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Soils of War: The Toxic Legacy For Ukraine’s Breadbasket

When Ukraine recaptured Kherson in November, Andrii Povod returned to find his grain farm in ruins. Two tractors were missing, most of the wheat was gone and all 11 buildings used to store crops and machinery had been bombed and burned. The farm bears the scars of Russian shelling and unexploded ordnance riddles the fields […]

Houthis say they targeted Saudi capital and energy sites with ballistic missiles September 19, 2026
Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen say they carried out drone and ballistic missile attacks on the Saudi capital Riyadh, as well as energy sites on the country's Red Sea coast.Saudi authorities said they intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired at Riyadh earlier that day, without confirming any further strikes or causalities. Earlier, a column […]
Patrick Jackson
Newsom signs California election safeguards aimed at Trump administration September 19, 2026
An election worker puts ballots in a counting machine at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center on June 3 in City of Industry. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed bills to protect California's elections process from interference and increase transparency in campaigns. (Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times)Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed legislation to increase security for […]
Nicole Nixon
Trump says he’ll name an AI czar and create an ‘AI force’ September 19, 2026
WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Saturday that he plans to appoint a new artificial intelligence adviser, known as ‌an "AI czar," and create an "AI force," though he did not provide details about either ‌initiative or how they would be implemented. Fears are growing […]
Reuters
Denmark and Greenland push back on Trump's 'permanent control' claim September 19, 2026
By Stine Jacobsen, Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Tom Little COPENHAGEN, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Denmark and Greenland on Saturday said any agreement with the United States would not compromise Greenland's sovereignty, after President Donald Trump said the deal would give Washington "permanent control" over the Arctic ‌island's security, leaving its precise scope unclear. The United States, […]
By Stine Jacobsen, Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Tom Little
A rare, high-elevation tornado hits Utah mountainside at nearly 7,500 feet September 19, 2026
When you're living near a mountainside, one of the last things you would expect to see moving fast at higher elevations would be a tornado, but that's what happened in Utah on Friday. According to the Salt Lake City, Utah, branch of the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS), a rare, strong twister occurred near Fruit […]
Nathan Howes
Trump's media ban reportedly caught many inside his own White House off guard September 19, 2026
Donald Trump reupped his battle with the “FAKE NEWS” media on Truth Social Friday, banning CNN, MSNOW and POLITICO for reporting “LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States,” with “Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.”POLITICO called sources in and around the administration to find out why — after months of low […]
Dasha Burns, Will Steakin and Adam Wren
Every act on Ed Sheeran's tour has quit. His next show is tonight. September 19, 2026
Ed Sheeran will take the stage Saturday night at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field for the first show of his Loop Tour since Macklemore was dropped, likely performing solo after all of his remaining opening acts and his backing band quit in solidarity with the rapper over his removal from the tour for pro-Palestinian comments.Hours after […]
Dylan Stableford, Kate Murphy, Jack Brewster
U.S. Central Command says 1 billion barrels of oil have moved through Hormuz September 19, 2026
U.S. CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on April 16. (SAUL LOEB/Getty Images) U.S. Central Command said Saturday that more than 1 billion barrels of crude oil have moved through the Strait of Hormuz in the past two months while Iran has exported none under […]
Newsmax Wires
New poll puts James Talarico 6 points ahead of Ken Paxton in Texas Senate race September 19, 2026
A new Texas Pulse poll shows the Democrat widening his lead over the Republican in the Texas Senate race, with Election Day more than a month away. Published Sept. 17, the ReconMR/Texas Pulse poll showed that Democrat James Talarico's lead has grown to 6 points — outside the poll's margin of error — over Republican Ken […]
Mateo Rosiles, El Paso Times
Map shows border wall progress as new work begins September 19, 2026
New panels for the border wall are being installed in West Texas, marking the start of visible construction on a 47.3-mile project in the Big Bend region as President Donald Trump’s administration expands its barrier network along the southern border.U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the first panels for the Big Bend 1 project […]
Sam Stevenson
Voting groups sound alarm on funding cuts that they say could affect midterm turnout September 19, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Several of the nation's largest left-leaning voter engagement and racial justice organizations are facing steep funding shortfalls and staffing cutbacks just as voting is getting underway in an election that will determine control of Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump's term. The shortfalls are setting off alarms among […]
MATT BROWN
Millions are without power as Cuba is hit by latest major blackout September 19, 2026
[EPA/Shutterstock] Millions in Cuba were left without power on Friday as the country was plunged into yet another major blackout.The country's entire electricity grid suffered "total disconnection" that triggered a nationwide outage, Cuba's energy ministry said.Power was restored to some priority areas by late evening, including those near hospitals and water pumping stations in the […]
Maia Davies
Lingering feuds threaten Democrats' bid to reclaim Congress September 19, 2026
By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Democrats are seeking to reclaim Congress, but lingering divisions from a bruising run-up to the November election threaten to imperil the party's attempt to claw back power from President Donald Trump's Republicans. With control of both chambers at stake, Democrats have sought to move past the […]
By Nolan D. McCaskill
Oil prices are high but could be much worse. Trump has China's Xi to thank for that. September 19, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — It could be much worse. When President Donald Trump launched his war against Iran in late February, energy analysts issued dire warnings that oil prices could more than double during a protracted conflict and urged investors and motorists to buckle up for a bumpy ride. The war grinds on and oil prices […]
AAMER MADHANI