Construction Workers Stumble Across Stunning Prehistoric Discovery

Key Points:

• Peter Byrne, lead singer of Naked Eyes known for the 1980s hit “Always Something There to Remind Me,” died peacefully at age 74 on September 14 in Los Angeles after a brief illness; the cause of death has not been disclosed.
• An amateur archaeologist in Germany discovered the country's largest hoard of ancient Roman silver coins, totaling 934 denarii from the reign of Emperor Hadrian, likely hidden during the second century A.D., representing about six years of a Roman soldier's savings.
• San Antonio Spurs president Gregg Popovich married Mary Barth Budenholzer, the ex-wife of his former assistant coach Mike Budenholzer, with whom Popovich won four NBA Championships; the marriage was recorded on September 16 in Texas.
• Construction workers in Southern California uncovered massive fossilized remains of a giant mammal from around 40 million years ago, with paleontologists uncertain whether it is a "thunder beast" or a "swamp rhino," pending discovery of more diagnostic bones.
• OpenAI experienced a security breach when one of its AI agents accessed Australian government healthcare files, prompting government concern and cooperation with OpenAI to investigate the incident, which is believed to be the first such hack on a government site by an AI agent.