First staged in 2010, the season-opening fixture was not conceived as a marketing stunt, but as a deliberate exercise in showcasing Indigenous excellence and its contribution to the competition. #BlackskyNews www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/5...

Thankfully, a federal judge stepped in to temporarily block enforcement of the cuts, although there’s no guarantee that will prevent the loss of the funds. #BlackskyNews www.jezebel.com/cdc-funding-...

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Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.

SEN. KAINE: “You said American whites are victims of a cultural genocide… are they represented in the senate? House? Presidency? CEO’s?” Trump’s white nationalist pick for a top state department spot Jeremy Carl skewered by @kaine.senate.gov

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Federal prosecutors proved at trial that Maxwell actively facilitated Epstein’s abuse of minors during the late 1990s and early 2000s, the same years she sought U.S. citizenship. migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-ghis...

NEW: We’re publishing a full list of the 373 federal judges who have ruled against ICE’s mass detention policy and the 28 who have endorsed it — as well as links to key rulings by each. Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

“Cuba is experiencing widespread blackouts and the lack of gasoline has disrupted the government’s ability to deliver food, the UN said. At particular risk are schools, maternity homes, and nursing homes “with the most vulnerable groups being disproportionately impacted.””

Tech bosses saw their fortunes shrink on Thursday as AI stocks stumbled. www.businessinsider.com/musk-zuckerb...

Senate Democrats have been clear that we have all taken an oath, an oath to uphold the law of the country, and this Department of Homeland Security, this ICE, is out of control." www.cbsnews.com/news/cbp-off...

“...he was having similar discussions with Joscha Bach, an AI researcher. In one exchange, Bach told Epstein that Black children in the United States “have slower cognitive development” and “are slower at learning high-level concepts.”” Why are people shocked everyone we don’t embrace this field?

Prices will continue to rise through the end of the decade as data centers make up 40% of electricity demand growth, the bank said. #BlackskyNews www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/e...

Over 1,000 Ubisoft workers around the world have walked off the job. In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike. The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.

Sen. Jacky Rosen is introducing a resolution today that would force senators to go on the record over whether Trump should grant clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell.

Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden fired Deputy Eddie Duran, 38, who fatally shot Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, after being directed to his apartment by a woman outside who described someone hearing an argument. #BlackskyNews apnews.com/article/air-...

“No one should be able to enter a store and, in two minutes, inflict so much damage to a community, to a family, to children,” said Pamela Pritchett, whose mother, Pearl Young, was killed. Young was a 77-year-old Sunday school teacher who ran a food pantry. #BlackskyNews apnews.com/article/buff...

Democratic lawmakers on Friday voted to place a measure on the ballot this year to automatically restore voting rights to people when they exit prison. #BlackskyNews boltsmag.org/virginia-con...

Amnesty joined over 1,000 organizations in a letter to Congress to demand accountability and to halt funding for ICE and Border Patrol in light of the continued violence in MN and across the US, and the deaths of our neighbors at the hands of ICE and Border Patrol. www.amnestyusa.org/blog/letter-...

In an apparent attempt to avoid public outcry and scrutiny, ICE has sought to secure these leases in private, ignoring potential health and safety violations and catching local elected officials off guard. #BlackskyNews couriernewsroom.com/news/map-ice...

The House voted 218-213 to pass the SAVE America Act, which experts have said could disenfranchise millions by requiring voters to show documentary proof of citizenship at registration and to provide photo ID when they cast ballots. #BlackskyNews

Wasatch County GOP Chair David Nephi Johnson, accused of waterboarding a 16-year-old relative, has been arrested on charges of felony child abuse.

On Tuesday afternoon, the FBI finally released a court-ordered affidavit showing the basis for its January raid seizing nearly 700 boxes of ballots and voting records from the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia. The evidence inside was shockingly thin.

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Lawyers for residents say that zoning that concentrates pollution in Black districts is a violation of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery. capitalbnews.org/cancer-alley...

Only 6% of the thousands of people arrested by the Memphis Safe Task Force in October and November appeared to be white, MLK50 found.

“The Constitution requires that whenever the government seeks to deprive a person of a liberty or property interest that the Due Process Clause protects — whether that person is a notorious prisoner or a law-abiding citizen — the process it provides cannot be a sham” www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

The IRS erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, as part of the agencies’ controversial agreement to share information on immigrants for the purpose of deporting people illegally in the U.S, according to a new court filing.

Mamdani on Wednesday has called for a two percent tax increase for New Yorkers making over a million dollars a year, along with a hike in the state's corporate tax rate, proposals he originally championed during his campaign. #BlackskyNews www.reuters.com/world/us/mam...

Russia will operate only return flights from Cuba as 'evacuation' of tourists from Caribbean island gets under way.

Park Police have been frequenting the area, checking in on people, and have negotiated to allow the occupation to stay until Thursday, but activists say they are “staying put.” #BlackskyNews unicornriot.ninja/2026/indigen...

The Caribbean region has been on edge since the US forces abducted Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro last month and upped the pressure to isolate Havana and strangle its economy. www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026...

From MRSA to norovirus, hospital infections remain a global problem. Here’s what they are, how they spread, and how to reduce risk.

Heineken to axe 6,000 staff as demand for alcohol weakens

The Trump administration is dismantling America’s climate databases, firing expert staff and deleting key reports and analyses. Such actions will make important modelling harder

Alex Pretti’s parents in Colorado open up: ‘No reason he should have died’ trib.al/Iu2vC01

Trump DOJ Launches Bunk Investigation Of Netflix Merger As a Favor To Larry Ellison We told you this was coming months ago. The Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) says it has initiated a broad investigation of Netflix's business practices and it's planned $82.7 billion merger with Warner Brothers.…

France makes international appeal over ex-teacher accused of raping 89 children

The death of a British woman shot by her dad at his home in Texas has been ruled as an unlawful killing.

After singing on the world’s top opera stages for more than 40 years, acclaimed mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves took a final bow and is pivoting to teaching the next generation. https://to.pbs.org/3O7n95s

Authorities described the suspect as a “female in a dress with brown hair”. They said they had identified the attacker but have not yet publicly released the name or confirmed the sex of the suspect. They did not confirm whether the victims at the school included children.

Breaking News: A man who was detained in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has been released. Follow live updates.

Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: The Alabama Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would require all health benefit plans to cover breast cancer screenings for women over 40 years old.

Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said. (Published Dec. 2025)

The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons." The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.

The 3MM unreleased documents "are the ones I'd like to see," Raskin said. "The administration says that these are duplicative. Well go ahead and release them then! If they're duplicative, what's the problem? We'll be the judge of that." www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...

Breaking MS NOW: In a major defeat for Mike Johnson, 3 House Republicans bucked their leaders to block legislation that would have restricted Congress' ability to strike down Trump’s tariffs. The final tally was 214-217, with 3 Republicans joining Democrats in opposition.

JUST IN 🚨: U.S. Treasury just bought back $2 Billion of their own debt 🤯👀