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Lead: The eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Marius Borg Høiby, was arrested Sunday evening just days before he is due to stand trial in Oslo on a wide-ranging indictment that includes rape and drug offences. Police said they arrested him on suspicion of assault, threats with a knife and violating a restraining order … Read more
At the 68th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, music’s biggest night delivered high-energy performances and milestone wins. Hosted by Trevor Noah, the ceremony honored a mix of established stars and emerging artists, with Bad Bunny taking Album of the Year for an all-Spanish-language record and Kendrick Lamar (with SZA) winning Record of the … Read more
Lead Botanically, hemp and marijuana are both Cannabis sativa, but U.S. law treats them very differently according to THC content. Federal rules have long set a plant-level threshold—0.3% delta-9 THC—to define hemp, while marijuana remains a controlled substance. A new federal rule scheduled to take effect in November 2026 will instead cap total THC in … Read more
Lead In November 2024, two weeks after voters returned President Donald Trump to office, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. convened Supreme Court employees in a ceremonial conference room and asked them to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) aimed at shielding the court’s internal deliberations. The move followed a string of leaks — including publication of … Read more
Lead: NASA began the most critical phase of the Artemis 2 wet dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 2, preparing to load cryogenic propellants into the Space Launch System (SLS) ahead of a simulated T‑0. Non‑essential personnel were cleared from Launch Complex‑39B before fueling operations, which NASA scheduled to start around 11 a.m. … Read more
Lead: Nancy Guthrie, 84 and the mother of NBC “Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing after last being seen at her Tucson, Arizona, home late Saturday night. Pima County authorities said she was last seen at about 9:30 p.m. and was reported missing around noon the following day. Deputies who examined the home described … Read more
Lead On Feb 2, 2026, long-time users of the VR fitness app Supernatural woke to the realization that Meta had ended new content production after layoffs in its Reality Labs division, leaving the app operational but stalled. Fans — many women, people over 50 and users with limited mobility — say the decision effectively dooms … Read more
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and his artificial intelligence company xAI entered advanced discussions to combine operations, people familiar with the matter told reporters on February 2, 2026. The conversations, disclosed to some investors, were reported first at 11:29 AM UTC and were updated at 1:35 PM UTC the same day. Sources said the firms could announce … Read more
On Monday, the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt reopened after being largely closed for 20 months, marking a fragile advance in the Israel–Hamas cease-fire. For the first time since the closure, limited groups of displaced Gazans were permitted to travel in both directions, and sick or wounded patients began moving toward foreign medical … Read more
Lead The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt reopened in late January 2026 after nearly a year of largely uninterrupted closure, restoring a limited lifeline for Palestinians seeking medical care or to return home. The crossing, near the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, had been seized by Israeli forces in May 2024 and … Read more
Lead An 84-year-old woman identified as Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing in the Catalina Foothills area of Pima County, Arizona. Officials say she was last seen Saturday night at about 9:45 p.m., and a family member reported her missing around noon on Sunday. Pima County search-and-rescue teams, homicide … Read more
Health authorities across Asia have stepped up surveillance this month after at least two deaths from Nipah virus were reported in West Bengal, India. The virus — a henipavirus with a historically high case fatality range of roughly 40–75% in humans — spreads from animals to people and can pass between humans through close contact. … Read more
Lead: Newly unsealed files from the US Department of Justice released on Friday show extensive written contact between Norway’s Crown Princess Mette‑Marit and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein between 2011 and 2014. The documents include nearly 1,000 mentions of the crown princess and dozens of exchanged emails, according to Norwegian reporting. The disclosures arrive as … Read more
On Feb. 1, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice posted a large tranche of court records related to Jeffrey Epstein and, amid more than three million pages released, nearly 40 unredacted nude images appeared on the public site. The images showed exposed bodies and faces and appeared to include photographs taken on private property linked … Read more
As of Feb. 1, 2026, communities across Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana remain reeling after an intense ice storm that struck last week, leaving at least three dozen people dead and tens of thousands without power. Crews have spent a full week working on repairs as freezing temperatures persist, compounding the risk to residents without heat. … Read more
