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Wall Street Enters Big Week With Walmart, Target Earnings and Fed’s Jackson Hole Meeting Ahead Wall Street begins the week of August 17 with stocks still hovering near record territory but showing early signs of strain, after a surprisingly weak July retail sales report and a softening jobs picture combined to pull major indexes down … Read more
Trump Orders Pentagon to Scale Back South Korea War Drills, Citing “Very Good Relationship” With Kim Jong Un President Trump announced Sunday, August 16, that he has directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercises with South Korea, citing his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un … Read more
Democrats Demand Answers as USS Abraham Lincoln Nears 9 Months at Sea Amid Morale Concerns Democratic lawmakers intensified calls this weekend for a Pentagon investigation into conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, after reports of mold, food and supply shortages, and mental health strain among the aircraft carrier’s roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines during a … Read more
Three States Execute Inmates on Same Day for First Time Since 2010 Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Alabama carried out lethal injection executions within hours of each other Thursday, August 13, marking the first time three U.S. states have put inmates to death on the same day since January 2010. What Happened Tennessee and Oklahoma executed their … Read more
Flock Safety CEO Apologizes After Report Finds 46 Cases of Police Misusing License Plate Camera Data The CEO of surveillance technology company Flock Safety apologized Thursday, August 13, for cases in which police officers misused the company’s automatic license plate reader network, including allegations that officers used the system to stalk women — while simultaneously … Read more
NTSB Confirms Broken Engine Fan Blade Caused Passenger to Be Partially Sucked Out of Ryanair Window The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Thursday, August 13, confirming that a broken engine fan blade caused a cabin window to shatter aboard a Ryanair flight last month, resulting in a 61-year-old passenger being partially pulled … Read more
Single Ticket Sold at Illinois Gas Station Wins $1.04 Billion Powerball Jackpot A single ticket purchased at a gas station in western Illinois matched all six numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing to win a $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot — the largest Powerball prize won so far in 2026 and the eighth-largest in the game’s more … Read more
Video of ICE Agent Pointing Gun at Virginia Woman Contradicts DHS Account, She Says Video captured by a Northern Virginia woman shows an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent pointing a handgun at her through her car window during a tense roadside confrontation Monday, August 10 — an incident that has drawn scrutiny after the Department … Read more
Fed Rate Pause Looks More Likely After New Inflation Data: What Borrowers Should Know The latest U.S. inflation report has shifted one of the most important financial conversations in America: Will the Federal Reserve raise interest rates again, or is a pause becoming the most likely outcome? Following the July 2026 Consumer Price Index (CPI) … Read more
Scientists Pinpoint the Exact Brain Rhythm Behind Why Deep Brain Stimulation Works for Parkinson’s An international team of neuroscientists and clinicians has identified a specific brain network — and the distinctive electrical rhythm it communicates through — that appears to drive the therapeutic benefits of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease, a discovery researchers say … Read more