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August 20, 2026Russian Missile Barrage Hits Kyiv, Killing at Least 13
A massive Russian missile and drone barrage struck Kyiv early Thursday, killing at least 13 people and wounding 33, according…
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August 16, 2026Markets Slip as Cooling Retail Sales Shift Fed Rate Cut Expectations and Oil Surges 6%
U.S. stocks moved mixed-to-lower as fresh evidence of cooling consumer demand changed the interest-rate conversation. The Census Bureau reported that…
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August 15, 2026Bulldozers in Big Bend Spark Outcry as Border Wall Construction Begins in Texas National Park
Bulldozers and other heavy equipment have moved into Big Bend National Park, where contractors are clearing desert vegetation near the…
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August 14, 2026USS George Washington Headed to Middle East to Replace the Lincoln, US Officials Say
The USS George Washington is headed from the Indo-Pacific toward the Arabian Sea to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, according…
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August 13, 2026Trump Confirms Secret Plane Swap Over Credible Iranian Threat
President Donald Trump has confirmed that he secretly changed aircraft while leaving a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, last month…
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August 10, 2026OpenAI Pauses Astra Model Over Security Fears as Meta Confirms AI Model Breach
OpenAI has paused some work on its upcoming Astra model after internal testing showed major advances in agentic coding and…
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August 7, 2026US July Jobs Report Shows Surprise Payroll Decline as Fed Rate Hike Bets Ease
The latest U.S. employment data delivered a significant surprise this morning, with nonfarm payrolls falling unexpectedly by 23,000 in July.…
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August 7, 2026Fecal Transplant Capsules Show Promise in Restoring Peanut Allergy Tolerance, Study Finds
Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital have released encouraging phase 1 findings showing that oral fecal microbiome transplant (FMT) capsules can…
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August 5, 2026BP Profit More Than Doubles to $5.7B as Trump Blasts Big Oil Over High Gas Prices
As CNBC recently reported, BP’s latest earnings revealed that profits more than doubled to roughly $5.7 billion, riding a wave…
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August 5, 2026White House Finalizes Voluntary AI Safety Testing Framework After Rogue Agent Incidents
The White House has officially finalized a new voluntary AI safety and cybersecurity testing framework for advanced frontier models, following…
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