epstein files, accusing her of having "Trump derangement syndrome". On Monday, Hillary Clinton accused the Trump administration of "slow ...
Source: news.sky.com
Trump is recruiting thousands of local officers to aid immigration effort. Some states are saying no
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Over the past 18 years, officers at Maryland's Frederick County jail have asked thousands of inmates two standard questions: What country are you a citizen of? And where were you born? If the answer was anything other than the United States, local officers deputized with special federal authority launched an investigation into whether the person was in the country illegally. Since 2008, Frederick County has turned ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Russian and Ukrainian officials have convened for a third round of United States-brokered peace negotiations in Switzerland days before the bloody Ukraine war hits its four-year mark. After the first day of talks ended on Tuesday, Russian media quoted an unidentified source as saying the negotiations were "tense", lasted six hours, and took place in different bilateral and trilateral settings. Ukraine's lead ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Logan Paul's iconic Pikachu Illustrator Pokemon card has sold at the Goldin TCG auction for a whopping (almost) $16.5 million, a record-breaking number. The auction house, which is known for rare and record-breaking collectible sales, recently held a Of course, there's little surprise that things turned out this way. After all, Logan Paul is an incredibly notable figure in the world of the internet, and the Pikachu ...
Source: vice.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
By and A bill to rename Palm Beach International airport President Donald J. Trump International Airport passed the Florida House and advanced in a Florida Senate committee on Tuesday — just four days after a private company linked to the Trump family trademarked the proposed name. A company managed by the Trump organization called DTTM Operations LLC filed three new trademark applications for " DJT ," " ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
The Trump administration was sued over the Feb. 9 abrupt removal of the Pride rainbow flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City. The monument is across from the Stonewall Inn, the site of the 1969 uprising that ignited the gay rights movement in the United States. The suit calls the Pride flag's removal "a textbook example of an arbitrary and capricious act." A person secures the flags during a ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Trump said 'no other president' had tried to pass criminal justice reform or long-term funding for historically Black colleges and universities, which was supported by Jackson President Donald Trump used the death of Reverend Jesse Jackson to highlight his personal accomplishments ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Contrary to what password managers say, a server compromise can mean game over. Over the past 15 years, password managers have grown from a niche security tool used by the technology savvy into an indispensable security tool for the masses, with an estimated 94 million US adults—or roughly 36 percent of them—having adopted them. They store not only passwords for pension, financial, and email accounts, ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
– Georgia high school students on Tuesday testified in court about the horrors of being shot during their algebra class, and recounted through tears seeing a classmate in a pool of blood, then seeing blood on their own bodies and fearing they might die. Various students took the stand at the , the father of Colt Gray, who investigators said had carefully planned the Sept. 4, 2024, at the school northeast of ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
World of Warcraft , Blizzard has teamed up with Zillow to help showcase a curated collection of houses on the brand-new Zillow for Warcraft World of Warcraft Midnight pre-purchase bonuses and pre-release patches have finally added player housing to the Blizzard MMO and offered members of the Horde and Alliance somewhere to rest their heads when they aren't adventuring. Warlords of Draenor Midnight . Anyone who is ...
Source: vice.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
"Large-scale" investigation could result in massive fines. Europe's privacy watchdog has opened a "large-scale" inquiry into Elon Musk's X over AI-generated non-consensual sexual imagery, in the latest sign of how regulators are scrutinizing the social media site's Grok chatbot. Ireland's Data Protection Commission, which is responsible for enforcing the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, said late on Monday ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Feb 17th, 2026 -
Shein under EU investigation over childlike sex dolls The European Union (EU) has launched a formal investigation into fast fashion giant Shein over possible breaches of digital law, including the sale of childlike sex dolls. The European Commission (EC), the EU's executive arm, said it will examine what systems the Chinese firm has in place to prevent the sale of illegal products "including content which could ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
Hollywood backlash puts spotlight on ByteDance's sketchy launch of Seedance 2.0. ByteDance says that it's rushing to add safeguards to block Seedance 2.0 from generating iconic characters and deepfaking celebrities, after substantial Hollywood backlash after launching the latest version of its AI video tool. The changes come after Disney and Paramount Skydance sent cease-and-desist letters to ByteDance urging the ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Several civil rights groups are suing the Trump administration to prohibit it from misusing voter information that it seized from Fulton County, Ga., last month. The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, the NAACP and Atlanta and Georgia State Conference branches of the NAACP filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 -
Jerusalem — Israel's government has approved a process to register land in the occupied West Bank as "state property," drawing condemnation from Arab nations and critics who said it would accelerate annexation of the Palestinian territory. Israel's foreign ministry said the measure, approved late Sunday, would enable "transparent and thorough clarification of rights to resolve legal disputes" and was ...
Source: cbsnews.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 -
The Miami Dolphins are releasing star wide receiver Tyreek Hill in a cost-cutting move, multiple outlets reported Monday. Releasing Hill, an eight-time Pro Bowl wide receiver who turns 32 on 1 March, will save the Dolphins $22.8m against the 2026 salary cap, per ESPN. The reported moves by new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan come with the new league year scheduled to begin on 11 March. The Dolphins had been ...
Source: theguardian.com