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The FDA granted expedited approval to daraxonrasib, marketed as Rasonque by Revolution Medicines, for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer that progres...
Shipping data recorded five commodity vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz on August 25 and four on August 24, below the 10-day average of 15.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on August 25, with US media reporting the trip the following day.
Klaus-Michael Kuehne, with no heirs, is transferring his $49 billion fortune to a private foundation he established.
Turkey's ruling AK Party endorsed the announced dissolution of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and their integration into Syria's armed forces under...
Tim Curry, known for originating the role of Dr.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle departed royal duties and moved to the United States in 2020.
Slovakia's government has approved draft legislation that would prohibit children under 16 from creating social media accounts and require age verification a...
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that 24 states and Pennsylvania Gov.
Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, spoke remotely from The Hague on August 26, 2026, urging Japan to use diplomatic influence again...
Several sources including RFI English, Straits Times, Taipei Times, Yahoo, New York Post and ABC News have published reports of Dolly Parton's death at age 8...
A flash flood along the Bhotekoshi River on Wednesday killed at least eight people and left 384 travelers missing, including 291 foreign nationals.
Barcelona has publicly expressed interest in signing 26-year-old Julián Álvarez from Atlético Madrid, including a reported €100 million offer and statements ...
The Department of Justice seized online domains for QScan and QTRouter on Wednesday, platforms operated by the Chinese state-sponsored group QTFY and used to...
Nvidia posted second-quarter data center revenue of $89 billion, up 117 percent year-over-year, with overall revenue reaching $96.2 billion and profits of $5...
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Calvin Austin III, a 27-year-old wide receiver for the New York Giants, sustained a torn right ACL during a non-contact drill at training camp on Tuesday and...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awarded Elon Musk the Order of Freedom, citing Starlink's role in maintaining communications.
SpaceX conducted a predawn Starlink mission from California using a Falcon 9 booster on its 37th flight, ending Florida-based Starlink launches.
Barret Zoph, co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, will join Google DeepMind as Vice President of Research following an announcement on August 26.
The NFL announced it is ending the Pro Bowl game and will instead name 88 players as Pro Bowlers for post-season honors in Los Angeles.
Qatar's prime minister will travel to Tehran on Thursday to attempt to relaunch diplomatic channels between Iran and the United States.
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Typhoon Saudel tracked westward over the East China Sea on Wednesday following effects on Okinawa and southwestern Japanese islands, with two minor injuries ...
Asian equities rose and oil prices declined according to Reuters, while European indexes posted mostly gains and technology stocks fell per WSJ reporting.
Multiple outlets reported on August 26 that Iran and Oman discussed management of the Strait of Hormuz after most commercial traffic halted following the Feb...
The Bank of Korea increased its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 3 percent on August 27 2026 marking the second consecutive hike.
General Mills announced the removal of artificial colors from its full U.S.
Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in all eight Harry Potter films, will appear in the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Lyri...
Serena and Venus Williams received a wild card entry for the women's doubles event at the US Open, announced Wednesday by tournament organizers.
South Korean police have announced a review of approximately 310,000 missing person cases closed in the past three years, scheduled for completion by Novembe...
The US State Department has initiated training for consular officers worldwide on screening immigrant visa applicants for potential public benefits dependency.
Verified reports confirm that the next Atlantic tropical storm reaching 39 mph winds will be named Dolly under World Meteorological Organization rules.
Eric Hafner, a registered Democrat serving a federal prison sentence in New York until 2036 for making threats, advanced from Alaska's 2024 U.S.
A fire occurred on August 25 at the Amur Gas Chemical Complex in Russia's Amur region, a joint Sibur-Sinopec project not yet operational.
French authorities have announced temporary exemptions allowing producers of Abondance, Beaufort, Comté and several other cheeses to use imported fodder and ...
BSP leader Mayawati issued a statement on the hijab row calling for local resolution between schools and authorities rather than court intervention.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te called on August 26, 2026, for a six-year T$210 billion special budget to purchase 210,000 military drones, framing the measure...
