Los Angeles. Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass faces two principal challengers in the city’s tight mayoral race, with Election Day set for Tuesday, June 2. An LA Times/Berkeley IGS poll shows Bass at 26 percent, Nithya Raman at 25 percent and Republican Spencer Pratt at 22 percent, narrowing the field and...
Muscatine, Iowa: Police responded Monday after an initial call at about 12:12 p.m. and discovered four people shot dead at a Park Avenue residence; two additional victims were later found at separate locations. Authorities identified the suspect as 52-year-old Ryan Willis McFarland and reported the suspect died from a gunshot...
United States-based Berkshire Hathaway has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire homebuilder Taylor Morrison Home Corp. in an all-cash transaction valued at $8.5 billion, including the assumption of debt, expanding the conglomerate’s footprint in the U.S. residential real estate market. Announced after Greg Abel took over as chief executive...
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania House on Monday passed a bill requiring a bell-to-bell ban on student cellphone use in all K-12 schools statewide, voting 126–75. The measure prohibits phone use on school grounds throughout the day, with limited exceptions, and now advances to the state Senate for consideration this...
United States – Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang has announced that the company’s next‑generation artificial intelligence platform, Vera Rubin, is moving into full production, easing recent investor concerns about potential delays in its AI roadmap. Huang disclosed the move at a key industry conference on Monday, describing the rollout as...
Microsoft unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra on June 1, 2026, at the Computex 2026 conference in Taiwan, positioning it as the company’s most powerful Surface laptop to date. Developed in collaboration with Nvidia, the device targets AI developers, creators and engineers needing high-performance portable computing. It is built around Nvidia’s...
Santa Fe — Voters across New Mexico went to the polls Tuesday, June 2, for the state's primary election, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and absentee ballots due by 7 p.m. The Secretary of State reported 181,934 early and absentee ballots cast before the end of...
Springfield, Illinois—This week the Illinois Department of Revenue issued guidance and proposed multiple amendments clarifying sales and service occupation tax treatment for medical services, prescription drugs, and out-of-state sellers, and proposing a 15 percent backup rate for retailers lacking adequate records; the proposed regulations were published in the May 29,...
United States officials and local governments this week enacted and proposed a series of rules addressing large data centers, citing utility, water and environmental concerns. Little Rock’s Board passed an ordinance Tuesday, Reno extended a moratorium through Aug. 31, 2027, and county and state officials signaled reviews and potential legislation...
United States. This week local news outlets reported that several states display differing ratios of workplace safety managers to workers, citing Bureau of Labor Statistics definitions and recent analyses; Indiana ranked fourth best, Kentucky tenth best, Mississippi fourteenth best, Georgia thirteenth-lowest, and Nebraska sixth-lowest in their latest state-by-state staffing reviews...
