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US visa issuances fell by about 250,000 in the first eight months of 2025, with India and China among the hardest hit and student visas down sharply.

An explosion and fire at Valero’s Texas refinery triggered a shelter-in-place order, air monitoring and an emergency response, with no injuries reported.

Britannica and Merriam-Webster sued OpenAI in New York, alleging ChatGPT used nearly 100,000 copyrighted entries without permission for AI training.

Kilauea erupted at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, dumping tephra that shut the summit area and Highway 11 before crews reopened key routes and began cleanup.

HONOLULU: Hawaii authorities moved into storm preparations on Monday after Governor Josh Green declared a state of emergency and the National Weather Service issued a flood watch for parts of the island chain ahead of a powerful Kona storm expected to bring heavy rain, flooding, thunderstorms and damaging winds this week. The emergency proclamation covers the entire state and is intended to speed coordination across agencies as conditions begin to deteriorate from west to east. The National Weather Service said the first impacts were expected to reach Niihau and Kauai on Tuesday, then spread to Oahu by Tuesday evening and Maui County on Wednesday.…

Two dozen states sued in the U.S. Court of International Trade to block President Trump’s 10% global import tariff imposed under the Trade Act.

Joe Biden told South Carolina Democrats that Trump-era federal history reviews and shifts in US global standing demand renewed political engagement in 2026.

Winter Storm Hernando slammed the US Northeast, closing schools, grounding flights, halting key rail routes and prompting travel bans as crews dug out.

Crews recovered all nine victims from the Castle Peak avalanche near Lake Tahoe, ending a four-day operation slowed by storms and unstable snow.

Trump said he ordered the Pentagon and other agencies to release government files on UFOs, UAP and extraterrestrial life in a Truth Social post Thursday, Feb. 19.