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Baby KJ, born with the rare and often-fatal metabolic disorder CPS1 deficiency, became the world's first patient treated with a personalized CRISPR gene-editing therapy — developed by CHOP and Penn Medicine in just six months.
Open storySince taking office in August 2025, President Karol Nawrocki has waged a confrontational standoff with Prime Minister Donald Tusk's coalition, with analysts saying he wants early elections.
Open storyThe Nintendo Switch 2 shipped 19.86 million units worldwide in its first year (through March 31, 2026) — already Nintendo's best-selling console, and outpacing the PS5 by about a million in a quarter.
Open storyNorway topped the medal table at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics for a fourth straight Games, with a record 18 golds and 41 total medals.
Open storyOn April 23, 2026, the Justice Department ordered FDA-approved marijuana products and state-licensed medical marijuana moved from Schedule I to Schedule III, easing research and tax burdens.
Open storyNew CDC data (released March 2026) show 649 US maternal deaths in 2024 — a rate of 17.9 per 100,000 live births, not significantly different from 18.6 in 2023.
Open storyAfter the FDA cleared the first Alzheimer's blood test (Fujirebio's Lumipulse) in 2025 and a second from Roche and Eli Lilly followed, the tests promised a cheaper, less invasive alternative to spinal taps and PET scans for patients 55+ with memory problems.
Open storyDeepSeek previewed its V4 models in April 2026 — V4 Flash and V4 Pro — calling the Pro the biggest open-weight model available at 1.6 trillion parameters (49 billion active).
Open storyWaymo now gives about 500,000 paid robotaxi rides a week across 10 US cities and is targeting roughly 1 million a week by the end of 2026.
Open storyOccidental's 1PointFive/Carbon Engineering 'Stratos' facility in Texas is ramping toward capturing 500,000 to 1 million tons of CO2 a year, set to be the world's largest direct-air-capture plant.
Open storyAfter besieging el-Fasher from 2024 until the city fell in October 2025, Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces carried out mass atrocities that a UN Fact-Finding Mission said bear the 'hallmarks of genocide' against non-Arab communities.
Open storyThe WNBA tipped off its 2026 season with two new franchises — the Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire — growing the league to 15 teams after adding the Golden State Valkyries last year.
Open storyGold surged to an all-time high around $5,589 an ounce on January 28, 2026 — one of 12 record highs it set — as US-Iran tensions and safe-haven demand drove buyers in.
Open storyThe Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) completed its planned five-year mission, mapping more than 47 million galaxies and quasars into the largest 3D map of the universe yet.
Open storyK-pop superstars Blackpink released their third mini-album, 'Deadline,' on February 27, 2026 — their first group project since 2022's 'Born Pink' — led by the comeback single 'Jump.'
Open storyNew studies confirmed that the 146,000-year-old 'Dragon Man' (Harbin) skull from northeastern China — originally named Homo longi — belongs to a Denisovan, an elusive human relative known mostly from DNA and tiny bone fragments.
Open storyTaylor Swift's 12th album, 'The Life of a Showgirl,' scored the biggest debut in Billboard 200 history with over 4 million units in its first week.
Open storyPresident Lee Jae-myung marked his first year in office in June 2026 with approval ratings near 70% — among the highest for any modern South Korean leader.
Open storyMeta's Ray-Ban Display glasses — a $799 pair with a small in-lens AR display, 12MP camera and an EMG 'Neural Band' wristband controller — drew waitlists stretching into 2026 after their late-2025 launch.
Open storyParamount Skydance agreed to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $110.9 billion ($31 a share in cash), announced February 27, 2026, uniting two Hollywood giants.
Open storyCarlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 to win his first Australian Open — and seventh major — at the 2026 tournament.
Open storyNetflix raised prices again in March 2026 — its ad tier now $7.99, Standard $17.99 and Premium $24.99 a month.
Open storyThe Xerces Society's 2026 Western monarch count found just 12,260 butterflies — the migratory population is down more than 95% since the 1980s and over 99% since the 1990s.
Open storyThe Biden-era SAVE student-loan plan is being wound down, and from July 1, 2026 borrowers can enroll in a new Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP) or a Tiered Standard plan.
