The Boston Globe
Gray moved his record to 15-3, and his ERA to 2.65, with seven frames of shutout ball, to even up the series at the Pirates.
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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 16.08.2026.
It displays 104 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
16.08.2026 ⇢ The Day Hurricane Lala Lashed Hawaii
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Hurricane Lala dominated coverage as it made landfall on Hawaii's Big Island as a Category 1 storm, bringing heavy rain, wind, and flooding. Reports tracked its weakening to a tropical storm by afternoon, with one fatality confirmed. The Iran crisis remained a secondary thread, with coverage of Trump's shifting stance and the strain on US naval resources, including the USS Abraham Lincoln's poor conditions and morale concerns. The Gaza peace plan advanced with Kushner's meetings. Other stories included the Supreme Court overhaul debate, ICE controversies, and the Virginia State University shooting.
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Hurricane Lala slammed Hawaii's Big Island, where it was bringing heavy rain and the possibility of life-threatening flooding and mudslides.
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Hurricane Lala slammed Hawaii's Big Island, where it was bringing heavy rain and the possibility of life-threatening flooding and mudslides.
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Three insurgent candidates are on the ballot in Florida’s August 18 primary, each challenging a better-funded moderate Democrat.
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The high-profile murder trial of Lindsay Clancy's has put the condition in the spotlight. Women who have had it call for more research and understanding of a difficult mental illness.
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With a wave of socialist candidates winning recent Democratic primaries across the country, the radical group is certain to expand after the November elections.
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The Intercept
With the case of Carlitos Ricardo Parias, the U.S. has broken its own record for holding a journalist in custody.
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The New York Times
How a Ukrainian Bank Worker Came to Face Life in a Russian Prison
Artem Murdid, his mother and his girlfriend are accused of terrorism. They say they did nothing wrong.
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Los Angeles Times
Laura Miller
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06:03⇢Hurricane Lala Lashes Hawaii
⌨The dominant story is Hurricane Lala's impact on Hawaii, with multiple outlets reporting on the storm's landfall, flooding risks, and government warnings. Concurrently, the Iran crisis continues to draw attention, with coverage of Trump's shifting stance and the strain on US naval resources.
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The USS George Washington is departing the Pacific and expected to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East amid growing concerns about mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed carrier. The Lincoln has had its time at sea extended from its original May return date to support operations against Iran. The move leaves the western Pacific without one of the key American warships as China shows more signs of aggression.
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The Boston Globe
Dan Koh is leaning on his years spent inside government offices — and his famous former bosses to help deliver his message.
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The new treatment is the first gene therapy for hearing loss approved in the US.
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The Washington Post
As the midterms near, Democrats are proposing to add more justices, limit their terms and more.
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The Washington Post
As the midterms near, Democrats are proposing to add more justices, limit their terms and more.
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The Trump administration is using mass preliminary hearings to speed up cases in immigration court.
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The Washington Post
As the midterms near, Democrats are proposing to add more justices, limit their terms and more.
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The Washington Post
As the midterms near, Democrats are proposing to add more justices, limit their terms and more.
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Associated Press
Ukraine has launched hundreds of drones across Russia, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv’s largest aerial attacks of the war.
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Hurricane Lala slammed Hawaii's Big Island, where it was bringing heavy rain and the possibility of life-threatening flooding and mudslides.
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Documents from ICE’s investigation into the Sunrise Movement show an agent volunteered to build tools for “direct-action” protests.
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The Trump administration is using mass preliminary hearings to speed up cases in immigration court.
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08:29⇢Hurricane Lala Lashes Hawaii
⌨The dominant story is Hurricane Lala's impact on Hawaii, with multiple outlets reporting on the storm's landfall, flooding risks, and government warnings. Concurrently, the Iran crisis continues to draw attention, with coverage of Trump's shifting stance and the strain on US naval resources.
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The Boston Globe
Nearly 250 years since General Glover’s troops ferried George Washington and his soldiers across the Delaware River, the future of Glover's farmhouse is uncertain.
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New York Post
The victim of Friday night’s attack on a prominent Big Apple synagogue is defiantly punching back against her unhinged attacker.
