Nation and World
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Wildfire smoke kills tens of thousands of people a year. Here’s how it attacks the body
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.
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US military launches new airstrikes to 'swiftly punish' Iran for deaths of US troops
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US and Iran trade strikes over Strait of Hormuz. Kuwait suffers infrastructure damage
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The US and Iran have blown past red lines as they lurch back toward all-out war
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Taylor Farms pulls all iceberg lettuce sourced in central Mexico from U.S. market
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.
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Mullin pushes states to comply with election demands, echoing Trump’s claims about midterm risks
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What to know about the Save America Act that Trump is pushing
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Trump says ABC, NBC licenses should be revoked over refusal to air speech on election integrity
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Trump says these documents prove his false claims of election fraud. Here’s what they really say
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The sell-off for AI stars worsens, while oil prices keep jumping