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Ex-Husband of Jill Biden Arrested and Charged With Murder

By Zachary Stieber The ex-husband of former First Lady Jill Biden has been arrested in Delaware for allegedly murdering his wife, authorities said on Feb. 3. William Stevenson, 77, was taken into custody on Monday after officials spent weeks investigating the death of his wife, Linda, 64, the New Castle County Police Department said in…

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Trump Launches $12 Billion ‘Project Vault’ Critical Minerals Stockpile

By Catherine Yang President Donald Trump announced on Feb. 2 a new strategic private sector critical minerals stockpile. “Project Vault” is being seeded with $1.67 billion in private capital and a $10 billion loan from the U.S. Export-Import Bank, and it is meant to insulate U.S. industries from market disruptions such as the seismic critical…

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Groundhog Day 2026: Punxsutawney Phil Spots His Shadow, and You Know What That Means

By Elma Aksalic Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania groundhog and central figure to the Feb. 2 tradition, delivered a disappointing weather forecast after seeing his shadow and predicting six more weeks of winter. Thousands of spectators gathered at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, for the 140th celebration of Groundhog Day and to witness Phil emerge from…

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Musk’s SpaceX Acquires xAI to ‘Accelerate Humanity’s Future’

By Troy Myers Two of entrepreneur Elon Musk’s most pioneering companies, SpaceX and xAI, merged Monday with a combined goal of launching a “constellation of a million satellites” to operate as orbital data centers to power artificial intelligence (AI) innovations back on Earth. SpaceX acquired xAI to accelerate humanity’s future, according to a news release,…

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CDC Warns Vaccinated People Can Still Get Measles

By Zachary Stieber The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning people that even those who have received a measles vaccine can still contract the disease. “Although vaccinated individuals are at low risk of acquiring measles, breakthrough infections can still happen,” the CDC said in a Feb. 2 post on X. Dr. Ralph Abraham,…

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Gas Explosion Sparks Devastating Fire at Greater Nashua Mental Health Center

By Stephen Zogopoulos, USNN World News Nashua, New Hampshire – February 2, 2026 A gas explosion rocked the Greater Nashua Mental Health building at 440 Amherst Street on Monday afternoon, igniting a massive multi-alarm fire that injured three firefighters and prompted emergency alerts across southern New Hampshire. The incident, reported shortly after 2:30 p.m., escalated…

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US Factory Output Rises to Near 4-Year High as Manufacturing Rebounds

By Tom Ozimek U.S. manufacturing gained fresh momentum in January as factory output increased and business conditions improved, according to survey data released on Feb. 2, offering the clearest signs yet of a turnaround after months of weakness. The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM’s) headline measure of U.S. manufacturing activity hit its highest level since…

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Wells Fargo Follows JPMorgan in Cutting Ties With Shareholder Proxy Advisers

By Kevin Stocklin Wells Fargo, America’s fourth largest bank, followed JPMorgan in cutting ties with third-party proxy agents, who advise fund managers how to vote at corporate shareholder meetings.  This proxy advisory business has been largely controlled by two companies—Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis—which together comprise more than 90 percent of the market.…

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House Speaker Says He Has Votes to End Government Shutdown This Week

By Jack Phillips House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that he is confident that the House will end the partial government shutdown that was initiated on Saturday after Congress failed to approve a measure to keep the government funded. “I’m confident that we’ll do it at least by Tuesday,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the…

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