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Lead: In February 2026 The Washington Post enacted a deep newsroom retrenchment after owner Jeff Bezos ordered layoffs that cut roughly 30% of staff, reducing the newsroom to under 600 employees. The paper—bought by Bezos for $250 million in 2013—reported losses of about $77 million in 2023 and $100 million in 2024, with further losses … Read more
Lead: On Monday in Yerevan, US Vice President J.D. Vance and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan finalized negotiations on a US-Armenia “123 Agreement” to govern civil nuclear cooperation. The accord centers on small modular reactors (SMRs) and would enable up to $5 billion in initial US exports, plus about $4 billion in longer-term fuel and … Read more
Feb. 9, 2026 — Ilia Malinin, a 21-year-old college student from Vienna, Virginia, helped the United States secure a team gold medal at the Milan Winter Olympics and is set to skate in the men’s individual competition on Tuesday, Feb. 10. His Olympic debut, marked by high technical content and a visibly evolving competitive composure, … Read more
A Justice Department release of FBI interview summaries in late January 2026 includes an account that President Donald Trump phoned Palm Beach law enforcement in 2006 and urged attention on Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell, describing Epstein as “disgusting” and Maxwell as “evil,” according to a retired chief’s 2019 interview summary. The former Palm Beach … Read more
Lead On Feb. 9, 2026, the Vatican told the Diocese of Peoria that Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen may proceed to beatification, ending a six-year pause in his cause. Sheen, born in Illinois and best known for his midcentury radio and television ministry, died in 1979 and is now one formal step away from sainthood under … Read more
Updated Feb 10, 2026 — Bitcoin’s rebound from last week’s capitulation-style sell-off has lost momentum, running into resistance around $71,000 after a recovery to roughly $69,440. Trading data show a broad retreat from risk assets and notably thinner participation on major exchanges since late 2025. Sentiment briefly sank to levels last seen in the 2022 … Read more
Feb. 9, 2026 — In Lawrence, Kan., ninth-ranked Kansas handed top-ranked Arizona its first loss of the season, defeating the Wildcats 82-78 at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas played without freshman guard Darryn Peterson, a late scratch with flu-like symptoms, while Flory Bidunga posted a 23-point, 10-rebound double-double to fuel the Jayhawks. Arizona led by as many … Read more
Lead: Pop artist Chappell Roan announced on Monday, 9 February 2026, that she has ended representation by the Wasserman talent agency, led by Casey Wasserman, after newly released documents from the US Department of Justice included flirtatious emails between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell dated to 2003. Roan said the move reflects concerns about alignment with … Read more
Lead: In early February 2026, documents and interviews show four former Trump-administration advisers quietly prepared a blueprint to dismantle federal climate policy once Republicans regained power. Those plans center on undoing the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 “endangerment finding,” the legal basis for regulating greenhouse gases. If the EPA proceeds with the expected revocation, many federal … Read more
Asian equities pushed to fresh highs on February 9–10, 2026 as a rebound in US technology shares relieved market pressure from earlier concerns about outsized artificial-intelligence spending. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose about 1.1%, led by gains in major tech names including SoftBank Group Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Japan’s Nikkei 225 climbed … Read more
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
