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Austin’s West Sixth Street shooting leaves three dead as FBI probes possible terrorism motive

Three people were killed and 15 wounded in a rapid-fire attack on Austin’s West Sixth nightlife strip; FBI and police are investigating terrorism. ...Read more

#austin, #shooting, #sixthstreet, #fbi, #terrorism

Surgeon in London Removes Gibraltar Patient’s Prostate by Remote-Controlled Robot in U.K. First

A London urologist remotely performed prostate cancer surgery in Gibraltar using a Toumai robot, marking the U.K.’s first long-distance telesurgery. ...Read more

#telesurgery, #roboticsurgery, #prostatecancer, #gibraltar, #healthtech

Blizzard of 2026 Shatters Snow Records, Knocks Out Power Across the Northeast

A bomb-cyclone nor’easter dumped up to three feet of snow, grounded travel, cut power to 600,000 and left at least 13 dead across five states. ...Read more

#blizzard, #noreaster, #poweroutages, #northeast, #climate

Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ upends Actor Awards, jolting the Oscar best picture race

‘Sinners’ wins the Actor Awards’ top film prize and Michael B. Jordan takes lead actor, disrupting Paul Thomas Anderson’s season-long front-runner. ...Read more

#oscars, #actorawards, #sinners, #ryancoogler, #sagaftra

Missiles Strike UNIFIL Base Housing Ghanaian Troops in Southern Lebanon, Wounding Three

Two missiles hit a UNIFIL base in southern Lebanon, injuring three Ghanaian peacekeepers and prompting UN warnings the strike may be a war crime. ...Read more

#lebanon, #unifil, #peacekeepers, #ghana, #israelhezbollah

House Rejects Bid to Curb Trump’s Iran War as ‘Operation Epic Fury’ Expands

Lawmakers vote down a bipartisan war-powers resolution, leaving Trump’s Iran strikes to continue without a new authorization as costs and casualties mount. ...Read more

#warpowers, #iran, #congress, #trump, #middleeast

FDA proposes new pathway to approve one-patient gene-editing drugs for ultra-rare diseases

New FDA draft guidance would let individualized CRISPR and RNA therapies win approval with tiny studies, using strong biology and natural-history data. ...Read more

#fda, #geneediting, #raredisease, #crispr, #drugapproval

Cash floods back into spot bitcoin ETFs as bitcoin rallies above $73,000

After five weeks of outflows, U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs drew $1.1B in three sessions as bitcoin rebounded above $73,000—highlighting ETFs’ growing sway. ...Read more

#bitcoin, #etf, #crypto, #blackrock, #grayscale

NYSE owner ICE takes stake, board seat at OKX in bid to bring regulated crypto futures and tokenized stocks

ICE invested in crypto exchange OKX at a $25B valuation, taking a board seat and planning U.S.-regulated crypto futures and tokenized NYSE stocks. ...Read more

#crypto, #nyse, #derivatives, #tokenization, #regulation

Google rolls out Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite as it races to retire Gemini 3 Pro Preview

Google previews its cheapest, fastest Gemini 3 model—Flash-Lite—while warning developers that Gemini 3 Pro Preview will shut down March 9. ...Read more

#google, #gemini, #ai, #vertexai, #developers

LIGO’s latest catalog doubles the haul of gravitational-wave detections, revealing new black hole patterns

The GWTC-4.0 catalog adds 128 new merger candidates from LIGO’s latest run, bringing the total to 218 and sharpening clues about black holes and cosmic expansion. ...Read more

#gravitationalwaves, #ligo, #blackholes, #astronomy, #cosmology

Iran Missile and Drone Barrage Hits All Six Gulf States After U.S.–Israeli Strike Kills Khamenei

Six days of Iranian missiles and drones hit every GCC state after U.S.–Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Khamenei, prompting GCC unity and EU backing. ...Read more

#iran, #gcc, #middleeast, #missiles, #europeanunion

U.S. Adds 130,000 Jobs in January as Benchmark Revisions Rewrite 2025 Hiring

Hiring beat forecasts in January and unemployment edged down, but big Labor Department revisions show 2025 job growth nearly stalled. ...Read more

#jobsreport, #unemployment, #federalreserve, #wages, #bls

Whitney Biennial 2026 opens with a map of American power, kinship and infrastructure

The Whitney’s 2026 Biennial brings 56 artists into a thesis-light survey of U.S. power, tech, climate and care—amid expanded free admission. ...Read more

#whitney, #contemporaryart, #biennial, #museums, #newyork

Florida wildfire sends smoke over Alligator Alley, tests evacuation plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center

The 35,000-acre National Fire in Big Cypress has snarled I‑75 and raised new questions about how Florida would protect or move detainees at a remote immigration facility. ...Read more

#florida, #wildfire, #immigration, #detention, #everglades