US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that the first phase of US tariffs on Chinese imports could be implemented as soon as next week, as reported by Radio Free Asia. According to Radio Free Asia,

A professor and his team at University of the Pacific have developed a single-dose treatment that provides extended protection against opioid overdoses.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie secured majority support from the Board of Supervisors for his proposal to tackle the city's fentanyl and homelessness crises. The proposed ordinance aims to streamline the approval process for contracts related to homelessness,

SoftBank is reportedly considering a historic $25 billion investment in OpenAI, which could surpass Microsoft's stake and position SoftBank as the ChatGPT maker's largest investor.

"It seems clear to us that the true target/victim of the DeepSeek concerns is OpenAI, which claims the throne of all AI software and algorithms, which DeepSeeks claims to have outdone," wrote Robert Maire of Semiconductor Advisors earlier this week.

Police arrested four people Tuesday in an operation focused on fentanyl traffickers in downtown St. Paul, the department announced Wednesday. A three-month investigation, Operation Cold Front, has been in response to fentanyl-related overdose deaths,

They say there have been 20 calls since the start of 2025, including nine deaths—five of which happened in the past week.

SoftBank Corp. and Quantinuum today announced a partnership in quantum computing intended to "unlock innovative quantum computing solutions that will overcome the limitations of classical artificial intelligence and realize next-generation technologies.

SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to lead a $500 million funding round for Skild AI, a startup building robotics software, according to people familiar with the matter.

Corporate travel platform TravelPerk raised $200 million from investors including Atomico and EQT in a funding round valuing the startup at $2.7 billion.

Cooperative work between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement led to the arrest of two individuals and the indictment of seven operators all involved in fentanyl trafficking.