At Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, 49 unusable surgical-tool sets reached operating rooms over 41 days in 2023. One patient stayed under anesthesia three extra hours; the Pentagon is exploring off-site sterilization but has not committed to outsourcing.

Richmond, Virginia's utility logged 80 error alerts by 10 a.m. on its May 26 billing-system launch. KUBRA's senior vice president later said disruptions affected 25% of DPU customers; the vendor took 13 days to agree to discuss them.

A 9-year-old in New Orleans suffered burns over 70 percent of his body after taking part in a viral fire challenge, officials say. City police and fire officials are warning parents to talk with children about the stunt.

A pickup plunged nearly 174 feet down a hillside and through the back wall of a grocery store in Springfield, Tennessee. The driver was taken into custody; no injuries were reported.

A Santa Barbara, California, professor says UC Santa Barbara denied her promotion despite a 9-0 department vote recommending it. Her lawsuit alleges a male colleague's higher pay left her nearly $3 million short, including interest.

A Santa Clara, California, AI-chip startup raised $1.5 billion at a $6.2 billion valuation. Tenstorrent plans to scale production of servers built around its chips as it challenges Nvidia.

A car tied to a Phoenix street-racing group smashed through a security gate onto Scottsdale Airport's active runway in Scottsdale, Arizona, hitting a parked plane and hangar.

A wheeled carbon-monoxide machine eliminated more than 100 rat burrows on one Manhattan block in New York City, officials say. The program is set to expand to other blocks.

Detroit's water department traced an 82-year-old woman's $32,000 bill to a faulty meter; her usual bill was about $250 every few months. Officials say six such meters were installed, with about 1,000 more in storage.