Tennessee safety Edrees Farooq will miss the 2026 season after suffering a torn patellar tendon in his right knee during Friday’s preseason practice, the University of Tennessee said Saturday. Farooq, a junior who started all 13 games in 2025, was transported to UT Medical Center after the injury, according to...
Republican lawmakers are showing growing concern about the political and economic costs of the U.S. war with Iran, but evidence does not support describing the party as revolting against President Donald Trump. The conflict, which began Feb. 28, is in its sixth month and remains unresolved after a June ceasefire...
U.S. retail sales fell 0.6% in July, the first monthly decline in nine months, raising concerns about weakening consumer demand. The Commerce Department reported Friday that sales totaled $763.6 billion, while sales excluding gasoline also fell 0.6%. Core retail sales declined 0.4%, and nonstore retailers dropped 2.2%. Sales nevertheless remained...
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected Friday night in Toronto after arguing a called strike during a 3-1 loss to the Blue Jays, reaching 50 career managerial ejections. The incident occurred in the sixth inning at Rogers Centre after Luis García Jr. took a low pitch from Toronto...
The Justice Department has characterized a May shooting near the White House as an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump, citing the incident in litigation over Trump’s proposed ballroom. On May 23, 21-year-old Nasire Best approached a Secret Service checkpoint at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, pulled a firearm...
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston lifted an injunction on August 14, 2026, allowing the Department of Homeland Security to terminate Temporary Protected Status for nearly 1,100 Somali nationals. The decision enables the administration of President Donald Trump to strip deportation protections and employment authorization for affected Somalis living...
Oscar-winning actress Da’Vine Joy Randolph has sued Los Angeles landlord 421 NRD LLC, alleging maintenance and habitability problems at a luxury home she rented for $17,000 monthly. TMZ reported the lawsuit on August 15, 2026, saying Randolph leased the five-bedroom, six-bathroom, 4,452-square-foot residence in September 2024. According to allegations described...
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday in Garden City, New York, that the United States intends to declare the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory following ongoing military operations against Iran. Trump stated that the U.S. naval blockade remains active and restricts maritime transit through the strategic choke point....
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an en banc ruling blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from terminating $20 billion in clean-energy grants awarded to non-profit organizations under the Inflation Reduction Act's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The legal challenge followed administration directives aimed at rescinding or freezing...
Apple has released security updates to patch a critical zero-day vulnerability in its macOS Screen Sharing feature, tracked as CVE-2026-65400. Rated with a CVSS severity score of 9.8 out of 10, the flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to obtain root-level access on vulnerable systems. According to advisories from security researcher...
