What’s in Chris Olave’s new Saints contract extension
After months of talks and a brief camp holdout, Olave secures his future in New Orleans.
Glen Hansard and a life lived entirely in service of the song
Glen Hansard, the Irish musician whose quiet brilliance as a performer and songwriter made him one of the most beloved figures in contemporary folk and rock music, died Wednesday following…
Screwworm and the $25M answer that comes alongside a cattle trade restart
The USDA announced Wednesday it will spend $25 million to build a new sterile fly dispersal facility in Arizona as it prepares to lift a ban on Mexican cattle imports…
Duties collectors just had their best year ever and the stakes are clear
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced on July 29 that it has identified more than $1 billion in unpaid import duties owed under a federal statute targeting companies that evade…
Why Cocaine seizure at Calexico ranks as second-largest of the year
Federal agents seized more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine hidden inside a commercial truck at a California border crossing, uncovering what prosecutors described as the second-largest cocaine seizure in the…
Economy Q2 data shows strength in spending but weakness in trade
The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2026, a deceleration from the 2.1 percent pace recorded in the first three months…
FCC bans new Chinese robots and solar inverters from US market
The Federal Communications Commission has expanded its national security blacklist to cover two new categories of technology with significant commercial and infrastructure implications, blocking Chinese-made advanced robotics and power inverters…
Smuggling case reveals how children were drugged and brought into the US
A Texas woman has pleaded guilty to her role in a smuggling operation that transported unaccompanied foreign children as young as five years old into the United States from Mexico,…
Iran launches surprise attack and Trump says a beating is coming
President Donald Trump warned Iran of severe consequences on Tuesday after the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched multiple ballistic missiles in what U.S. Central Command described as an attempted…
Minnesota and a cyberattack that put 30 water communities at risk
A coordinated cyberattack hit more than 30 community water systems across Minnesota's communities on July 26 and 27, prompting the state's information technology agency to activate its incident response capabilities…
