UnitedHealth Group on Thursday reported second-quarter results that exceeded Wall Street expectations and raised its 2026 adjusted earnings guidance, while keeping full-year revenue targets intact. The largest U.S. private health insurer posted adjusted earnings per share of $6.38, compared with analyst estimates of $4.90, and revenue of $112.03 billion, above...
ASHE COUNTY, N.C. — An Ashe County man has been arrested and charged after authorities said he posted private images of a woman on social media. The Ashe County Sheriff’s Office said a resident contacted a Special Victims detective in June to report that 57-year-old Joseph Patrick O’Conner allegedly uploaded...
MIAMI, Florida – New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs has asked a Florida state court to temporarily halt a civil lawsuit filed against him by former business associate Nigel King. In a motion submitted on July 16, 2026, in Miami-Dade County, Diggs’ attorneys argued that the case should not...
TAMPA, Florida — Florida lawmakers have advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit annual increases in assessed values for certain properties, including many owner-occupied homes, to no more than 5%. In the Tampa Bay area, where more than half of renters already spend at least 30% of their income...
Hawaii Governor Josh Green has signed two laws, Acts 247 and 248, that create some of the most restrictive state-level rules on deepfakes and AI chatbots in the United States. At a ceremony in Honolulu on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, Green approved House Bill 2137 as Act 247, defining highly...
President Donald Trump removed Roger Rogoff as the top federal prosecutor in Seattle on Thursday, less than an hour after Rogoff was unanimously appointed and sworn in by federal judges in the Western District of Washington. Rogoff, a former judge and veteran prosecutor, said he received an email from the...
In the United States, pop singer Ariana Grande has gone viral on TikTok after posting a video of herself performing detailed impressions of characters from the Harry Potter film franchise. Shared as part of a promotional campaign for her cosmetics line R.E.M. Beauty, the clip quickly accumulated millions of views...
South Korean prosecutors have launched a criminal probe into alleged international price-fixing in the semiconductor sector, raiding the local offices of three major chip suppliers. On Wednesday, 15 July 2026, the Fair Trade Investigation Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office searched the South Korean offices of China’s Montage...
Phoenix, Arizona, will host the Connecticut Sun in a WNBA matchup today, with tipoff scheduled for 1 p.m. EDT. Connecticut arrives in Phoenix after a 90-87 victory that featured a standout performance from Aaliyah Edwards, who scored 21 points to help secure the win. The Sun enter this game looking...
New York’s Gotham FC set a new women’s sports attendance record for New York City on July 15, 2026, drawing 42,175 fans to Citi Field in Queens for a National Women’s Soccer League regular-season match against the Washington Spirit. Branded as “The Queens Classic,” the event marked the first women’s...
