A fast-moving brush fire in Miami-Dade County, known as the Corrections Fire, has burned about 330 acres and is only 15% contained, prompting health and environmental concerns in South Florida. The blaze, which began over the weekend of June 20–21, 2026, is burning near the Everglades Correctional Institution, an immigration...
Central Louisiana is facing catastrophic flooding after the remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur dumped nearly two feet of rain over 48 hours, triggering what local officials are calling a "1,000-year flood." The storm, the first named system of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall near Matagorda, Texas, on June...
New York’s Nasdaq Composite fell more than 2% at the opening bell on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, as a global sell-off in major technology stocks accelerated. By midday, the index was down 409 points, or 1.6%, at 25,758, while the S&P 500 lost 1%, reversing part of the record gains...
SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia — Darian "Big Tigger" Morgan, a well-known television and Atlanta radio personality and former host of BET's "Rap City," was arrested on June 20, 2026, on charges of aggravated battery and third-degree cruelty to children, according to Fulton County Jail records. Sandy Springs Police took Morgan into...
Washington, United States – A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration plan that would have barred Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in five states from using their benefits to buy candy and sugary drinks. The halted policy sought to prevent millions of low-income Americans from purchasing products that...
Maryland: Voters cast ballots this week in state primaries across Maryland, New York and Utah while Colorado's primary is scheduled for June 30; mail ballots were distributed in early June and drop boxes and polling places were operational. Adrian Boafo won the Democratic primary in Maryland's 5th District on Tuesday,...
GEORGIA – Bryson Bryant, the 36-year-old eldest son of former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” television personality NeNe Leakes, remains in custody at the Gwinnett County Jail following his May 1, 2026, arrest on three separate warrants. According to jail and court records from Gwinnett County, local law enforcement officers took...
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 22, 2026 – Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has signed a computing infrastructure agreement worth up to $6.3 billion with open-source artificial intelligence startup Reflection AI, according to materials and regulatory filings viewed on Monday. Under the deal, Reflection AI will pay SpaceX $150 million per month...
A large commercial cold storage facility fire in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, has led to an extended particle pollution and toxic smoke advisory for much of the Los Angeles basin. The blaze, designated INC1019, began at 1400 S. Los Palos Street and continued burning into Monday, June 22, 2026, with...
Shareholders of Uber Technologies Inc., led by the Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit, have filed a derivative lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The complaint, submitted on June 22, 2026, alleges that Uber’s board of directors and top executives,...
