AI is being used to bring Supreme Court decisions to life, while a Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by former President Donald Trump was convicted of child molestation, and Buddhist monks completed a 2,300-mile walk for peace, according to reports from February 11, 2026. Other news includes a new showrunner for an 80s music drama and research on immune cells in fruit flies.
An independent project called "On The Docket" is utilizing artificial intelligence to generate visual depictions of U.S. Supreme Court justices reading their decisions, according to NPR News. This project aims to expand access to the Supreme Court. In other news, a Florida handyman, Andrew Paul Johnson, who received a full pardon from former President Donald Trump for his role in the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of multiple state charges of child molestation and exposing himself to children, as reported by NPR News.
Thousands gathered at the Washington National Cathedral to see Buddhist monks who had completed a 108-day, 2,300-mile journey on foot from Texas to the nation's capital, according to NPR News. The monks' walk for peace captivated Americans, ending this week.
In entertainment news, Mark Valadez, who served as a writer-producer on "Queen of the South," will lead "Those Little White Lines" as showrunner, a new series being developed by Brisbane's Red Empire Productions and Organic Media Group, based in Taipei and Los Angeles, according to Variety.
Meanwhile, research published in Nature News discussed immune cells that eat waste fats from fruit flies' brains. The article also highlighted other scientific findings, including a beetle's relationship with an ant and ancient DNA evidence regarding the Bell Beaker Expansion.
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