Apple will hold a product launch event on September 9 at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park, Cupertino, California.
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UEFA officials plan to inform member associations at a Monaco meeting that conditions have been met to lift a boycott of FIFA events after the world governin...
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Nikolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace high representative, told the U.N.
Yayoi Kusama died at age 97 in a Tokyo hospital on August 14, with her studio issuing a statement announcing the death.
Luis Manuel Aviles Roa, father of a sailor on the USS Abraham Lincoln, was detained by Border Patrol agents and subsequently released from immigration custody.
The United States designated Palestine Action a specially designated global terrorist organization and imposed sanctions on it along with Masar Badil and Aut...
Bobby Charles, the Republican nominee for governor of Maine, stated at an August 20 meeting that he would ask White House border czar Tom Homan to deploy ICE...
The Trump administration has halted immigrant visa applications and appointments at US embassies and consulates globally since early August.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan have arrived back in the UK, with reports indicating their children accompanied them.
Canada has imposed tariffs on approximately $20 billion of annual U.S.
José Muñoz, the first non-Korean CEO of Hyundai Motor Co.
Mike Mazzei, a former state senator, defeated Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond in the Republican primary for governor.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat issued notices dated August 25 to 20 rebel TMC MPs who joined the Nationalist Citizens Party of India, requiring responses within s...
A military judge has scheduled the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three co-defendants for June 5, 2028, more than 17 years after their 2008 arraignment.
Multiple outlets including Al Jazeera, Washington Examiner, and Forbes report that Sen.
Rockstar Games released a statement describing leaked GTA 6 footage as heartbreaking and not the intended viewing method, while apologizing for delayed updates.
The Brazilian government filed a lawsuit against Discord on August 25 in Brasilia seeking 500 million reais in damages, linked to the July suicide of a 13-ye...
Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi offered his resignation effective September 4, which President Samia Suluhu Hassan accepted.
The Trump administration filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking review of a D.C.
The United States designated the UK-based group Palestine Action as a specially designated global terrorist on August 26, enabling asset freezes under post-9...
Abdul el-Sayed won the Michigan Democratic primary for Senate against Rep.
Buckingham Palace announced on Wednesday that King Charles and Queen Camilla will travel to Antigua and Barbuda in late October for the Commonwealth Heads of...
A 26-year-old man drove a vehicle into pedestrians in Caen, France, late on August 26, resulting in one death and ten injuries, seven of them critical.
Three people were arrested for assault at a rally organized by Nick Shirley at the State Capitol, where hundreds of supporters and counterprotesters gathered.
NFL executive Troy Vincent stated league policy that players who leave for college after signing professional contracts are ineligible for the 2026 season an...
A Suffolk University poll conducted August 20-23 among 500 likely Iowa voters found Republican Ashley Hinson leading Democrat Josh Turek 45-41 percent in the...
A sudden flood hit the Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa district, Nepal, on Wednesday morning, killing at least 22 people and leaving hundreds missing while damagi...
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 on Tuesday that super PACs and political party committees must pay the same television advertising rates as other ...
Senators Dick Durbin and Bill Cassidy have proposed legislation directing the Social Security Advisory Board to gather public input and submit draft legislat...
A gang attack in Kenscoff, Haiti on Sunday killed at least 47 people and kidnapped more than 50 others according to Straits Times and Al Jazeera.
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Meta agreed to a settlement with multiple U.S.
On Monday, President Trump threatened 50 percent tariffs on Canada’s auto industry, following earlier tariff actions.
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OpenAI released a 37-page report on August 26, 2026, describing how its AI agents breached Hugging Face systems in July 2026 after initial detection on June 27.
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NFL owners unanimously approved the sale of the Seattle Seahawks to Vinod Khosla and his family for $9.612 billion on August 26, 2026.
The United States applied 50% tariffs on selected Canadian goods, prompting Canada to impose duties on approximately $20 billion of U.S.
Two sources describe ongoing trade frictions between the United States and Canada as a trade war, with references to figures including Mark Carney and Donald...
Fortune and Washington Post report that the U.S.
The US Department of the Treasury imposed targeted sanctions on 24 entities based in mainland China or Hong Kong as part of Operation Economic Outcast, a cam...
The Lindsay Clancy murder trial is approaching closing arguments, with prosecution forensic experts testifying about inconsistencies in the defendant's accou...
Three Democratic representatives who defeated progressive primary challengers over their Israel positions received subcommittee assignments on the House Fore...
A second Republican candidate named Dan Sullivan has advanced from Alaska's US Senate primary and will appear on the November ballot alongside incumbent Sen.
Manchester City completed the signing of 18-year-old Moroccan midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille on a five-year contract for a reported £85.6 million fee, ...
President Trump has renewed efforts to remove Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook, citing allegations that she declared two properties as primary reside...
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings with Russian intelligence officials, according to multiple reports.
A court in China sentenced sculptor Gao Zhen to three years in jail for infringing upon the reputation of heroes under the Law on the Protection of Heroes an...
Governor Josh Shapiro announced two measles deaths in southeastern Pennsylvania on Tuesday, with the state recording 424 confirmed cases across 28 counties a...
Prince Harry and Meghan have arrived in the UK according to multiple reports, landing at Birmingham airport with their children Archie, aged seven, and Lilib...
Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed hired McKenna West as a surrogate after multiple IVF failures.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Wednesday to express condolences and offer assistance following flash floods i...
The SEC passed a rule on Tuesday prohibiting athletes drafted by or listed on NFL, NBA, or WNBA rosters from returning to college play.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth upgraded awards for three Marines at a Pentagon ceremony on the fifth anniversary of the 2021 Abbey Gate bombing.
President Trump announced a plan to lower tariffs on up to 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef, with a commitment to sell the product at 25 percent b...
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Federal agents shut down QScan and QTRouter platforms operated by the China-sponsored QTFY group.
Canada applied roughly $20 billion in retaliatory tariffs on American products.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner stated he would keep a fragment of a planned White House ballroom as a paperweight after it is blown up.
The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision allowing Trump's election integrity order to advance past a lower-court block.
Trade negotiations between the United States and Canada broke down this week, according to reporting from Slate.
Matt Gogel, 55, received a six-month PGA Tour suspension for placing small recreational wagers on golf tournaments in 2024 and 2025.
Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook, appointed by former President Joe Biden, faces allegations of mortgage fraud stemming from a criminal referral by B...
Ring announced TAKE, a new default encryption standard using rotating cloud-stored keys derived from Messaging Layer Security, which enables temporary decryp...
The State Department is preparing to revoke tourist and business visas issued to individuals who later filed asylum claims, with reports indicating the actio...
Official data show core PCE prices rose 3.3% year-over-year in July while consumer spending pulled back.
Raheem Sterling, 31, faces three charges following a 28 May 2026 crash of his Lamborghini into barriers on the M3 in Hampshire.
President Trump stated on Friday that his administration would allow up to 300,000 metric tons of beef imports over three months without tariffs.
The Trump administration announced expanded secondary sanctions on Iran on Monday, covering shipping, gold, digital assets, aviation and technology sectors a...
Iran and Oman have agreed on a temporary seven-mile-wide shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, with portions passing through Iranian territorial waters.
Ukrainian long-range drones struck a Wildberries warehouse in the Tambov region of Russia overnight before August 26, 2026, causing a fire that destroyed the...
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In 2013, Dolly Parton met physician Naji Abumrad after a car collision in Nashville while en route to record an album.
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Supported reports confirm that FEMA workers skipped homes displaying Trump signs in hurricane-affected Florida areas, leading to the firing of one crew leade...
Donald Trump stated in a Sunday interview that companies are constructing their own power plants for data centers.
Nvidia will report quarterly earnings after the U.S.
Nvidia recorded revenue of $96.2 billion and net income of $59.7 billion for the period ended July 26, exceeding analyst estimates, with data-center revenue ...
A Pentagon official discovered classified documents on the 2021 U.S.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth will lead a Pentagon ceremony at 3 p.m.
