From Reuters.

Jesse Jackson (https://www.reuters.com/world/us/jesse-jackson-civil-rights-leader-us-presidential-hopeful-dies-84-nbc-news-2026-02-17/) , civil rights leader and U.S. presidential hopeful, has died at 84. The U.S. and Iran are set to hold high-stakes nuclear talks in Geneva – which will also host a separate trilateral meeting on ending the war in Ukraine. New Mexico has approved a comprehensive probe ofJeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. Reported health difficulties for jailed Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan could lead to political fallout. Plus, the first day of the Year of the Horse.

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