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Daniel Rothman works on the top floor of the building that houses the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, a big concrete domino that overlooks the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Rothman is a mathematician interested in the behaviour of complex systems, and in the Earth he has found a worthy subject. Specifically, Rothman …

Police said Monday they were looking for two suspects in the mass shooting at a hookah lounge in Crown Heights that killed three men and injured 11 other people early Sunday, and had yet to announce any arrests in the case. NYPD officials said they believed four people fired shots at Taste of the City Lounge at Franklin Avenue and …

City officials said they’re bracing for potential retaliation after a mass shooting left three dead and nine others wounded at a Brooklyn hookah bar early Sunday morning. Mayor Eric Adams said the city’s crisis management teams have already been mobilized in Crown Heights to work with victims’ families and help prevent further violence. “We’re always concerned after a shooting,” Adams …

A mass shooting at a Crown Heights hookah lounge early Sunday left three people dead and nine others wounded, according to the NYPD. Police said several gunmen fired off rounds at the Taste of the City Lounge at Franklin Avenue and Carroll Street around 3:30 a.m. Officers recovered 42 shell casings from the scene, fired by 9 millimeter and 40 …

NEW YORK — Three people are dead and nine others wounded after a shooting at a New York City lounge early Sunday. “We unfortunately will have to mobilize a mass shooting plan,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams responded during a press conference. The shooting happened just before 3:30 a.m. local time inside at the Taste of the City lounge …

Microsoft has launched an “urgent” external inquiry into allegations Israel’s military surveillance agency has used the company’s technology to facilitate the mass surveillance of Palestinians. The company said on Friday the formal review was in response to a Guardian investigation that revealed how the Unit 8200 spy agency has relied on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to store a vast collection …

Appeals Court Paves Way for Mass Layoffs at C.F.P.B.  The New York Times CFPB can proceed with mass layoffs, federal appeals court rules  Federal News Network Court lifts block on Trump’s mass firings at top US consumer watchdog  The Guardian In split decision, court clears Trump to restart CFPB mass firings  CNBC Federal appeals court allows CFPB dismantling to proceed  Axios Source link

A federal appeals court is allowing the Trump administration to resume plans to lay off most employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. lifted a lower court’s preliminary injunction on Friday, allowing CFPB to proceed with plans to eliminate 80% of its workforce through a reduction-in-force. In the meantime, the case will be …

“We’re really seriously considering not doing COVID vaccines this year,” said Laura Kittross, public health program manager for the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, which coordinates with 18 Western Massachusetts municipalities. Kennedy’s open skepticism of vaccines and his recent decisions that include changing guidelines on who should get COVID vaccines have state officials and public health professionals questioning whether they can …

After years of digging across Africa, scientists have built a clearer picture of life just before Earth’s worst die-off. New fossils reveal bustling ecosystems in southern Pangea, from burrowers to tusked plant-eaters to saber-toothed hunters. The fossils show which species thrived before the “Great Dying” and hint at why so many vanished. A team led by researchers at the University …