WAIALUA, Hawaii. In March, back-to-back storms produced the state's worst flooding in two decades, smothering small farms on Oahu’s North Shore and burying fields and irrigation systems in reddish-brown mud. Farmers including Bok Kongphan and Jeni Balanay lost vegetables and young fruit trees; the Hawaii Farm Bureau reported entire farms...
Tehran has developed a new mechanism to control and manage maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Ebrahim Azizi, head of Iran’s parliamentary national security commission, who announced the move on social media. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is reportedly establishing a de facto toll system requiring commercial...
Seattle, this week the Consulate General of India in Seattle announced on May 16 that Kesar and Alphonso mango varieties began arriving at Indian grocery stores and major retail outlets across the Greater Seattle area. The consulate highlighted a year-long initiative and showcased the fruit on Fox 13 News' 'Good...
Spartanburg County, South Carolina. A head-on collision on Highway 101 near Bellevue Road extension around 12:45 a.m. Friday involved a Ford and a Toyota SUV and left five people dead and one hospitalized; two Greenville Police Department officers were among those involved, with Sergeant Ashley Munoz killed and Sergeant Diana...
New York — United States financial markets reversed sharply on Friday, May 15, 2026, as a global bond sell-off and surging crude oil prices pushed long-term borrowing costs to their highest levels in years and knocked major equity indexes off record highs. The 30-year U.S. Treasury yield jumped 11 basis...
NEW YORK, United States – U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday, May 15, 2026, as investors reacted to the conclusion of a high-profile summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing and to a surge in global oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 380.11...
Washington, United States – In a closely watched federal court case over the future of OpenAI, legal teams representing Elon Musk and Sam Altman delivered their closing arguments in a high‑stakes showdown. Musk’s attorneys argued that OpenAI’s transition from a purely non‑profit research lab to a for‑profit structure breached fiduciary...
Selma, N.C. — Multiple fire departments responded Thursday night to a fire at the Atkinson Milling Company off NC 42 East after crews were dispatched around 8:30 p.m. when a blaze was reported inside the business. Units from the Antioch, Northside, Corinth Holders, Selma and Middlesex Fire Departments arrived to...
United States – U.S. technology companies are increasingly designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk amid the AI firm’s escalating legal dispute with the U.S. government. Firms such as Figma have disclosed in regulatory and customer communications that this classification could jeopardize their ability to sell or maintain AI-powered tools...
Gasoline prices in the United States have risen by $1.16 per gallon since the 2026 Iran war began, as the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz restricts global oil and liquefied natural gas flows. Brent crude climbed a further 10% to 13% this week to around $80–$82 per barrel,...
