Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Dan Sullivan lead in Alaska primary for US Senate – US politics livehttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/aug/19/mary-peltola-dan-sullivan-alaska-primary-election-us-senate-florida-california-wyoming--donald-trump-us-politics-latestIncumbent Sullivan is running for third term while Peltola is fighting to flip seat and aid Democrats retake control of CongressThe Guardian’s Chris Stein has more on the Alaska primary:Dan J Sullivan is a retired schoolteacher and US Forest Service employee living in the town of Petersburg in south-eastern Alaska, who is running as a Republican for the US Senate. Dan S Sullivan is a Republican US...
Aug 19, 2026 7:39 AM
USC just shattered its fundraising record by nearly $100 million—thanks partly to the billionaire family behind the Houston Texanshttps://fortune.com/article/bob-mcnair-houston-texans-philanthropy-university-of-south-carolina/The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation donated $25 million to the University of South Carolina in 2026.
Aug 19, 2026 7:02 AM
Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S.https://www.npr.org/2026/08/19/nx-s1-5937389/liberia-to-take-deportees-from-usThe 1,200 deportees will include Africans as well as nationals from North America, South America and the Caribbean, with the first batch of 20 expected on Thursday.
Aug 19, 2026 6:57 AM
Crosstown crash out: White Sox walked off again, 4-3https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/crosstown-crash-white-sox-walked-061200721.htmlDifferent night, same painful ending for the South Siders
Aug 19, 2026 6:12 AM
Coaches embrace new FHSAA league playoffs | Independent Footballhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/coaches-embrace-fhsaa-league-playoffs-060000346.htmlThe FHSAA unveils its new Independent Football League this season, and the overwhelming consensus among Orlando-area coaches is positive. The league has two divisions (A and B), based on student enrollment counts, and both brackets have North and South regions with eight teams in each. That adds up to 32 teams getting to experience postseason play. The North and South region winners will play ...
Aug 19, 2026 6:00 AM
Korea Yield Curve Steepest Since 2021 as Long-Bond Slump Deepenshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-19/korea-yield-curve-steepest-since-2021-as-long-bond-slump-deepensThe spread between South Korea’s three- and 10-year government bond yields has widened to the highest in nearly five years amid a global selloff in long-dated securities and expectations that Bank of Korea won’t raise interest rates aggressively.
Aug 19, 2026 5:54 AM
Korean Won Advances Past Key Psychological Level of 1,400 Per Dollarhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-19/korean-won-advances-past-key-psychological-level-of-1-400-per-dollarThe South Korean won strengthened past the key psychological level of 1,400 per dollar for the first time in more than 10 months, extending a recovery fueled by a booming semiconductor industry.
Aug 19, 2026 4:07 AM
Tigers take home a road win against Titanshttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/tigers-home-road-win-against-040030299.htmlFort Branch, Ind. (WEHT) – The Memorial Tigers girls volleyball team got back to the .500 mark on the season as they took down Gibson Southern. The Tigers lost the first set but came back to win it in five. Next up for the team is a meeting at Bloomington South on Saturday.
Aug 19, 2026 4:00 AM
Oliver Gilbert wins Democratic primary for Florida's District 24https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2026-florida-primary-district-24-oliver-gilbert/The heavily Democratic district includes predominantly Black and Hispanic communities in northern Miami-Dade and southern Broward counties.
Aug 19, 2026 3:29 AM
SportsZone+ Episode 18: Duel of the aces, PikeView rebounds from losseshttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sportszone-episode-18-duel-aces-013901972.htmlGHENT, WV (WVNS) – In the 18th episode of SportsZone+, Caleb Okes and Matt Cassada talk some of the biggest headlines baseball and softball have here in southern West Virginia. PikeView suffered their first losses of the season in both softball and baseball, but quickly responded with a pair of wins. James Monroe and Wyoming […]
Aug 19, 2026 1:39 AM
Ronnie Bell carted off because of heat as fights break out during Saints-Cowboys joint practicehttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ronnie-bell-carted-off-because-013857316.htmlNew Orleans wide receiver Ronnie Bell was carted off the field because of the effects of Southern California heat after being involved in one of several fights during a chippy joint practice between the Saints and Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday. Bell walked to the trainer's tent following a second brawl between the Saints offense and Cowboys defense.
