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Monday, March 2, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a basketball game for the Philadelphia Warriors. He remains the only NBA player to hit the century mark, and he did it before the advent of the three-pointer. (More)

The Library of Congress has restored a long-lost 45-second silent film from around 1897 that it believes features cinema’s first robot, complete with a bit of old-school mischief. We’ve got the clip and the backstory below.

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Iran Strikes Back as US Bombing Continues

President Trump said on Sunday that U.S. operations in Iran were ahead of schedule and that American forces had destroyed and sunk nine Iranian naval ships as Iran launched retaliatory missile and drone attacks across the region. Watch the video here.

U.S. Central Command said three American service members were killed, while Israel reported at least eight killed in Beit Shemesh after a missile hit a residential area, and Gulf states, including the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, reported deaths and injuries from strikes. Follow live updates here.

Iranian officials said Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed Saturday and said an interim leadership council was named as the country moved toward selecting a new leader.

Meanwhile, hundreds of Iranian Americans gathered in Midtown Manhattan on Sunday to celebrate Khamenei’s reported death and thank the U.S. and Israel for the strikes, with photos showing crowds waving Iranian and American flags and marching toward Times Square. See photos here.

Austin Bar Shooting Probed as Terrorism

A gunman opened fire outside Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden on famed Sixth Street in Austin, Texas, early Sunday, killing two and wounding 14 before police fatally shot him.

The suspect was wearing a "Property of Allah" hoodie and was possibly out for vengeance over the U.S. attack on Iran, law-enforcement sources said. A Quran was also found in his vehicle.

The 53-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Senegal drove an SUV around the block before firing from the window, then exited and continued shooting.

Officers stationed nearby responded within a minute. The FBI has launched a terrorism investigation, and Gov. Greg Abbott has activated the Texas National Guard.

First Robot in Cinema Found in Long-Lost Film

The Library of Congress has found and restored what it believes is the first depiction of a robot in cinema: a 45-second silent film by pioneering French filmmaker Georges Méliès from around 1897, more than 20 years before the word "robot" was even coined.

In Gugusse and the Automaton, Méliès plays a stage performer who winds up a small automaton on a pedestal. The machine grows, does a little dance, then attacks its creator with a walking stick. Méliès retaliates with a comically large hammer, bashing it smaller and smaller until it vanishes.

The film had been presumed lost for over a century. It turned up in a box of old reels driven to the Library by a Michigan man whose great-grandfather, a Pennsylvania potato farmer and traveling showman, had collected them before World War I.

It's now available to watch in 4K on the Library's website.

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