Lead On Wednesday a senior Department of Homeland Security official told state election chiefs on a multiagency call that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will not be deployed to polling places this year. The comment — attributed to Heather Honey, DHS deputy assistant secretary for election integrity — was confirmed by three people on … Read more
Lead For Wednesday, February 25, Action Network’s staff identified top NBA best bets across a six-game regular-season slate, highlighting three spread plays, two player props and one total. Key selections include the Warriors (-3.5), Rockets (-15), and Nuggets (-3.5), alongside player wagers on Jared McCain and Jarrett Allen and an Over 229.5 total. The picks … Read more
February 25, 2026 — At Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event in Las Vegas, Sameer Samat, President of the Android Ecosystem at Google, signaled a major shift for Android, saying the platform is evolving “from an operating system to an intelligent system.” Samat said Android’s next chapter will center on deeper AI integration and a more proactive … Read more
On Feb. 25, 2026, trading in U.S. natural gas futures on CME Group’s Globex platform was halted for more than 30 minutes before markets were restored, the exchange and media reported. Metals contracts were also affected by the same technical interruption, marking the second major disruption in about a month in one of the world’s … Read more
Lead: On February 25 in San Francisco, Samsung Electronics revealed the Galaxy S26 series at Galaxy Unpacked 2026, presenting the company’s third-generation Galaxy AI phones. The new lineup pairs the most powerful Galaxy S hardware to date with expanded, context-aware AI features designed to simplify everyday tasks. Samsung highlighted design refinements, a debut Privacy Display … Read more
Lead: This week Brazil’s Supreme Court found former Rio Civil Police chief Rivaldo Barbosa and Congressman Chiquinho Brazão, alongside Domingos Brazão, guilty of ordering the 2018 killing of Rio city councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes. The ruling closes an eight-year legal and activist campaign to hold the alleged masterminds to account. Judges … Read more
Australian detectives arrested two men on Feb. 25, 2026, in connection with the abduction and killing of 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian, who was taken from his North Ryde home on Feb. 13. Police found Baghsarian’s remains on Feb. 24 near a golf club on Sydney’s northwestern fringe after an extensive search. Authorities say the attack appears … Read more
Lead Former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey resigned from the board of Nebraska clean-energy start-up Monolith after Department of Justice documents showed he met and exchanged emails with Jeffrey Epstein. The resignation, which Kerrey confirmed by text on Feb. 25, 2026, followed revelations in the released DOJ records about contacts that took place more than a … Read more
Lead A federal judge in Texas has allowed ExxonMobil to pursue a defamation claim against California Attorney General Rob Bonta over public statements about the company’s plastic recycling efforts. The decision, issued by U.S. District Judge Michael J. Truncale of the Eastern District of Texas earlier this month, rejected Bonta’s claim to official immunity for … Read more
Lead On Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, Cuban Interior Ministry officials said border guard personnel engaged in a firefight with occupants of a Florida-registered speedboat near Corralillo in Villa Clara province, leaving four people dead and six wounded. The ministry said five Cuban border troops on a government vessel had approached the speedboat about one nautical … Read more
Lead: On Feb 25, 2026, Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior said its maritime border patrol exchanged gunfire with a speedboat bearing Florida registration offshore Cayo Falcones, north‑central Villa Clara province. The ministry reported that four people on the foreign vessel were killed and six wounded, and that a Cuban commander was injured. Cuban officials said … Read more
Lead On the evening of 25 February 2026, President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in U.S. history, making sweeping declarations about jobs, foreign investment, energy costs and wartime diplomacy. Many assertions in the more-than-100-minute speech were definitive, but several conflict with official data or rely on disputed counting methods. This … Read more
Lead: On Feb. 24–25, 2026, seven northern elephant seal pups at Año Nuevo State Park in San Mateo County, California, tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5N1), officials said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory confirmed the results late Tuesday. Park viewing areas were closed and tours canceled as researchers … Read more
Feb. 25, 2026 — Former Prince Andrew, now styled Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, remains eighth in line to the British throne even after losing royal honors and being ordered from his 30-room Windsor‑area residence. Last week he was arrested and released on suspicion of misconduct in public office after allegations he shared confidential material with Jeffrey Epstein; … Read more
Lead: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Caribbean leaders on Wednesday in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, to discuss regional anxieties tied to recent U.S. policies and actions. The closed-door session with 15 CARICOM members preceded separate bilateral meetings with prime ministers from St. Kitts, Trinidad and Tobago and other nations. Leaders said they … Read more
