Economy Jul 14 Microsoft gets more time from UK to plead case to buy Activision Blizzard The Competition and Markets Authority had rejected the deal, set to be the biggest in tech history. They feared it would stifle competition for popular titles like Call of Duty in the fast-growing cloud gaming market.
Nation Jul 14 Tennessee fined more than $8 million for over 200 infractions in football program The NCAA fined Tennessee more than $8 million on Friday and issued a scathing report outlining more than 200 infractions during the three-year tenure of former football coach Jeremy Pruitt.
Nation Jul 14 At least 11 tornadoes hit the Chicago area this week, weather service says The National Weather Service says a tornado outbreak in the Chicago area this week produced at least 11 twisters. Preliminary findings show they were relatively weak.
World Jul 14 Putin reveals he offered Wagner mercenaries the option to stay as a single unit after uprising Russian President Vladimir Putin says he offered mercenaries from the Wagner private military company the chance to keep serving as a single unit under the same commander. The comments come amid new cracks appearing in the Russian military as the…
Nation Jul 13 People rescued from cars and homes as rapid rainfall causes flash flooding in central Mississippi Torrential rain in central Mississippi is flooding roads and sending water into homes and businesses. Swift water washed one car into a ditch, and the driver escaped before the car submerged.
World Jul 13 Top Russian general's dismissal reveals new crack in military leadership The dismissal of Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov reveals new fissures in the Russian military command following an abortive mutiny by the mercenary group Wagner.
World Jul 12 Russia's Defense Ministry says Wagner Group mercenaries are surrendering their weapons to the military Wagner's disarming reflects efforts by authorities to defuse the threat the mercenary group posed and also appears to herald an end to its operations on the battlefield in Ukraine.
Politics Jul 12 WATCH: State Department holds briefing as House GOP investigates response to Chinese spy balloon Texas Republican Michael McCaul has accused the State Department of declining to use sanctions over the Chinese surveillance balloon in favor of continuing engagement with the Chinese government.
World Jul 12 Traces of explosives found in yacht in Nord Stream sabotage investigation, diplomats say The diplomats said the investigation has not yet established who sabotaged the pipelines, which were built to carry Russian natural gas to Germany, or whether a state was involved.
Politics Jul 12 WATCH: At NATO summit, Biden declares 'our unity will not falter' on Ukraine Biden pledged Wednesday that western allies “will not waver” in defense of Ukraine, casting the struggle against Russian aggression as one of the world's central challenges requiring a broad coalition of countries to stand in defense of freedom.