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Checkout Shock: Walmart Goes Tap

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Walmart’s decade-long holdout ended with a date certain: tap-to-pay starts August 24, and it changes checkout everywhere. Story Snapshot Tap-to-pay begins August 24 at select Walmart and Sam’s Club stores Apple Pay, Google Pay, and...

Deportation Pipeline Opens in Liberia

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Twenty people landed in Liberia on a U.S. deportation flight that opens the door to as many as 1,200 third-country removals over the next year. Story Snapshot The first flight under the U.S.–Liberia pact carried...

Ballot Gatekeeping? USPS Demands Names, Barcodes

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USPS wants names and barcodes before it will move millions of mail ballots, and the clock is already ticking. Story Snapshot USPS proposed and then issued rules tying ballot mail to voter-name lists and unique...

ALERT: Potassium Injections Paralyze Patients

Four routine joint surgeries turned into medical crises when syringes held potassium instead of...

Free Money Frenzy Erupts Nationwide

Across big-city sidewalks and small-town parks, strangers are racing to snatch hidden cash before...

Allergen Bomb Hides in Donut Box?

A mislabeled box of chocolate-dipped donuts triggered a real allergic reaction and a fast...

Musk’s $100B Spaceport Shocks Louisiana

SpaceX and Louisiana officials just mapped out a $100 billion spaceport on the Gulf—big...

U.S.–Canada Trade Brawl Turns Brutal

Canada answered Washington’s tariff volley with a blunt promise: dollar-for-dollar retaliation, starting after Labor...

VIDEO: Deluge Leaves Hundreds Vanished

A wall of mud and water roared out of the Himalayas, leaving hundreds dead...

China Hack Playbook Hits U.S. Nerve Centers

The same hackers who probed a U.S. election system also scanned the U.S. Senate...

Hollywood Icon Gone—Questions Linger

Tim Curry died at his Los Angeles home at age 80, closing a five-decade...

Nationwide Pill Recall Sparks Heart Risk Fears

One lot of thyroid pills tested “superpotent,” and the recall is nationwide. Story Snapshot Vitruvias...

Judge Torches Maxwell: Claims Called Frivolous

A federal judge just told Ghislaine Maxwell that the new evidence she says clears...

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BREAKING: Horror Blaze Kills 14 Newborns

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Fourteen newborns died in minutes when fire and smoke raced through a hospital nursery in Islamabad. Story Snapshot Officials confirmed 14 infant deaths after a nursery fire at a major Islamabad hospital. Rescuers pulled at...

Confidence Craters As Prices Spike

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Gas prices just crossed a line American drivers haven't seen in more than three years, and consumer confidence dropped right along with it. Quick Take The national average price for gasoline topped $4 a gallon,...

VIDEO: House Inferno, Gunfire — Kids Among Dead

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A family disturbance in a quiet Billings, Montana neighborhood ended with a house fire, gunfire, and multiple deaths, including children, before the suspected shooter took his own life. Story Snapshot Multiple adults and multiple juveniles...

VIDEO: Narco Boat Vanished — Two Dead

U.S. Southern Command says a Sunday strike sank a low-profile boat on a known...

VIDEO: Rain Turns Dump Into Killer

A mountain of garbage collapsed before dawn in Conakry and buried families where they...

Alaska Flight Run Ends In Deadly Disaster

A charter plane carrying eight people went down near a remote military radar site...

Deadly Classroom Carnage: Police Move Fast

A teenage girl was killed and three others injured when an 18-year-old with a...

Shoppers Tackle Armed Robber

Shoppers and staff at a Greenville Costco stopped a machete-and-pickaxe-wielding suspect at the jewelry...

Soda Empire Quietly Overtakes Utah

A soda stand that started in one small Utah town now sells more drinks...

Deadly Blindspot: Million Cars Recalled

Nearly one million Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, and Ram vehicles need a software fix because...

Surgery Namesake Dies — His Legend Lives On

Tommy John died at 83 in Bradenton, Florida, and baseball’s language now bears his...

Salmonella Scare Hits Amazon Favorite

A granola aimed at nursing mothers was pulled nationwide after a salmonella warning.Story SnapshotHampton...

Beef Crisis Deepens — Processing Plants Close

America's largest meatpacker just admitted the cattle shortage behind sky-high beef prices is not...

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