North Carolina Green Party retains official status despite failing vote thresholds
The Green Party will remain an official party in North Carolina, able to field candidates statewide through the 2028 elections.
Day: June 20, 2025
It’s official: Bartell Drugs going away as CVS rebrands remaining stores
As many had expected, all remaining Bartell Drugs locations will be converted to CVS, which is purchasing the stores from Bartell’s bankrupt corporate parent, Rite Aid.
Sources: Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab raised $2B led by a16z at a $10B valuation; Murati will hold board voting rights that outweigh all other directors (Financial Times)
Financial Times:
Sources: Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab raised $2B led by a16z at a $10B valuation; Murati will hold board voting rights that outweigh all other directors — Six-month-old secretive AI start-up in one of the lar…
Former Tennessee state Sen. Frank Niceley dies of suspected heart attack
Former Tennessee state Sen. Frank Niceley has died.
Iranian ballistic missile damages oldest, second oldest mosques in Haifa
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California challenges troop deployment after appeals court rules for Trump
State to argue in federal court that control of national guard – deployed to Los Angeles – should return to Gavin NewsomCalifornia’s challenge of the Trump administration’s military deployment on the streets of Los Angeles returned to a federal courtro…
Northrop Grumman Unveils Testbed For Autonomy Software
Northrop Grumman [NOC] last week unveiled Beacon, what it calls a “testbed ecosystem” that brings together its flight hardware with autonomy software solutions from other vendors to evaluate and quickly […]
Pentagon AI office, Army award Ask Sage $10M for GenAI expansion
The contract expands the Army’s “Enterprise Large Language Model Workspace” — just introduced in May — to users at OSD, the Joint Staff, and combatant commands worldwide.
Amid reports of strikes in southwest Iran: ‘Earthquakes in Qom and Tehran’
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First Convictions for Migrants Who Crossed into New Military Border Zones
Two Mexican citizens pleaded guilty to a violation of defense property security regulations and trespassing on military property — misdemeanor charges that can carry up to a year in prison — the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Mexico announced.