Nation and World
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Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years
Jul 25, 2026 8:09 pm - What’s for dinner? Lately, at Apral Jack’s house, it’s whatever is on sale.Jack, 50, scouts an app for deals at her local supermarket before she buys groceries. When she reaches the store, she looks in the weekly circular for coupons she might have missed.
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Van slams into crowd at Berlin Pride festival, killing 1 and injuring 16, as police identify suspect
Jul 25, 2026 7:30 pm - A van slammed into people gathered for Berlin’s famed LGBTQ+ event on Saturday night, killing one person, injuring at least 16 others and prompting police to call off the celebrations and a concert in the German capital hours after they had begun.
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France and Spain battle wildfires as more than 250,000 people are forced to flee homes
Jul 25, 2026 6:53 pm - France sent a hulking military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as it battled raging wildfires on Saturday and slashed the final stage of Tour de France to redeploy security personnel to the blazes that forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.
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Brazil denies visas to US delegation aiming to impugn election system, officials say
Jul 25, 2026 5:37 pm - Brazil has denied visas to two senior State Department officials that the Trump administration planned to dispatch on a mission to cast doubt on the fairness and integrity of the country’s electoral system before millions of Brazilians vote in a presidential election on Oct. 4, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
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More health workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo near 3,000, including over 1,300 deaths
Jul 25, 2026 5:26 pm - Health workers at an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo went on strike on Saturday, demanding their pay. The walkout disrupted care for patients in the epicenter of the country’s rapidly growing outbreak.
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Wisconsin’s capital city cancels signature events, grapples with fallout from police shooting
Jul 25, 2026 5:20 pm - MADISON, Wis. — A police shooting in Wisconsin’s progressive capital city this week put the spotlight on persistent and deep racial divisions, prompting cancellations and...
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Russian ballistic strike kills 10 after Ukraine’s Zelenskyy hosts US company making Patriots
Jul 25, 2026 5:12 pm - A Russian attack Friday on a site near Kyiv that was hosting a defense industry event killed at least 10 people and wounded nearly 100 others, Ukrainian government and industry officials said.
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Maine Democratic delegates choose Troy Jackson as new nominee to face US Sen. Susan Collins
Jul 25, 2026 5:08 pm - Former state lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine on Saturday and will face longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins in November in a race that could decide which party controls the chamber.
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Largest known US cyclospora outbreak has now spread to nine states, including Illinois
Jul 25, 2026 2:01 pm - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has linked four additional states to a multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak traced to shredded iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico.
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Houthis fire missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to strikes on a Yemeni city
Jul 25, 2026 1:26 pm - Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Saturday that they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida, in another escalation over vital shipping routes in the Middle East while the United States and Iran vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz.