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Universal Music Group and Capitol Records sued the distributor DistroKid in Delaware federal court, accusing it of flooding Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube with AI-generated tracks and unlicensed copies of their recordings while posing as an artist-first service.

Judge Maryellen Noreika heard two days of evidence, without a jury, on whether the five-year royalty-free provisions in the Qualcomm-Arm contracts can be enforced, ahead of the jury trial of Qualcomm's suit against Arm.

California's Civil Rights Department began its bench trial accusing Tesla of tolerating widespread harassment, segregation and lower pay for Black workers at its Fremont factory, the first government discrimination case against Tesla to reach trial.

The Grammy Museum opened the second half of its Olivia Rodrigo exhibition on 25 September 2026, adding artifacts from her SOUR and GUTS eras and tours to the cure unraveled.

Taylor Swift won Video of the Year for 'The Fate of Ophelia' and the first Artist Director Honors at the 2026 VMAs in Los Angeles, where Madonna took Artist of the Year, Best Collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter and Best Dance, Sienna Spiro Best New Artist and Nirvana the Video Vanguard Award.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Sen. Scott Wiener's Plug and Play Solar Act on 30 September 2026, letting Californians plug certified solar kits of up to 1,200 W into a wall outlet from 1 January 2027, with no utility permission or fees.

ESPN reported on 1 October 2026 that Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell signed a new multiyear contract extension with adidas that will take him through a 10th signature shoe with the brand; terms were not disclosed.

The Recording Academy and Grammy Museum announced 25 music teachers from 25 cities as semifinalists for the 2027 Music Educator Award; 10 finalists follow in November.

ComplexCon's tenth-anniversary edition moves to Los Angeles with Playboi Carti and Hiroshi Fujiwara's Fragment Design as artistic directors, 300-plus brands and Carti closing the weekend at Crypto.com Arena.

Natália Silva (20-5-1) meets Wang Cong (10-1) for the vacant UFC women's flyweight championship on 3 October 2026 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, with Deiveson Figueiredo vs Payton Talbott as co-main event and the whole main card on CBS for the first time.

Qualcomm's breach-of-contract and interference case against Arm is set for a jury trial before Judge Maryellen Noreika in Wilmington, seven months later than first scheduled.

The crypto conference runs 7-8 October 2026 across all five floors of Marina Bay Sands, with 300+ speakers, 500+ exhibitors and more than 1,000 side events.

Max Verstappen won the October11 Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay in 1:42:00.785. Charles Leclerc finished second,7.335 seconds behind, with Kimi Antonelli third.

District Judge Carli Kierny is set to sentence Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, convicted of Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder, who faces life in prison; Davis waived jury sentencing and has said he will appeal.

Paul Hyon Kim, who shot out cameras and firebombed Teslas at a Las Vegas Tesla Collision center in March 2025, is due to be sentenced by Judge Jennifer Dorsey after pleading guilty to arson and a destructive-device charge that carry at least five years in prison.

Bruno Mars starts five shows at BC Place, the most any artist has played there on a single tour, surpassing the three nights that closed Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.

Taylor Swift, 36, the youngest songwriter ever elected, joins the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame at its 56th anniversary gala at the Music City Center, with Lyle Lovett, Bruce Channel, Shawn Camp, Lee Thomas Miller and the late J.I. Allison.

A film festival and screenwriters conference; the end date is listed as November 4 or 5 by different sources.

No official date is set, but Nasdaq's earnings calendar projects ThredUp will report third-quarter 2026 results around November 2, 2026, after the company trimmed its second-half outlook on its Q2 call over price-sensitive buyers.

Investors who bought Dick's Sporting Goods stock between 8 September 2025 and 24 August 2026 have until 3 November 2026 to ask the Pittsburgh federal court to appoint them lead plaintiff in the Foot Locker securities class action.

Voters decide whether to add an independent ethics commission, budget analyst and program auditor to the county charter, and let supervisors serve three terms instead of two.

A citizen initiative would lift the countywide sales tax from 7.75% to 8.25% for Tijuana River sewage fixes, wildfire and public safety, and health care, food aid and child care hit by federal cuts.

