Scope of Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Widens as Evidence Points to Iran

Michigan and Minnesota are among at least seven states coping with cyberattacks aimed at disrupting water systems nationwide.

nytimes.com

August 10, 2026

Dustin Volz and Ernesto Londoño

Uncategorized

https://archive.ph/ZuDuh

It's Bisan From Gaza, Here's How We Get Water

Every morning in Gaza, the search for water begins.

Video journalist Bisan Owda follows children carrying heavy water containers, families waiting for water trucks, and the people working to keep one of the few desalination plants still running.

Along the way, Bisan reveals what has been destroyed, why clean water has become so hard to find, and what it now takes to provide water for millions of people in Gaza.

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youtube.com

August 10, 2026

AJ+

Middle East

DOGE’s claim of $110B in savings was vastly inflated and riddled with errors: GAO - ABC News

When Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency launched its effort to slash federal spending last year, it created a website to show how much money it was saving.

abcnews.com

August 07, 2026

Peter Charalambous

Political Corruption

Lebanon: Deadly Israeli attack on journalist Amal Khalil must be investigated as a war crime

An Israeli attack that killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and seriously wounded camerawoman Zeinab Faraj in south Lebanon on 22 April 2026 was a direct attack on civilians which should be investigated as a war crime, said Amnesty International today.

Testimonies from the sole survivor and first responders, corroborated by audiovisual material, coordination records, and external reporting, indicate that the two journalists, both civilians, had taken shelter after an air strike on the car in front of them had killed two men. Over the following two hours, with drones hovering at close range overhead, two further air strikes hit first their car parked near them and then the building where they were sheltering.

amnesty.org

August 06, 2026

Amnesty

Middle East

Salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeños at Chipotle, Qdoba expands to 27 states

Chipotle and Qdoba say they have removed the jalapeños from their restaurants.

nbcnews.com

August 06, 2026

Berkeley Lovelace Jr. and Lauren Dunn

Food & Health

Louisiana AG Liz Murrill Keeps Opposing Compensation for Wrongfully Convicted People — ProPublica

Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore don’t qualify for any money from the state.

propublica.org

August 06, 2026

Richard A. Webster

Political Corruption

Trump's Push For More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution

In March, a developer working on a Meta data center in El Paso applied to power the site with a gas-burning plant large enough to supply electricity to 300,000 homes.
Typically, approving a big power plant might require public hearings and months of detailed vetting. But Texas environmental regulators signed off in just 20 days.

nytimes.com

August 05, 2026

Hiroko Tabuchi

Climate & Environment

https://archive.ph/Hb7p5

It Wasn’t a Blowout, but El-Sayed Won. Get Behind Him, Democrats. | The New Republic

It’s an earthquake to have Bernie Sanders’s candidate defeat Gretchen Whitmer’s candidate in Michigan. But the real goal is to keep Donald Trump’s candidate from winning this seat.

newrepublic.com

August 05, 2026

Perry Bacon

Uncategorized

Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

404media.co

August 05, 2026

Jason Koebler

Science & Technology

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns : NPR

The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut down in 2021.

npr.org

August 02, 2026

Willem Marx

Political Corruption

The Fake ‘Invasion’ of Spain: What You Need to Know

9 things you should know about the so-called ‘crisis’ of Moroccan migrants forcing their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta – and the hysterical response from the right in the U.S., UK, and EU.

zeteo.com

July 31, 2026

Team Zeteo

Uncategorized

Three Palestinians, Including Two Children, Killed in Israeli Attacks on Gaza

Three Palestinians, including two children, were killed and several others injured in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight.

palestinechronicle.com

July 31, 2026

Palestine Chronicle Staff

Middle East

Visuals Suggest U.S. Dropped 2,000-Pound Bomb on Home in Iran, Killing 3

The weapon, one of the largest in the U.S.’s arsenal, struck a house in a heavily populated area, according to a Times analysis.

nytimes.com

July 31, 2026

Christiaan Triebert, Sanjana Varghese and Christoph Koettl

Middle East

https://archive.ph/PGZkK

Dozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base After Commander Takes Down Banners in Disciplinary Action - Israel Security

The Givati Brigade soldiers walked off base after their commander took down what he said were 'signs depicting Satan and the Angel of Death,' which allegedly glorified hazing of younger troops, while soldiers said some of them commemorated soldiers killed in Lebanon. As of Thursday evening, all soldiers but one platoon have returned to base

haaretz.com

July 30, 2026

Yaniv Yobovich

Middle East

https://archive.ph/zf1Fh

12,000 pounds of smoked bacon recalled in 3 states

The recall of Maple Leaf Foods products affects retailers and grocery distributors in the Northwestern United States.

washingtonpost.com

July 29, 2026

Stella Canino-Quiñones

Food & Health

https://archive.ph/tpSXF

Trump Administration to End Medicare Drug Plan Subsidy

Program that held down premiums not renewed for 2027, resulting in higher costs for some seniors

wsj.com

July 28, 2026

Anna Wilde Mathews

Food & Health

https://archive.ph/doHyX

Deadly U.S. boat strikes have failed to curb cocaine supply, Pentagon and DEA officials say

The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea. Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise.

washingtonpost.com

July 27, 2026

Alex Horton ,Terrence McCoy ,Samantha Schmidt and Dylan Moriarty

Uncategorized

https://archive.ph/SiRll

As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety rule | The Independent

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to, and that has been adopted around the world

independent.co.uk

July 26, 2026

Jennifer McDermott

Climate & Environment

DOGE delayed a grant that would have reduced fire fuels in a Minnesota forest now ablaze

Fire crews now have to thin out thousands of acres of dense, dry forest as wildfires burn.

washingtonpost.com

July 25, 2026

Brianna Sacks

Climate & Environment

https://archive.ph/4xwmv

US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch

A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.

techcrunch.com

July 24, 2026

Zack Whittaker

Science & Technology