Minnesota: Lionel Richie Halts Tour Opener After Dizziness

 

Lionel Richie abruptly stopped the opening concert of his North American tour in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Wednesday night, June 24, 2026, after experiencing dizziness on stage. The 77-year-old singer was performing at the Grand Casino Arena during the first night of his co-headlining "Sing A Song All Night Long"...

United States jobless claims fall to 215,000

 

Washington — The United States labor market showed unexpected resilience as new weekly jobless claims declined to 215,000, underscoring that many employers are retaining staff despite economic uncertainty and well-publicized layoffs in the technology sector. The figure, reported this week, came in well below Wall Street forecasts and signaled that...

San Jose court hears Alibaba suit over Pentagon label

 

SAN JOSE, California – Alibaba Group Holding Limited has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in San Jose, seeking removal from the Pentagon’s Section 1260H list of “Chinese military companies.” The Department of Defense added the Chinese technology conglomerate to the list...

Washington Supreme Court blocks Roundup cancer lawsuits

 

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 25 issued a 7-2 ruling that blocks thousands of state-law failure-to-warn lawsuits against Bayer over its Roundup weedkiller. The justices held that users who developed cancer cannot sue under state dangerous-product warning laws when federal regulators, including the Environmental Protection Agency, have not required...

Venezuela: Twin earthquakes devastate Caracas region

 

Two powerful earthquakes struck near Caracas, Venezuela, leaving thousands feared dead and at least 164 people confirmed killed as of early Thursday, according to interim President Delcy Rodriguez. A magnitude 7.2 quake hit about 160 kilometers west of the capital on Wednesday afternoon, followed less than a minute later by...

Albuquerque singer Bailey Zimmerman charges dismissed after restitution

 

Prosecutors in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, have dismissed criminal charges against country singer Bailey Zimmerman after he paid full restitution for damages to a hotel room at Sandia Resort & Casino in Albuquerque. The 26-year-old artist had faced one felony count of criminal damage to property over $1,000 and one...

Buffalo trades Byram, Tuch in multi-team shakeup

 

BUFFALO, New York — In a flurry of pre-draft activity on June 24–25, 2026, the Buffalo Sabres executed two major trades that reshaped several NHL rosters ahead of the 2026 Draft, which they are hosting this weekend. Buffalo sent 25-year-old top-pair defenseman Bowen Byram and forward Jordan Greenway to the...

United States inflation gauge hits three-year high

 

The United States Commerce Department reported Thursday that the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, rose 4.1 percent year-over-year, its highest level in three years and up from 3.8 percent the previous month. On a monthly basis, PCE increased 0.4 percent, matching the prior month...

Washington NSA loses access to Anthropic AI

 

Washington, United States – The U.S. National Security Agency has lost access to Anthropic’s advanced artificial intelligence model, Mythos 5, after the system rapidly uncovered serious software vulnerabilities in highly classified government networks during a test under a restricted program known as Project Glasswing. NSA Chief Joshua Rudd told a...

Boston judge blocks Trump order limiting mail voting

 

Boston — A federal judge in Boston has halted key parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting nationwide, marking a significant legal setback for the administration’s efforts to reshape federal election rules. In a ruling issued Thursday, June 25, 2026, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani found that...