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Salt Lake City — ABC4 meteorologists reported Monday that a weekend heat dome produced record high temperatures across Utah, and triple-digit heat persisted into Monday in many valleys and hotspots. As the heat dome shif…
Detroit: Southeast Michigan is facing a multi-day heat wave that is expected to peak Tuesday, when forecasters said daytime highs will climb into the mid to upper 90s and heat indices could reach or exceed 100 degrees; t…
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has appointed Darlene Graham Nordone to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the unexpected death of Senator Lindsey Graham. The move, announced recently in Columbia…
The United States has reinstated a naval blockade on Iranian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and is demanding a 20% reimbursement on all other cargo passing through the waterway, according to a Central Command stat…
Oklahoma City: The State of Oklahoma and six poultry companies agreed Monday to a $41.7 million settlement to resolve a 21-year lawsuit alleging poultry litter polluted the Illinois River watershed. Oklahoma sued Tyson F…
Authorities in Greenwood, Indiana ordered the evacuation of nearby businesses on Monday morning, July 13, 2026, after a chemical storage drum ruptured at the Safety-Kleen waste management facility on Park 800 Industrial …
Frankfort, Kentucky. Rocky Adkins, who was appointed senior adviser to Governor Andy Beshear in 2019, left his post with the Beshear administration and served his last day on Friday, July 10, the governor's office announ…
Harrisburg — Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a $50.8 billion Pennsylvania state budget on Sunday after the General Assembly passed the spending plan nearly two weeks after the June 30 deadline; the measure includes historic inv…
Major League Baseball’s 2026 T-Mobile Home Run Derby will be held at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on Monday, July 13, 2026, and will mark a major shift in sports broadcasting and event format. For the first time si…
Rapper Boosie Badazz, legally known as Torence Hatch, has filed a lawsuit against conservative political operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, alleging they took $600,000 to secure a presidential pardon from Donald Tru…
Washington, DC — President Donald Trump has removed all remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), leaving the independent federal agency without any commissioners just months before the 2026 mid…
U.S. semiconductor shares have come under pressure at the start of July after a powerful rally driven by artificial intelligence demand. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index has dropped more than 11% since hitting a reco…
In Las Vegas, American musician Machine Gun Kelly, real name Colson Baker, has renewed his public feud with Irish mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor following UFC 329. On Monday, July 13, 2026, Baker posted a series …
Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume has warned staff that the carmaker may need to cut up to 50,000 additional jobs worldwide, according to an internal memo dated July 13, 2026 and seen by multiple media outlets. The poten…
Washington — Federal banking regulators on Monday, July 13, 2026, issued joint guidance that significantly tightens credit standards for borrowers who are not legally authorized to work in the United States, a move that …
In Washington on July 13, 2026, a coalition of 57 patient advocacy organizations operating as "United for Cures" sent a joint letter to top congressional leaders urging them to halt a proposed Trump administration Office…
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation on July 13 creating state rebates of $3,500 for first-time buyers of new electric vehicles and $1,750 for eligible used EV purchases, establishing a $270 million progra…
CACI International Inc announced on Monday, July 13, 2026, that it has received a U.S. Department of War contract to deploy its SkyValor drone defense system along the United States Southern Border. The move is part of a…
SAN FRANCISCO - Cloudflare, Inc. on Monday, July 13, 2026, announced the general availability of Precursor, a next-generation behavioral validation engine designed to counter increasingly sophisticated automated bots. Th…
Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Revenue issued updated Streamlined Sales Tax materials — the Taxability Matrix, Certificate of Compliance, and Library of Definitions — finalizing version v2026.0 dated Jul…
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) executive board has confirmed that athletes holding Russian passports will be allowed to compete in international events from July 28. The decision, announced on Monday, c…
The Gosselin family, known from the TLC reality series "Jon & Kate Plus 8," is again under public scrutiny as Collin Gosselin, one of the sextuplets, announces a forthcoming tell-all memoir alleging years of abuse by his…
Dallas — Texas Capital Bancshares announced on 13th July 2026 that Mo Jamous has joined the firm as Managing Director, Chief Digital and Information Officer. Jamous will lead the bank’s technology strategy, including inf…
Cebolleta, New Mexico — Premier American Uranium Inc. completed a 6,030-foot PQ-core drilling program at its wholly owned Cebolleta Uranium Project and delivered recovered underground resource samples to Hazen Research i…
In Las Vegas on Monday afternoon, July 13, 2026, the Indiana Fever defeated the Las Vegas Aces 109-75 at Michelob ULTRA Arena, securing the second-largest margin of victory in franchise history. The win capped a four-gam…