The Week

After a nearly six-week trial and seven days of deadlocked deliberation, Judge Sullivan declared a mistrial in the case of the Massachusetts mother charged with killing her three children, with postpartum psychosis at the center. The state's highest court denied a last emergency appeal from defense attorney Kevin Reddington. Prosecutors can retry.

Source: CNN

Banks, federal offices, and the U.S. Postal Service close Monday, September 7, and U.S. stock and bond markets do not trade. Most retail stays open, with the weekend's tech and travel sales in full swing.

Source: OPM

Reps. Krishnamoorthi, Jayapal, Bera, Subramanyam, and Thanedar led a Capitol Hill roundtable September 2 with Indian American Impact and Stop AAPI Hate. Stop AAPI Hate's survey with NORC found 48 percent of South Asian adults experienced race-based harassment in 2024.

Source: Rep. Krishnamoorthi

A proposed rule published August 25 would add a $103,265 fee to cap-subject H-1B petitions from the 2027 cycle, about $8.8 billion a year. Comments close September 24. India's Nasscom is pushing back.

Source: Federal Register

The two-seat robotaxi, with no steering wheel or pedals, launched to the public this week, Tesla's first paid deployment of the fully autonomous vehicle.

Source: Motor1

Cook's last day as CEO was August 31, ending a 15-year run. Hardware engineering chief John Ternus took over September 1, with Cook staying on as executive chairman focused on policy and board matters.

Source: 9to5Mac

Defense, energy, and fertilizer topped the agenda in the Modi-Putin meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, with Xi Jinping and Shehbaz Sharif also present.

Source: The Indian Eye

India's foreign minister met Kyiv's leadership and has moved on to Warsaw for talks with Poland's Radoslaw Sikorski, days after Modi met Putin at the SCO summit, part of New Delhi's push to deepen ties in Central and Eastern Europe.

Source: Polskie Radio

Two people were pulled alive from a hydropower tunnel after the catastrophic Nepal-Tibet floods, with Australian specialists deployed to help search for dozens still missing. Among the more than 1,000 dead are Plano's Deepak and Madhu Ahuja, home from a Kailash pilgrimage.

Source: American Bazaar Online

India's first imaging satellite built for geosynchronous orbit launched from Sriharikota early Friday, a step toward persistent, wide-area Earth observation rather than the short passes of low-orbit satellites. ISRO's first successful mission of the year.

Source: Mint

The Spring 2027 shows open with Diane von Furstenberg on Thursday and close with Thom Browne the following Tuesday, per the CFDA's official calendar.

Source: CFDA

The South Asian Bar Association of Washington, DC marks 25 years at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, honoring Nandu Machiraju, Ashwin Phatak, PTAB chief judge Kalyan Deshpande, and Shopify's Nitin Shah.

Source: SABA-DC

The Austin Gala kicks off Pratham's fall season, raising funds for children's education in India. Seattle follows September 12, New York October 2 with Jeffrey Iqbal.

Source: Pratham USA

The Dwight F. Benton Professor of Marketing and associate dean for graduate programs, at Ross since 2008, died unexpectedly August 12 at 52.

Source: University Record

Out September 18, with two rare Hollywood Bowl nights in October.

Source: Variety

The Arizona real-estate and film entrepreneur is building a 1,400-acre, AI-forward production campus near Tonopah, with backing from Chamath Palihapitiya.

Source: Variety

Anna Wintour, Ben Stiller, Queen Latifah, Travis Scott, and Lindsey Vonn have all turned up at Flushing Meadows, with Roger Federer and Serena Williams also back at Arthur Ashe.

Source: ESPN