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A parasitic infection called Cyclospora, often transmitted through contaminated food or water, has spread throughout the United States.As of July 9, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported at least 843 infections (the main symptom of which can cause watery diarrhea for weeks) and 86 hospitalizations. Nationwide cases and hospitalizations are likely to exceed these numbers because the CDC takes longer to receive reports from state health departments, which are reporting above-average case counts in a wide range of states, including Michigan, New York, Kentucky, and Texas.The outbreak has not yet been linked to a common source, and businesses…

A zipline precision drone with a delivery pod underneath.zip lineSouth San Francisco startup Zipline is expanding its drone delivery service into new U.S. and international markets, adding former Tesla and Waymo executives to its executive ranks and bringing in a former Uber executive to lead commercial expansion.Since Zipline was founded nearly 12 years ago, its fully electric autonomous drones have been used to make more than 2.5 million commercial deliveries. The drone can carry items weighing up to 8 pounds. They have been used to deliver everything from administering life-saving vaccines, blood and anti-venoms to burritos and personalized pizzas. Customers…

An F-35B Lighting II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 takes off from the flight deck of the American-class amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7) on May 13, 2026.Provided by: U.S. NavyU.S. Central Command announced Tuesday that U.S. forces began strikes against Iranian targets just before the U.S. resumed its naval blockade of Iranian ports in and around the Strait of Hormuz.CENTCOM said on the X Post that the latest attack, aimed at “degrading Iran’s ability to be used to attack commercial shipping” in the economically important strait, began at 3pm ET.The naval blockade of the Gulf of…

President Trump has reversed the fee burden and said regional countries would instead invest in the United States in exchange for transportation protections.Published July 14, 2026July 14, 2026US President Donald Trump has walked back his claim that the US government would impose a 20% transit fee on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.Tuesday’s reversal came just one day after President Trump announced the 20% fee as fighting between the United States and Iran continues to escalate.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listAt the time, President Trump did not provide details of the fee, only telling Truth Social that…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that rising oil prices are driving a familiar rotation in the stock market, weighing on it at the start of a new trading week.”Get ready for a Pavlovian trade,” the “Mad Money” host said, referring to classic conditioning behavior. “They always do that, so it will work for the time being.”Oil prices soared on Monday after President Donald Trump announced he would reinstate the blockade of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. west texas intermediate crude oil While it rose 9.4% to settle above $78 per barrel. brent international crude oil It rose 9.6% to…

Octa and Cloutstrike.Jonathan Rahr | Nicholas Kokobris | Null Photo | Getty ImagesCybersecurity stocks soared on Tuesday IBM CEO Arvind Krishna noted in the company’s preliminary second quarter results that cyber anxiety is a top priority for customers.Krishna said that during this period, customers shifted their spending to servers and memory, and “rapidly evolving industry-wide cybersecurity concerns” distracted customers.The rise of advanced artificial intelligence models such as humanThe myth sparked public anxiety on Wall Street and concerns about faster and more sophisticated cyberattacks. Krishna told CNBC’s Sarah Eisen on Tuesday that some major deals were put on hold toward the…

June was the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since April 2022, the United Nations said on Tuesday, underscoring the devastating impact of Russia’s stepped-up attacks on cities far from the front lines. The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said at least 293 Ukrainian civilians were killed in June, bringing the civilian death toll so far this year to nearly 1,400. This is a 37% increase compared to the same period last year and more than double the same period in 2024. Daniel Bell, director of HRMMU, said the June statistics “reveal a worrying trend of increasing…

Japanese 10,000 yen banknotes are organized in Kyoto, Japan on Thursday, November 2, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJapan’s government bond yields have reached their highest level in decades, providing an indicator 10 years Last week it reached a level not seen since 1996. Japanese government bonds have been sold off on concerns about policy normalization by the Bank of Japan and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s spending plans, but experts say the asset class is worth a second look for investors. “For global bond investors, government bonds are increasingly moving from ‘uninvestable’ to ‘investable,'” said Masahiko Lu, senior fixed…

E. Jean Carroll and her attorneys Sean Crowley and Roberta Kaplan react outside Manhattan federal court after the verdict in the second civil trial in which she claims she was raped by former U.S. President Donald Trump decades ago, January 26, 2024, in New York City.Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersAuthor E. Jean Carroll was paid more than $5.6 million as part of a federal civil jury’s verdict holding President Donald Trump accountable for sexual abuse and defamation, a court filing revealed Tuesday.An online filing notice in Carroll’s lawsuit against Trump in U.S. District Court in Lower Manhattan shows that $5,625,005.48 was…

Mexico has filed a complaint and sent a cease-and-desist letter over the deaths of 17 citizens in ICE custody or raids.Published July 14, 2026July 14, 2026Mexico has begun filing charges with U.S. state prosecutors over the deaths of Mexican nationals in immigration detention and enforcement, the strongest response yet to deaths related to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.The Foreign Ministry announced the move in a statement on Tuesday after President Trump announced that 17 Mexican nationals have died during U.S. immigration searches or detention since he returned to office last January.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe Mexican government…