Arkansas Wins Federal Waiver Giving Schools More Control Over Education Dollars
A New Era for Arkansas Schools Arkansas scored a significant victory for its education system last week when the federal government handed the state a sweeping new level of control over how it runs its public schools. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders joined U.S. Secretary of…
Markets Wobble as US-Iran Ceasefire Collapses Into Fresh Strikes
A Fragile Peace Unravels A ceasefire that once seemed to be inching toward a permanent deal has shattered. On July 8, President Donald Trump declared the Memorandum of Understanding with Tehran effectively over, and the United States has since launched waves of airstrikes against Iran…
San Diego’s First Homegrown Chagas Case Raises Alarm About Kissing Bug Risk
A Parasite That Hides in Plain Sight San Diego County health officials have confirmed the region’s first locally acquired case of Chagas disease — identified during routine blood donation screening in a donor who had no symptoms. The announcement, made on Monday, July 7, sent…
Babies Are Born Music Lovers and Their Brains Prove It
A Musical Brain From the Very Beginning While the human brain processes structured music as early as three months of age, the physical drive to move to a beat emerges only toward the end of the first year of life. That’s the central finding of…
NATO Leaders Converge in Ankara With Billions on the Line and Ukraine Under Fire
A Summit Built on Urgency Heads of state and government from NATO’s 32 members are meeting for a summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 7–8, 2026. The timing could hardly be more charged. The Ankara Summit is expected to center on three issues: defense investment,…
