Meta’s reported plan to sell excess AI computing capacity is sharpening attention on where the next wave of AI data centers will be built. Saudi Arabia’s state-backed push into low-cost, energy-heavy computing has become part of that conversation.

Cape Verde captain Ryan Mendes is under police investigation over a rape allegation dating to a March team trip in New Zealand, according to multiple reports published days before the country’s knockout match against Argentina. No charge has been publicly announced, and Cape Verde’s football federation has not issued a detailed public response.

President Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure shows his accounts bought as much as $12.8 million in stocks on April 8, 2025, one day before he announced a 90-day pause on many tariffs. The filing is drawing renewed scrutiny because the policy shift helped trigger one of Wall Street’s biggest single-day rallies in years.

A June 30 shooting in a North Lauderdale Walmart parking lot left a 62-year-old man dead after an argument over a parking space, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Detectives said the woman involved remained at the scene and told investigators she acted in self-defense.

Michigan health officials are investigating a fast-growing cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened more than 300 people, far above the state's typical annual total. Residents are being advised to take precautions with fresh produce and seek care for persistent watery diarrhea.

A former U.S. Olympic canoeist has been indicted after authorities said he damaged the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The case has quickly become a flashpoint over public property, restoration failures, and how far prosecutors should go.

Federal immigration authorities took 10,000 people into custody in a five-day span in late June, according to ABC News and the Associated Press. The surge reflects a broader Trump administration push to increase daily ICE arrest totals while key details about where arrests occurred remain undisclosed.

A broad heat dome is intensifying across parts of the United States this week, driving dangerous temperatures and heat index values from the Southwest to the East Coast. National Weather Service forecasts show the worst conditions centered on parts of Texas, Arizona, Nevada and several Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states ahead of the holiday weekend.

Texas Democrats see 2026 as a rare opening to compete statewide, but strategists are warning that anger among some Black voters after the party’s Senate primary could weaken turnout in a race they view as their best chance to flip Texas.

President Donald Trump said July 1 that acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte has broad authority to declassify records, including files tied to the 2020 election. The remarks came as the White House faces new scrutiny over plans to release intelligence documents.

Two climbers who appeared to get engaged atop the Empire State Building’s antenna were taken into custody after New York police said they accessed a restricted area of the landmark. Authorities said the pair now face multiple charges tied to the July 1 stunt.

The Trump administration said July 1 it would not renew the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement for another 16-year term, keeping the pact in force for now but triggering annual reviews ahead of a 2036 expiration date. The decision opens a new round of negotiations with Canada and Mexico over changes the White House says it wants in manufacturing and trade enforcement.