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NV Energy, which powers 90% of Nevada, says developer Tract is trying to settle in private arbitration who pays for $1 billion in grid upgrades — a question that would land on every ratepayer in the state.
The state health department reported nine confirmed Vibrio vulnificus infections in 2026, all requiring hospitalization, against a ten-year average of seven cases and one death per year.
The Section 232 proclamation sets minimum import prices of $21 a kilogram for raw polysilicon and 38 cents a watt for solar modules, and takes effect December 4.
WatchRepublican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana broke a weeks-long holdout Friday and said he would vote to confirm the acting attorney general, minutes after Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she would not. With Mitch McConnell still recovering at home, Blanche could afford to lose only two Republicans.
A July payrolls report that came in more than 100,000 jobs below expectations convinced traders the Federal Reserve is done raising rates. The Nasdaq gained 4.86% on the week — the strongest five days for major indexes since mid-April.
Judge Bryan Biedscheid's remedies ruling follows a March jury finding that Meta knowingly harmed children's mental health. Most of the money goes to treatment services for young people.
More than 180,000 accounts across San Juan and six neighboring municipalities entered rationing Friday after Puerto Rico's driest July in more than 120 years.
WatchEconomists had penciled in 83,000 new jobs. Instead payrolls shrank for the first time in five months, wage growth fell to 0.1%, and the share of Americans in the workforce hit its lowest level since February 2021.
About 850 buildings are gone and 67,000 people are still out of their homes. The Spokane County sheriff says the evacuation zones are not coming down 'for many, many more days.'
The directive covers 1,429 planes worldwide and targets a structural reinforcement above the forward galley door. Every crack found so far has been on an older 737 — but the Max shares the design.
Moderna's mFlusiva beat a standard flu shot by 26.6% in a 40,805-person trial. Against hospitalizations and ER visits, the gap was 47.9%.
WatchThe FAA says an Envoy Air regional jet and the president's helicopter lost required separation over Washington on Tuesday. Controllers were supposed to halt departures three minutes before Marine One lifted off — and air traffic audio shows the pilots called the tower at least three times.
WatchDefense officials tell CBS News the American arsenal of ATACMS and Precision Strike Missiles is all but empty, and an independent tally says Patriot interceptors have fallen by roughly two-thirds since the fighting began.
American employers announced 33,429 job cuts last month, down 46% from a year earlier, while artificial intelligence accounted for a third of them for the fifth straight month.
The CDC says 36 people have been hospitalized in a Salmonella Javiana outbreak traced to peppers imported from Mexico. Colorado and Minnesota each have at least 110 cases.
Four people familiar with the effort told Reuters the administration wants to bar imports of new Chinese models of the devices that shuttle data over fiber inside data centers. China's Zhongji Innolight holds a 27% global share.
Survivors of the Iranian strike on Port of Shuaiba say commanders ignored force-protection warnings and denied requests for medical supplies. Sen. Tammy Baldwin wants the investigation released.
WatchThe S&P 500 finished at a record 7,737 and crude fell to $75.32 a barrel after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come within days.
Edwin Lopez-Cornejo is the second person to die after being held at the Newark ICE facility and the 22nd to die in ICE custody this year. His family says he was never sent to a hospital in time.
Aaron Farinacci, 37, was booked on suspicion of first-degree arson and held on $1 million bond after a witness reported seeing him kneeling in the grass where the Old Trails Fire began.
Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue called the incident 'very weird and unprecedented' — the first time, he believes, that something this autonomous has carried out a cyberattack on its own.
WatchThe president called off a massive bombing campaign on the promise that negotiations were about to begin. Tehran's foreign ministry says the only talks happening are with Oman, and American officials told CBS News no new negotiations are scheduled.
WatchPima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told CBS News he had no body, no burial site and no note. The next day his department published two ransom letters — the second of which says the 84-year-old died shortly after she was taken.
The framework built on Trump’s June executive order is voluntary, an official said, and the administration will present it to industry partners Tuesday.
The longest-serving woman in the history of the U.S. House was a passenger when her vehicle was hit Sunday morning in Toledo. Police say the other driver was picked up by a second car and fled the scene.
WatchThe July total beat June's record of roughly 43,000, with about 1,500 people entering custody every day. Roughly 68,000 people are currently being held across the detention network.
The bank committed to financing 1 million affordable units and helping 500,000 people buy homes by 2035, a 40% increase over its housing capital in the previous 10 years.
Analysts expect $6.9 billion in second-quarter revenue, most of it from Starlink. On Thursday, a lockup expires and more than 911 million additional shares can be sold.
The 2026 total has already passed last year's, and 93% of the infections are in people who were never vaccinated. Officials expect the country to lose its measles elimination status this year.
WatchThe president said Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates asked him to hold off, and that talks aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz would begin Monday. Iran's foreign ministry says no direct talks with Washington are scheduled.