Texas officials opened investigations this week after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, with Gov. Greg Abbott directing the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to ask the state attorney general to probe two Rio Grande Valley hospitals — Mission Regional Medical Center in Mission and Knapp Medical Center...
At a defense summit held Wednesday at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump focused on rebuilding U.S. weapon stockpiles strained by ongoing military operations in Iran. Organized by Republican Senator David McCormick, the event drew senior military leaders, administration officials, and defense industry executives to...
South Texas – SpaceX is preparing for the thirteenth integrated test flight of its Starship launch system, targeting liftoff as early as Thursday, July 16, 2026, from its Starbase facility on the Gulf Coast. The company has scheduled a 90-minute launch window opening at 5:45 p.m. Central Time (22:45 UTC),...
The U.S. Treasury Department has frozen more than $130 million in cryptocurrency assets linked to the Central Bank of Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced. Officials said the funds were distributed across multiple digital wallets identified as directly connected to Iran’s central bank and used to support illicit financial transactions...
Accra: The Supreme Court yesterday stayed execution of the Court of Appeal's May 21 order that directed the Bank of Ghana to restore the operating licence of GN Savings and Loans Limited, requiring Groupe Nduom to suspend branch reopenings and other operations until the final determination of the central bank's...
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, will host a short-notice featherweight contest between two Ultimate Fighting Championship rookies at UFC Oklahoma City this Saturday, July 18, 2026, at the Paycom Center. Unbeaten prospect Ezra Elliott, who enters the bout with a 7-0 professional record, is set to make his Octagon debut against fellow...
Columbus, Ohio — NBC4 compiled and published an interactive map listing 172 verifiable data-center projects across the state, noting that commonly cited totals near 200 often include duplicate entries or unverified proposals. The resource includes projects confirmed by company statements, multiple news reports or public records, and omits at least...
Atlanta — Argentina will face England in the World Cup semifinal on Wednesday, with Lionel Messi and Jude Bellingham headlining the matchup. Messi, age 39 and the World Cup's all-time top scorer with 21 goals, is playing England for the first time in his career, and both players have driven...
Texarkana, Texas residents this week urged the Texarkana City Council to disable Flock Safety's license-plate reader cameras and terminate the city's contract with the company. Residents said the AI-powered technology poses significant privacy risks and called on officials to act, joining a growing national movement: roughly 50 U.S. cities have...
Houston. Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said Tuesday his office is conducting an independent investigation and is "more than prepared" to prosecute federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents if evidence shows criminal wrongdoing in the July 7 fatal shooting of Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, in an interview in...