Aug 19, 2026 1:38 AM
High School Football Camp Tour: Bellbrook primed for bounce back seasonhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/high-school-football-camp-tour-010400019.htmlBELLBROOK — The Bellbrook High School football team has a chip on its shoulder. A year ago, the Golden Eagles saw their Southwestern Buckeye League championship streak end after five seasons — a loss that fueled them in the offseason. “It’s going to serve this team a lot,” said Bellbrook coach Jeff Jenkins. “We got knocked down. We’ve got to get back up, work harder and hopefully be in the ...
Aug 19, 2026 1:04 AM
Korea Bears Brunt as Higher Bond Yields Weigh on Chip Stockshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-19/korea-bears-brunt-as-higher-bond-yields-weigh-on-chip-stocksSouth Korea led a selloff in Asian chip stocks early Wednesday, as rising bond yields exacerbated worry over the large sums of cash being shelled out by Big Tech.
Aug 19, 2026 12:42 AM
Meet the aquatic dog helping anxious students learn how to surfhttps://www.cbsnews.com/video/meet-the-aquatic-dog-helping-anxious-students-learn-how-to-surf/Astro is a second-generation dog surf instructor working on the island of South Padre, Texas.
Aug 19, 2026 12:08 AM
Trump-backed Byron Donalds wins Republican primary in race to succeed Florida governor DeSantishttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/florida-primary-results-governor-senateCongressman had pledged to implement president’s agenda if he gained governor’s seatPrimary voters in Florida backed a Republican endorsed by Donald Trump to stand as the party’s candidate in the race to succeed Ron DeSantis as the state’s governor.Byron Donalds, a congressman representing south-west Florida since 2021, won the nomination by trouncing three reasonably prominent Republican rivals, ...
Aug 19, 2026 12:08 AM
Predicting Oklahoma's 2026 record through a brutal schedulehttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMioAFBVV95cUxNbWtqdnFONE01bWVQN0dFb2NOdkF2aDRJWG5hVzVvLVFsbFhYY242R1REV0FSNEJJeVJmQWdkOTJLYm5ZVjVnWUMxb0VjcWNaV2lMZGVkOUk0OGFycEIwdVEtZmF3c1dlb2pQMTJsQS1hQVZKS0hPY0I5bTZKNlFDeXpyRzlaYWlNQVhyZ0E2MjNWRVZ5MmVpMzZyYTNMWDlT?oc=5Predicting Oklahoma's 2026 record through a brutal schedule Southeastern Conference
Aug 19, 2026 12:07 AM
Jared Moskowitz wins Democratic primary for Florida's District 25https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-primary-district-25-democratic-jared-moskowitz/The district that runs along part of Florida's southeast coast and includes portions of Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
Aug 19, 2026 12:02 AM
Threatening Friends and Courting Enemies in Trump’s ‘Upside-Down World’https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/trumps-upside-down-world.htmlThe president’s hostility to allies like Oman, Canada and South Korea, and his affection for adversaries like North Korea, may still shock some. But it comes as little surprise after a decade of upheaval.
Aug 18, 2026 11:50 PM
Terton Capital Challenges Korea’s Golfzon on Second Buyout Bidhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-18/terton-capital-challenges-korea-s-golfzon-on-second-buyout-bidA second attempt to take South Korea’s Golfzon Holdings Co. private is facing renewed resistance from a minority shareholder, with the stock now trading above the tender price in a sign the buyer may struggle to win over investors on the current terms.
Aug 18, 2026 11:38 PM
Boyfriend of Hayden Panettiere was at apartment when actor diedhttps://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/18/hayden-panettiere-death-boyfriendPolice report shows Brian Hickerson and his brother, Zach Hickerson, were at Greenville, South Carolina, residenceHayden Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother, Zach Hickerson, were at the South Carolina apartment where the actor died over the weekend, according to a police report released Tuesday.A Greenville police officer who responded to the residence Sunday afterno...
Aug 18, 2026 11:23 PM