Actor Eric Dane died at 53, his family said he passed about 10 months after an ALS diagnosis; the family said he spent his final days with loved ones and had become an advocate for ALS awareness and research.
The seventh annual Tacos, Beer & Dogs Country Concert is set for Feb. 21 at Rockin' H Ranch in Palm City with proceeds benefiting The Farm Dog Rescue; headliner George Birge released "Ride, Ride, Ride" with Luke Bryan on Feb. 6.
A.I. code generators can speed up some software projects but typically require close human oversight, and experts warn they can introduce code quality and security problems.
Spark SC hosted a Startup Career Fair on Feb. 19 that brought 25 hiring startups to campus, and organizers said they expected about 1,000 students with roughly 350 confirmed sign-ups.
Federal officials have credited tougher enforcement with helping drive a provisional 19% drop in overdose deaths to an estimated 72,108 for the 12 months ending September 2025, while public-health experts report growing polydrug mixes that complicate detection and clinical response. Undetermined at this time.
Office for National Statistics data show healthy life expectancy in the UK has declined; men's healthy life begins to fall at 60.7 years and women's at 60.9 years.
The Office for National Statistics reported a public sector surplus of £30.4bn in January 2026, double the surplus in January 2025 and above the OBR's November forecast; government borrowing for the financial year to January was £112.1bn, lower than a year earlier.
The Westwood chapter of the People's Climbing Crew marked its one-year anniversary Feb. 12 with a meetup at Sender One Climbing; the group offers gear loans, low-cost events and monthly beginner-friendly meetups to make climbing more accessible for climbers of color.
The article reports that Toto makes electrostatic chucks used in NAND memory production and Ajinomoto supplies insulating materials for advanced semiconductor packaging; both companies saw recent share gains as AI-related chip demand rose.
Norwegian Church Aid, active in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1973, is recruiting a Country Director to guide its programmes and manage offices in Bukavu and Goma.
