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News Wrap: Larry Summers leaves Harvard teaching job over Epstein ties

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Wednesday, Larry Summers is leaving his teaching post at Harvard after his name appeared hundreds of times in the recent batch Epstein files, rescue teams in Brazil are searching for dozens of people after intense rains and floods and Cuba's Interior Ministry says soldiers killed four people aboard a speedboat registered in Florida that they say had opened fire in Cuban waters. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

We start today's other headlines with ongoing fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files.

0:05.3

Larry Summers is leaving his teaching post at Harvard University.

0:09.1

The former Treasury Secretary appeared hundreds of times in the most recent batch of files related to the late sex offender.

0:15.9

In a statement, Summers called his departure a difficult decision, saying he'll step down at the end of the

0:21.5

school year. Another academic in Epstein's sphere, Nobel laureate Richard Axel of Columbia

0:27.3

University's Brain Institute, says he too will resign, and Bill Gates reportedly apologized to

0:33.4

staff at his foundation and insisted he didn't participate in Epstein's crimes.

0:38.7

That was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Gates denies doing anything illicit, and none

0:43.8

of the men have been charged with any crimes. A new round of winter weather is sweeping through

0:49.1

the northeastern U.S., even as millions cope with the lingering effects of Monday's blizzard.

0:55.0

Forecasters expect another one to three inches of snow throughout the region today.

1:00.0

In New Jersey, the National Weather Service warned drivers to watch out for snow and black ice on the roads.

1:06.0

While in New York, streets and sidewalks were mostly clear after officials used huge amounts of salt and hired

1:12.3

thousands of emergency shovelers to clear up the mess. Meantime power is being restored for hundreds

1:18.2

of thousands in places like Delaware, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. In Brazil, rescue teams are

1:24.5

searching for dozens of people still missing after intense rains

1:28.3

and floods killed at least 46 people.

1:31.1

Workers retrieved bodies from debris and thick mud with officials saying the sheer size of the

1:35.9

affected area was complicating the search.

1:39.4

Also today, mourners gathered for the funeral of an 11-year-old boy who was killed in the floods.

1:44.7

His father remembered him as a boy with a big heart.

1:49.3

I'm trying to pick up the pieces because my wife and daughter are still in the hospital,

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