Epstein eyed record label investment to access women, files suggestBen KingBusiness reporterAFP via Getty ImagesEMI Records was one of the major players of the music industryWarning: this article contains offensive and derogatory languageJeffrey Epstein considered investing in music company EMI after his associate David Stern appeared to suggest it potentially offered access to women, recently...

Australian author guilty of creating child sex abuse material over erotic novelGetty ImagesThe erotic age-gap novel sexually objectifies children, a judge has saidAn Australian author has been found guilty of creating child sex abuse material in the form of an erotic age-gap romance novel.A New South Wales (NSW) court heard the book explores a relationship between 18-year-old Lucy and her...

3 things to know about naval blockades as U.S. begins patrols in the Strait of Hormuz The U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sails alongside guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. and dry cargo ship USNS Carl Brashear in the Arabian Sea on Feb. 6....

Snapchat launches creator subscription in the U.S. Image Credits:KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP / Getty Images 6:07 AM PST · February 17, 2026 Social network Snapchat announced today it’s launching creator subscriptions in alpha with select people in the U.S. starting on February 23. The company noted that users will be able to buy subscriptions to creators,...

Russian court convicts 19 people over deadly Moscow concert attackReutersSome 6,000 people had been at the auditorium in Krasnogorsk on the evening of the attackNineteen people have been jailed over an attack at a concert hall near Moscow that killed 149 people and left more than 500 injured, the deadliest mass shooting in Russia in two decades.A Russian military court handed life sentences to...