Judge quotes Orwell’s 1984 as she orders Trump to restore slavery exhibits in Philadelphia
Judge compares president’s attempts to erase history to the dystopian Ministry of Truth
Day: February 16, 2026
Charcoal smugglers stage fake funeral procession through town
Around 30 large bags of charcoal were found following a tip-off
Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigators work with Walmart after identifying suspect’s backpack
Investigators working on the disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother are consulting with Walmart management to develop leads.
Australian IS families in Syria camp turned back after leaving for home
The group of 34 women and children with family links to Islamic State group have been held in the Roj camp for nearly seven years.
Australian IS families in Syria camp turned back after leaving for home
The group of 34 women and children with family links to Islamic State group have been held in the Roj camp for nearly seven years.
Q&A with Google Chief AI Scientist Jeff Dean about the evolution of Google Search, TPUs, coding agents, balancing model efficiency and performance, and more (Latent.Space)
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Q&A with Google Chief AI Scientist Jeff Dean about the evolution of Google Search, TPUs, coding agents, balancing model efficiency and performance, and more — From rewriting Google’s search stack in the early 2000s…
Wife of Trump-ally congressman accidentally revealed too much info about their marriage, internet sleuths claim
‘What a beautiful love story, besides him being married at the time of course,’ one user wrote
What We Know About the Frog Toxin That Killed Navalny – Newser
What We Know About the Frog Toxin That Killed Navalny NewserNavalny Was Poisoned With Frog Toxin, European Governments Say The New York TimesNavalny’s mother says she always knew he was murdered after poison finding BBC…
What a Million Dollars Now Buys at the DOJ: Mike Davis
A conservative legal activist, who collected at least $1 million in success fees for getting the DOJ to approve the Hewlett Packard Enterprise-Juniper Networks merger and another million for the Compass-Anywhere deal, used social media this month to ce…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards begin military drills in Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Monday began a series of military exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported, on the eve of talks with the United States. The war games, the duration of which was not specified, aim to prepare t…