Ship operators already faced severe risks in navigating the region, and now the danger is higher as Houthi militias assert control in the Red Sea.
Categories:
US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)
Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline
Ships and Shipping
Houthis
Iran
Middle East
The news briefly pushed the price of oil to $110 a barrel over heightened fears of widening clashes in the Middle East.
Categories:
Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline
US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)
Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)
Diesel Power
The militia captured the island in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a choke point for trade. Saudi Arabia also announced it had shut down a critical oil pipeline after a drone attack launched from Iraq.
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War and Armed Conflicts
Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline
Defense and Military Forces
US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)
Houthis
Bab al-Mandab Strait
Iran
Red Sea
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
At a ceremony in Lower Manhattan, elected officials and loved ones of those killed in the 2001 terror attacks gathered in solemn remembrance.
Categories:
Terrorism
Funerals and Memorials
Deaths (Fatalities)
September 11 (2001)
Monuments and Memorials (Structures)
Names, Personal
Mamdani, Zohran
New York City
Financial District (Manhattan, NY)
World Trade Center (Manhattan, NY)
In recent weeks, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has visited firehouses around New York City as part of an effort to direct the public’s attention toward the victims, and away from himself.
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Mamdani, Zohran
September 11 (2001)
New York City
Muslims and Islam
Fires and Firefighters
Mayors
Muslim Americans
Discrimination
Funerals and Memorials
The contractor said the pool’s new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show.
Categories:
Reflecting Pool
United States Politics and Government
Government Contracts and Procurement
Lincoln Memorial (Washington, DC)
National Mall (Washington, DC)
Restoration and Renovation
Interior Department
Atlantic Industrial Coatings LLC
Trump, Donald J
Hearn, David (1959- )
Washington (DC)
The 64-year-old Michigan power plant was set to retire. Then the Trump administration intervened in a way that overstepped its authority, a court ruled.
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Decisions and Verdicts
Coal
Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Suits and Litigation (Civil)
United States Politics and Government
Electric Light and Power
Environment
Pollution
Energy Department
Trump, Donald J
Michigan
The judge, in halting the pretrial fact-finding process, said President Trump’s claim of immunity could “dispose of the entire case” involving the library to be built in Miami.
Categories:
United States Politics and Government
Immunity from Prosecution
Decisions and Verdicts
Federal-State Relations (US)
Federal Courts (US)
Suits and Litigation (Civil)
Building (Construction)
Gifts to Public Officials
DeSantis, Ron
Trump, Donald J
Miami Dade College
Supreme Court (US)
Florida
Constitution (US)
Also, an Iranian-backed militia seized a key Red Sea island. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
President Trump’s trip comes after a two-day Republican rally in Dallas, where he tried to energize voters amid fears that the party could face losses in the midterms.
Categories:
United States Politics and Government
Irish-Americans
US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)
Travel and Vacations
Midterm Elections (2026)
Obama, Barack
Trump, Donald J
Biden, Joseph R Jr
Connolly, Catherine (1957- )
The legal wrangling over a congressional map redrawn by Republicans has election officials, candidates and voters scrambling before November.
Categories:
United States Politics and Government
Redistricting and Reapportionment
Midterm Elections (2026)
Decisions and Verdicts
Supreme Court (US)
Cleaver, Emanuel II
Missouri
Elections, House of Representatives
Referendums
The president attacked three Democrats running for Senate this week with inaccurate claims to portray them as too extreme.
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United States Politics and Government
Elections, Senate
Midterm Elections (2026)
American Civil Liberties Union
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Cooper, Roy A
El-Sayed, Abdul
Paxton, Ken
Trump, Donald J
Talarico, James
Charlotte (NC)
Egypt
North Carolina
Michigan
Israel-Gaza War (2023- )
A new crop of college students is finding balance at daytime parties with yoga, saunas and cold plunges.
Categories:
TikTok (ByteDance)
University of Alabama
University of Florida
Colleges and Universities
Parties (Social)
Millennial Generation
Generation Z
Fraternities and Sororities
Medicine and Health
If money is no object, the luxury options are plentiful. But if you take the subway and don’t mind watching the match on a screen, a budget day at the finals is possible.
Categories:
United States Open (Tennis)
Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)
Luxury Goods and Services
Fans (Persons)
Ashe, Arthur, Stadium
Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Blade Inc
Salt Hank's (Manhattan, NY, Restaurant)
Ticketmaster
Hudson Yards (Manhattan, NY)
Queens (NYC)
For five decades, the artist has made sculptures that are larger-than-life — and also singularly reflective of his own.
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fallmens2026
Art
Museums
Sculpture
Koons, Jeff
The nation’s reaction to the 11-1 deadlock that resulted in a mistrial for Lindsay Clancy was, like the jury itself, fiercely and unbridgeably divided.
Categories:
Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides
Jury System
Decisions and Verdicts
Mental Health and Disorders
Polls and Public Opinion
Clancy, Lindsay (1990- )
Plymouth (Mass)
The rapper had been accused of orchestrating a plot to kill a rival in an ambush that resulted in the death of another man.
Categories:
Rap and Hip-Hop
Decisions and Verdicts
Racketeering and Racketeers
Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides
Lil Durk (1992- )
Quando Rondo (Rapper)
The teenager survived in the Bering Sea off Alaska without food or water before a fishing vessel pulled him to safety, the Coast Guard said.
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Maritime Accidents and Safety
Rescues
Coastal Areas
Boats and Boating
United States Coast Guard
Alaska
Bering Sea
internal-eafs
A dispatch from Dallas 2026.
Categories:
United States Politics and Government
Midterm Elections (2026)
Politics and Government
Elections, House of Representatives
Republican Party
Trump, Donald J
We can no longer pretend that A.I. is safe.
Categories:
Artificial Intelligence
Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
Cyberattacks and Hackers
Anthropic AI LLC
Hugging Face Inc
METR (Model Evaluation & Threat Research) (Nonprofit)
NVIDIA Corporation
The only fraternal organization for women special operations veterans held a gala to mark the wars that began 25 years ago. It came as the Pentagon questions women’s roles in the military.
Categories:
United States Defense and Military Forces
Women and Girls
United States Politics and Government
September 11 (2001)
Afghanistan War (2001- )
Veterans
Defense Department
United States Army
United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets)
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy