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Stories that fit no single desk: breaking events, national developments, and situations still taking shape as we publish.
Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist whose polka-dotted pumpkins and mirrored infinity rooms made her one of the most recognized names in contemporary art, has died
Rock band Buckcherry’s tour bus was involved in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 26 East in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, around 2 a.m. on August 21, 2026
Prince Harry, Elton John and five other people who sued the publisher of the Daily Mail have been ordered to pay an initial £9.5 million — about $13 million
The Justice Department told a federal court on Aug. 19, 2026, that Attorney General Todd Blanche played no part in the decision to indict former FBI Director James
On the night of August 27 into August 28, 2026, the Moon slid through most of Earth’s shadow and took on a deep red-orange
Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir, has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded since the lake began filling behind Hoover Dam in 1935.
A Qantas A380 flew a round trip between Sydney and Dallas-Fort Worth with passengers aboard while a 33-centimeter (about 13-inch) battery-powered maintenance work
On July 10, 2026, a fan blade broke off the right engine of a Boeing 737-800 operated by Malta Air, a Ryanair Group subsidiary, as it climbed through about 16,000
A total solar eclipse crossed the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 — but the path of full darkness never touched the United States.
Two general aviation aircraft flew into the restricted airspace over President Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Sunday, August 9, 2026, and NORAD
El País identified the aircraft as a DHL cargo plane, while The Associated Press described it only as a freight plane.