An international team of scientists drilled the longest ever sediment core from under the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The result will be the provision of a record stretching back millions of years that will assist climate scientists in forecasting the…
[Update] Officials with the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office announced the six backcountry skiers who survived the California avalanche have been rescued. Due to the extreme weather conditions it took several hours for search and rescue teams to reach the survivors and…
On Jan. 1, 2026, Victoria Jones, daughter of actor Tommy Lee Jones, was found dead at the age of 34 in a San Francisco hotel. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in San Francisco announced her death was due…
Tyson Fury has announced he is coming out of retirement to “make boxing great again” and insisted the sport has not been the same in his absence. Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) will fight Arslanbek Makhmudov (21-2, 19 KOs) on April…
On Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, Stephen Colbert said he was banned from airing an interview conducted with Texas Democrat Rep. James Talarico who is running for Senate. CBS said it was warned by their attorneys that by airing the interview…
The rapid advancement of China’s AI is threatening to shake up the market currently dominated by the United States. TS Lombard’s chief China economist and head of Asia research Rory Green told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” America’s “perceived monopoly” on…
Lawmakers failed to come to an agreement over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by the midnight Friday deadline leading to the third partial government shutdown in as many months. The only federal agency impacted by this partial…
On Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, a ruling from a federal judge included references concerning a warning of government control while ordering the Trump administration to return a long-standing slavery exhibit from a popular historical museum in Philadelphia. US District Judge Cynthia…
Rev. Jesse Jackson died peacefully early Tuesday morning, Feb. 17, 2026, surrounded by his family. In November, the reverend was under hospital observation where doctors said he was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, a degenerative condition. In 2017, it was…