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DOJ and LA County Sheriff Settle Firearm Carry Permit Suit
The agreement puts Los Angeles County on a faster, Bruen-compliant permit process after applicants waited more than nine...
AFC Raises CHF350 Million in Landmark Digital Bond for African Issuers
The Africa Finance Corporation priced a five-year digital note at 1.4925%, with 90% of demand from Swiss investors and t...
Starlink's One-Year Entry Into Côte d'Ivoire Puts Digital Sovereignty to the Test
SpaceX's Starlink has begun selling satellite broadband in Côte d'Ivoire under a 12-month licence, promising rural conne...
Utility Programs, Not Washington, Now Foot the Bill for Industrial Fleet Electrification
A new incentive map shows utilities and state voucher programs have become the primary funding sources for electric fork...
Midwest Utilities Restore Power After 99 MPH Storms; 239,000 NIPSCO Customers Still Dark
NIPSCO's largest-ever outage, plus multi-day repairs at Duke, AEP and ComEd, show how extreme weather is stressing Midwe...
S&C Electric's Matamoros: Future grid resilience needs simple edge automation and pragmatic AI
At DTECH Reliability & Resiliency, S&C Electric's chief product development officer makes the case for layered distribut...
DOE Ends Review of Last Three National Interest Transmission Corridors
Energy Secretary Chris Wright ends the NIETC review process for the Lake Erie–Canada, Southwestern Grid Connector and Tr...
Demand-Side Tools Could Cut Summer Grid Costs, Industry Podcast Says
With PJM near its record and ERCOT repeatedly setting demand peaks, a new Policycast argues smart EV charging, flexible ...
BHE Montana Becomes Eighth Utility to Join CAISO's Day-Ahead Market
The Montana utility has committed to enter the Extended Day-Ahead Market in 2028 after reporting more than $2 million in...
RINA and Hawthorne Map 300 MW Solar-Plus-Storage Plan for Washington Data Demand
RINA's early-stage engineering for Hawthorne Renewable Energy's Appledale Energy Center includes 300 MW solar, 4-hour st...
Colombia Earthquake Search Shifts to Recovery as Death Toll Tops 260
Rescuers in Cali are moving from search to debris removal after a magnitude 7.4 quake killed at least 265 people and lef...
Brazil Starts Reciprocity Process Against US Section 301 Tariffs
Brasília has notified Washington and requested consultations, while keeping support for sectors hit by US Section 301 ta...
L&G Enters U.S. Development With 201-Unit Multifamily Project in Concord, Mass.
London-based L&G will start construction this fall on its first U.S. ground-up development, a 201-unit Concord project w...
Halo Vista Developers Launch 780K SF Industrial Push to Court TSMC Suppliers
Mack Real Estate Group and McCourt Partners are launching 780K SF of industrial space at Halo Vista, directly targeting ...
Optimal Transit Pitches Kraaken: One Vessel for 40MW of Power, Water and 60MW of AI Compute
The Blue Economy VITAL 100MW Kraaken concept promises disaster-zone electricity, 30 million litres of fresh water daily ...
Food-at-Home Prices Fall in July, First Decline Since March
BLS data shows the first monthly drop in food-at-home prices since March, led by pork, dairy and produce, while annual g...
US Grocery Unit Sales Slip in July as Frozen and Refrigerated Aisles Buck the Trend
Circana data shows food and beverage units fell 0.9% in July, with produce, bakery and plant-based alternatives down whi...
GAO Report: Grocery Workers Rely Heavily on Medicaid and SNAP Despite Full-Time Hours
New federal data show wholesale and retail trade has one of the highest concentrations of workers receiving Medicaid or ...
Francesca Hong’s Wisconsin Loss Shows the Left’s Electability Test Is Still Real
Democratic socialist Francesca Hong lost Wisconsin’s governor primary to Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley after ...
Baler Belt Checklist: Continental Manager on Catching Wear Before Breakdowns
A Continental product manager explains which baler belt wear points to inspect, why a single new belt can stress the oth...
An Iowa NRCS Soil Specialist Grew Southern Crops to Show Soil Health Can Pay
NRCS specialist Shaffer Ridgeway started Southern Goods to grow collards, mustard greens and purple hull peas in Iowa; d...
Nebraska Commodity Groups Pitch Record Soybeans and Drought-Tolerant Sorghum at Husker Harvest Days
Nebraska corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum organizations will use Husker Harvest Days to recruit members, explain checkof...
Aldi Nord Adds High-Protein Pasta and Social-Media Favourites to Permanent Range
The discounter is making high-protein pasta, salami, Neapolitan-style pizza and mango sticky rice permanent parts of a r...
Cadillac Celestiq Night Test Debuts as One-of-One Ultraluxury EV
The one-of-one 2026 Cadillac Celestiq Night Test pairs a dark Caspia Tricoat blue exterior with a hand-finished cabin, p...
BMW and Kith Reveal Inka Orange 3.0 CSi and M6 Restorations
The fourth BMW-Kith collaboration pairs Ronnie Fieg's restored 1972 3.0 CSi and 1987 M6 E24 with apparel, a die-cast mod...
Porsche 911 Carrera S Gets a Manual Again, Bundled With Performance Kit
The 2027 Porsche 911 Carrera S MT Package pairs a stick shift with rear-wheel drive and enthusiast hardware. Deliveries ...
Lucid Claims 1,070-HP Gravity GT-S Tops Three-Row Electric SUV Power Race
Lucid's 2027 Gravity GT-S debuts at Monterey Car Week with a claimed 1,070 hp and 3.1-second 0–60 time, edging the disco...
US Inflation Eases to 3.4% as Fuel Prices Cloud the Fed's Next Move
July CPI cooled to 3.4% and core inflation slipped to 2.5%, but rising gasoline prices and sticky services costs leave t...
Houston Luxury Home Sales Jump 9.4% as Active Listings Hit Record
Sales of $1 million-plus homes rose 9.4% in July while Houston set an active-listings record of 40,750—evidence of a mor...
MTA Tests Whether Manhattan Bedrock Can Cool Subway Platforms
A geothermal loop under Chambers Street would pull summer heat from the platform into bedrock and return it in winter. T...