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Click here to read about how the Cuban government said Wednesday that a speedboat from Florida that had entered Cuban waters was carrying weapons and that its occupants, Cuban nationals living in the U.S., allegedly planned to carry out terrorism on the island. Cuba's coast guard killed four people on the boat after the occupants opened fire, the interior ministry in Havana said. 

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to meet with the House Oversight Committee on Thursday in New York after she agreed to answer questions under oath related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to fend off a contempt of Congress vote.  Click for the full story.

Click here to read about the man who authorities said breached the perimeter of Mar-a-Lago wielding a shotgun and a gas canister early Sunday had never shown an appetite for deadly weapons nor shown much interest in politics -- in fact, quite the opposite, according to his cousin. Austin Tucker Martin was "very quiet" and inexperienced with guns before he was shot and killed by Secret Service agents at Mar-A-Lago.  

2/1/26 was the deadline for all US Citizens to have a "Real ID" seal on their drivers license.  Now, if you don't have it, you will have to pay an extra fee when you travel by air.  Click here for full details.  

The U.S. Air Force is rolling out a new paint scheme across its executive airlift fleet, including the next-generation Air Force One aircraft, in a color palette of red, white, dark blue, and gold, the service announced on Feb. 17.   The new paint will be applied to the "temporary Air Force One" Boeing 747 that was donated by Quatar months ago. Click here for more.  

Home surveillance companies are under scrutiny in the wake of two national news events drawing attention to privacy concerns surrounding the use of Ring and Nest security systems.  Click here for the full story.  

On Valentine's Day at the Milan Cortina Olympics, a renewed supply of free condoms for the athlete villages was promised by the organizers after going short during the week.

"We can confirm that condom supplies in the Olympic Villages were temporarily depleted due to higher-than-anticipated demand,"  Click here for more on this unusual love story.  

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday made it clear that even though she and former President Bill Clinton agreed to a closed-door deposition, they are continuing to push for a public hearing as part of the House Oversight Committee’s probe into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. "For six months, we engaged Republicans on the Oversight Committee in good faith. We told them what we know, under oath," she wrote on X. "They ignored all of it. They moved the goalposts and turned accountability into an exercise in distraction."  "So let’s stop the games. If you want this fight, [Rep. James Comer], let’s have it -- in public. You love to talk about transparency. There’s nothing more transparent than a public hearing, cameras on. We will be there," she posted.  Click here for the full story.