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Old Ada County Courthouse building in Boise, Idaho. Photo: Tamanoeconomico, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bryan Kohberger Moves to Withdraw Guilty Plea in Idaho Killings

Serving four consecutive life terms, Bryan Kohberger now claims innocence and demands a trial, a move the victims' families say they would welcome.

27 Jul 2026 ·8 min read
Space Needle rising over the Seattle Center campus where the Bite of Seattle festival shooting unfolded. Photo: Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Bite of Seattle Shooting Leaves Three Dead as Manhunt Stretches On

Three people died and four were wounded when crossfire erupted at the Bite of Seattle festival, and police are still hunting a third gunman.

27 Jul 2026 ·5 min read
Historic county courthouse in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Photo: Swampyank at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Lindsay Clancy Trial Opens With Husband as Leadoff Witness

Opening statements framed Lindsay Clancy as either a calculating killer or a mother lost to psychosis before her ex-husband took the stand in Plymouth.

27 Jul 2026 ·5 min read
Downtown Menasha, Wisconsin, the city that took some of the heaviest damage from Monday's tornado. Photo: Arnmhs / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wisconsin Tornado Carves Path of Damage Through Appleton and Menasha

Rare Particularly Dangerous Situation warning preceded a tornado that tore through Appleton and Menasha, collapsing buildings and cutting power to over 100,000.

27 Jul 2026 ·5 min read
Exposed white mineral ring on the canyon walls of Lake Mead showing how far the reservoir has dropped. Photo: U.S. Geological Survey / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
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Record Lows at Lake Mead and Powell Force Federal Hand on Colorado River

Combined storage in Lake Mead and Lake Powell has fallen to levels last seen in 1957, and Washington now prepares to dictate the next round of water cuts.

27 Jul 2026 ·5 min read
Layered red and gold hills under a clear sky at the Painted Hills unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon. Photo: samiamx / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
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Oregon Wildfires Top 450,000 Acres as Smoke Advisory Runs Into Monday

Lightning-sparked fire complexes in north-central Oregon have burned more than 450,000 acres, with smoke advisories covering seven counties into Monday afternoon.

26 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
A dark shelf cloud advancing ahead of a thunderstorm over open terrain, the leading edge of a damaging gust front. Photo: NOAA Photo Library / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
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Severe Storm Threat Rolls East as July Flood Emergencies Near Record

A multiday severe storm threat stretches from the Great Lakes to the East Coast as July closes in on a national record for flash flood emergencies.

26 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Exterior of a Taco Bell restaurant in Murphy, North Carolina, the chain whose shredded iceberg lettuce was tied to the multistate Cyclospora outbreak. Photo: Harrison Keely / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
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Cyclospora Outbreak Reaches 1,947 Cases in Nine States, CDC Says

Federal investigators tied nearly 2,000 illnesses and 98 hospitalizations to recalled iceberg lettuce, as Taco Bell and Taylor Farms face mounting litigation.

26 Jul 2026 ·5 min read
Aerial view of downtown Rapid City, South Dakota, the city that logged an all-time high of 112 degrees during the July 2026 heat dome. Photo: Tony Webster / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Second Heat Dome Puts 40 Million Americans Under Extreme Heat Warnings

A second heat dome pushed heat indexes past 105 degrees from Minnesota to Mississippi on Sunday, as all-time records fell across the northern Plains.

26 Jul 2026 ·5 min read
Demonstrators rally in support of immigrants in San Francisco in a file photograph. Photo: Pax Ahimsa Gethen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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DHS Buys TPS Holders Days, Not Reprieve, as Work Permits Lapse

USCIS granted TPS holders from seven countries a brief extension of work authorization, deferring by days a lapse that follows the Supreme Court's June ruling clearing the way to end their protections.

14 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Emergency workers wade through floodwater in Lesterville, Missouri, after the Black River overran its banks. Photo: Jocelyn Augustino, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Record Crest on Missouri's Black River Forces Helicopter Evacuation of Summer Camp

Torrential rain measured in feet rather than inches drove the Black River to an unprecedented crest, stranding campers on rooftops and drawing eight Black Hawk helicopters into a dawn evacuation across southeastern Missouri.

14 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Fans gather outside Lumen Field in Seattle ahead of a 2026 World Cup Round of 16 match. Photo: PK-WIKI, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Seattle's Soccer Faithful Carry the Weight as USMNT Meets Belgium

Supporters filling Lumen Field in Seattle shouldered the outcome as the U.S. men's national team met Belgium in a World Cup Round of 16 tie, with the co-hosted tournament's knockout rounds now on American soil.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
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