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Lead: A press-freedom group on Feb. 9, 2026, lodged a disciplinary complaint with the Virginia State Bar against federal prosecutor Gordon D. Kromberg after he sought a warrant to search the home of a Washington Post reporter in a leak probe. The search, carried out by the F.B.I. last month, was connected to an inquiry … Read more

Relooted, a new “African‑futurist” heist game from South African studio Nyamakop, debuted on Tuesday and casts players as Nomali, a parkour expert who must retrieve 70 sacred and cultural objects taken mostly during colonial-era plunder. Set in a near‑future 2099 where a Transatlantic Returns Treaty is weakening, the game frames its missions as restorative rather … Read more

Lead: The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics opened amid a fraught political backdrop as U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance praised the Games for unity while American athletes faced immediate questions about President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies. In the first days, U.S. freestyle skier Hunter Hess described complex feelings about representing a country whose policies many find … Read more

Lead: San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Keion White was shot in the ankle in San Francisco early Monday morning, Feb. 9, 2026, and underwent surgery later that day. The team said the injury is not considered career-threatening and that it will provide updates when appropriate. San Francisco police say officers responded to a shooting at … Read more

Lead On Feb. 9, 2026, documents reviewed by The New York Times show the Trump administration plans to rescind roughly $600 million in public-health grants to programs in California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota. The funds, administered through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and appropriated by Congress, support state and local health departments and … Read more

Lead: By Feb. 9–10, 2026, a sharp rise in memory chip prices has fractured equity markets, boosting suppliers while hitting device makers’ margins. Investors from asset managers to sell‑side analysts report widening performance gaps between winners — memory producers — and losers such as Nintendo, major PC vendors and many Apple suppliers. Market participants say … Read more

Lead U.S. military forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker, the Aquila II, in the Indian Ocean on Monday after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean as part of an oil quarantine aimed at pressuring Venezuela, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. The operation followed a surge of sanctioned and clandestinely flagged tankers that fled Venezuelan waters … Read more

In the days after the New START treaty expired on Feb. 5, 2026, the Biden-to-Trump presidential administration signalled a shift in U.S. nuclear posture: officials say Washington is considering redeploying warheads from storage and has instructed aides to prepare to resume nuclear explosive testing. The moves would reverse nearly four decades of stricter U.S. limits … Read more

On Feb. 9, 2026 in Milan, the U.S. women’s hockey team registered a 5-0 victory over Switzerland, marking its third straight win at the Milan Cortina Games. Young players and goaltending anchored the performance as the Americans improved their tournament goal differential to 15-1 through three games. Coach John Wroblewski praised the group’s depth and … Read more

Lead: On Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Bad Bunny’s official Super Bowl halftime performance drew far larger audiences than Turning Point USA’s alternative broadcast headlined by Kid Rock. Early online indicators show millions watched both streams, but Bad Bunny’s official upload and live window outpaced the conservative counterprogramming by a … Read more

Lead Thailand’s February election produced a surprise: Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s Bhumjaithai party emerged as the clear victor when most ballots were counted, projecting more than 190 seats and a straightforward path to lead a coalition government. Pre-election surveys had favoured the reformist People’s Party and predicted the party might exceed 200 seats after its … Read more

Lead On Feb. 9, 2026, Dr. Mehmet Oz, director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, urged Americans to get the measles vaccine as an outbreak in South Carolina exceeded 900 confirmed cases. His public plea—delivered on national television—came amid mounting concern that the United States could lose its measles elimination status after widespread … Read more

King Charles intervened on Monday as Thames Valley Police assess allegations arising from newly released Jeffrey Epstein files that mention his brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Buckingham Palace said the monarch has shown “profound concern” about the continuing revelations and that the palace will cooperate if approached by police. The documents include emails that appear to show … Read more

No Humans Allowed: SpaceMolt, a Space MMO Built Only for AI Agents Lead: Over the past couple of weeks, autonomous AI agents (and a few humans mimicking them) have been active on Moltbook’s social network, and now they can also congregate inside SpaceMolt, a vibe-coded, space‑based MMO designed exclusively for AI. The project positions itself … Read more

Lead: Authorities in Springfield closed multiple public buildings in the downtown area this week after a series of bomb threats prompted precautionary evacuations and street closures. Police and emergency teams carried out targeted searches and building sweeps, and later declared there was “no credible threat.” Officials reopened affected sites once clearance procedures were completed and … Read more