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You Should Race to Your Local Theater to See ‘Adolescence of Utena’
Gizmodo.com

GKIDS is bringing the eclectic 'Revolutionary Girl Utena' movie to the big screen for two nights only this June.

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Local Tech Battles Are Pushing Leaders to Tears and Fits of Mania
Gizmodo.com

The council is not okay.

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Escaped tiger shot by German police after attacking man
BBC News

The tiger escaped a facility owned by local trainer Carmen Zander, also known as Germany's "Tiger Queen", according to local media reports.

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Several killed as train and school bus collide in Belgium, local media report
BBC News

Seven children, a chaperone and the minibus driver were on a level crossing when the accident happened, broadcaster VRT reported.

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Minnesota Becomes First State to Ban Prediction Markets, Feds Immediately Sue
Gizmodo.com

The CFTC has sued several states that have tried to regulate prediction markets at the local level.

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Zack Polanski did not vote in local elections, Green Party says
BBC News

The Green Party leader previously told Hackney mayoral candidate Zoë Garbett "you have my vote".

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Universal park officially named as government pledges £1.3bn
BBC News

The government's contribution is going towards upgrading local infrastructure and transport links.

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Georgia Data Center Secretly Guzzled 30 Million Gallons of Water Before Paying a Dime
Gizmodo.com

Local residents complained of low water pressure. When the county utility investigated, it realized a data center had been draining the water system for months without paying.

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Waymo suspends freeway driving amid safety concerns
The Verge

On Thursday, Waymo customers opened up the app and noticed something unusual: no more freeway service. Trips that would normally take a few minutes on the freeway were suddenly projected to last much longer via local roads. The company later confirmed that it…

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Gemini Spark is the most impressive and terrifying AI experience I’ve had yet
The Verge

According to every product demo from the last four years, planning a trip is a killer use case for AI. Just tell it where you're going, they all promise, and your chatbot / agent / other buzzword will exhaustively search travel options, read up on all the fun…