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On Monday, a quiet sell‑off rattled the market, sending the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq into the red. Yet, the month as a whole ended on a high note, with all three major indices posting gains...
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A classified document that was leaked to the Washington Post on Monday shows that the four highest‑ranking U.S. commanders responsible for operations in Europe, the Pacific, South America ...
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After a 16‑1 demolition of the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, play‑by‑play voice Will Flemming found himself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. In a post on X the following Monday...
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Smoke from two massive blazes in Monterey County has drifted northward, prompting air‑quality advisories for residents along Highway 49 and the Sierra Nevada. The Plaskett Fire and the Tim...
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A midair collision over Carlisle Airport in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday night resulted in the death of a small‑plane pilot and injuries to two Pennsylvania State Police t...
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In a narrow victory on Tuesday, Democrat Brandon Dukes secured the Pennsylvania House seat for the 12th Legislative District in Butler County, a district that had not elected a Democrat in m...
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On Wednesday, August 19 2026, Amazon announced a bold expansion of its Prime Air drone delivery service, aiming to cover nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of the year. The move wil...
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On August 18, 2026, Mykhailo Fedorov—Ukraine’s former defence minister who was dismissed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on July 15—took to YouTube to urge the nation to hold election...
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A visiting judge in Collin County, Texas, has been ordered to step aside from all future proceedings in the murder case of 17‑year‑old Austin Metcalf. The move follows a motion for recus...
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On Tuesday, Rebecca Cooke clinched the Democratic nomination for Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District, setting the stage for a November showdown with Republican incumbent Derrick Van Ord...
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On Wednesday, Aug. 12 2026, the skies over Iceland and northern Spain turned a deep, velvety black as a total solar eclipse swept across Europe for the first time in 27 years. The event drew...
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The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Dearborn, Franklin and Ripley counties in Indiana and a flash flood emergency for parts of Wayne, Fayette and ...
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On the morning of August 12, 2026, police discovered a grim scene at Brown Bear Daycare, an in‑home childcare center on the 200 block of Tyler Avenue North in Hopkins, Minnesota. The offic...
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A 17‑year‑old boy, Arjun Aravind, was seized by police after an overnight search and is now charged with killing his mother, Sudha Venkatesan, and his 14‑year‑old brother, Siddharth ...
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A 7.4‑magnitude quake shook Colombia on Monday, 10 August 2026, and in the city of Cali a harrowing rescue unfolded under the rubble—an infant pulled from concrete while a volunteer’s ...
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A team of archaeologists and maritime specialists from Purdue University and the Archaeological Legacy Institute will travel to the remote Pacific island of Nikumaroro in October 2026 to inv...
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On August 11, 2026, Minnesota’s progressive lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan clinched the Democratic‑Farmer‑Labor Party nomination for the U.S. Senate seat, defeating Representative ...
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A fierce storm outbreak tore through the Midwest on Tuesday, leaving three people dead and inflicting extensive damage across Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. The violence of the weather was felt...
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On August 12, 2026, Google turned the spotlight on its newest hardware at the Made by Google event, revealing a fresh lineup that includes the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, Pixel ...
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On the night of August 12, 2026, a swarm of Ukrainian drones and missiles rattled the Black Sea’s last major Russian naval hub, Novorossiysk. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted the attac...
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On August 12, 2026 a complaint slid into the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, accusing former President Donald J. Trump of selling early access to his own social‑...
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The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has publicly urged South Carolina Republicans to support Darline Graham in the upcoming runoff for the state’s U.S. Senate seat. Senior ...
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The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN‑72) has spent more than 250 consecutive days at sea, setting a new benchmark for modern U.S. aircraft carriers. Since its departure on 21 November 2025, the ca...
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On Tuesday, August 11, 2026, Minnesota voters made a decisive choice in the Republican gubernatorial primary, handing House Speaker Lisa Demuth the nomination over MyPillow founder Mike Lind...
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