Texas will host the World Cup. Many stories say that the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final will be held in Texas at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington. This comes after it was officially announced this summer that both Houston and Arlington would host World Cup games. According to what ESPN first said, Arlington, Texas has...
Oil prices surged by approximately 2% on Monday due to growing concerns about global energy supplies. The increase was prompted by a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Novatek fuel terminal, as well as ongoing challenges in U.S. crude production caused by extreme cold weather. The Brent March crude futures closed at $80.06 per barrel, marking...
In a surprising turn of events, a U.S. appeals court has breathed new life into a $10 billion lawsuit filed by Mexico. The lawsuit aims to hold American gun manufacturers accountable for their alleged role in enabling the flow of weapons to drug cartels operating along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court...
In this town on the Mississippi River, people are hoping that a new government program will bring back the hope that was written on a plaque on the side of their hospital a long time ago. Along with “Dedicated to the Future of Health Care in the Tri-State Area,” the sign reads. “May 11, 1981.”...
The Carson City Council has unanimously agreed to redistribute a state grant that was set aside for affordable housing projects. The move was made to fix a mistake in the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development’s (HCD) original standard deal percentages for the grant, according to city officials. The change, on the other hand,...
In a significant development, the California State University system and the union representing professors and lecturers have come to a tentative agreement to increase wages. This marks the conclusion of the largest strike by university faculty members in the history of the United States. In a recent development, an agreement has been reached between the...
There was a huge, well-lit collection of American souvenirs in a busy area of City Hall in Tainan, Taiwan, that showed decades of eager courtship. On the maps, sister towns in Ohio and Arizona stood out. At a baseball party, an American flag was spread out on a table. A card sent to the US...
People in Washington, D.C., who wanted to see what the Franklin D. Reeves Center would look like after it was redeveloped didn’t have to wait long. They only had to read a QR code on the sidewalk with their phones and look up at the huge building. With the help of 3D graphics and augmented...
In a curious blend of consumer craze and criminal behavior, a 23-year-old woman in California was arrested for a grand theft involving a large quantity of Stanley cups, a popular line of water bottles and tumblers. This incident, which unfolded in Roseville, near Sacramento, highlights the lengths to which individuals may go to partake in...
Tou Ger Xiong loved going back to Colombia. “He talked about the happy people…” “He’s just having fun,” his brother Eh Xiong told BBC News. “He learned Spanish too.” “It never, ever even crossed his mind that he would end up in a tragic incident this way.” Tou Ger was a Hmong-American community organizer and...