At least 160 people have died and hundreds remain missing after a flash flood swept through Nepal’s Himalayan border region and Tibet on Wednesday, destroying homes, roads, bridges and power infrastructure. Nepalese police reported 157 deaths, while Chinese state media reported three deaths and 265 missing in Tibet’s Gyirong County....
U.S. Capitol Police arrested a thirty-five-year-old man on August twenty-fifth after discovering a wooden gallows inside a pickup truck parked illegally near the U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court buildings. Officers took the individual into custody on weapons possession charges while investigating his specific motives and circumstances. According to family statements...
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed eliminating mandatory public notice and comment periods for minor source air pollution permits, impacting industrial facilities and data centers. The policy change shifts discretion to state and local authorities regarding public participation. Administration officials state the measure aims to accelerate permitting for artificial intelligence...
U.S. stocks ended nearly flat Wednesday after July inflation remained above expectations, while Treasury yields rose and investors awaited Nvidia’s quarterly results. The Bureau of Economic Analysis said the personal consumption expenditures price index increased 3.7% from a year earlier, unchanged from June and above economists’ 3.6% expectation. Core PCE...
A new wildfire named the Plaskett Fire erupted Wednesday morning along California's Big Sur coast in Los Padres National Forest, rapidly expanding to 50 acres. The blaze compounds an ongoing emergency as crews battle the separate, 17,817-acre Timber Fire burning thirty miles to the north. Officials deployed heavy aerial resources,...
South Korean singer and actress IU is pursuing legal action against individuals spreading extreme malicious rumors online, including a recent false social media claim linking her to a missing person case in Jeju. EDAM Entertainment, representing the artist, has initiated criminal complaints and civil lawsuits against a total of ninety-six...
Nvidia reported second-quarter revenue of $96.22 billion Wednesday, more than doubling from a year earlier as demand for artificial-intelligence computing remained strong. The Santa Clara, California, chipmaker posted GAAP net income of $59.69 billion, or $2.46 per diluted share, compared with $26.42 billion, or $1.08, a year earlier. Adjusted earnings...
Legal filings in California state court connect Rebel Wilson’s ongoing defamation and public relations dispute to Blake Lively’s separate legal battle with filmmaker Justin Baldoni. The documents surfaced as Lively was awarded approximately four hundred thousand dollars in attorney fees, substantially less than the eight million dollars requested. Lively’s legal...
Court documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court have revealed text message exchanges between actress Rebel Wilson and crisis publicist Melissa Nathan regarding a proposal for an untraceable digital site. The communications, dated August 2024, show Nathan offering a comprehensive package including a satellite link, ghost server, ghost hosting, and...
Chinese actor Bao Bei'er faces intense public scrutiny following the release of surveillance footage by paparazzo Liu Dachui alleging an overnight hotel encounter with an unidentified woman. The footage tracks the married actor arriving separately at a restaurant and later entering the woman's hotel room, where he allegedly remained for...