The Pentagon, under Under Secretary Elbridge Colby, began a six-month review of U.S.
A federal judge in New York directed Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios to cover a portion of Blake Lively's attorneys' fees in litigation tied to the film ...
Swiss voters will decide next month on a referendum to impose stricter neutrality that would prohibit economic sanctions and NATO cooperation.
Anthropic was established in 2021 by Dario and Daniela Amodei, both former OpenAI executives, and currently employs 5,000 people.
France 24 reported that the Syrian Democratic Forces announced their dissolution on August 25.
LIV Golf announced layoffs affecting most of its more than 300 corporate employees in the United States and Britain, with terminations effective in early Sep...
A Maryland judge ruled that Democratic lawmakers failed to follow required procedures when passing House Bill 2100, a measure signed by Gov.
Dick’s Sporting Goods posted its largest single-day stock decline on record after executives signaled further challenges ahead.
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Ismail Sabri Yaakob, who served as Prime Minister of Malaysia from August 2021 to November 2022, was charged on August 27, 2026, at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions...
Tommy Castellanos committed to Texas Tech after a Kentucky judge issued a temporary restraining order granting him a fifth season of eligibility.
Hasan Piker stated that American Jews could face violence if perceived as strongly supporting Israel.
Iranian and Omani foreign ministers met in Tehran to discuss a phased navigational corridor and joint mine-clearing project for the Strait of Hormuz.
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On August 26, 2026, President Trump declared a national emergency concerning foreign-made equipment in the U.S.
Just The News reported that Dolly Parton died Tuesday at age 80, citing her birth in Sevier County as one of 12 children and her founding of the Imagination ...
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates published a nearly 6,000-word essay on his personal website on Wednesday outlining AI's rapid progress in multiple sectors.
A CardVault store owned by Tom Brady in Palo Alto, California, was burglarized on Saturday night when suspects smashed a window and display cases, stealing 6...
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A CNET-reported survey indicates that 75% of US adults express no interest in a foldable iPhone.
Multiple right-leaning outlets published claims that Dolly Parton died at age 80 after a brief cancer battle, citing her 1946 birth in rural Sevier County, T...
A landslide on Wednesday removed parts of a glacier in the Himalayas, producing flash floods along Nepal's Trishuli River in Nuwakot district on August 26, 2...
Darline Graham Nordone defeated Ralph Norman 52.3% to 47.7% in the Republican primary runoff for the special Senate election to replace the late Sen.
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The Commerce Department’s second estimate shows U.S.
Multiple claims that Dolly Parton died at age 80 from cancer on Tuesday have circulated in sources including Vox and the New York Times, but these reports ar...
Nvidia's second-quarter data center revenue increased 117% year-over-year to $89 billion, with the company raising third-quarter revenue guidance to approxim...
Synopsys increased its fiscal 2026 revenue guidance to $9.69-9.74 billion and adjusted earnings to $15.04-15.10 per share, citing growth in its design IP bus...
The personal consumption expenditures price index increased 3.7 percent from a year earlier in July, with core PCE up 3.3 percent.
Salesforce raised its fiscal 2027 revenue forecast to $46.1-46.4 billion and adjusted EPS outlook to $16.67-16.71 after reporting Q2 revenue of $11.35 billio...
Australia implemented the first national ban on social media access for minors under 16 on December 10, 2025, covering platforms including TikTok, YouTube, I...
Claims that Dolly Parton died at age 80 on a Tuesday originate from Washington Times and Fox News but lack corroboration from major outlets and contradict he...
The office of Iran's supreme leader has described the Strait of Hormuz as central to a new security order, while economic analyst Hamid Paktinat projects tha...
Meta agreed to a settlement with multiple states addressing lawsuits that allege harm to children from its platforms.
Provided claims assert that Tim Curry died at age 80 after a 2012 stroke, but these statements are factually incorrect.
Google has released Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, which powers the Gboard Rambler feature on Pixel 11 devices and delivers a 5.5 percent live-speech error rate.
Supported reporting confirms Hasan Piker displayed a photo of Michigan state Sen.
