The Study Prompting Calls for EPA Action

A new peer-reviewed paper claims abortion-pill metabolites were detected in U.S. drinking water, raising urgent questions officials have not yet answered.Story HighlightsA study cited by activists reports mifepristone metabolites in drinking water in three...

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Chaos Erupts: Suspect Still Loose

A crowded Seattle food festival turned into a deadly crossfire as police say at least three young suspects opened fire, killing three people and...

Street Fight Becomes Child’s Funeral

A 12-year-old boy rode his bike to a Bronx bodega for a simple errand and ended up dying on the sidewalk in a hail of stray bullets that were never meant for him.Story SnapshotA 12-year-old, Jacob Freytes, was shot in the shoulder and died after a Bronx street fight turned into gunfire.Two adult men, ages 25 and 34, were also shot and wounded but are expected to survive.Multiple local outlets and police agree on the core facts: broad daylight, outside Wanda Deli Grocery, near Elliot Place and Walton Avenue.The case exposes how New York City gun violence, soft-on-crime politics,...

Fastest Ebola Spread Ever — Chaos Mounts

Health officials say Ebola is spreading faster than responders can contain it in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and they're now begging the world for help before it gets worse.Quick TakeA World Health Organization (WHO) oversight committee says the outbreak response could not control spread because teams lacked access for contact tracing, safe burials, and vaccination.Fewer than 30% of new cases were people already known to be contacts, a sign that tracking is failing.Reports describe unpaid health workers going on strike and surveillance teams sitting idle.Armed conflict has blocked aid workers from reaching whole communities, with dozens of attacks...

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Leader Down — Revenge Promised

Iran’s state media announced that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in joint U.S.–Israeli strikes, triggering vows of revenge and a scramble for control.Story...

Oil Traders Rattled By U-Turns

Two Saudi oil tankers flipped course in the Red Sea after Houthi warnings, and no shots were fired.Story SnapshotHouthis declared an immediate naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, triggering tanker reversals.Reuters reported two Saudi crude carriers made U-turns after the warning, jolting oil markets.Saudi exports from Yanbu have shown resilience in past crises, limiting worst-case supply shocks.United States guidance flags higher risk in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab for commercial ships.What Happened in the Red Sea on July 21Reuters reported that two tankers carrying Saudi crude oil made U-turns in the Red Sea after a public warning from Yemen’s...

Science Tease: CO2 Clears—Or Causes?

Scientists say brief blasts of high-dose carbon dioxide can flush Alzheimer’s-linked proteins from the brain — but other research warns the same gas might help cause the disease.Story SnapshotNew human studies show that short, high-dose carbon dioxide breathing sessions push Alzheimer’s-related proteins from the brain into the blood.Researchers claim this works by boosting the brain’s waste-removal “glymphatic” system, which usually activates during deep sleep.Other peer‑reviewed work links long‑term high carbon dioxide levels to more Alzheimer’s cases and worse brain health.Experts warn there is still no proven treatment for Alzheimer’s based on carbon dioxide, and unsafe use could be dangerous.What...

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Iran Strikes Back—Lines Keep Blurring

As U.S. jets pound Iran for a ninth straight night, a deadly “controlled” blast in Iraq is raising fresh doubts about whether Washington’s war...

Voter Lists Leak Risk? Barcode Dragnet Looms

The fight over the Postal Service’s new mail‑ballot rule is not just another skirmish in the voting wars; it is an attempt to redraw, through a logistics agency, the boundary between state control of elections and federal gatekeeping over who even receives a ballot.Key PointsA federal appeals court has temporarily allowed the U.S. Postal Service to move forward with a proposed rule that ties delivery of federal mail ballots to state voter lists and serialized barcodes linked to individual voters.The rule implements a Trump executive order directing USPS to withhold ballots from voters not on a federally supported “participation...

49,641 Votes Tip a Nation

After four tries and decades in the shadow of her father's controversial legacy, Keiko Fujimori has finally won the presidency of Peru — by fewer than 50,000 votes out of 18 million cast. Story Snapshot Peru's National Jury of Elections officially declared Keiko Fujimori president-elect on July 3, 2026, with 50.135% of the vote. Fujimori beat leftist rival Roberto Sánchez by just 49,641 votes — one of the thinnest margins in Latin American history. Sánchez initially refused to accept the results and alleged fraud, but conceded on July 6 after his legal challenges failed. Fujimori becomes Peru's first woman elected...

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