Ripon, Wisconsin. Police say Jared Thurber, 38, allegedly assaulted and held a roommate at knifepoint overnight on June 19, was found with serious injuries, and sparked an eight‑hour SWAT standoff before his arrest; he faces multiple felony charges and is held on a $30,000 cash bond. Authorities report the victim...
United States. The U.S. Supreme Court this week cleared the way for the Department of Homeland Security to move forward with terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Haitian and Syrian nationals, a decision that removes lower-court injunctions and allows the administration to resume administrative steps toward ending those protections. This...
A fast-moving wildfire known as the Lyle Hill Fire erupted Sunday afternoon, June 28, 2026, in Klickitat County, Washington, forcing Level 3 "Go Now" evacuations. First reported around 1:40 p.m. west of Lyle, the fire spread rapidly through dry grass, brush, and timber, driven by sustained winds near 27 mph...
New Jersey – Milania Giudice, the 20-year-old daughter of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice, has spoken publicly for the first time about her recent brush with the law, addressing both her May 2026 arrest and the intense online scrutiny that followed. In a message to her...
SpaceX is being added to MSCI’s standard and large-cap global indexes effective June 29, following its record-setting initial public offering on June 12, 2026. MSCI previously indicated that SpaceX would comfortably exceed the size and free-float thresholds for early inclusion of large IPOs. Analysts estimate that the MSCI changes from...
Gillette, Wyoming reported that the Campbell County Fire Department responded to multiple incidents on June 27 and 28, including vehicle collisions, medical emergencies, automatic crash notifications, and a grass fire that was contained to 1.4 acres on June 28; Columbus, Indiana announced local cooling stations in response to forecast high...
Auburn, Calif. County officials and local organizers announced schedules and safety measures for Fourth of July events this week, stating that all fireworks remain illegal in unincorporated Placer County and that alcohol will be banned on the Truckee River from July 1–6, while towns in Ohio, Louisiana and Mississippi posted...
At the Computex 2026 technology conference in Taipei, cybersecurity startup Scam.ai announced a partnership with semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm to launch Halo, an on-device deepfake detection model for live video calls. Demonstrated at Qualcomm’s exhibition booth during the Agentic AI track, Halo is optimized to run locally on personal computers using...
SALT LAKE CITY. This week Utah experienced below-average temperatures early Monday and Tuesday, with daytime highs ranging from the upper 60s to low 90s depending on region, and persistent smoke from western wildfires including the Iron, Cherry and Cottonwood Fires. Local forecasts on Monday and Tuesday noted cooler northwest flow,...
United States: Multiple regional outlets reported gasoline price declines this week as national averages fell; GasBuddy recorded a national average of $3.78 per gallon on Monday. Local figures included Natrona County at $3.81, Central Ohio at $3.80, Montana at $3.97, Green Bay at $3.70, and Tennessee at $3.38 this week. These...
