YouTube is expanding features for Premium Lite, its lower-cost subscription, by adding background playback and offline downloads. The change, announced in a company post and reported by The Verge, begins rolling out Tuesday and will reach all regions where Premium Lite is offered within the coming weeks. The $7.99-per-month tier—launched in the U.S. about a … Read more
Texans general manager Nick Caserio moved quickly on Tuesday in Indianapolis to dismiss growing chatter that the team might trade quarterback C.J. Stroud. The comments came at the NFL Scouting Combine, days after Stroud’s fourth-quarter struggles — including four interceptions — in Houston’s playoff loss to the New England Patriots last month. Stroud is entering … Read more
Lead On Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, Massachusetts lifted a travel ban for nonessential motor vehicles in Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable and Dukes counties as crews continued to dig out after a blizzard that dropped nearly 3 feet of snow in parts of the state. Governor Maura Healey announced the noon lifting while urging residents to remain … Read more
Lead Members of the House of Commons backed a Liberal Democrat motion demanding the release of documents related to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment as a UK trade envoy. Trade Minister Sir Chris Bryant told MPs the government will comply “as soon as practicable and possible within law”, while warning disclosure may be limited by an ongoing … Read more
Jennifer Garner discussed how parenting shifted after her split from Ben Affleck, saying the arrangement required both parents to take on wider roles. In a recent conversation on Bustle’s podcast One Nightstand, the 53-year-old actress described becoming both ‘mom and dad’ at times while raising their three children across two households. Garner, who shares Violet, … Read more
Gov. Dan McKee announced that Rhode Island’s travel ban would be lifted at noon Tuesday after a historic blizzard that struck the state earlier in the week. The governor emphasized safety as the primary criterion for ending the restriction while also noting the need to reopen businesses and restart local commerce. State police reported 269 … Read more
On 24 February 2026 a speculative Substack note from Citrini Research triggered fresh volatility in US equities, warning of widespread disruption from autonomous AI agents. The post — framed by its authors as a “scenario, not a prediction” — sketches a timeline to June 2028 in which white‑collar unemployment tops 10%, a private‑credit shock spreads … Read more
Dozens of Democrats to boycott Trump’s State of the Union address Lead: On Feb. 24, 2026 in Washington, dozens of House and Senate Democrats announced they will skip President Trump’s State of the Union address and instead join or support nearby counterprogramming. The departures follow visible protests inside the chamber in prior years, including last … Read more
On 24 February 2026 Ukraine observed the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion with nationwide commemorations and international expressions of support. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian President Vladimir Putin “has not achieved his goals” and pledged to pursue peace and justice. European leaders, G7 representatives and a loose ‘coalition of the willing’ used the … Read more
On Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, a powerful blizzard struck the U.S. Northeast, at one point placing more than 40 million people under winter warnings as heavy snow and hurricane-force winds swept the region. The National Weather Service reported as much as 3 feet (36 inches) of snow in parts of New Jersey, Rhode Island and … Read more
Lead: On Feb. 24, 2026, a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement official testified to congressional Democrats that ICE’s new agent training had been allowed to collapse, calling the program “deficient” and “broken.” The same day, media and officials raised fresh questions about whether a recent mass shooter used commercial chatbot technology, drawing scrutiny of OpenAI … Read more
Lead: On Feb. 24, 2026, industry participants and market watchers told CNBC that global data center expansion has entered an inflection point driven by surging demand for artificial intelligence workloads, continued cloud adoption and tighter constraints on power and real estate. The shift is reshaping where and how operators build capacity and prompting new strategies … Read more
Lead: On Feb. 24, 2026, Advanced Micro Devices announced a multibillion-dollar agreement with Meta in which the social media company will purchase large quantities of AMD accelerator chips to support new A.I. projects and data centers. As part of the arrangement, Meta gains the option to take a financial stake in AMD of up to … Read more
Lead For four years, President Vladimir V. Putin has oriented Russia’s domestic policy and public finance around the war in Ukraine, a campaign that began on Feb. 24, 2022. The Kremlin’s focus has helped stabilize front-line operations and shape negotiating positions in talks mediated by Washington, but at steep cost: the conflict has killed or … Read more
Nearly a year after his high-profile return to public service, Lord Peter Mandelson was arrested on Monday at his London home on suspicion of misconduct in public office connected to his past links with Jeffrey Epstein. The detention, which followed allegations that he passed confidential government material to Epstein during an earlier period in office, … Read more
