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Authorities suspect renowned astronomer Carl Grillmair was shot by 29-year-old man arrested for nearby carjackingA renowned California Institute of Technology (Caltech) scientist who studied distant planets and other areas of astronomy for decades was recently shot to death at his home in a rural community outside Los Angeles, authorities said.Carl Grillmair, 67, died from a bullet wound to the torso on Monday in Llano, an unincorporated community in the Antelope Valley, according to information from the LA county medical examiner’s office. The county sheriff’s department said it had arrested a suspect in Grillmair’s slaying, identifying him as 29-year-old Freddy Snyder.

Dozens of the animals in Chiang Mai region first began to show signs of illness earlier this monthA highly contagious virus is believed to have caused the deaths of 72 captive tigers in northern Thailand this month, with officials racing to contain the outbreak.Teams are urgently disinfecting enclosures and preparing to vaccinate surviving animals. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/20/virus-outbreak-captive-tigers-die-in-thailand-chiang-mai- Author : Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok Publish date : 2026-02-20 17:05:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The US has amassed an arsenal of military assets in the Middle East that would allow it to launch an aerial bombing campaign against IranWe’re keeping a close eye on the supreme court today, and a possible decision on the legality of Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs.A reminder, the justices will decide whether the administration lawfully relied on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) – a 1977 statute which grants the president authority to regulate or prohibit certain international transactions during a national emergency – to justify the tariffs.The contributors to the increase in real GDP in the fourth