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- Several injured after sword attack at Swedish schoolon August 21, 2026 at 3:42 pm
Police say one man has been arrested, while several other local schools have been locked down.
- Corruption charges dropped against South Africa’s police intelligence bosson August 21, 2026 at 2:38 pm
Officials had faced charges over the appointment of a civilian to a top post within crime intelligence.
- Tornadoes touch down in New York and Delawareon August 21, 2026 at 2:35 pm
Tornadoes swept through New York and Delaware as severe storms brought torrential rain to the Mid-Atlantic.
- Ex-Abercrombie & Fitch chief fit to stand trial in sex trafficking case, judge sayson August 21, 2026 at 2:23 pm
Jeffries was declared “mentally incompetent” by a court last year and said to be suffering with dementia and late onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
- Ebola vaccine trial to start in DR Congo as warning issued over speed of infectionson August 21, 2026 at 1:44 pm
About half of the 2,500 recorded deaths from Ebola happened in the last 20 days, the WHO says.
WIRED The latest from www.wired.com
- Meta’s Big Reckoning Is Hereby Lauren Goode on August 21, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Meta is in court again over child safety, and this time it’s a landmark case that could force significant changes to core features of Facebook and Instagram.
- I Tried the Best Robotic Pool Cleaners of 2026: Beatbot, iGarden, Dreameby Christopher Null on August 21, 2026 at 11:33 am
Pack up your pool cleaning supplies. Let one of these robot buddies maintain your water quality instead
- The Patrick Clancy Conspiracy Theories Are Rooted in the Harsh Realities of Motherhoodby Ej Dickson on August 21, 2026 at 11:00 am
Lindsay Clancy’s defense argues she killed her three kids because of postpartum psychosis. But armchair detectives, including many fed-up mothers, are laying blame with her ex-husband.
- Nyrius Phoenix Home True 4K60 (2026): A Solution for Cord Clutterby John Brandon on August 21, 2026 at 11:00 am
The Nyrius Phoenix Home True 4K60 can wirelessly transmit games, TV shows, movies, and more across your home (even through walls).
- 5 Best Electric Toothbrushes (2026): Philips, Oral-B, Quip, Moreby Boutayna Chokrane on August 21, 2026 at 10:31 am
After two years of testing, these are the electric toothbrushes that impressed WIRED staffers the most.
Politics News, Analysis and Opinion from POLITICO
- The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politicsby By POLITICO Staff on August 21, 2026 at 9:00 am
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best of this week’s crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
- Trump is finally hitting the campaign trail. It’s not for a battleground member.by By Alec Hernandez on August 21, 2026 at 9:00 am
The president is rallying with Sen. Darline Graham in deep-red South Carolina, a switch-up from his quieter strategy in battlegrounds like Georgia, Michigan and Texas.
- The midterms of scandal are underwayby By Erin Doherty, Andrew Howard and Alec Hernandez on August 21, 2026 at 8:45 am
Both parties have navigated a range of scandals this year — and haven’t found a uniform approach to handling them.
- How Jonathan Haidt turned the fight over kids and social media into a political movementon August 21, 2026 at 4:00 am
How Jonathan Haidt turned the fight over kids and social media into a political movement lead image
- Republican Mike Rogers backs Michigan data center moratoriumby By Timothy Cama on August 20, 2026 at 8:19 pm
Both the Michigan and Ohio Senate races have become data center battlegrounds.
- #Resistance Democrats are flopping in primariesby By Samuel Benson on August 20, 2026 at 8:45 am
Alexander Vindman’s Senate primary loss Tuesday is the latest stumble from a top Trump critic.
- Michael Cohen won’t say if he’ll use his Trump interview to seek a pardonby By Gregory Svirnovskiy on August 20, 2026 at 1:58 am
The president is expected to call into Cohen’s radio show Thursday in their first public conversation since a very public falling out.
- The Freedom Caucus is having a brutal primary runby By Andrew Howard on August 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
The hard-right Freedom Caucus has struggled to elevate its picks this year.
- ‘Woefully underprepared’: Graham critics seize on her foreign policy misstepby By Alec Hernandez, Alex Gangitano, Mark Satter and Connor O’Brien on August 19, 2026 at 9:12 pm
President Donald Trump is working hard to propel the political newcomer into office. Her debate performance proved just how green she still is.
- Trump tries to quiet his mass deportation campaign. Voters aren’t moving.by By Myah Ward and Erin Doherty on August 19, 2026 at 9:00 am
New results from The POLITICO Poll show that half of Americans, including nearly a quarter of Trump’s 2024 voters, still say the president’s mass deportation campaign is too aggressive.
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