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Washington — Billionaire retail tycoon Les Wexner is testifying before a House committee Wednesday as part of the panel’s investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Wexner, who hired Epstein to manage his money and was a longtime benefactor, was among members of Epstein’s inner circle who were subpoenaed for testimony last month. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is conducting the deposition behind closed doors in Wexner’s home state of Ohio on Wednesday morning. Wexner, 88, previously led the parent company of Victoria’s Secret and worked with Epstein beginning in the mid-1980s. The two men parted ways after Epstein’s 2006…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Nvidia — The chipmaker ticked up 2% after Meta expanded its partnership with Nvidia to use millions of the company’s AI chips, including standalone central processing units, for its data center build-out. The New York Times Company — The stock rose 3% after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a new position in The New York Times in a new securities filing showed. Palo Alto Networks — Shares of the cybersecurity company tumbled 6% after Palo Alto issued a weak earnings forecast for the current quarter. The company sees adjusted earnings for…

“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert criticized CBS again on Tuesday night after the network issued a statement about his interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico that didn’t air on broadcast television the night before. “For the lawyers to release this without even talking to me is really surprising. I don’t even know what to do with this crap,” Colbert said about the statement, which he crumpled up in a dog poop bag and discarded.But Colbert added he is “not even mad.””I really don’t want an adversarial relationship with the network. I’ve never had one,” he said.CBS News has reached out…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A college football player died Saturday after collapsing during a workout earlier in the week.Tight end Parker Sutherland of the University of Northern Iowa was just 18 years old when he was working through a “normal” routine with his teammates and suddenly collapsed.”I’m heartbroken …” Northern Iowa head coach Todd Stepsis said in a statement. “Parker embodied everything we look for in a UNI Football Panther.  His talent and potential excited us on a daily basis, but it failed to compare to the type of person and teammate he was. His character, humility,…

Meta CEO and Chairman Mark Zuckerberg arrives at Los Angeles Superior Court ahead of the social media trial tasked to determine whether social media giants deliberately designed their platforms to be addictive to children, in Los Angeles, on Feb. 18, 2026.Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty ImagesMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg walked into Los Angeles Superior Court just before noon ET Wednesday to testify in a landmark trial about social media and safety that’s being likened to the industry’s “Big Tobacco” moment.Several members of the team escorting him into the building were pictured wearing the Meta Ray-Ban artificial intelligence glasses.The…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A millionaire philanthropist from Maine was shot dead in an assisted living facility in a ritzy Washington, D.C. suburb, according to police.The Montgomery County Department of Police in Maryland said it responded to an early-morning Feb. 14 emergency call at the Cogir Potomac Senior Living, where first responders found Robert Fuller Jr., 87, with severe head trauma.”After processing the scene, Homicide detectives confirmed that Fuller had been shot,” the department said in a release. “His death is being investigated as a homicide and he was taken to the Office of the Chief…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A small black dog that was kicked in a “disturbing and upsetting” viral video has been removed from the owner’s care, Sudbury, Ont., police say. Investigators said they first learned of the incident on Saturday. A resident contacted them over an incident in which a man was seen kicking his dog on Bruce Avenue.A video of the incident was later circulated online, police said. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. “We understand how disturbing and upsetting…

US stocks have risen as nerves around AI dissipate driving tech stocks up, while investors await guidance from the Fed regarding rates.

COURTING TRUMPTakaichi is maneuvering for a crucial summit next month with US President Donald Trump, who will visit Beijing in April.The US president endorsed Takaichi ahead of the Japanese election, and hours before Takaichi’s reappointment as prime minister, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced Japan will provide capital for three projects under a US$550 billion investment package that Japan pledged in October.Japan is committed to the US$36 billion first batch of projects – a natural gas plant in Ohio, a US Gulf Coast crude oil export facility and a synthetic diamond manufacturing site.Japan is also under pressure to increase annual…

One week ahead of the fourth anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, United States-led peace talks in Geneva ended for the day earlier than scheduled on Wednesday.The talks, which are being mediated by Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, are just the latest of a number of attempts to end the deadliest fighting in Europe since World War II – and none have reached a breakthrough.During his presidential campaign in 2024, Trump claimed repeatedly that he would broker a ceasefire in Ukraine within “24 hours”. However, he has been unable to fulfil…