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Trump's racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it 02/06/2026 09:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump���s racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted Friday after a backlash from both Republicans and Democrats who criticized the video as offensive. Trump said later Friday Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Kalshi as a shareholder, marking a new venture for the NBA star 02/06/2026 07:52pm • Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has become a shareholder in Kalshi, a major prediction market with a wide array of sports trading opportunities. Antetokounmpo announced the partnership Friday. ���The internet is full of opinions. I decided it was time to make some of my own,��� Antetokoun The Latest: Trump���s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash 02/06/2026 07:13pm • President Donald Trump���s social media post featuring a video about election conspiracy theories and a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle has been deleted. The Republican president���s Thursday night post was deleted Friday and bl The Latest: Two cauldrons are lit for the first time at a Winter Olympics 02/06/2026 06:38pm • MILAN (AP) ��� An unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Winter Olympics opening ceremony replete with references to Italian icons and culture has officially kicked off the Milan Cortina Games, as the sports spectacle returns to a nation that last hosted the event 20 years ago. Italian President Ser Photos show an Israeli strike blowing up a Gaza building in split-second detail 02/06/2026 04:39pm • GAZA CITY (AP) ��� On a rare day off from covering the war in Gaza, Associated Press photographer Jehad Alshrafi made sure to take his camera before heading out. So when the Israeli military ordered the evacuation of people living near a Gaza City intersection Friday afternoon and warned of an impe Milan Cortina is going for Olympic fashion gold. Take a look at some eye-popping outfits 02/06/2026 04:33pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Mittens versus gloves? Hats against headbands? Merino wool over Mongolian cashmere? Fashion is its own competitor in any Olympics, from team uniforms at the opening and closing ceremonies to individual looks in the stadiums and ��� during the Winter Games ��� on the slopes. There's a Italy braces for Winter Olympics with high security and decree targeting violent protesters 02/06/2026 09:41am • MILAN (AP) ��� Italy has ramped up security ahead of the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Friday, with thousands of agents protecting athletes, spectators and global leaders at locations spanning from Milan to the Dolomites. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Cabinet on Thursday ap Security concerns and skepticism are bursting the bubble of Moltbook, the viral AI social forum 02/06/2026 09:30am • You are not invited to join the latest social media platform that has the internet talking. In fact, no humans are, unless you can hijack the site and roleplay as AI, as some appear to be doing. Moltbook is a new ���social network��� built exclusively for AI agents to make posts and interact with e US and Russia agree to reestablish military dialogue after Ukraine talks 02/06/2026 06:30am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� The U.S. and Russia agreed Thursday to reestablish high-level military dialogue for the first time in more than four years in another sign of warming relations between the two countries since President Donald Trump returned to office and sought to end the war in Ukraine. High- Internet Initiative: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot 02/06/2026 12:49am • TOKYO (AP) ��� TOKYO (AP) ��� Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJIY) on Thursday reported net income of $40.5 million in its fiscal third quarter. The Tokyo-based company said it had profit of 46 cents per share. The internet service provider posted revenue of $567.5 million in the period. _____ Thi Ribbon Communications: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/05/2026 04:38pm • PLANO, Texas (AP) ��� PLANO, Texas (AP) ��� Ribbon Communications Inc. (RBBN) on Thursday reported earnings of $89.1 million in its fourth quarter. The Plano, Texas-based company said it had net income of 50 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 59 cents per share VeriSign: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/05/2026 04:17pm • RESTON, Va. (AP) ��� RESTON, Va. (AP) ��� VeriSign Inc. (VRSN) on Thursday reported earnings of $206.2 million in its fourth quarter. The Reston, Virginia-based company said it had profit of $2.23 per share. The internet infrastructure services provider posted revenue of $425.3 million in the period Teen sensation Connor Zilisch is the most hyped NASCAR rookie since possibly Jeff Gordon 02/05/2026 02:39pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� As sleet pelted Bowman Gray Stadium during NASCAR���s preseason warm-up race, multiple drivers complained about poor visibility and the wet track conditions. One of them ��� the youngest driver in the field ��� hit the button on his radio and grumbled it was time to get back A timeline of how the protests in Iran unfolded and the crackdown that followed 02/04/2026 08:56pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Demonstrations broke out in Iran on Dec. 28 and spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over the Islamic Republic's faltering economy and the collapse of its currency. While the initial focus had been on issues like spikes in the prices o The Latest: 700 immigration officers will immediately leave Minnesota 02/04/2026 08:24pm • The Trump administration is reducing the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota after state and local officials agreed to cooperate by turning over arrested immigrants, border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday. But Homan did not give a timeline when the operation might end in Minnesota