A Hawk Fire near Reno, Nevada, expanded to more than 15,000 acres Sunday, forcing 42,000 residents into mandatory evacuation zones while another 45,000 faced warnings. The fire began Aug. 22 near Hawk Meadow Trail in the Peavine Mountain area and remained 0% contained as strong winds, low humidity and dry...
FreightWaves reported Aug. 19 that 7,058 jobs were affected by announced layoffs, closures and consolidations involving 21 companies across more than 15 states. Tyson Foods accounted for more than 3,000 positions as it closed its Joslin, Illinois, beef facility and Eagle Mountain, Utah, case-ready operation, while pursuing a sale of...
Fromm Family Foods has voluntarily recalled nearly six thousand cases of wet dog food across the United States and Canada following consumer complaints regarding potential metal contamination. The recall covers specific batches of Turkey Pate and Diner Classics Milos Meatloaf Pate in cans marked with a best by date of...
Apple is cutting more than 200 positions across teams developing Siri, Vision Pro and related software, as it redirects resources toward artificial intelligence and future devices, according to Bloomberg and Apple. About 100 roles are being eliminated in the Vision Products Group, while roughly 100 more affect Siri and software...
Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from Wintrust Arena during a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky following a courtside altercation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. The incident occurred in the third quarter after Cloud scored and approached Freedom, who was seated courtside wearing a...
A California judge granted a legal garnishment order authorizing former housekeeper Maria Avila to seize live touring revenue and music royalties from recording artist Chris Brown to settle an unpaid $13.8 million judgment. The court enforcement follows a June 2026 jury verdict stemming from a December 2020 incident at Brown's...
Artificial intelligence pioneer Anthropic PBC is preparing an initial public offering that could exceed SpaceX’s historic market debut. Company bankers have informed prospective investors that the upcoming offering aims to raise over one hundred billion dollars, targeting a staggering two trillion dollar valuation. This milestone would more than double the...
Severe health and environmental concerns have emerged regarding the proposed construction of a massive natural gas generation facility and data center in Piketon, Ohio. Financed by SoftBank under the Portsmouth Consortium as part of a strategic bilateral agreement, the infrastructure project is slated for the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant...
Las Vegas Raiders minority owner Tom Brady is facing renewed criticism from football analysts regarding his divided commitment ahead of the upcoming season. NBC Sports commentator Mike Florio reported that rival team sources believe Brady cannot effectively manage a leadership role while simultaneously working as a lead television game analyst...
Meta Platforms has confirmed the recruitment of prominent artificial intelligence researcher Luke Metz to its Superintelligence Labs division in San Francisco. Metz, an industry veteran who previously contributed to early research at OpenAI and cofounded Thinking Machines Lab before returning briefly to OpenAI earlier this year, started his new position...
