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Friday, August 21, 2026 · 67 stories
Tornadoes appeared in Queens and on Long Island as flooding disrupted traffic on some highways. A tornado was also confirmed in Delaware.
The MTA plans to extend the Q line to 125th Street and Lexington Avenue by the end of 2032. The MTA reports the project will cost $6.9 billion.
Here are your early links: Outshine fruit bars recalled due to glass contamination, low turnout at “School Streets,” twin lemurs are the newest addition to Central Park Zoo and more. Ahead of the 100th Thanksgiving Day Parade, Macy’s hosted a holiday feast for influencers.
WASHINGTON -- Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday allowed the White House to continue construction on President Donald Trump's $400 million ballroom project for now, as the Supreme Court considers the Trump administration's emergency request to intervene in lawsuits over the project. The Trump administration says 65% of the work has already been completed on the planned 90,000-square-foot (8,400-square-meter) ballroom, where the East Wing stood before the president ordered its demolition. Two appeals-court judges appointed by Democratic presidents found the project was for Congress to decide.
Experts warn that President Trump's transactional approach to an alliance will erode political trust.
“It sort of states the obvious, (we are) seeing some incremental pressure on the consumer relative to the beginning of the year with higher fuel prices,” Rainey said on an earnings call, adding that when gas prices get over $4 a gallon, “there’s a psychological impact to that. The nation’s largest retailer earned $6.4 billion in net income in the three months ending July 31, thanks to strong online spending and a large $2.9 billion tariff refund, the largest yet reported. Walmart is not the only big retailer logging big tariff refunds, or the money companies will get back from the.
On 13 August in the city of Chiba near Tokyo there was a record-breaking 115mm of rainfall in just one hour, while the nearby city of Sakura broke its own record with 97mm in one hour. There was also record-breaking rain in nearby South Korea , where in the city of Geoje 124.5mm fell within one hour early on 17 August. Local authorities issued a level 5 emergency warning for heavy rain, the highest alert level and the first time one has been issued since the system was implemented in May.
Watch: Video shows Russian drone strike Ukraine shopping mall At least 15 people have been killed in a Russian double-tap drone strike on a shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, local officials have said. A number of people are reported to be trapped in the rubble of the shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha said on Friday evening that there were now 15 confirmed fatalities, including two people who died later in hospital. Specially trained psychologists have been deployed to help some survivors after.
The Ervebo vaccine, known to protect against the Zaïre species of Ebola, will now be tested for the one causing the current outbreak The Democratic Republic of the Congo is gearing up to roll out an Ebola vaccine with some doses being used as part of a trial to see if it is effective against the Bundibugyo species of the virus that is currently circulating in the country. 'I buried my parents one day after the other' - Ebola mourners learn how to grieve safely Recovery of Ebola patients offers rare moments of joy at epicentre of outbreak 'They said it isn't real': Ebola rumours fuel attacks.