08/13/2026 – 09:41 Ukraine’s grain shipments for export fell 76% year-on-year in August, railway says report. 08/13/2026 – 09:17Ukrainian drone attacks increase road transport costs in Russia, stoking inflation Several Russian regions are reporting shortages, the result of a sustained Ukrainian drone campaign against the country’s refinery and energy infrastructure. Fuel prices have increased by … Read more
A former top official at the Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Wednesday on fraud charges, an escalation of the Justice Department’s ongoing case against the famed civil rights organization. Federal prosecutors accused Heidi Beirich, an expert on political extremism and former director of the nonprofit’s intelligence project, of overseeing payments to informants working undercover … Read more
U.S. intelligence officials were skeptical of an Iranian assassination threat against President Donald Trump that was relayed by Israel and sparked an extraordinary clandestine maneuver that led him to secretly fly from Turkey on an alternate military plane, current and former U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence said.
Economist Jeffery Degner shares the first steps lottery winners should take to protect their privacy, manage their winnings, and avoid costly mistakes. A ticket sold in Illinois matched all six winning numbers in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing to claim the $1.04 billion jackpot. The grand prize has an estimated cash value of $450.5 million and ranks … Read more
Earlier this week, Stella Sacco, former lead writer at Saber Interactive, claimed on social media that the company had “replaced me with ChatGPT mid-development” of the Rideshare game “Stimulator,” that “all rider voices [in the game] they were AI” and that “they either changed direction at some point or they’re not revealing it on Steam.” … Read more
TORONTO — The Blue Jays have outlasted the Red Sox again, staring them in the eye and refusing to blink first. Wednesday’s 6-4 victory was another act of strategic stubbornness, lasting until the Red Sox collapsed. That rift came in the bottom of the eighth, when Willson Contreras dropped a single fly ball into foul … Read more
The Perseid meteor shower will peak overnight Wednesday. Where to Watch in Northern California The Perseid meteor shower will peak overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning. But there will be scattered clouds that could obscure vision at times in Northern California, according to our weather team. Conditions should be better to capture the Perseids on Thursday … Read more
SALT LAKE CITY — West Nile Virus was detected in 35% of mosquitoes tested this week within the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District, posing a “significantly higher-than-normal risk” of the virus, county health officials say.A second human case of the virus has also been reported in the county, Salt Lake County Health Department officials … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An abandoned sailboat off a Washington beach was home to an unexpected crew: 60 cats and kittens, many of them scared and malnourished. The Tacoma Police Department said the unusual rescue began on Aug. 6 when its Marine Services Unit responded to reports of a 40-foot sailboat … Read more
SEATTLE — Three people are in custody after shots were fired at Seattle police officers during an undercover investigation Wednesday night, according to the Seattle Police Department. Shortly before 6 p.m., officers were conducting an undercover investigation near Martin Luther King Jr. Way South and South Cloverdale Street when police said someone in a dark-colored … Read more