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August 26, 2025: Israel-Hamas war, Gaza hostage deal protests, Nasser Hospital attack - CNN
CNN | Nadeen Ebrahim, Christian Edwards, Olivia Kemp, Max Saltman, Michael Rios, Dana Karni, Oren Liebermann, Tal Shalev
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Protesters blocked the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv this morning as part of a nationwide day of action. Israel has also been condemned after an attack on a Gaza hospital killed 20 people, including five journalists.
Trump Forgets He Hates Taylor Swift When He’s Told She’s Getting Married - Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone | Larisha Paul
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Donald Trump commented on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement news, seemingly changing his opinion about the singer he previously antagonized.
Stock Market News, Aug. 26, 2025: Dow ends up 135 points as stocks finish higher after Trump tries to fire Fed's Cook; 30-year Treasury yields rise and dollar down slightly - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | Isabel Wang, Vivien Lou Chen, Gordon Gottsegen, Christine Idzelis, Jules Rimmer, William Watts, Jamie Chisholm
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Investors brush aside the implications of President Donald Trump's continued attack on the Federal Reserve.
Anthropic settles AI book piracy lawsuit - The Verge
The Verge | Emma Roth
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Anthropic has settled a class action lawsuit that accused the company of training its Claude AI models on “millions” of pirated works.
Social Security official says DOGE compromised Americans’ data - The Washington Post
The Washington Post | Meryl Kornfield
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Chief Data Officer Charles Borges said sensitive data was uploaded to a digital cloud, risking the security of critical personal information for more than 300 million people.
U.S. to resume "neighborhood checks" for citizenship applications as part of Trump push to heavily vet immigrants - CBS News
CBS News | Camilo Montoya-Galvez
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The Trump administration is reinstating a long-dormant practice of conducting "neighborhood checks" to vet immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship.
Panthers cut Renfrow, stalling WR's comeback - ESPN
ESPN | David Newton
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Veteran wide receiver Hunter Renfrow, 29, was released by the Carolina Panthers on Tuesday, as the club made final cuts in preparation for the regular-season opener.
‘KPop Demon Hunters' Breaks Netflix All-Time Viewing Record - Forbes
Forbes | Mary Whitfill Roeloffs
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“Red Notice” was just dethroned as Netflix’s top movie.
UFC legend Rampage Jackson getting death threats after son’s shocking wrestler beatdown - New York Post
New York Post | Erich Richter
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Quentin “Rampage” Jackson has been on the receiving end of the hate stemming from his son’s actions.
SpaceX launches Earth-observation satellite for Luxembourg and 7 other satellites to orbit (video) - Space
Space.com | Robert Z. Pearlman
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Liftoff of the NAOS satellite and its rideshare brethren occurred at 2:53 p.m. ET today (Aug. 26).
Towering dust storm known as a haboob plunges Phoenix into darkness - The Washington Post
The Washington Post | Vivian Ho, Ben Noll, Matthew Cappucci
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A wall of sand and fine dust raced from the Arizona desert, bringing lightning and flooding rain, days after a similar storm overtook Burning Man in Nevada.
Trump says administration will seek death penalty in all DC murder cases. That could be difficult in practice. - CNN
CNN | Katelyn Polantz, Maureen Chowdhury
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President Donald Trump said that his administration will seek the death penalty in murder cases in Washington, DC.
These Smart Glasses Have Something That Meta Ray-Ban Owners Desperately Want - Gizmodo
Gizmodo.com | James Pero
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Meta's Ray-Bans had a head start, but the smart glasses are quickly falling behind.
Court tosses lawsuit by Trump against Maryland federal judges, calling it 'potentially calamitous' - AP News
Associated Press | Lea Skene, Sudhin Thanawala
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The White House says a judge's decision to throw out the Trump administration's lawsuit against all federal judges in Maryland is a direct assault on the president’s ability to enforce immigration laws. White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson says Tuesday's …
After Months of Calm, Nvidia Earnings Could Spark a Big Stock Market Move - Investopedia
Investopedia | Colin Laidley
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All eyes are on Nvidia heading into the AI chip giant's second-quarter earnings report, due after markets close on Wednesday.
Look up tonight: 3 NASA rockets scheduled to streak through the sky visible from N.J. - NJ.com
nj.com | Len Melisurgo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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After weather delays, Tuesday's launch from Virginia could create a rare sky show for the East Coast.
Intel Worked With Chinese Firms Sanctioned For Enabling Human Rights Abuses - Forbes
Forbes | Emily Baker-White
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As the U.S. government takes a 10% stake in Intel, Forbes has learned the tech company partnered with sanctioned Chinese surveillance firms Uniview, Hikvision and Cloudwalk.
Google improves Gemini AI image editing with “nano banana” model - Ars Technica
Ars Technica | Ryan Whitwam
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Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is currently atop LMArena’s image-editing leaderboard.
France heads for political crisis as PM Bayrou risks all on confidence vote - BBC
BBC News
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If he loses, François Bayrou will be expected to resign, leaving France once again rudderless.
iPhone 17, the 'thinnest iPhone ever,' and everything else we're expecting out of Apple's hardware event - TechCrunch
TechCrunch | Lauren Forristal
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From a new slim iPhone Air model to redesigned AirPods, here's what to expect from this year's Apple event.
2025 NFL roster cuts tracker: Live updates, latest moves, trade rumors as all 32 teams finalize 53-man rosters - CBS Sports
CBS Sports | John Breech
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Keep track of everything you need to know as NFL teams make initial cuts
Pig Lung Transplanted Into a Human in Major Scientific First - ScienceAlert
ScienceAlert | Michelle Starr
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A genetically modified pig lung transplanted into a brain-dead human patient functioned for nine days in a new achievement that reveals both the promise and significant challenges of xenotransplantation.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia fights imminent deportation to Uganda - Politico
Politico | Josh Gerstein, Kyle Cheney
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Abrego’s lawyers filed a new lawsuit seeking to stave off another deportation after he was taken back into custody Monday.
Alabama child has state’s first case of disease once nearly eradicated in more than 20 years - AL.com
AL.com | Mike Cason | mcason@al.com
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The U.S. is having its worst year for measles in more than three decades as childhood vaccination rates decline.
Vaccine skepticism crisis spills over as students return to school - USA Today
USA Today | Adrianna Rodriguez, Jennifer Borresen
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As nonmedical exemptions rise across the country, vaccine rates among kindergarteners are steadily decreasing.
Chemists develop four-charge storage molecule to advance artificial photosynthesis - Phys.org
Phys.Org | University of Basel
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A research team from the University of Basel, Switzerland, has developed a new molecule modeled on plant photosynthesis: under the influence of light, it stores two positive and two negative charges at the same time. The aim is to convert sunlight into carbon…