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A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the government’s files public 02/05/2026 11:53am • For much of two decades, police, FBI agents and prosecutors investigated allegations that Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused underage girls. Now, the Justice Department has released much of what they found to the public. The millions of documents comprise the most detailed look yet at the inner working Queen Máxima starts training to become a Dutch army reservist 02/05/2026 11:53am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch military has got a new high-profile volunteer as it seeks to boost recruitment to counter growing fears about peace and security in Europe. Queen Máxima, the 54-year-old Argentinean-born wife of King Willem-Alexander, started training this week to become a Captain Agha reiterates Pakistan's refusal to play India at the T20 World Cup 02/05/2026 11:43am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha has reiterated that his team will abide by his government's ruling not to play India in the much-anticipated Twenty20 World Cup fixture next week. India vs. Pakistan is usually the showpiece match in world tournaments — the eyeballs on i Hawks request waivers on injured center Duop Reath 4 days after trade with Trail Blazers 02/05/2026 11:38am • ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks requested waivers on injured center Duop Reath on Thursday, four days after he was acquired in a trade with the Portland Trail Blazers. The Hawks sent forward Vit Krejci to Portland on Sunday in exchange for Reath and second-round draft picks in 2027 and 2030. Reat US applications for jobless benefits jump by 22,000 to 231,000 last week, the most in 2 months. 02/05/2026 11:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped last week but remains in the same historically low range of the past few years. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending Jan. 31 rose by 22,000 to 231,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department report Mamdani endorses Hochul for reelection as New York governor 02/05/2026 11:00am • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed Gov. Kathy Hochul for reelection on Thursday, offering the moderate governor some progressive heft as she faces a challenge from her political left in her campaign for a second full term in office. In an op-ed in The Nation, Mamdani, Snow, ice continue to cause major headaches for Montgomery Co. commuters 02/05/2026 10:54am • This ice is not so nice. Cleanup efforts remain underway in Maryland's Montgomery County after snow, ice and frigid temperatures wrapped their frozen fingers around the D.C. region. Key areas of concern include "snowcrete" piles on Wisconsin Avenue and Connecticut Avenue inside the Beltway, wh Israeli security service chief's brother is accused of smuggling cigarettes into Gaza 02/05/2026 10:07am • JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court on Thursday indicted a brother of the chief of Israel’s security service for smuggling tens of thousands of dollars worth of cigarettes into war-ravaged Gaza Strip at a time when getting aid into the territory was difficult and many Palestinians were going hungr Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Feb. 6 - 12 02/05/2026 10:00am • Feb. 10 1908 — Tommy Burns knocks out Jack Palmer in the fourth round to defend his world heavyweight title in London. 1949 — Joe Fulks of Philadelphia scores 63 points in a 108-87 win over Indianapolis to set an NBA scoring record which would last for nearly a decade. 1952 — The Baltimore Bul Europe's central bank maintains interest rate with economic growth resilient 02/05/2026 09:52am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged Thursday as the economy in the 21 countries that use the euro chugs past the disruption from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs with modest yet resilient growth. The bank left its benchmark deposit rate at 2%, w US Figure Skating squad chasing more Olympic gold as competition begins at the Milan Cortina Games 02/05/2026 09:50am • MILAN (AP) — The powerful U.S. figure skating squad will have its first opportunity to shine at the Winter Olympics on Friday when the team competition begins at the Milano Ice Skating Arena just hours before the opening ceremony. The Americans are the defending champions in the event. After they Marseille's title chances hang by a thread heading into Ligue 1 showdown with PSG 02/05/2026 09:50am • PARIS (AP) — Marseille's trip to play bitter rival Paris Saint-Germain could prove to be a turning point in Ligue 1. Marseille is in third place and trails defending champion PSG by nine points and second-placed Lens by seven. Victory for Marseille on Sunday would drag it back into the title race Inside the toxic legacy of America’s multibillion-dollar carpet empire 02/05/2026 09:49am • DALTON, Ga. (AP) — Bob Shaw glared at the executives from the chemical giant 3M across the table from him. He held up a carpet sample and pointed at the logo for Scotchgard on the back. “That’s not a logo,” fumed Shaw, CEO of the world’s largest carpet company, one attendee later recalled. Vinícius and Bellingham out for Real Madrid match at Valencia in La Liga 02/05/2026 09:42am • MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid will be without Vinícius Júnior and Jude Bellingham for its La Liga match at Valencia on Sunday. Vinícius will miss the game because of an accumulation of yellow cards. He picked up his fifth yellow last Sunday in the 2-1 home win against Rayo Vallecano, a result that A pink backpack and an odd phone case are US Speedskating's fantasy football punishments 02/05/2026 08:03am • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Fun and goofy off-ice bonding is no guarantee of Olympic success, of course. Still, the U.S. Speedskating team competing at the Milan Cortina Winter Games starting Saturday does see value in the odd-as-can-be plastic foot attached to a phone case and the schoolkid’s pink, heart-