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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 States scramble to gerrymander US House districts after Trump sought edge in midterm elections 02/06/2026 09:36am • With the midterm election approaching, Republicans and Democrats in some states are scrambling for an advantage by redrawing their U.S. House districts to make it easier for their candidates to win. The unconventional mid-decade redistricting contest began last summer when President Donald Trump ur 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 NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart is back at Daytona. This time, Smoke is bringing his family 02/06/2026 09:22am • Tony Stewart gave a shoutout to his bachelor days when he was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. He thanked ���all the girlfriends��� in that early 2020 speech that were along for the ride with him as he grew from Indiana dirt racer to a three-time Cup champion and eventually a successful NASCAR Dangerous Olympic snowboarding, freeskiing offer shot at glory with a bigger chance of pain 02/06/2026 09:21am • LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) ��� Getting ready for his third Olympics spread across a lifetime of snowboarding, 37-year-old halfpipe rider Louie Vito recounts his injuries ��� only the worst of the worst ��� like he's checking items off a grocery list. ���I snapped my femur in half when I was 14," he said. Iran���s top diplomat says talks with US in Oman ���a very good start,��� negotiators now must speak with their leadership 02/06/2026 09:02am • MUSCAT, Oman (AP) ��� Iran���s top diplomat says talks with US in Oman ���a very good start,��� negotiators now must speak with their leadership. White Mountains: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/06/2026 08:50am • HANOVER, N.H. (AP) ��� HANOVER, N.H. (AP) ��� White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. (WTM) on Friday reported net income of $835.8 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Hanover, New Hampshire-based company said it had profit of $327.23. Earnings, adjusted for investment costs, were A deputy chief of Russia's military intelligence service is shot and wounded in Moscow 02/06/2026 08:48am • MOSCOW (AP) ��� A deputy chief of Russia's military intelligence agency was shot and wounded in Moscow on Friday in an attack that follows a series of assassinations of senior military officers that Russia has blamed on Ukraine. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev was hospitalized after being shot several t Norwegian crown princess issues apology to those she has 'disappointed' amid scrutiny of Epstein links 02/06/2026 08:43am • OSLO, Norway (AP) ��� Norwegian crown princess issues apology to those she has 'disappointed' amid scrutiny of Epstein links. Some DC-area residents are taking dramatic steps to ���reserve��� their parking spots 02/06/2026 08:40am • It���s been nearly two weeks since the snow and sleet storm came through the D.C. region, causing traffic problems, school closures and delays that are still lingering. As part of the cleanup process, cities have plowed public roads and families had to clear the ���snowcrete��� mixture from the a Japan 3, France 2 02/06/2026 08:38am • Japan 3, France 2 First Period_No scoring. Second Period_1, Japan, Rui Ukita (Akane Shiga, Kohane Sato), 38:34. 2, France, Lore Baudrit (Manon le Scodan , Anais Peyne���Dingival), 39:42. Third Period_3, Japan, Makoto Ito (Mei Miura, Remi Koyama), 56:30. 4. Japan, Suzuka Maeda (Riri Noro), 57:50. 5. Shutdown of Kenya's Koko biofuel firm wipes out clean cooking options 02/06/2026 08:34am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� It was designed to be as simple as buying airtime: a quick tap on the dispenser, a few shillings and a cooking canister refilled. Now, more than 3,000 Koko fuel supply points across Kenya sit idle, with no fuel and no clear answers for the households that relied on them. For FACT FOCUS: Trump says tariffs have created an economic miracle. The facts tell a different story 02/06/2026 08:34am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Looking back on the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump boasts that he has resurrected the American economy by imposing big import taxes on foreign products. He made his case in a recent opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, chiding the paper and critics, in Czechia women's hockey coach Carla MacLeod confronts breast cancer with familiar upbeat approach 02/06/2026 08:17am • MILAN (AP) ��� Carla MacLeod approaches life with a smile and stubborn level of optimism, making it difficult to imagine what could ever get her down. Losing a hockey game for Czechia's women���s team or the PWHL's Ottawa Charge is always viewed by the coach as a learning experience from which her p EU accuses TikTok of 'addictive design' that harms children, seeks changes to protect users 02/06/2026 08:11am • LONDON (AP) ��� The European Union on Friday accused TikTok of breaching the bloc's digital rules with ���addictive design��� features that lead to compulsive use by children, in preliminary charges that strike at the heart of the popular video sharing app's operating model. EU regulators said thei