Chicago — Walter Parazaider, a founding member and saxophonist of the band Chicago, died in hospice on Wednesday, June 17 at 2:10 a.m., family members confirmed. Parazaider was 81 and had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease six years earlier; he had retired from touring in 2016–2017 after a decades-long career. The...
Abuja — On Tuesday, June 16, 2026, the Nigeria Customs Service and the American Business Council met at Customs Headquarters to agree to deepen trade ties and tackle operational bottlenecks affecting bilateral commerce. Comptroller-General Adewale Adeniyi led the NCS delegation and announced plans to make stakeholder consultations a permanent feature...
United States — A team of former Cisco artificial intelligence security researchers has launched Tenet Security Inc., a startup focused on stopping so‑called rogue AI agents from causing harm in enterprise environments. As more companies deploy autonomous AI systems that can execute code, query internal databases and make real-time business...
New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan has confirmed he will return to the team for a 16th and final NFL season, ending speculation about his retirement plans after the 2025 campaign. The 37-year-old, an eight-time Pro Bowler drafted by New Orleans in 2011, has long been a central figure...
SpaceX options began trading in the United States on Tuesday, June 17, 2026, in what market data providers describe as the most active single-stock options debut on record. Roughly 1.8 million contracts changed hands, representing about $2.8 billion in option premium. Activity was dominated by call options, with an estimated...
SpaceX has disclosed in an SEC Form 8-K that it has signed a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger to acquire Anysphere Inc., developer of the AI coding platform Cursor, in an all-stock deal valuing Anysphere at about $60 billion. Each Cursor share will convert into SpaceX Class A common...
Michelle Saniei, 37, a cast member of Bravo’s reality series “The Valley,” has confirmed she is dating hip-hop producer and music executive Dr. Dre, 61, whose legal name is Andre Romelle Young. In an interview published by People magazine on June 15, 2026, Saniei said they were introduced by a...
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal court in Mississippi to intervene in and dismiss a civil rights and environmental lawsuit against Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI and MZX Tech LLC. The suit, filed in April by the NAACP and other groups in the Northern District of...
Lionel Messi scored his first FIFA World Cup hat-trick in Argentina’s 3-0 win over Algeria in their Group J opener at the 2026 World Cup on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at Kansas City Stadium in Missouri. The Argentina captain struck in the 22nd, 58th and 89th minutes, guiding the defending...
Meeting in Evian-les-Bains, France, G7 leaders on Wednesday demanded an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and endorsed an interim memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran. Signed earlier this week and due for formal unveiling near the Swiss border on Friday, the accord extends an April ceasefire by 60...
