Author: Leslie Stewart

Officials are warning that one of Oahu’s largest dams is in danger of imminent failure after two powerful storms hit Hawaii over the past week.Water was flowing over the top of Wahiawa Dam on Thursday morning local time. Officials issued evacuation orders for two towns, Waialua and Haleiwa, which were already dealing with localized flooding but could be flooded if the dam bursts.”There are a little over 4,000 people directly within the dam evacuation area,” said Molly Pierce, a spokeswoman for the Oahu Emergency Management Agency. Hawaii Governor Josh Green urged residents to follow the guidance of emergency officials.”If you…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Democrat from Massachusetts and ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, speaks at a hearing on Thursday, February 12, 2026, in Washington, DC, USA. Stephanie Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesIn a letter sent to administration officials on Friday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren seeks answers to the economic questions surrounding the Iran war, checking off a list of questions about the impact on food, energy and retail costs, among other things.The liberal Democratic firebrand from Massachusetts accused President Donald Trump of “dragging America into an illegal and reckless war” that would harm American consumers,…

In today’s newsletter: Iranian attacks are forcing Gulf states to consider joining the war. The bipartisan effort to end the DHS shutdown has reached a new level of urgency. The cast of “Mormon Wives” also expressed concerns about abuse allegations against one of the show’s stars in a meeting with ABC executives.Here’s what you need to know today.Iran’s retaliation forces Gulf states to make tough decisionsAs attacks from Iran continue, the Islamic Republic’s Gulf states are facing tough decisions about whether to join the fight.After Israel’s attack on Iran’s largest oil field, the conflict-engaged country’s retaliatory strikes across the region…

As Gulf leaders gathered at a Riyadh hotel this week to discuss the growing Middle East war, Tehran’s attack exploded outside. Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Iran was sending a clear message. “The attack was carried out in conjunction with this meeting,” Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud told NBC News. “To intimidate the people who were there. To send a message back home that Iran will not stop.”As the war enters its third week, Persian Gulf states are facing retaliatory attacks from a defiant Iran. Caught in the middle of a war started by the United…

All the positive economic talk from this week’s Federal Reserve meeting is hurting investors, who are now discounting hopes of even one rate cut this year.Fed Chairman Jerome Powell expressed optimism at a post-meeting press conference, despite net job growth being “zero” and inflation above the central bank’s 2% target. Powell said economic growth was “robust” and rejected the idea that stagflation was here to stay.The Federal Open Market Committee’s statement cited “uncertainties” surrounding the Iran war, but Powell did not address this directly. Investors were taking a dim view of the prospects for monetary easing as fighting in the…

Fadel Itani is used to Israeli attacks in his homeland. The 39-year-old photographer from Beirut captured a series of stunning images of IDF missiles destroying skyscrapers in one fell swoop early Wednesday morning.Itani, a freelance photographer with more than 16 years of experience, told NBC News that he learned of the upcoming attack from an alert sent by the Israel Defense Forces. Fadel Itani.Courtesy of Fadel ItaniResidents have been warned to evacuate the Batula district of the Lebanese capital due to the presence of the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. “Bombs have been falling on Beirut for the past two weeks,”…

A projection of the euro currency symbol is photographed on the facade of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on December 30, 2025.Kirill Kudryavtsev | AFP | Getty ImagesBefore the war against Iran began in late February, European central banks were enjoying a more benign inflation outlook, with interest rates expected to remain stable or falling across the region. But the conflict has thrown the economy out of balance, threatening Europe’s energy supply, growth and consumer price prospects. Interest rate expectations across the continent were upended. On Thursday, the European Central Bank, Bank of…

Apple is encouraging people to update their iPhones in light of new cybersecurity research that suggests Russian intelligence, Chinese cybercriminals and other hackers are using tools called DarkSword and Coruna to take control of phones with older versions of the iOS operating system.The tool, called an exploit kit, was detailed this month by Google and cybersecurity companies iVerify and Lookout. Both can give hackers deep remote access to a victim’s phone and allow them to search its contents.On Wednesday, iVerify wrote in a news release: “DarkSword appears to be a surveillance and intelligence gathering tool, comprehensively capturing data including Wi-Fi…

Wholesale prices rose sharply in February, another sign that inflation continues to creep in beyond rising energy costs.The Producer Price Index, a measure of the pipeline costs producers receive for their products, rose a seasonally adjusted 0.7% month over month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday. The so-called core PPI, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, rose 0.5%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected both indexes to rise 0.3%.In the all-commodity index, prices outpaced the 0.5% pace of increase in January. However, the core rate of increase was lower than last month’s 0.8%. On a 12-month basis,…

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