The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed eliminating mandatory public notice and comment periods for minor source air pollution permits, impacting industrial facilities and data centers. The policy change shifts discretion to state and local authorities regarding public participation. Administration officials state the measure aims to accelerate permitting for artificial intelligence...
U.S. stocks ended nearly flat Wednesday after July inflation remained above expectations, while Treasury yields rose and investors awaited Nvidia’s quarterly results. The Bureau of Economic Analysis said the personal consumption expenditures price index increased 3.7% from a year earlier, unchanged from June and above economists’ 3.6% expectation. Core PCE...
A new wildfire named the Plaskett Fire erupted Wednesday morning along California's Big Sur coast in Los Padres National Forest, rapidly expanding to 50 acres. The blaze compounds an ongoing emergency as crews battle the separate, 17,817-acre Timber Fire burning thirty miles to the north. Officials deployed heavy aerial resources,...
South Korean singer and actress IU is pursuing legal action against individuals spreading extreme malicious rumors online, including a recent false social media claim linking her to a missing person case in Jeju. EDAM Entertainment, representing the artist, has initiated criminal complaints and civil lawsuits against a total of ninety-six...
Nvidia reported second-quarter revenue of $96.22 billion Wednesday, more than doubling from a year earlier as demand for artificial-intelligence computing remained strong. The Santa Clara, California, chipmaker posted GAAP net income of $59.69 billion, or $2.46 per diluted share, compared with $26.42 billion, or $1.08, a year earlier. Adjusted earnings...
Legal filings in California state court connect Rebel Wilson’s ongoing defamation and public relations dispute to Blake Lively’s separate legal battle with filmmaker Justin Baldoni. The documents surfaced as Lively was awarded approximately four hundred thousand dollars in attorney fees, substantially less than the eight million dollars requested. Lively’s legal...
Court documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court have revealed text message exchanges between actress Rebel Wilson and crisis publicist Melissa Nathan regarding a proposal for an untraceable digital site. The communications, dated August 2024, show Nathan offering a comprehensive package including a satellite link, ghost server, ghost hosting, and...
Chinese actor Bao Bei'er faces intense public scrutiny following the release of surveillance footage by paparazzo Liu Dachui alleging an overnight hotel encounter with an unidentified woman. The footage tracks the married actor arriving separately at a restaurant and later entering the woman's hotel room, where he allegedly remained for...
T-Mobile is laying off 77 employees across Washington state starting September 21, 2026, continuing a broad workforce reduction under CEO Srini Gopalan. Filed via a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification on August 26, the permanent cuts span multiple cities including Bellevue, Seattle, and Tacoma. This follows earlier 2026 reductions, such...
Coyote vs. Acme, a long-shelved Looney Tunes hybrid, is reaching U.S. theaters Friday after Warner Bros. abandoned its original release plan and Ketchup Entertainment acquired distribution rights. Directed by Dave Green and starring Will Forte, John Cena and Lana Condor, the film follows Wile E. Coyote as he hires a...