Open storyA June 2026 study of nearly 48,000 US adults linked higher ultra-processed food intake to worse cardiometabolic health and a higher risk of death from any cause.
Open storyPresident Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' cut federal SNAP funding by about $186 billion through 2034 — the largest food-assistance cut in history, per the CBO.
Open storyAmazon made Alexa+, its generative-AI voice assistant, free to all US Prime members on February 4, 2026 — nearly a year after unveiling it ($19.99/month for non-members).
Open storyJames Cameron's 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' has grossed about $1.49 billion globally — $404 million domestic and $1.086 billion overseas.
Open storyUS crude oil production climbed to a record 13.934 million barrels a day in April 2026 — the highest monthly output ever — as producers chased prices driven up by the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Open storyIndiana beat Miami 27-21 on January 19, 2026 at Hard Rock Stadium to win the College Football Playoff National Championship — the Hoosiers' first football title ever.
Open storyElon Musk's Neuralink has now implanted its brain-computer interface in more than two dozen people with severe paralysis — a Vancouver police sergeant with ALS became the 26th recipient.
Open storyOn April 23, 2026, the International Criminal Court confirmed all three counts of crimes against humanity against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and committed him to trial.
Open storyArtemis II launched April 1, 2026 — the first crewed lunar mission since 1972 — carrying Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada's Jeremy Hansen.
Open storyThe permanent Caesar sanctions were repealed in the FY2026 defense bill (December 2025), and on June 30, 2026 Trump signed an order lifting most remaining US sanctions on Syria — except those tied to the Assad family and other bad actors.
Open storyThe seven states that share the Colorado River have failed for more than two and a half years to agree on how to operate it after current rules expire at the end of 2026.
Open storyAbout 24% of Gen Z reported not drinking at all in 2026, up from 17% a year earlier, and daily drinking among young adults fell from 6% to 2%.
Open storyA 2026 study in Annals of Internal Medicine of more than 500,000 adults 66 and older found those vaccinated against shingles had a 24% lower relative risk of dementia over four years.
Open storyUnder the Epstein Files Transparency Act — passed near-unanimously and signed by Trump on November 19, 2025 — the Justice Department began releasing its Jeffrey Epstein files.
Open storyThe US nuclear 'renaissance' accelerated in 2026: TerraPower won the NRC's first-ever construction permit for a commercial non-light-water reactor in March and broke ground on its Natrium plant.
Open storyA wave of major companies — including Home Depot, Stellantis, Fidelity, Sherwin-Williams and UBS — are ordering corporate staff back to the office five days a week in 2026.
Open storyPresident Claudia Sheinbaum has shifted from her predecessor's 'hugs, not bullets' approach: on February 22, 2026 Mexican special forces killed 'El Mencho,' leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), in an operation in Jalisco.
Open storyUS life expectancy at birth rose to an all-time high of 79.0 years in 2024 — up 0.6 year from 2023 — according to CDC data reported in January 2026.
Open storyThe French-developed RPG 'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2025.
Open storyThe Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights four games to two to win the 2026 Stanley Cup — their second title and first in 20 years.
Open storyThe federal government's roughly 10% stake in Intel — created in August 2025 by converting $5.7 billion in CHIPS Act grants and $3.2 billion in defense funds into 433 million shares — has ballooned in value.
Open storyOn February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not give the president authority to impose tariffs, siding against the Trump administration in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump.
Open storyPaleontologists named a string of new dinosaurs in 2026, including Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis — a 27-ton, roughly 89-foot sauropod from Thailand that's the largest ever found in Southeast Asia.
Open storyPfizer and Valneva reported on March 23, 2026 that their Lyme disease vaccine candidate showed about 73-75% efficacy in ages 5 and up in the Phase 3 VALOR trial — the first Lyme vaccine progress in 24 years.
Open storyRory McIlroy won the 2026 Masters — his second straight green jacket — finishing 12-under with a final-round 71 to edge Scottie Scheffler by one stroke.
Open storyBTS released 'ARIRANG,' their fifth studio album, on March 20, 2026 — their first as a full group in nearly six years, after all seven members completed South Korea's mandatory military service.
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