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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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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, 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: 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
Feb. 24, 2026 — Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) said Tuesday it has received a higher takeover proposal from Paramount Skydance (PSKY) and will evaluate the revised offer alongside its existing merger agreement with Netflix. The company disclosed the PSKY revision after a seven-day waiver that allowed renewed talks with Paramount, while the Netflix agreement—announced in … Read more
Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee told an audience at the National Association for Business Economics on Feb. 24, 2026 in Washington, D.C., that cutting interest rates should wait until there is clearer evidence that inflation is moving back toward the Fed’s 2% objective. He noted that while headline pressures have eased from their peaks, … Read more
Lead As peace negotiations continue into the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale invasion, residents across Ukraine’s Donetsk region say they will not accept being handed to Moscow as the price for a wider cease-fire. On Feb. 24, 2026, conversations in towns such as Sloviansk reflect deep mistrust of promises that could follow any territorial concession. … 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
