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Gainesville, Fla. — Tournament organizers released matchups for the Players Era events in Las Vegas, scheduling an eight-team bracket for Nov. 17–19 and a 16-team field during Thanksgiving Week. The Florida Gators will o…
BOCA RATON, FL. Traffic authorities and FL511 logged multiple crashes, pockets of congestion and ongoing construction across Palm Beach County between May 20 and May 22, 2026, affecting Florida's Turnpike, Jog Road, US-4…
INGLEWOOD, California, recording artist Abel Tesfaye, known professionally as The Weeknd, abruptly halted his sold-out stadium concert at SoFi Stadium on May 21, 2026, about 15 minutes into his set during a stop on his g…
Washington — A bipartisan congressional panel this week asked AT&T, Verizon and T‑Mobile to provide detailed records about how they collect data, monitor for scams and act against fraudsters, after reports indicated Amer…
Washington — The Department of Justice announced this week the creation of a $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponisation Fund to compensate individuals who allege politically motivated investigations and prosecutions; the program …
New York, United States — Stephen Colbert hosted the final episode of The Late Show on Thursday, May 21, concluding his run since 2015 after CBS cancelled the programme. The farewell broadcast featured surprise celebrity…
Atlanta: Waymo temporarily suspended its autonomous ride-hailing operations Tuesday after an unoccupied driverless vehicle became stranded in floodwaters during an intense downpour. The vehicle stopped after entering a f…
Cleveland activists urged city leaders Wednesday to end the city’s contract with Flock Safety and remove automated license plate readers from public streets, while residents in Chandler and Troy attended city meetings th…
BUFFALO, N.Y. The Buffalo Sabres signed head coach Lindy Ruff to a two-year contract extension on Wednesday, announced less than 48 hours after the team’s overtime Game 7 loss to the Montreal Canadiens that ended their p…
Los Angeles — Joe Davis, the lead television voice for the Los Angeles Dodgers on SportsNet LA and a primary national broadcaster for Fox, called last Saturday's New York Yankees–New York Mets game and, after Mets outfie…
In Oklahoma City on Monday night, the San Antonio Spurs ruled guard De'Aaron Fox out of Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder due to right ankle soreness less than an hour before tipof…
Key players from both the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs are undergoing further evaluation after sustaining apparent hamstring injuries in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals. Thunder forward Jalen Willi…
United States – College football’s latest push to expand its playoff format has intensified a long-running battle over television rights, conference power and revenue distribution. The Big Ten is advocating a 24-team pla…
The Esports Foundation has relocated the $75 million 2026 Esports World Cup from Riyadh to Paris following severe regional military escalation that raised concerns over player transit security. Announced within the last …
The European Commission this week released official guidelines defining high-risk artificial intelligence under the EU’s landmark AI Act, highlighting the difficulty of regulating rapidly evolving software with slow-movi…
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on May 20, 2026, formally published rules pushing back key tap water chemical safety deadlines to 2031, extending a long-running regulatory struggle over toxic cont…
NEW YORK — Intuit shares fell as much as 14% in extended trading after the financial software company announced a restructuring plan that will cut 17% of its workforce, or about 3,000 corporate jobs. The move, disclosed …
Brussels, Belgium – Consumer organizations in the European Union have filed formal complaints against Google, Meta, and TikTok, arguing that scam advertisements continue to run on their platforms despite legal obligation…
LOS ANGELES — Actor Brad Pitt did not attend the May 20, 2026 university graduation ceremony of his daughter Zahara Jolie, according to official attendance records and witness accounts. Event logs show that his former sp…
New York — Bruce Springsteen used a May 20, 2026 appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” to deliver an extended, unusually direct on-air critique of U.S. media executives and President Donald Trump during the …
Washington. In the year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order to develop a U.S. deep-sea mining industry, businesses have raised millions, stock prices climbed, and federal regulators accelerated a permi…
Washington — The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday approved the design for the 250-foot triumphal arch President Donald Trump seeks to build at an entrance to the nation's capital. Commissioners, all appointed by …
Raleigh, North Carolina — On Thursday Advance Auto Parts reported first-quarter net income of $24 million, or $0.39 per share, with adjusted earnings of $0.77 and revenue of $2.61 billion, topping analyst estimates; the …
A fast-moving wildfire known as the Sandy Fire in Simi Valley, California, expanded to more than 2,100 acres on Wednesday, with containment reaching 22 percent by evening, up from 15 percent in the morning. More than 17,…
RALEIGH — The Montreal Canadiens play the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final tonight after Montreal advanced by winning consecutive seven-game series over Tampa Bay and Buffalo, finishing the l…