Antares Explodes, Peshmerga Fighters Arrive in Turkey, F.B.I. Fakes Seattle Times Story
Here's what I'm reading up on this morning:
- NASA's Antares rocket launch ends in utter catastrophe, raising questions about the future of the space agency's commercial spaceflight program.
- Some 80 Peshmerga fighters arrive in Turkey from Iraq to fight IS.
- At least 16 people are dead and at least 300 are missing following a massive landslide in Sri Lanka.
- Remember Ebola Czar Ron Klain? He's seemed to all but disappear a week into the job.
- Is the news you read news or simply a fake story written and published by the F.B.I. in an attempt to capture a 15-year-old child suspected of making threats?
- Markets respond positively to the Fed's set plan to end quantitative easing, or Q.E.--a turnaround in reaction from last year. There are a couple of pretty good Q.E. explainers if you want to find out more.
- Check out Marvel's upcoming films--which include the first black solo superhero, Black Panther.
- Google is developing a pill that would essentially place nanoparticles into your bloodstream in order to detect cancer, heart attacks and more.