Lionel Messi announced Monday that he is retiring from Argentina’s national team, ending a 20-year international career after the 2026 World Cup. The 39-year-old captain made the announcement on Instagram, saying the decision was painful but that the time had come. Messi’s final appearance came in Argentina’s 1-0 extra-time defeat...
Vice President JD Vance addressed the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas on Monday, aiming to ease conservative Jewish activists' concerns regarding his foreign policy views on Israel. The closed-door meeting occurred amid heightened sensitivities over antisemitism and U.S.-Israel relations ahead of midterm elections. Activists expressed discomfort over past remarks...
House lawmakers returned to Washington on Aug. 31 facing an agenda led by a Senate-passed stopgap spending bill intended to prevent a federal government shutdown after Sept. 30. The Senate measure, approved 90-6 on Aug. 8, would fund agencies through Dec. 11 and includes provisions addressing federal grants, border funding...
Eli Lilly and Company announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately held biotechnology firm Merida Biosciences for up to $2.875 billion in cash. The transaction includes an upfront payment and contingent milestone payments, bolstering Lilly's immunology portfolio with a precision autoantibody-degradation platform. Merida’s lead experimental candidate, MER511, is currently in...
USA Basketball announced that Las Vegas Aces center Aja Wilson and Phoenix Mercury guard Kelsey Plum withdrew from the upcoming FIBA Womens World Cup in Berlin due to health reasons. Wilson, a four-time WNBA MVP, recently managed back and leg injuries despite continuing to play for the Aces. Plum confirmed...
Security researchers from CloudSEK and Gambit Security revealed that threat actors linked to the Aurora ransomware group abused the AI-powered coding assistant Cursor to execute real-world cyberattacks against ten corporate targets between April and May 2026. Investigators discovered an exposed open directory containing shell histories, toolkits, and chat transcripts showing...
Pacific Gas and Electric Company shares dropped sixteen percent after California lawmakers rejected wildfire liability protections. Legislators introduced Senate Bill 492, removing proposals from Governor Gavin Newsom that would have blocked insurance subrogation lawsuits. Utilities currently face strict liability under inverse condemnation rules for fires ignited by their equipment regardless...
Pharmaceutical distributor McKesson confirmed it is investigating a major cybersecurity incident and data breach after the extortion group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility. McKesson Chief Technology Officer Francisco Fraga announced the intrusion affected an unnamed third-party application environment, prompting unauthorized data exfiltration. Unlike standard containment protocols that instantly disconnect entire networks, the...
Healthcare and pharmaceutical distributor McKesson disclosed a cybersecurity incident on August 31, 2026, involving unauthorized access to and data exfiltration from a third-party application [citation:8]. The company filed an 8-K with the SEC, stating the intrusion was detected on August 25 and is under investigation [citation:3]. Cybercriminal group ShinyHunters claimed...
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music, along with 33 other music publishers, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Anthropic on August 28, 2026. The complaint, submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges Anthropic engaged in 'illegally torrenting, scraping, and downloading'...
