Chris Evert, the 71-year-old American tennis Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst, has announced that her ovarian cancer has returned. In a statement released on Thursday, June 25, 2026, via her social media accounts, Evert said recent CT and PET scans detected the recurrence. She has already undergone surgery and...
U.S. auto safety regulators have opened a special investigation into a deadly Tesla crash in Texas, focusing on whether the company’s automated driving software was active at the time of the collision. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will review the role of Tesla’s robotaxi-related system, which includes full...
Zurich – FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee has imposed a five‑match suspension on Qatari midfielder Assim Madibo after a tackle that left Canadian midfielder Ismaël Koné with a broken leg during a 2026 World Cup group stage match. The governing body announced the decision on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, describing the punishment...
The United States will bar Swedish-based electric-vehicle maker Polestar from selling new vehicles in the country starting with the 2027 model year, the company said on Thursday. The move follows the U.S. Commerce Department’s refusal to grant Polestar authorization under the Connected Vehicles Rule, adopted in January 2025 to restrict...
In remarks to shareholders on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warned that efforts by foreign entities to build advanced artificial intelligence data centers using smuggled or diverted Nvidia chips are fundamentally unworkable. Speaking after Nvidia’s annual stockholder meeting in the United States, Huang said modern AI data...
The U.S. government has reached a proposed $450 million settlement with Chemours Co. over alleged long-term PFAS contamination in West Virginia, North Carolina, and New Jersey. Filed June 24, 2026, in federal court in West Virginia, the consent decree marks the first comprehensive federal enforcement settlement against a major PFAS...
Shreveport, Louisiana. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded Shreveport a $1 million Brownfields Multipurpose Grant this week to fund environmental assessments, cleanup planning and revitalization of the Cross Bayou corridor and Ledbetter Heights, including the former D'Anna Produce site, to remove contamination barriers and prepare properties for reuse and economic...
Lionel Richie abruptly stopped the opening concert of his North American tour in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Wednesday night, June 24, 2026, after experiencing dizziness on stage. The 77-year-old singer was performing at the Grand Casino Arena during the first night of his co-headlining "Sing A Song All Night Long"...
Washington — The United States labor market showed unexpected resilience as new weekly jobless claims declined to 215,000, underscoring that many employers are retaining staff despite economic uncertainty and well-publicized layoffs in the technology sector. The figure, reported this week, came in well below Wall Street forecasts and signaled that...
SAN JOSE, California – Alibaba Group Holding Limited has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in San Jose, seeking removal from the Pentagon’s Section 1260H list of “Chinese military companies.” The Department of Defense added the Chinese technology conglomerate to the list...
