
Oil prices ease after US and Iran pause their attacks
Oil prices have fallen further in early trading after setting a two-month high set last week
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Sweltering heat wave grips central and southern US for a second straight day
A scorching heat wave continues across the central and southern United States, leaving at least 40 million people under extreme heat warnings
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Genevieve becomes a major Pacific hurricane off Mexico, but no direct threat to land is forecast
Hurricane Genevieve has strengthened into a major Category 4 storm southwest of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean
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Video appears to show a person kicking a sea lion; federal officials investigating
The person follows the sea lion, kicking at it as it tries to scoot away.
10h ago

Cori Bush and Wesley Bell's rematch sets up key test for Democrats in Missouri
Former Rep. Cori Bush, outside the courthouse where the Dred Scott case was argued, promises to reverse her ouster from Congress
14h ago

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries kicks off 100 days till midterms with affordability agenda
The stage is in battleground Pennsylvania
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A forced-labor crackdown or an end-run around Congress? Dissecting Trump's new tariffs
The Trump administration has levied tariffs on more than 60 countries, using a legal justification that permits the president to impose import taxes and other sanctions against countries found to engage in “unjustifiable,” “unreasonab...
15h ago

Seattle police seek two men who parachuted from the Space Needle
Police say two men climbed over the glass wall of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle on Friday, flipped over the edge and parachuted down from the 605-foot structure
23h ago

Airstrikes have paused and talks are pressing forward. But can the US and Iran take the off-ramp?
The U.S. military has paused its airstrikes on Iran after nearly two weeks of intensifying bombing
Jul 26, 2026

Oregon fire looms near town as fourth firefighter dies weeks after Colorado blaze
Dry, windy weather is fueling a big wildfire a few miles north of Sisters, Oregon
Jul 25, 2026

How lighthearted social media trend of 'teen takeovers' took a serious turn
'Teen takeovers' have raised safety concerns in cities across the U.S.
Jul 25, 2026








