Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens will play the 2026 NFL season on a one-year franchise tag after the league’s July 15 deadline for tagged players passed without a long-term agreement. Pickens is the only franchise-tagged player in the league who did not secure a multi-year contract, while Daniel Jones,...
In Philadelphia on Tuesday, July 15, 2026, the American League defeated the National League 4-0 in the 96th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, marking the first All-Star shutout since 2013. Eleven American League pitchers combined to allow only three hits at Citizens Bank Park, striking out 15 batters over nine...
A group of major U.S. book publishers and author representatives has filed a class-action lawsuit against Google in New York, alleging the company copied millions of copyrighted books without permission to train its Gemini artificial intelligence models. Filed on a Wednesday in July, the complaint from Hachette Book Group, Cengage...
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...
