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Ukrainian drones hit warehouses and other sites across Russia, killing 9 and wounding over 80

Jul 18, 2026 4:43 pm - Ukrainian drones struck two sprawling warehouses, one of them just east of Moscow, as part of attacks overnight and on Saturday afternoon that killed nine people and wounded more than 80, Russian officials said.
Venezuela earthquakes death toll surpasses 5,000

Jul 18, 2026 4:07 pm - The death toll from the two powerful earthquakes that shook Venezuela last month rose to 5,069 late on Friday, local authorities said.
Thunderstorms will clear wildfire smoke from Northeast ahead of World Cup final, meteorologists say

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and PHILIP MARCELO
Jul 18, 2026 3:55 pm - Smoke from Canadian wildfires that has engulfed the Northeast in haze is expected to mostly clear from the New Jersey area just in time for the World Cup final on Sunday, thanks to thunderstorms passing through the area, meteorologists say.
Wildfire smoke kills tens of thousands of people a year. Here’s how it attacks the body

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Jul 18, 2026 3:53 pm - Smoke from wildfires — which are burning more of the Northern Hemisphere as Earth warms — attacks nearly every system in the human body, killing tens of thousands of people a year, numerous medical studies show.
US military launches new airstrikes to 'swiftly punish' Iran for deaths of US troops

By JON GAMBRELL, TOQA EZZIDIN and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Jul 18, 2026 3:29 pm - The U.S. military said Saturday that it launched new airstrikes against Iran to “swiftly punish” the country’s Revolutionary Guard for an attack in Jordan that killed two American service members, left one missing and four requiring hospitalization.
US and Iran trade strikes over Strait of Hormuz. Kuwait suffers infrastructure damage

By JON GAMBRELL and TOQA EZZIDIN
Jul 18, 2026 7:34 am - The United States and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets on Saturday as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified.
The US and Iran have blown past red lines as they lurch back toward all-out war

By JOSEPH KRAUSS
Jul 18, 2026 7:33 am - The United States and Iran are crossing each other's red lines, one after the other. The latest hostilities began with an Iranian drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on June 25, a week after they had signed an interim deal aimed at ending the war.
Taylor Farms pulls all iceberg lettuce sourced in central Mexico from U.S. market

By Lena H. Sun and Miriam Waldvogel
Jul 17, 2026 8:30 pm - Taylor Farms announced Friday that it is “voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico from the U.S. market,” after federal investigators identified some of the lettuce it provided to Taco Bell restaurants as linked to one of the largest U.S. outbreaks of cyclosporiasis this summer.
Mullin pushes states to comply with election demands, echoing Trump’s claims about midterm risks

By ALI SWENSON and COLLIN BINKLEY
Jul 17, 2026 6:58 pm - Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Friday warned that state officials could lose funding or face investigations if they fail to go along with President Donald Trump's election security demands, part of the Republican president’s longstanding attempt to undermine Americans’ confidence in the vote.
What to know about the Save America Act that Trump is pushing

By Theodoric Meyer
Jul 17, 2026 6:51 pm - President Donald Trump has demanded for months without success that Congress pass the Save America Act, a voting bill that he has claimed would “guarantee the midterms” for Republicans.

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