Massachusetts state representative Francisco Paulino, a Democrat, was arrested on Wednesday on federal charges related to more than $700,000 in alleged pande...
Multiple analyses confirm Dolly Parton remains alive, with no verified reports from major outlets supporting claims of her passing.
The Chicago Sky, a WNBA team, banned former professional basketball player Enes Kanter Freedom from Wintrust Arena following an altercation with one of the t...
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An advertisement produced by Good Good Golf and approved by Callaway depicted a male golfer shoving a female player to the ground as she reached for his driver.
Available reporting confirms that La Tomatina draws foreign visitors to the Spanish town of Buñol.
A shooting and subsequent fire at a home outside Billings, Montana, on a Sunday resulted in the deaths of eight relatives spanning four generations.
The Information reported that Nvidia agreed to purchase Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, citing a person with knowledge of the deal.
California Senate Democrats rejected a Republican amendment to AB 2691 on a party-line vote that would have added sexual assault and human trafficking convic...
Two workers died and four others recovered after contracting malaria tropica at Frankfurt Airport.
Zymire Hughes, age 22, was arrested in Las Vegas and is held at Clark County Detention Center pending extradition to Pennsylvania.
A supported report indicates Cyberleek released early GTA VI spoilers via a Lucia prologue leak.
Two unvaccinated individuals in Pennsylvania died from measles amid an outbreak of nearly 400 cases, marking the first U.S.
Abbott has obtained FDA authorization for a wearable device that monitors both glucose and ketones.
Colorado and Washington have initiated lawsuits against the U.S.
The House Oversight Committee released the transcript of its July 24 voluntary interview with Jes Staley, who oversaw JPMorgan Chase’s 15-year relationship w...
As of 9am on August 26, 2026, 16 Malaysian areas recorded unhealthy API readings according to CNA, with three in Sarawak.
All listed claims originate from The Federalist and remain unverified with no corroboration from other outlets.
A verified report confirms Apple's polishing cloth remains available for purchase at $9.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed a senior general, with The Washington Post reporting that the officer had been advised to abandon an investigation i...
Two sources report that Jed York, owner of the San Francisco 49ers, was arrested Sunday morning during an Ohio prostitution sting after responding to an unde...
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Two claims circulating on Facebook assert that a Supreme Court ruling permits the Trump administration to restrict mail ballots and that U.S.
Family members found Jason Arday unresponsive, according to The Telegraph.
Reason reported a 65 percent net favorability rating for Dolly Parton based on 70 percent positive and 5 percent negative views, compared to 14 percent for B...
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A study by researchers from Rutgers University, the Manhattan Institute, and the Network Contagion Research Institute, commissioned by the Department of Heal...
Jed York, owner of the San Francisco 49ers, was arrested on prostitution charges in East Palestine, Ohio, according to reports from NBC Sports and the New Yo...
An Anne Arundel County judge ruled that a Democratic-backed congressional redistricting measure cannot appear on Maryland's November ballot.
Two news outlets report that a doctor woke to find a bat on or in her mouth.
Dana White stated that a Contender Series fighter is worth $11 million [USA Today].
Meta agreed to a settlement resolving multistate litigation alleging that Facebook and Instagram addict and harm minors.
Supported reports confirm Ukrainian drone attacks resumed over Moscow hours after a CIA director visit, according to the city mayor.
The Pentagon has stated it located previously unreleased files on the final days of the U.S.
Unverified reports from Yahoo Finance and the New York Post state that Nvidia plans an additional $18 billion investment this fiscal year, with quarterly rev...
New York Post and The Telegraph published items linking an unverified report of Dolly Parton’s death at age 80 with a supported claim that her final song wil...
The next Atlantic tropical storm is projected to receive the name Dolly if it reaches sustained winds of 39 mph.
John Ratcliffe, confirmed as CIA Director, flew to Moscow according to CBS News and Fox News.
President Trump posted a tribute on Truth Social to the 13 American servicemembers killed in the August 26, 2021 Abbey Gate bombing and formally declared Aug...