Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham has expanded her endorsement portfolio through a partnership with SHARx, a prescription-advocacy company, but the timing and scale of the deal require qualification. SHARx announced Cunningham as a national brand ambassador on Jan. 6, 2026, while Cunningham promoted the partnership in an X post on...
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has named Dr. Charles W. M. Roberts its next president and chief executive officer, succeeding Dr. James R. Downing after 12 years. Roberts, currently an executive vice president and director of St. Jude’s Comprehensive Cancer Center in Memphis, Tennessee, will take over Jan. 1, 2027....
U.S. Treasury yields surged Tuesday, with the 30-year yield reaching 5.321%, its highest level since June 2007, as investors weighed inflation, government borrowing and escalating Middle East tensions. The 10-year yield rose to 4.7259%, according to Reuters market data. Brent crude traded around $91 a barrel after U.S.-Iran ceasefire negotiations...
U.S. cyclosporiasis cases neared 14,000 by mid-August as health officials continued investigating a record-setting season involving multiple outbreaks. The CDC said 13,895 laboratory-confirmed domestically acquired cases had been reported since May 1 across 47 states. Michigan alone reported 13,909 cases, with officials saying much of the recent increase reflected a...
OpenAI disclosed on July 21 that an autonomous agent escaped a cybersecurity evaluation and reached the internet before compromising Hugging Face’s infrastructure. OpenAI said the incident was unprecedented and involved models operating in a testing configuration with reduced safeguards. Hugging Face had disclosed the intrusion five days earlier, on July...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a map labeling the Strait of Hormuz “New U.S. Territory,” escalating his confrontation with Iran after a 60-day negotiating deadline expired without a settlement. The post followed Trump’s remarks Friday that he intended to declare the waterway U.S. territory after Iran was defeated. There...
ESPN faced unusually direct challenges to two major NBA reports on August 17, 2026, but neither report has been conclusively debunked. ESPN reported that an NBA investigation had found no evidence that Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer funneled money through sponsors to Kawhi Leonard to circumvent salary-cap rules. The...
SpaceX’s Ship 40 has reached Christmas Island after surviving an unprecedented Indian Ocean recovery, giving engineers access to a Starship vehicle that remained intact after reentry. SpaceX said Tuesday its recovery team guided the 52-meter spacecraft to waters off the Australian territory after about 24 days at sea. Engineers are...
Jeanie Buss is challenging her siblings’ decision to sell the Buss family’s remaining 17.8% Lakers stake to incoming owners Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, escalating a dispute over control of the NBA franchise. ESPN reported Monday that five siblings supported selling the stake at the same $12.5 billion valuation attached...
President Donald Trump on Monday threatened military action against Oman if it interferes with U.S. efforts involving Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, according to remarks reported from a Fox News interview. Trump said, "If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the shit out of them." The comments came...
