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Speed Read

Monday, February 16

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • Trump’s border czar says ‘small’ security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown (AP)

  • Partial government shutdown drags on as DHS funding talks stall (FOX)

  • Lawmakers want to let Congress block Trump pardons (AXIOS)

  • California bracing for potential flooding, feet of snow (WEATHER)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Iran meets UN nuclear watchdog in Geneva ahead of a second round of U.S. talks (THE HILL)

  • Trump says Board of Peace members promise $5 billion for Gaza rebuild (PBS)

  • U.S. and Hungary sign nuclear cooperation deal as Trump deepens ties with controversial leader Viktor Orbán (CBS)

  • Kim Jong-un unveils housing for families of North Koreans killed in Ukraine war (GUARDIAN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Hollywood groups condemn ByteDance’s AI video generator, claiming copyright infringement (AP)

    • Ex-NPR host sues Google, claims it used his voice for AI (THE WRAP)

  • SpaceX rocket dazzles over Los Angeles on Valentine’s Day (NBC)

  • A bonobo’s pretend tea party is rewriting what we know about imagination (SCIENCE DAILY)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Actor Robert Duvall of ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’ dies at 95 (MO NEWS)

  • Powered by women, ‘Wuthering Heights’ digs up $34.8 million at the box office for a No. 1 debut (NBC)

  • Team USA women’s hockey shuts out Sweden, moves to gold medal game at Winter Olympics (FOX)

  • Top plastic surgeon fuels ‘Penisgate,’ says he injected ski jumper last month (USA TODAY)

  • Israeli co-creator of ‘Tehran’ found dead in Greece during filming of new season (MO NEWS)


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