The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives acknowledged a ransomware attack compromising isolated systems containing criminal investigation data. Officially classified by the Department of Justice as a major incident requiring mandatory congressional notification, the breach has been attributed to the Russian-linked Qilin ransomware-as-a-service group. The cybercriminal organization listed...
Pharmaceutical distributor McKesson confirmed a major cyberattack after the ShinyHunters extortion group compromised its cloud-hosted Snowflake and Salesforce environments. The breach exposed sensitive employee data alongside protected health information across oncology, multispecialty, and medical-surgical divisions, including diagnoses, Social Security numbers, and clinical notes. Threat actors utilized social engineering vectors against...
Major League Baseball active rosters officially expanded from twenty six to twenty eight players across all organizations starting September first, two thousand twenty six. The roster limit permits a maximum of fourteen pitchers to be active for each club through the remainder of the regular season. This expansion gives franchises...
The Associated Press published its weekly celebrity birthday roundup covering Sept. 6 through Sept. 12, 2026. The list includes actors, musicians, comedians, directors, television personalities and other entertainment figures. Highlighted names include Emmy Rossum, who turns 40 on Sept. 12, and Harry Connick Jr., who turns 59 on Sept. 11....
The Baltimore Orioles claimed outfielder Luis Robert Jr. off waivers from the New York Mets, as reported by SNY. Robert earns a twenty million dollar salary this season, with approximately two million nine hundred ninety thousand dollars remaining. Baltimore assumes the full remainder of his salary, relieving the Mets of...
U.S. House lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill following a five-week summer recess, facing an immediate legislative showdown over federal funding alongside surging foreign policy crises. The return of Congress coincides with heightened domestic tension as Republican leadership attempts to advance a stopgap spending bill to prevent a government shutdown before...
The United States Department of State is coordinating with the Department of Homeland Security to revoke the non-immigrant visas of up to 200,000 foreign nationals. The initiative targets individuals who entered the country legally on short-term visitor visas but subsequently filed applications for asylum. If fully executed, the action will...
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday that the U.S. military has no plans to deploy federal troops or federalized National Guard personnel to polling places during the November 2026 midterm elections. In a letter to Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Caine also said the Joint...
Authorities in Washington state confirmed that the death toll following a major chemical leak at a local paper plant has risen to eight after emergency crews recovered six additional bodies. The industrial accident occurred when a large storage facility tank containing tens of thousands of gallons of hazardous substances failed,...
Severe wildfire smoke from Ontario, Canada, forced Michigan’s Air Quality Index to an unprecedented 616 in Grand Rapids on July 16, shattering the city's previous high of 350. Any AQI reading exceeding 301 is classified as hazardous to human health. The cross-border transport of particulate matter coated parts of the...
