San Diego. NASCAR staged its first Cup Series race on an active military base at Naval Base Coronado June 19–21, running a newly built 3.4-mile Qualcomm Circuit with 16 turns. Organizers completed track wall and barrier installation from June 1–17; practice and qualifying took place Friday and Saturday, with the...
Palm Beach County, Florida. This week Yahoo Sports published All-County baseball and softball first-, second- and honorable-mention teams for Palm Beach and Broward counties following the 2026 high-school spring season, naming players and coaches and listing season statistics for athletes from schools including St. John Paul II, Park Vista, Oxbridge...
Phoenix. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes dismissed a sprawling criminal indictment Thursday that alleged former Trump officials, including Mark Meadows and Rudy Giuliani, sought to overturn the state's 2020 election results; Mayes announced the dismissal while stating she intends to present a revised case to a grand jury. The move follows...
Seattle. On Friday, June 19, Team USA defeated Australia 2-0 at Seattle Stadium in a 2026 FIFA World Cup Group D match, while the Seattle FIFA World Cup Local Organizing Committee (SeattleFWC26) announced Juneteenth-focused commemorations for match day and held a press conference at the Seattle International Media Center earlier...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced Wednesday night that petitioners have collected more than the roughly 875,000 signatures required to place a proposed one-time 5% tax on individuals with net worth exceeding $1 billion on the November ballot, and the measure is slated to qualify on June 25...
United States. State labor reports released in mid‑June 2026 show mixed job growth and steady unemployment across several states: Oregon's payrolls remain below last year's levels with unemployment at 5.2 percent for five months, Pennsylvania's unemployment held at 4.2 percent in May while total nonfarm jobs reached a record high,...
In Grandfalls, West Texas, more than 1.5 million gallons of toxic oilfield wastewater erupted from beneath the parking lot of First Baptist Church, according to state records. The spill, discovered recently when highly saline, chemical-laden fluid surfaced on the property, was traced to an old, undocumented oil wellbore beneath the...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is preparing to define specific verification steps for implementing the newly signed U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding on Iran’s nuclear program, Director General Rafael Grossi said on June 18, 2026. The move follows Wednesday night’s formal signing of a framework peace deal by U.S. President...
The cyber extortion group ShinyHunters has launched a coordinated campaign targeting major U.S. corporations, including Eastman Kodak Company and JCPenney, focusing on data theft rather than ransomware encryption. On June 18, 2026, the group claimed to have exfiltrated millions of internal records and threatened public leaks if ransom demands are...
Nevada authorities have released bodycam footage showing the May 22, 2026 domestic battery arrest of "90 Day Fiancé" cast member Thais Ramone following a dispute with her estranged husband, Patrick Mendes, at his residence. The video, published by TMZ on June 17, 2026, documents officers interviewing both individuals separately after...
