The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on May 20, 2026, formally published rules pushing back key tap water chemical safety deadlines to 2031, extending a long-running regulatory struggle over toxic contaminants. The delay affects enforcement of strict limits, including a 2024 federal standard of four parts per trillion on...
BOCA RATON, FL. Traffic authorities and FL511 logged multiple crashes, pockets of congestion and ongoing construction across Palm Beach County between May 20 and May 22, 2026, affecting Florida's Turnpike, Jog Road, US-441 and Southern Boulevard; time-stamped incidents included crashes reported at 3:44 PM and 3:57 PM on May 20...
Texas, United States: SpaceX launched the twelfth integrated test flight of its Starship V3 and Super Heavy booster from Starbase at 5:30 p.m. CT on Friday, marking the debut of the redesigned vehicle and the new Raptor 3 engines after an earlier scrub on May 22. The flight executed a successful...
NEW YORK — Intuit shares fell as much as 14% in extended trading after the financial software company announced a restructuring plan that will cut 17% of its workforce, or about 3,000 corporate jobs. The move, disclosed in an internal memo and discussed by Chief Executive Officer Sasan Goodarzi on...
Brussels, Belgium – Consumer organizations in the European Union have filed formal complaints against Google, Meta, and TikTok, arguing that scam advertisements continue to run on their platforms despite legal obligations under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). The complaints focus on how these very large online platforms, each with...
INGLEWOOD, California, recording artist Abel Tesfaye, known professionally as The Weeknd, abruptly halted his sold-out stadium concert at SoFi Stadium on May 21, 2026, about 15 minutes into his set during a stop on his global stadium tour. The performance stopped three songs into the scheduled setlist when Tesfaye walked...
LOS ANGELES — Actor Brad Pitt did not attend the May 20, 2026 university graduation ceremony of his daughter Zahara Jolie, according to official attendance records and witness accounts. Event logs show that his former spouse Angelina Jolie was present at the ceremony to support their daughter, while Pitt did...
New York — Bruce Springsteen used a May 20, 2026 appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” to deliver an extended, unusually direct on-air critique of U.S. media executives and President Donald Trump during the penultimate episode of Colbert’s tenure. Speaking at length before a live solo acoustic performance,...
Washington — A bipartisan congressional panel this week asked AT&T, Verizon and T‑Mobile to provide detailed records about how they collect data, monitor for scams and act against fraudsters, after reports indicated Americans faced an estimated $200 billion in scam losses in 2024. The Joint Economic Committee’s letter, led by...
Washington. In the year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order to develop a U.S. deep-sea mining industry, businesses have raised millions, stock prices climbed, and federal regulators accelerated a permitting process as at least nine companies entered talks for access to seabed minerals across areas from American Samoa...
