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July Inflation Came In Right on Target at 3.4% — But Wages Are Losing the Race The Consumer Price Index rose just 0.1% in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday, August 12, cooling the annual inflation rate to 3.4% from June’s 3.5% — a result that landed exactly in line with Wall Street’s … Read more
Trump Claims “Total Control” of Strait of Hormuz as Ship Traffic Falls to One-Week Low President Trump declared Wednesday, August 12, that the United States maintains “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz, doubling down on a claim he first made to reporters a day earlier — even as actual shipping traffic through the waterway … Read more
Nick Reiner Indicted With “Lying in Wait” Allegation in Murders of Parents Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner A Los Angeles County grand jury has indicted Nick Reiner on murder charges in the killings of his parents, director and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, photographer and producer Michele Singer Reiner, adding a new special … Read more
Zuckerberg’s 6,500-Word AI Manifesto Argues Concentrated Power, Not AI Itself, Is the Real Risk Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a lengthy essay Monday, August 10, laying out his philosophy on how the world should approach superintelligent AI — arguing that distributing powerful AI tools as broadly as possible, rather than concentrating them in a handful … Read more
Colombia’s Strongest Earthquake in Decades Kills More Than 100, U.S. Announces Emergency Aid A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, August 10, killing more than 100 people, collapsing buildings across several major cities, and triggering the country’s largest disaster response in years. The United States has pledged $15 million in emergency assistance as … Read more
American Airlines Jet Declares “Mayday” After Bird Strike Sends Flames Shooting From Engine An American Airlines Boeing 737 bound for Charlotte, North Carolina, was forced into a dramatic emergency landing back at Myrtle Beach International Airport on Monday, August 10, after striking a flock of birds on takeoff, sending flames and loud popping sounds from … Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo Marries Georgina Rodriguez in Portugal Ceremony, One Year After Proposal Portuguese soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and his longtime partner, Georgina Rodriguez, were married Tuesday, August 11, in a civil ceremony in Cascais, Portugal, roughly a year after Ronaldo proposed and a decade after the couple first met. How the News Broke Ronaldo, 41, … Read more
July CPI Report Due Today — Why Economists Expect Inflation to Reverse Course After June’s Surprise Drop The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its July Consumer Price Index report today, Wednesday, August 12, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time — and economists widely expect it to reverse the surprisingly good inflation news from June, driven by … Read more
Today’s the Day: 2026’s Only Total Solar Eclipse Crosses Europe — Here’s When to Look Up in the US The moon’s shadow begins racing across the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, and northern Spain today, Wednesday, August 12, in 2026’s only total solar eclipse — mainland Europe’s first since 1999. While the U.S. won’t see totality, a … Read more
US Navy Fires Missiles to Disable Ship Running Iran Blockade as Hormuz Standoff Drags On A U.S. Navy helicopter fired two Hellfire missiles into the engine room of a cargo ship early Tuesday, August 11, after its crew ignored repeated warnings while attempting to break Washington’s naval blockade of Iranian ports — the third vessel … Read more