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Cooling Inflation Meets a New Oil Shock as Gas Prices Surge Toward $4

February CPI showed inflation near the Fed’s target. Then Middle East conflict jolted oil markets, pushing U.S. gas prices sharply higher. ...Read more

#inflation, #gasprices, #federalreserve, #oil, #cpi

U.S. launches 60 trade probes that could pave way for forced-labor tariffs on nearly all imports

USTR opens 60 Section 301 investigations into trading partners’ forced-labor import bans, potentially enabling broad new tariffs after a court setback. ...Read more

#trade, #tariffs, #forcedlabor, #ustr, #supplychains

Inside the Canterbury nightclub linked to Britain’s meningitis B outbreak

A meningitis B cluster tied to nights out at a Canterbury club killed two and hospitalized dozens—raising questions about detection, communication and vaccine policy. ...Read more

#meningitis, #publichealth, #vaccines, #uk, #outbreak

Morrill Fire Scorches 643,000 Acres, Becomes Nebraska’s Largest Wildfire on Record

Wind-driven March blaze raced 70 miles across five counties, killing one and burning 643,000 acres—signaling a new megafire era for the Plains. ...Read more

#wildfire, #nebraska, #sandhills, #ranching, #powerlines

Michigan approves massive DTE battery build-out to back AI data center and coal retirements

Regulators OK 1,332 MW of DTE battery storage—part for a planned 1.4‑GW Oracle-linked AI data center—raising questions about costs and oversight. ...Read more

#michigan, #energystorage, #datacenters, #dte, #cleanenergy

Global ‘evolution gardens’ show plants can adapt to warming—until heat pushes them past a tipping point

In a five-year global experiment, Arabidopsis evolved fast in many climates—but populations in the hottest sites collapsed, revealing limits to adaptation. ...Read more

#climatechange, #evolution, #plantscience, #biodiversity

IOC to Require DNA Screening for Women’s Events at 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

New IOC rules mandate a one-time test for the SRY gene to enter women’s events, barring most transgender women and many intersex athletes. ...Read more

#olympics, #gendereligibility, #dnatesting, #transgender, #intersex

WHO races to finalize pathogen-sharing annex meant to prevent ‘vaccine apartheid’ in the next pandemic

Negotiators in Geneva have six days to lock in rules for sharing dangerous pathogens—and guarantees that poorer countries get vaccines and treatments in return. ...Read more

#who, #pandemic, #vaccines, #globalhealth, #treaty

White-Collar Workers Strike at Bath Iron Works, Ratify New Four-Year Contract

More than 600 designers and technicians at Bath Iron Works staged a rare strike amid wartime shipbuilding demands, then approved a new deal. ...Read more

#shipbuilding, #labor, #defenseindustry, #maine, #unions

FIFA’s New Six-Team Playoff Lands in Mexico, With Final 2026 World Cup Spots at Stake

Six nations meet in Guadalajara and Monterrey in March for the last two 2026 World Cup berths, as Mexico tests logistics and security. ...Read more

#worldcup2026, #fifa, #mexico, #soccer, #playoffs

Four Dead in Flushing Fire as City Probes Overcrowded Building, Homicide Ruling

A deadly four-alarm blaze in Flushing that killed four, including a 3-year-old, is ruled a homicide, raising questions about years of ignored safety orders. ...Read more

#queens, #fire, #housing, #codeenforcement, #nypd

Tehran Rejects U.S. Ceasefire Plan, Pushing Five Demands as Hormuz Closure Roils Oil Markets

A 15-point U.S. ceasefire offer carried via Pakistan is met with Iran’s five demands, including sovereignty over Hormuz, keeping a gulf war—and energy shock—alive. ...Read more

#iran, #straitofhormuz, #ceasefire, #oilprices, #pakistan

National Geographic to open $300 million Museum of Exploration in Washington on June 26, 2026

A new high-tech National Geographic museum opens June 26, 2026 in D.C., pairing immersive exhibits with a $30 ticket in a city of free museums. ...Read more

#washingtondc, #museums, #nationalgeographic, #immersive, #tourism

Cyclone Narelle batters northern Australia in rare triple landfall as record-hot seas fuel rapid intensification

Cyclone Narelle struck Cape York, the NT Top End and WA’s North West Cape in one week, testing emergency systems and the new reinsurance pool. ...Read more

#australia, #cyclone, #flooding, #climatechange, #insurance

Newly Found Sungrazing Comet Could Flare Brighter Than Venus—or Disintegrate at the Sun

Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) reaches a perilous April 4 sun-skimming perihelion. Astronomers say it could blaze briefly—or vanish in a breakup. ...Read more

#comet, #astronomy, #sun, #space, #nasa