A fast-moving wildfire known as the McCauley Springs Fire has forced mandatory evacuations and road closures in Sandoval County, New Mexico, after it was detected early Wednesday morning, June 24, 2026. Burning in the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest near Battleship Rock along Highway 4, the...
Montpelier, Vt. — This week Vermont's legislature voted to ban paraquat, a widely used herbicide, citing concerns about an alleged connection to Parkinson's disease; lawmakers enacted the measure after advocacy groups and some public health officials urged precaution, making Vermont the first U.S. state to prohibit the chemical's sale and...
United States-based IBM has announced what it describes as the world’s first sub-one-nanometer semiconductor chip technology, unveiling a new three-dimensional transistor architecture called NanoStack for the 0.7-nanometer, or seven-angstrom, node. Revealed on June 25, 2026, the research breakthrough marks a significant step in the global race to produce smaller, faster...
BOISE, Idaho — Micron Technology Inc. reported fiscal third-quarter 2026 revenue of $41.46 billion, far exceeding Wall Street forecasts and marking a 346% increase from the $9.30 billion recorded in the same period a year earlier. Revenue also rose 74% from $23.86 billion in the prior quarter, underscoring the pace...
Las Vegas, Nevada authorities have charged TLC reality personality Karen Derrico, 46, with multiple offenses after she allegedly sent emails threatening to kill her ex-husband, Deon Derrico, and harm their children. According to Clark County court records, one June 14, 2026 email stated, “I want you dead... I could kill...
Senate Republicans held an emergency late-night vote Wednesday in Washington to reverse their previous support for a war powers resolution that had passed the chamber one day earlier. The original measure was intended as a rebuke of the Trump administration’s handling of the ongoing military conflict in Iran. According to...
Topeka, Kansas. On Wednesday the U.S. Justice Department sued Kansas, asking a federal judge to invalidate the state law that grants certain undocumented residents in-state college tuition; Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach joined the DOJ’s filing seeking an order to bar universities and state officials from enforcing HB 2145 this...
United States. Local school boards and municipal councils approved fiscal 2026-27 budgets this week: DuBois Area School Board unanimously approved a $79.4 million general fund plan, Selma Town Council adopted a $32.9 million spending plan on June 23, Peabody approved a $101.9 million school budget, and Harlingen passed a $198.3...
San Antonio — The San Antonio Spurs selected Tennessee guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie with the No. 42 overall pick in the second round of the 2026 NBA Draft on Wednesday night, adding a 6-foot-1 perimeter shooter and playmaker who averaged 18.4 points and 5.4 assists while starting all 37 games for...
United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released fiscal year 2025 SNAP payment error-rate data this week, showing a national error rate of 10.62% and wide variation among states; South Dakota registered 2.47% while Alaska recorded the highest rate of 23.15%, with Maryland at 13.08% and Illinois at 14.7%. The report,...
