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Pa. Has First 2 US Measles Deaths This Year, Both Unvaccinated
Two unvaccinated Pennsylvania residents have died from measles, state health officials said Tuesday, the first measles-related deaths in the U.S. this year.Officials did not reveal any details about the people who died, other than that they lived in Lancaster County, west...
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:56:49 EDTEvacuations in Rural Texas as Wildfire Rages
Evacuations were being ordered Tuesday in rural Texas where a wildfire has ballooned in size, burning through ranchland and forcing schools to delay or cancel classes.The fire that began early Monday afternoon has ripped through more than 78 square miles (200 square...
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:46:04 EDTKremlin Adviser Warns UK Drone Factories Could Be Targeted Over Ukraine Support
A Kremlin adviser has warned that British factories producing drones for Ukraine could become targets of attacks by "unknown sources" after the U.K. agreed to provide Kyiv with classified information needed to manufacture long-range missiles...
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:38:36 EDTCanada Avows $20 Billion Retaliatory Tariffs on US Goods
Canada on Tuesday announced retaliatory tariffs on $19.94 billion worth of U.S. goods, matching dollar-for-dollar new duties imposed by Washington, and unveiled financial support for Canadian businesses and workers caught in the escalating trade war.
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:13:24 EDTIranian Supreme Leader's Fate Shrouded in Mystery
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has disappeared almost completely from public view, fueling growing speculation that he may be seriously ill or dead and raising fresh questions about who is actually running the Islamic republic, The Atlantic reported.
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:34:27 EDTReport: CIA Director Makes Secret Russia Trip
CIA Director John Ratcliffe is in Moscow for undisclosed meetings, CBS News reported Tuesday.The trip appears to be Ratcliffe's first known visit to Russia since taking over the CIA.His presence in Moscow comes after a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III transport plane...
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:49:19 EDTUS Offers $10 Million Reward for Intel on Iranian Leaders
The State Department is offering rewards of up to $10 million for information on senior Iranian military and security officials accused of directing attacks and cyber operations against U.S. interests.
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:10:05 EDTSecret Service Aware of Iran Threat to Barron Trump
The U.S. Secret Service has confirmed it is aware that Iranian state media has aired a video that appears to threaten the life of Barron Trump, President Donald Trump's youngest son. "The U.S. Secret Service is aware of the video and investigates anything that can be...
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:48:24 EDTUS Military Transport Plane Lands in Moscow, Kremlin Says It Has No Information Yet
A U.S. military transport plane landed at Moscow's Vnukovo airport on Tuesday, data from the flight tracking service Flightradar24 showed. The large Boeing Globemaster with the U.S. registered tail number 07-7181 had flown direct from Riga...
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:46:51 EDTFBI Sets $25,000 Minimum Reward for Dozens of Unsolved Indian Country Cases
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has established a minimum reward of $25,000 in cases where people went missing or were killed in Indian Country, part of a broader effort to address high rates of violence affecting Native American communities.
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:39:54 EDTGhislaine Maxwell Loses Bid to Throw Out Conviction for Aiding Epstein
A U.S. judge rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to throw out her conviction and 20-year prison sentence for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. In a decision made public on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer said Maxwell's ...
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:32:37 EDTTrump Floats Renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' as Trade War With Canada Escalates
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" as the trade war between the United States and Canada intensifies.
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:01:40 EDTVatican Foreign Minister, in Moscow, Says Ukraine War Must End
A senior Vatican official urged an end to the Ukraine war after meeting in Moscow on Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the first in-person talks between Vatican and Russian officials in five years.
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:31:30 EDTTrafalgar: South Carolina Senate Race Dead Heat
A final Trafalgar Group poll shows South Carolina's Republican Senate runoff in a virtual dead heat ahead of Tuesday's vote.
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:08:36 EDTStudy: 1 in 4 Former NFL Players Had CTE
At least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 was found to have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to a study released on Tuesday. Out of the 878 former players who died during that time frame, 235 donated their brains,...
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:25:57 EDTUSS Abraham Lincoln to Dock in Thailand Next Week
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln will dock in Thailand next week, a Thai official said on Tuesday, following a prolonged deployment in the Middle East and reports of mental health concerns and deteriorating conditions aboard. The Lincoln, which left...
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:09:32 EDTFutures Rise on Tech Rebound Before Nvidia Results
Wall Street futures recovered Tuesday, as technology stocks bounced back ahead of AI heavyweight Nvidia's results and an inflation report key to shaping interest rate expectations.
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:04:52 EDTUN, Red Cross Call for Urgent Rules on Autonomous Weapons
The United Nations' chief and the head of the Red Cross on Tuesday warned that autonomous weapons that can kill people without human involvement could soon be used in conflicts and called for urgent negotiations to restrict their use.
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:09:11 EDTZelenskyy: US Has Window to End Ukraine War
Ukraine sees a window of opportunity for U.S. mediation to end Russia's war in Ukraine until the end of next summer and has drafted one page of ideas with U.S. and European officials to be presented to Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:01:28 EDTPape: Trump's 'Economic D-Day' Will Expand Iran War, Trigger Economic Crisis
University of Chicago political scientist Robert Pape is warning that President Donald Trump's "Economic D-Day" campaign could backfire, pushing Iran toward retaliation and further escalation rather than surrender.
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