Новости за 06.02.2026

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The Trump administration says its emergency orders keeping coal-fired plants running helped prevent blackouts during the recent cold snap. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Friday that natural gas and coal provided most of the power. Critics argue that wind and solar also played a crucial role and that keeping coal plants open could cost billions. Deputy Energy Secretary James Danly contrasts this approach with past storms, calling it a “new way of doing business.” Some officials and clean energy... Читать дальше...

The Justice Department says a key participant in the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been taken into custody and will be prosecuted in Washington in connection with the rampage that killed four Americans and became a divisive political issue. Zubayar Al-Bakoush had been wanted by the United States for more than a decade and was taken to an airfield in Virginia early Friday. He is accused of joining an armed mob that crashed the gates of the diplomatic mission and set fire to buildings. Читать дальше...

France's foreign minister is urging Iran-backed groups in the Middle East to show restraint if tensions escalate between Iran and the U.S. He made the remarks in Beirut on Friday after visiting Syria and Iraq. Concerns have risen that Iran-backed groups in Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon could join a conflict if the U.S. attacks Iran. The minister emphasized avoiding military escalation to prevent regional destabilization. He discussed disarming Lebanon’s Hezbollah and an upcoming conference in France to support the Lebanese army. Читать дальше...

A descendant of Sidney Dearing has filed a lawsuit against Piedmont, California, alleging racial discrimination. Over 100 years ago, the Dearing family faced harassment and violence after moving to the area. In 1924, Piedmont officials condemned their home, claiming they needed to build a road. The road was never built. The lawsuit, filed by Jordana Ackerman, claims the city used this as a pretext to force the family out because they were Black. Piedmont has recently taken steps to acknowledge its past... Читать дальше...

A New York City police officer has been convicted of manslaughter after he tossed a picnic cooler filled with drinks at a fleeing suspect, causing him to fatally crash his motorized scooter. Judge Guy Mitchell handed down the guilty verdict to Erik Duran on Friday in Bronx criminal court. The police sergeant had also faced an assault charge in the 2023 death of Eric Duprey, but Mitchell dismissed the count earlier. Authorities say the 30-year-old Duprey sold drugs to an undercover officer and then fled... Читать дальше...

The sheriff investigating the apparent abduction of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother says it’s frustrating that a camera at Nancy Guthrie’s home wasn’t able to capture images of anyone the day she went missing. Investigators say the home’s doorbell camera was disconnected early Sunday and software data recorded movement at the home minutes later. But none of the footage was recoverable because Nancy Guthrie didn't have an active subscription. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told The Associated... Читать дальше...

A New Mexico grand jury has indicted actor Timothy Busfield on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child. The indictment was filed Friday in state District Court after an announcement by a district attorney on social media. Authorities had issued an arrest warrant for Busfield over allegations of misconduct tied to when he was working as a director on the set of the TV series “The Cleaning Lady.” Busfield has denied the allegations. He turned himself in to authorities and was released from jail. Читать дальше...

The magic behind millions of romantic Valentines Day bouquets happens in a cargo warehouse at a South Florida airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says agricultural agricultural specialists at Miami International Airport will process about 990 million stems of cut flowers in the weeks before Feb. 14. Around 90% of the fresh cut flowers being sold for Valentine’s Day in the United States come through Miami, while the other 10% pass through Los Angeles. Roses, carnations, pompons, hydrangeas... Читать дальше...

"Comedians love good Chinese food."

The famous Laurel Canyon store's co-owner said he wasn't aware it was being sold.

SFGATE columnist Alex Siquig is hoping Joe Lacob finally listens.

Energy Star, the program that helps guide consumers to more energy-efficient appliances and electronics, has survived President Donald Trump’s attempt to kill it. The program had enough support in Congress that it was included in budget legislation signed by Trump this week. The president has criticized efficiency standards, claiming they limit consumer choice and add costs. But Energy Star is not the only energy efficiency program targeted by Trump. The Department of Energy has proposed rolling... Читать дальше...

A diver who helped recover bodies from a deadly collision between a boat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard vessel says most of the 15 people who died had suffered severe head injuries, as questions mounted over the circumstances of the incident. With the total number of people on board the small speedboat unclear, a search and rescue operation was still underway Friday for potentially missing people three days after the collision off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Chios. Apart from the 15 people killed... Читать дальше...

The Trump administration's immigration operation in Minnesota is now being unified under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That announcement this week from White House border czar Tom Homan came after months of internal grumbling and infighting among agencies about how to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. ICE was established more than two decades ago and has conducted street arrests through “targeted enforcement.” Homan has used that phrase to describe narrowly tailored operations with specific... Читать дальше...

U.S. births slightly decreased in 2025. That's according to new provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It reports just over 3.6 million births, about 24,000 fewer than in 2024. This decline aligns with expert predictions that the 2024 increase wouldn't start an upward trend. The CDC updated its data last week, covering nearly all of the babies born in 2025. Final numbers may add only a few thousand more. Despite efforts to encourage births, like expanding in vitro fertilization access... Читать дальше...

Attorney General Pam Bondi says she's not worried about the involvement of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in an FBI search of a Georgia election office. Bondi said Friday that Gabbard’s presence reflects government collaboration. President Donald Trump has offered a new explanation for Gabbard's presence, saying Bondi had requested it. Gabbard told lawmakers this week that Trump asked her to join the search related to the 2020 election in Georgia’s most populous county. Democrats... Читать дальше...

Timothée Chalamet starring as a table tennis wizard in “Marty Supreme” and Charli xcx’s soundtrack to Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” are some of the new television, films, music and video games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time for the week of Feb. 9 as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: Richard Linklater’s deliciously wistful movie “Blue Moon” starring Ethan Hawke, Aldis Hodge returning for Season 2 of “Cross” for Prime... Читать дальше...

Storm Leonardo continues to batter the Iberian Peninsula, causing widespread flooding and evacuations in Spain and Portugal. On Friday, around 7,000 people in Spain's Andalusia region had to leave their homes. In the mountain village of Grazalema, aquifers are at risk of collapsing. Spanish police found a body believed to be a woman who disappeared in Malaga. Another storm, Marta, is expected to hit Saturday, bringing more rain and wind to already affected areas. In Portugal, the Sado River overflowed, forcing evacuations in Alcacer do Sal. Читать дальше...

"It has no journalistic value and even less entertainment value."

"Nuisance rain" is forecast to kick off the shift on Super Bowl Sunday.

British police are searching two properties linked to ex-ambassador Peter Mandelson as part of probe into potential misconduct stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein. Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Hayley Sewart said Friday that “officers from the Met’s Central Specialist Crime team are in the process of carrying out search warrants at two addresses, one in the Wiltshire area, and another in the Camden area. “The searches are related to an ongoing investigation into misconduct in public office offences... Читать дальше...

"We put the onus on ourselves to pay our staff what we feel is a living wage."

Thousands of pages of once-secret court documents show how federal officials and a Virginia court helped an American Marine adopt an Afghan war orphan, in defiance of the U.S. government’s official policy to unite the child with her family. The Associated Press fought for three years for access to the documents, which reveal how the country’s fractured bureaucracy enabled Marine Joshua Mast and his wife, Stephanie, to adopt the child who was halfway around the globe, being raised by a couple the Afghan government decided were her family. Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump has used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle. The Republican president's Thursday night post also amplified his false claims his 2020 election defeat was fraudulent. Trump's post has drawn backlash for its treatment of the nation’s first Black president and first lady, who are Democrats. The White House is pushing back against criticism of the post. Читать дальше...