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Lead: On 8 February 2026, two AI researchers told podcaster Lex Fridman that a ‘996’ style schedule — roughly 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week — is becoming more common among AI teams in San Francisco. Nathan Lambert of the Allen Institute for AI and Sebastian Raschka, an AI lab founder, described … Read more

Lead World Liberty Financial, the Trump family–linked issuer of the USD1 stablecoin, reached $5 billion in circulation last month, largely concentrated on Binance. The surge followed a string of Binance promotions and a post-pardon rapprochement between Binance founder Changpeng Zhao and the Trump administration. Roughly 85 percent of USD1 tokens are held on Binance accounts, … Read more

Lead: On Feb. 8, 2026 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Olympic alpine legend Lindsey Vonn crashed during the women’s downhill on the Olympia delle Tofane and was airlifted from the slope after medics treated her on site. Vonn had ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) nine days earlier but still started 13th in an attempt to … Read more

Lead: Newly released legal files and photos have cast fresh light on Jeffrey Epstein’s vast Zorro ranch outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, a property he owned from 1993 and where survivors say abuse took place. The 9,900–10,000 acre (about 4,000 hectare) estate included a 26,700 sq ft main house, a private runway and hangar, stables … Read more

Lead On Feb. 8, 2026 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Paul Thomas Anderson won the Directors Guild of America’s top feature-film prize for One Battle After Another, a victory that significantly strengthens his position in the Oscar race. The award is widely watched because 18 of the previous 20 DGA feature winners went … Read more

Lead Thailand's incumbent prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, declared victory on Sunday after television projections showed his conservative Bhumjaithai Party winning nearly 200 seats in the 500-seat lower house. The announcement came as Thais also voted in a constitutional referendum and amid economic strains and border tensions with Cambodia. Opposition leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut conceded that his … Read more

Lead: President Donald Trump has signaled he prefers policies that keep or raise home values for existing owners rather than aggressively boosting new construction, a stance he reiterated to his Cabinet on Jan. 29 in Washington. That approach defies calls from many economists, local officials and renters who argue more supply is the clearest route … Read more

North Korea’s state media says the ruling Workers’ Party will hold a congress in late February where leader Kim Jong Un is expected to announce his domestic and foreign policy priorities for the next five years. The political bureau set the timing under Kim’s supervision, though the exact date and agenda have not been published. … Read more

Lead: Orange County health officials confirmed a second measles case tied to a person who visited Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park on Jan. 22, 2026. The agency said the visitor was at Disneyland from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and at California Adventure from 3 p.m. until closing; exposures can lead to illness … Read more

Lead: A cabinet minister on Sunday urged Labour MPs not to move to remove Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over the controversy surrounding Lord Mandelson, saying a leadership change 18 months after Labour returned to power would not solve the country’s problems. The appeal followed fresh revelations about Mandelson’s communications with Jeffrey Epstein and renewed … Read more

Lead On Saturday Syracuse sat freshman guard Kiyan Anthony for the first time this season in a 72-59 loss to No. 18 Virginia. Head coach Adrian Autry told reporters there were no injury concerns and that the decision was his alone. The defeat extended Syracuse’s slide — six losses in seven games — leaving the … Read more

In early 2026, after U.S. forces detained Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, in January, the Biden-era narrative about U.S. restraint on foreign oil was upended when President Donald J. Trump announced plans to place Caracas’s oil industry under American control. The move, revealed in the days after the capture, targeted assets including the Cardón refinery and … Read more

Lead: Law enforcement conducted an extended search Saturday at the home of Annie Guthrie and her husband after investigators pursued leads in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC host Savannah Guthrie. Authorities and FBI agents have sought surveillance footage and examined the property; investigators later left the scene after several hours. Local … Read more

Lead Sunday, February 08, 2026 brings a generally unguarded Moon: there is no Moon Alert today, so shopping and major decisions face no formal restrictions. The Moon sits in Scorpio, heightening emotional undercurrents and the potential for surprises in relationships and finances. Across the signs expect sudden shifts — from unexpected gifts to travel changes … Read more

President Donald Trump’s newly formed “Board of Peace” is scheduled to convene in Washington on Feb. 19, according to an invitation reviewed by The New York Times and officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The board, created under a charter signed last month, was initially pitched as a vehicle to help reconstruct Gaza … Read more