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Lead On Feb. 6, 2026, scientists aboard the South Korean icebreaker Araon, operating in the Amundsen Sea, used airborne tactics to sample waters beneath the fractured floating tongue of the Thwaites Glacier. Teams could not reach a half‑mile‑deep borehole through the main ice mass, so they instead lowered sensors into narrow rifts between giant ice … Read more

Andrei Arlovski bludgeons Ben Rothwell to claim BKFC heavyweight crown at KnuckleMania 6 Andrei Arlovski, 47, defeated Ben Rothwell, 44, on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia to win the BKFC heavyweight title. The trilogy matchup — their third fight overall after two MMA meetings — ended in the third round … Read more

Lead Mario Bautista halted Vinicius Oliveira’s rapid rise in the bantamweight ranks with a second-round submission in the UFC Vegas 113 headliner at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Bautista secured a rear-naked choke at 4:46 of Round 2 to stop Oliveira and snap the Brazilian’s six-fight win streak. The victory advanced … Read more

Lead Alberto Castañeda Mondragón, 31, says he was assaulted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Jan. 8 in St. Paul, Minnesota, suffering eight skull fractures and five brain hemorrhages. He was hospitalized at Hennepin County Medical Center and later held at the ICE facility at Fort Snelling before a federal judge ordered his … Read more

Lead Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrives in Australia on Monday to attend memorial events after the Dec. 14 Bondi Hanukkah attack that left 15 people dead, a visit the federal government frames as solidarity with a grieving Jewish community. The trip is unfolding amid large, planned pro-Palestinian demonstrations in as many as 30 cities, reflecting … Read more

On Feb. 7, 2026, President Donald Trump posted a racially charged video clip targeting the Obamas on his social feed while traveling on Air Force One and removed it after a wave of bipartisan outrage. The episode unfolded as midterm campaigns intensified, prompting an unusually chaotic White House response and a rare public retreat by … Read more

Lead Mass‑market paperbacks, a nearly century‑old staple of American reading culture, are rapidly disappearing as retailers and suppliers abandon the compact format. The decline accelerated after ReaderLink, the largest distributor to airports and big‑box stores, stopped stocking the titles, and sales plunged from about 103 million units in 2006 to below 18 million last year. … Read more

Lead: Apple appears poised to release an M5-powered MacBook Air that, based on current signs, will mostly be a modest specification refresh rather than a radical redesign. Recent Apple launches, including the M4 iPad Pro and iPhone 17 Pro, have focused heavily on thermal engineering to control heat on fanless devices. The MacBook Air, redesigned … Read more

On Feb. 7, 2026, about a dozen people gathered in front of San Francisco’s Civic Center for a self-styled “March for Billionaires,” a small demonstration intended to oppose a proposed one‑time 5% levy on the state’s billionaires. Organizers framed the action as a sincere protest against the Billionaire Tax Act; the event drew a handful … Read more

Thailand held a national election on 8 February 2026 that pits a resurgent reform movement against entrenched conservative forces. Voters across the country went to the polls amid economic strains, a referendum on a military-era constitution and legal challenges targeting the reform movement’s leaders. The People’s Party — the latest incarnation of Thailand’s progressive reform … Read more

Lead The Super Bowl on February 9, 2026, remains one of the rare occasions in the U.S. when friends and family gather around a single screen to watch live—teams, halftime performer Bad Bunny and the broadcast draw the crowd. Ahead of kickoff, many shoppers are looking to upgrade aging sets or finish a home-theater refresh, … Read more

U.S. stock futures will reopen Sunday evening as markets try to extend a broad Friday rebound that lifted major indexes and risk assets. The Dow Jones staged a milestone move above 50,000, while the S&P 500 recovered to trade above its 50-day moving average. Bitcoin jumped sharply after steep prior losses, adding to the weekend’s … Read more

Lead Since fighting erupted in Khartoum and other cities on April 15, 2023, Sudan has slid into a severe humanitarian emergency that local residents describe in the bleakest terms. What began as a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has left hospitals, markets and neighbourhoods under siege and basic … Read more

Federal records released in early February 2026 show Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s commerce secretary, had repeated interactions with Jeffrey Epstein over at least 13 years while the two lived next door to each other on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The files indicate shared investments, neighborhood and philanthropic dealings, and social contact in New York and … Read more

Lead Google is quietly issuing a $20-per-month discount to a subset of YouTube TV subscribers for four months — a total savings of $80 — with reports surfacing on Feb 7, 2026. The offer appears in YouTube TV account settings and can be redeemed by users who see the prompt. Reports come from community posts … Read more