ALBANY, N.Y. — A Gloversville man has been sentenced in Albany County Court to a state prison term for attempting to engage in sexual contact with a minor. Prosecutors said 54-year-old Kristian Walker responded in August 2023 to a post on a social media website that described a woman who...
New York — U.S. stock market futures declined on Friday, July 17, 2026, as investors confronted renewed trade tensions alongside persistent borrowing costs and shifting inflation signals. The pullback followed the U.S. decision to impose 25% tariffs on Brazilian imports after findings of unfair trade practices, adding a new layer...
Thousands of Google workers are pressing company leadership for stronger job protections amid ongoing cost cuts and rising investment in artificial intelligence. On July 16, 2026, more than 4,500 employees delivered a formal petition to CEO Sundar Pichai’s office at Google’s Mountain View, California headquarters, accompanied by a rally of...
Tokyo, Japan — Global equity markets came under renewed pressure on Friday, July 17, 2026, as a sharp pullback in artificial intelligence and semiconductor shares triggered broad-based declines across Asia. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 led losses, plunging 5.8% in a steep afternoon slide that marked its sharpest one-day fall in months...
LOS GATOS, California, July 17, 2026 – Netflix Inc. shares fell as much as 10% in premarket trading on Friday after the company issued a softer-than-expected revenue forecast for the third quarter, deepening investor concerns about a slowdown in its growth. The decline followed a challenging stretch for the streaming...
USA – The National Hockey League announced on July 17, 2026, that it will implement an 84-game regular-season schedule for the 2026-27 campaign, expanding from the long-standing 82-game format and breaking a 33-year tradition. This marks the league’s first schedule beyond 82 games since 1993 and creates a total of...
Washington, United States – Major U.S. television networks diverged sharply on July 17, 2026, over whether to air President Donald Trump’s election-focused primetime address live, in what amounted to an unusually public split within the national broadcast landscape. ABC, NBC and CNN declined to carry the speech on their main...
Texas, United States – SpaceX shares extended losses in premarket trading on Friday after the company aborted a planned Starship V3 test flight in Texas at the last moment on Thursday, adding to choppy trading since its June stock market debut. The launch was scheduled within a 90-minute window starting...
Vancouver, Canada – Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios announced on July 17, 2026, that they will fully recast the role of Kratos in the upcoming live-action God of War series after lead actor Ryan Hurst suffered a severe on-set injury during production in Vancouver. Hurst, a fan-favorite star who...
Climate scientists warn that climate change is driving increasingly frequent and intense heavy rainfall events across the United States, leading to deadly and damaging flash floods. Over the past month, states including Alaska, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania have recorded unusually high rainfall and flash flooding, about...
