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New York City-area blizzard warning suddenly upgraded, 2 feet of snow possible

The National Weather Service increased its assessment of the potential severity of a storm that was projected to be less ferocious only days earlier.

By The Associated Press

February 21, 2026

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Private painted sign on driveway to restrict entry to property, The Beacons, Shingle Street, Suffolk, England, UK. (Photo by: Geography Photos/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

In the $3 trillion private credit market, the ‘shadow default’ rate is increasing as more money chases lower-quality deals

NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft are rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 17, 2026, ahead of the crewed lunar mission. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP via Getty Images)

NASA delays moon mission to fix rocket, rules out March launch

By Loren Grush and Bloomberg

Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles, California, US, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. Netflix Inc. has lined up $59 billion of financing from Wall Street banks to help support its planned $72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., which would make it one of the largest ever loans of its kind. Photographer: Ethan Swope/Bloomberg via Getty Images

DOJ probes Netflix’s power over filmmakers in Warner deal review

By Josh Sisco and Bloomberg

Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a fireside chat at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Dimon on Tuesday said that chipping away at Fed independence is “not a great idea,” and could lead to higher inflation and interest rates over time. Photographer: Luke Johnson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

JPMorgan admits for the first time it closed Trump’s accounts after the Jan. 6 attack as lender fights his $5 billion ‘debanking’ lawsuit

By Ken Sweet and The Associated Press

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Skiers paid $1,165 to join a guided tour that left 8 dead and 1 missing in a California avalanche

Skiers paid $1,165 to join a guided tour that left 8 dead and 1 missing in a California avalanche

By Christopher Weber and The Associated Press

February 18, 2026

Florida animal behaviorists’ “ridiculous idea” to administer eye drops save a Zimbabwean rhino with bleeding eyes

Florida animal behaviorists’ “ridiculous idea” to administer eye drops save a Zimbabwean rhino with bleeding eyes

By Cody Jackson, David Fischer and The Associated Press

February 18, 2026

Procter & Gamble thinks it’s unlocked the future of the $25 billion laundry industry. Meet the Tide evo tile, a waterless detergent pod

Procter & Gamble thinks it’s unlocked the future of the $25 billion laundry industry. Meet the Tide evo tile, a waterless detergent pod

By Matty Merritt and Morning Brew

February 18, 2026

Fortune Archives: Pivot to coal

Fortune Archives: Pivot to coal

February 15, 2026

Newsom pleads with U.S. allies in Europe to see Trump as temporary

Newsom pleads with U.S. allies in Europe to see Trump as temporary

By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg

February 15, 2026

Sam Altman’s fusion startup Helion Energy hits 150 million degree plasma temperature—a milestone that could bring first grid power in 2028

Sam Altman’s fusion startup Helion Energy hits 150 million degree plasma temperature—a milestone that could bring first grid power in 2028

February 13, 2026

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Ford CEO Jim Farley knew the EV pain would be bad, but the ‘punch line’ is a $4.8 billion loss: ‘The customer has spoken’

By Nick Lichtenberg

February 12, 2026

drought

Rural America’s $23.6 billion wipeout: the drought that wouldn’t quit

By Joel Lisonbee, William Baule and The Conversation

February 12, 2026

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It isn’t partisan politics to admit that stakeholder capitalism went too far, too fast

By Robert Profusek

February 11, 2026

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Trump to stick it to Obama by reversing 2009 finding that climate change is real

By Matthew Daly, Seung Min Kim and The Associated Press

February 10, 2026

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The drought in the western U.S. is about a lot more than ski season

By Dorany Pineda, Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press

February 10, 2026

texas

Texas ramps up effort to keep Mexican flesh-eating parasite away from its cattle ranches

By John Hanna, Eric Gay and The Associated Press

February 10, 2026

A Very Large Crude Carrier from Greece unloads in China in 2020.

The Trump administration is touting approvals for oil-exporting hubs in the Gulf of Mexico—but no one seems to want to build them

February 10, 2026

Trump torpedoed Biden’s $1 billion plan to save American salmon, leaving species ‘on the brink of extinction’

Trump torpedoed Biden’s $1 billion plan to save American salmon, leaving species ‘on the brink of extinction’

By Claire Rush and The Associated Press

February 6, 2026

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Activist investors are more dangerous to CEOs than ever. Here are 3 ways to safeguard your leadership

February 5, 2026

Nevada Assemblyman Howard Watts

Key Nevada legislator says lawmakers will push for independent audit of altered public record in Nevada OSHA’s Boring Company inspection

By Jessica Mathews

February 5, 2026

electricity

Over a million people are losing power during a freezing snowstorm while data centers nearby guzzle electricity

By Nikki Luke, Conor Harrison and The Conversation

February 4, 2026

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Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example

By Nick Lichtenberg

February 4, 2026

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JD Vance appeals to allies for new ‘trading bloc’ that keeps Trump’s tariffs in place, secures access to rare earths

By Didi Tang, Josh Funk, Matthew Lee and The Associated Press

February 4, 2026

Aerial image of the first offshore wind farm in the U.S., off the coast of Rhode Island.

Trump hates the way wind farms look. Too bad, America’s court system says

By Tristan Bove

February 3, 2026

iguana

It’s so cold in Florida that iguanas are falling out of trees

By David Fischer and The Associated Press

February 2, 2026

Donald Trump with a frown.

3 big hurdles undermine Trump’s plan to extract Greenland’s mineral wealth—and America’s fraying relationship with Europe is one of them

By Tristan Bove

January 30, 2026

Asia is one of the world’s least insured places, even as it’s battered by climate change and natural disasters

Asia is one of the world’s least insured places, even as it’s battered by climate change and natural disasters

By Angelica Ang

January 30, 2026

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Climate change mans Southern Africa got a year’s worth of rain in just 10 days, killing over 100 people

By Nick Lichtenberg, Mogomotsi Magome and The Associated Press

January 29, 2026

Asia is the ‘next big frontier’ for sustainable aviation fuel as governments push green mandates

Asia is the ‘next big frontier’ for sustainable aviation fuel as governments push green mandates

By Angelica Ang

January 28, 2026

Mountain lion saunters through San Francisco’s posh Pacific Heights neighborhood before capture

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Haven Daley and The Associated Press

January 27, 2026

economy

The billion-dollar storm? Economists debate how much activity Winter Storm Fern laid waste to

By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press

January 26, 2026

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Climate change’s role in the monster winter storm of January 2026: warmer oceans, more moisture and a dislocated ‘polar vortex’

By Mathew Barlow, Judah Cohen and The Conversation

January 26, 2026

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‘Unique’ winter storm reaches from New Mexico to New England: ”we’re talking like a 2,000-mile spread’

By Kate Brumback, Julie Walker and The Associated Press

January 25, 2026

Massive winter storm leaves 800,000 without power so far as Trump declares emergencies in at least a dozen states

Massive winter storm leaves 800,000 without power so far as Trump declares emergencies in at least a dozen states

By Kate Brumback, Julie Walker and The Associated Press

January 25, 2026

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