A ‘Planet Parade’ is Now in Alignment for Viewing Our Solar System This Week

A ‘Planet Parade’ is Now in Alignment for Viewing Our Solar System This Week

A collage of planets to scale – credit, CactiStaccingCrane CC 4.0. BY-SA via Wiki Next Saturday, the 28th of February, stargazers will have the chance to spot Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all clustered together in the sky. Called a planetary alignment, they occur when the planets, which orbit atop the same horizonal … Read more

Kennedy defends Trump glyphosate order; MAHA erupts as midterms approach

Kennedy defends Trump glyphosate order; MAHA erupts as midterms approach

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks, announcing new nutrition policies during a press conference at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 8, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended President Donald Trump’s executive order … Read more

The NBA wants to embrace content creators without degrading its golden goose of live sports rights

The NBA wants to embrace content creators without degrading its golden goose of live sports rights

The future of the NBA’s media strategy was taking shape at this year’s All-Star weekend. The fanfare has always been about showcasing the league’s best players. But this year, the event was as much about the league’s partnership with content creators as it was about on-the-court talent. More than 200 global creators took part in … Read more

Trump to decide whether to attack Iran in next 10 days — oil prices jump

Trump to decide whether to attack Iran in next 10 days — oil prices jump

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks during the inaugural meeting of the “Board of Peace” at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will decide whether to launch military strikes against Iran in the next 10 … Read more

More What’s Booming RVA: February 19 + | BOOMER Magazine

More What’s Booming RVA: February 19 + | BOOMER Magazine

Concerts galore, serial killer gore, books and lore, pets to adore, and so much more! What’s Booming, February 19 to 26, 2026. Explore: February 19 to 26, 2026 What’s happening in and around the Richmond region Thursday, February 19 National African American Read-In. See and hear notable figures from the greater Richmond community deliver prose … Read more

Mystery of Armenia’s Giant 6,000-Year-old ‘Dragon Stones’ is Finally Solved

Mystery of Armenia’s Giant 6,000-Year-old ‘Dragon Stones’ is Finally Solved

Dragon stones of Armenia – Credits: Armen Manukov (left) and Sonashen (right) CC BY-SA 3.0 For the first time in the country’s history, a detailed analysis of Armenia’s “dragon stones” has been conducted with the hope of solving the mystery of these large Neolithic monuments. Raised between 4200 and 4000 BCE, in concert roughly with … Read more

Amid Epstein fallout, Bill Gates becomes point of controversy at India AI summit

Amid Epstein fallout, Bill Gates becomes point of controversy at India AI summit

Bill Gates speaks during the Gates Foundation’s first global Goalkeepers event in the Nordics, which is being held in Stockholm, Sweden, Jan. 22, 2026. TT News Agency | Stefan Jerrevang | Via Reuters Bill Gates has become a source of controversy at this week’s high-profile India AI Impact Summit, as speculation around his planned keynote … Read more

Russia’s Putin slams U.S. oil blockade on Cuba: ‘We do not accept anything like this’

Russia’s Putin slams U.S. oil blockade on Cuba: ‘We do not accept anything like this’

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla during their meeting at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow on February 18, 2026. Pavel Bednyakov | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin has sharply criticized the Trump administration’s fuel blockade on Cuba, saying Moscow considers the latest restrictions unacceptable. … Read more

United Airlines is paring back rewards for travelers who don’t have its credit card in MileagePlus overhaul

United Airlines is paring back rewards for travelers who don’t have its credit card in MileagePlus overhaul

No United Airlines credit card? Soon you’ll earn fewer miles than other travelers. United is overhauling its MileagePlus frequent flyer program to reward travelers with more miles and lower redemption rates, including for some of its long-haul business-class seats — if they have one of the airline’s credit cards. It’s the latest move by an … Read more

Dueling PACs take center stage in midterm elections over AI regulation

Dueling PACs take center stage in midterm elections over AI regulation

Assemblyman Alex Bores is interviewed on Monday, May 13, 2024, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Will Waldron | Albany Times Union | Getty Images Two major AI PACs are facing off against each other in a New York congressional race — an early battleground for AI regulation that is set to pump hundreds of … Read more