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Lead Apple’s iOS 26 overhaul of the Phone app, highlighted in reporting on February 6, 2026, introduces a new call‑screening option called “Ask Reason for Calling.” The feature sits alongside redesigned ringtones and Live Translation and aims to reduce unwanted interruptions without blocking legitimate unknown callers. It prompts unsaved numbers for a reason before the … Read more

Lead: Senator Tammy Duckworth says she learned in a meeting with DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari that the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) general counsel repeatedly told the OIG that Secretary Kristi Noem asserts she has statutory authority to terminate inspector general investigations. The warning and a separate Jan. 29 request for a list of … Read more

Lead: Versant, the parent company of Rotten Tomatoes, has denied any bot activity after the Amazon MGM-backed documentary Melania registered a 99% audience score against a 7% critics rating as it entered its second weekend of release. The company told Variety that audience reviews shown on the site’s Popcornmeter are verified and tied to ticket … Read more

Lead Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers have detected a rich inventory of small organic molecules in the dust-enshrouded core of the ultra-luminous infrared galaxy IRAS 07251–0248. The team, using JWST’s NIRSpec and MIRI instruments, reported the results on Feb. 6 in Nature, finding chemical abundances far above prior theoretical expectations. Among the … Read more

Luc Besson’s lavish retelling of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, released in the U.S. by Vertical on February 6, 2026, leans hard on spectacle and color but struggles to justify its narrative choices. Caleb Landry Jones plays Prince Vladimir/Dracula with elastic, often campy energy, while Zoë Bleu appears as both Elisabeta and Mina; Christoph Waltz features as … Read more

On Friday at the Covelli Center, No. 2 Ohio State rallied to defeat No. 5 Iowa 24-9 before a reported record crowd of 4,749, improving the Buckeyes to 17-0 for the first time in program history. The dual opened with Iowa taking the first three matches, but a pivotal overturned call at 184 pounds swung … Read more

Lead: A Gresham family — father Yohendry De Jesus Crespo, mother Darianny Liseth Gonzalez de Crespo and their 7-year-old daughter Diana Crespo-Gonzalez — were released from a Texas immigration detention center on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, and are en route to Portland early Saturday. The family had been held 22 days after being detained on … Read more

Lead: On Feb. 6, 2025 at Madison Square Garden, No. 22 St. John’s defeated No. 3 Connecticut 81-72, snapping UConn’s 18-game winning streak and propelling the Red Storm to their ninth straight victory. The win — St. John’s first over a top-three opponent since 2021 — came before a sellout crowd and marked a defining … Read more

Lead: The Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics open with the men’s downhill at Stelvio Ski Center in Bormio as the first medal event on Saturday, with the race slated to start at 11:30 a.m. local time (1030 GMT, 5:30 a.m. ET) weather permitting. U.S. figure skating star Ilia Malinin will skate his short program in … Read more

Mexican authorities on Friday announced the discovery of bodies and human remains in El Verde, Concordia, Sinaloa, in the same area where a search is underway for 10 people abducted from a Canadian-owned mine. The Attorney General’s Office said it could not immediately quantify all recovered remains but noted that one body showed characteristics matching … Read more

On Feb. 6 SmackDown in WWE, Cody Rhodes interrupted WWE Champion Drew McIntyre’s entrance, attacking the champion before officials separated them. Rhodes — adopting the nickname “Raheem” on the mic — delivered a brazen, profanity-laced boast and warned that McIntyre will not reach WrestleMania 42. General Manager Nick Aldis responded by announcing Rhodes must qualify … Read more

Lead On February 6, 2026, the Trump administration launched TrumpRx, an online portal that lists discounted, direct-to-consumer offers for 43 prescription drugs available across the United States. The site does not sell medications directly but links users to manufacturers’ ordering pages and coupon offers, and the White House says the program will provide “immediate relief” … Read more

On Feb. 7, 2026, options tied to BlackRock’s spot bitcoin ETF, IBIT, exploded in activity as bitcoin plunged, raising fresh questions about whether derivatives amplified the sell-off. The ETF slid about 13% that day to its lowest level since October 2024 while options volume hit a record 2.33 million contracts and buyers paid roughly $900 … Read more

Lead: On Feb. 6, 2026, a divided 2-1 panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a Trump administration rule allowing the detention of undocumented immigrants in the interior without routine bond hearings. The decision applies in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi and reverses a long-standing practice under prior administrations that often … Read more

Lead On Feb. 6, 2026, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Department of Defense will end certain academic partnerships with Harvard University beginning with the new school year in September. The decision targets graduate-level professional military education, fellowships and certificate programs while allowing service members already enrolled to complete their courses. The announcement singled … Read more