Idaho voters decide on Proposition 1, a citizen initiative that would replace one of the strictest abortion bans in the country with a right to abortion until fetal viability.

Sable Offshore’s October 26 announcement schedules its third-quarter 2026 financial and operating results for Monday November 9, before the market opens.

Twitch's fan convention for livestreamers and their communities returns to San Diego for three days in November.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts its class of 2026 - Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Oasis, Sade, Luther Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan - at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, taped for ABC and Disney+ in December.

BoardGameGeek's convention runs Wednesday to Sunday, 18-22 November 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Dallas by Reunion Tower; badges are 175 dollars.

The Country Music Association's 60th awards air live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on ABC and Disney+, hosted for a third year by Lainey Wilson; Ella Langley leads with nine nominations and five acts vie for Entertainer of the Year.

Singapore's 13th Sake Matsuri moves to Marina Bay Sands on 28-29 November 2026 with 500-plus labels, 100-plus breweries and distilleries, and a new Spirits & Liquor Zone.

A Los Angeles judge is set to hear Tesla's petition to overturn the California DMV's finding that its 'Autopilot' and 'Full Self-Driving' marketing was false advertising, a label Tesla wants removed even though it already complied with the order.

Austin Transit Partnership starts building a 9.8-mile line with 15 stations, running three ways out of downtown and crossing Lady Bird Lake on a new bridge. The board picked the Stacy Witbeck-Sundt joint venture Austin Rail Constructors in February 2026; the first trains are due in 2033 and the cost is put above $8.2 billion.

MusiCares will honor U2 at its 36th annual Persons of the Year benefit gala on Friday, 5 February 2027 at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, two nights before the Grammys.

On 29 September 2026 Kalshi's Best New Artist winner market had Ella Langley at 64 cents and Sienna Spiro at 31 cents, with 65 other artists priced at 8 cents or less, for the 7 February 2027 ceremony.

Toronto's Canadian International AutoShow returns to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from 12 to 21 February 2027, after a record 374,678 visitors in 2026.

The annual technology, film, TV, music and comedy festival spans downtown Austin from March 15–21. Standard badges start at US$625; the application-only CxO badge is US$6,095, with taxes additional.

Russian River Brewing will release its once-a-year triple IPA Pliny the Younger in person, on tap and in bottles, at its Santa Rosa and Windsor brewpubs from 19 March to 1 April 2027.

The Padres open 2027 at home on Thursday 25 March with a four-game Opening Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, running through Easter Sunday.

Metallica open a 12-stadium North American run of the M72 World Tour at Vancouver's BC Place, with Limp Bizkit and Avatar in support, following their Life Burns Faster residency at Sphere.

The tabletop-focused PAX takes over the George R. Brown Convention Center for a weekend in June.

Lululemon's two-day SeaWheeze weekend comes back to Vancouver with its 21.1 km half marathon along the seawall and the Sunset Festival in Stanley Park.

Swift's annual Sibos conference for banks and market infrastructures comes to Marina Bay Sands in Singapore from 20 to 23 September 2027, the third time the city hosts.

All 13 Boston City Council seats, nine district and four at-large, are up for their regular two-year election, the first test of the council after Wu's re-election.

A new COASTER commuter-rail platform on Harbor Drive between 1st and 5th Streets, by the Gaslamp Quarter, the convention centre and Petco Park, with San Diego Trolley connections either side. The $33 million project also adds a pocket track so trains can run more often.

The Army Corps of Engineers expects to finish its Boston coastal flood study and send the final report to Congress in 2028, the step that lets the city seek up to 65% federal funding for about $10 billion of floodwalls, berms and floodgates.

Boston's BERDO emissions limits drop by roughly 40% for offices and multifamily housing in 2030, and mid-size buildings of 20,000-35,000 sq ft or 15-34 units must comply for the first time.

SB 707, California's landmark textile extended-producer-responsibility law, requires its Producer Responsibility Organization to have a fully approved collection-and-recycling plan running statewide by July 1, 2030.