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The decision by an advisory committee may lead to Food and Drug Administration approval of the first treatment for humans that uses the CRISPR gene-editing system.

Source: Panel Tells F.D.A. That CRISPR Sickle Cell Cure Is Safe Enough for Patients

The founder of the FTX crypto exchange was grilled by a federal prosecutor for a second day, just before both sides rested their case in the criminal fraud trial.

Source: Sam Bankman-Fried Denies Knowing FTX Money Was Missing, as He Concludes Testimony

The founder of the FTX crypto exchange was grilled by a federal prosecutor for a second day, just before both sides rested their case in the criminal fraud trial.

Source: Sam Bankman-Fried Denies Knowing FTX Money Was Missing, as He Concludes Testimony

From his Los Angeles home, Mohammed Abujayyab has sought to help his grandmother and other relatives survive the Israeli bombardment. Memories of displacement are never far.

Source: For a Grandmother in Gaza, History Is Scarier Than Airstrikes

Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, said the war is raising the risk of foreign terrorist attacks against Americans as well as domestic violent extremist attacks targeting Jewish and Muslim communities.

Source: Israel-Hamas War Increases Risks of Attacks on Americans, F.B.I. Warns

Plus the power of music at a volatile time.

Source: Wednesday Briefing: Israel Strikes Densely Populated Area

The decision comes as other projects to build wind farms along the Atlantic Coast have run into trouble.

Source: Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Farm Gets Federal Approval

The decision comes as other projects to build wind farms along the Atlantic Coast have run into trouble.

Source: Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Farm Gets Federal Approval

Students from the Middle East come to Berlin to study music with the star conductor Daniel Barenboim. Now the Israel-Hamas war is testing their ideals.

Source: Daniel Barenboim’s Academy of Music and Middle-East Peace

He was the longest-serving Black staff member in the history of the U.S. Congress, rising to a senior role with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Source: Bertie Bowman, Record-Setting Staff Member on Capitol Hill, Dies at 92