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The Washington Post
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New York Post
The victim of Friday night’s attack on a prominent Big Apple synagogue is defiantly punching back against her unhinged attacker.
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Documents from ICE’s investigation into the Sunrise Movement show an agent volunteered to build tools for “direct-action” protests.
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A new Department of Health and Human Services report charges that hospitals pushed unnecessary gender transitions on vulnerable children because they saw dollar signs.
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At the same time that the Supreme Court is making the political landscape less competitive, a series of corporate law developments are concentrating power within the commanding heights of the data economy.
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NBC News
The Trump administration has filed 31 lawsuits against states that have pushed back against its efforts to gain access to sensitive voter roll data.
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As a hurricane, Lala skirted past Hawaii's Big Island, where it brought heavy rain and the possibility of life-threatening flooding and mudslides.
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Breitbart News
Six people are dead and many more are missing as torrential rain spawned destructive high water across Indiana in what authorities are calling “once-in-a-lifetime floods.”
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The high-profile murder trial of Lindsay Clancy's has put the condition in the spotlight. Women who have had it call for more research and understanding of a difficult mental illness.
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The victim of Friday night’s attack on a prominent Big Apple synagogue is defiantly punching back against her unhinged attacker.
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President Donald Trump's envoys are meeting with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo, a diplomatic source said, in a bid to advance the U.S. president's Gaza peace plan, even as Israel pressed on with airstrikes in the enclave. Hamas officials were present at some of the meetings between mediators and with Trump's envoy and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and Nickolay Mladenov, Trump's Board of Peace envoy for Gaza.
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New York Post
Saslaw, who was a “senior producer” for the campaign, said she is no longer associated with Mamdani or his campaign.
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Laura Miller
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13:25⇢Lala's Lingering Floods
⌨The media is focused on the aftermath of Hurricane Lala, which weakened to a tropical storm after lashing Hawaii's Big Island, bringing heavy rain and flooding (ABC News, CBS). Concurrently, the Trump administration's legal battles over voter roll data and immigration are prominent, with the DOJ potentially taking the voter-roll fight to the Supreme Court (NBC News) and mass hearings speeding up immigration cases (USA Today).
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The Washington Post
Democratic National Committee members spent their summer meeting projecting a united front against President Trump and saying the gathering of party leaders was about “infrastructure,” not ideology.
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Breitbart News
A socialist lawmaker in New York City has claimed “biological need” gives shoplifters the right to steal from store shelves.
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His major league career was extended after he became the first player to undergo the elbow surgery that now carries his name.
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Hundreds of migrants have again attempted to cross from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. This time, Moroccan officials fended them off, raising new questions about the crossing of July 30.
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The Atlantic
The administration delivers a win for financial crooks at the expense of honest businesses.
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U.S. negotiator and President Donald Trump 's son-in-law Jared Kushner held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief on Sunday in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. Kushner will meet with Israel's prime minister on Monday. The talks aim to salvage the new 15-point, U.S.-backed road map for Hamas to disarm in Gaza and Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territory shattered by war.
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Breitbart News
A socialist lawmaker in New York City has claimed “biological need” gives shoplifters the right to steal from store shelves.
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Associated Press
U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner has held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief in Egypt in a push to make progress on the stalled Gaza ceasefire.
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As a hurricane, Lala skirted past Hawaii's Big Island, where it brought heavy rain and the possibility of life-threatening flooding and mudslides.
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New York Post
Camron Harris, 19, was found hiding in a Virginia State University dorm closet hours after police said he shot and wounded five people.
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Meanwhile, Israel is being condemned by Lebanese leaders for strikes in the south that killed at least 11 people, including children.
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The New York Times
Top Admiral Praises Sailors but Concedes Hardships After Visit to U.S.S. Lincoln
Artem Murdid, his mother and his girlfriend are accused of terrorism. They say they did nothing wrong.
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The Trump administration has filed 31 lawsuits against states that have pushed back against its efforts to gain access to sensitive voter roll data.
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President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said it declined to help denuclearize Iran.
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18:24⇢Carrier's Crew Under Scrutiny
⌨The media is focused on the USS Abraham Lincoln's poor conditions and the Trump administration's response, with CENTCOM chief visiting the ship amid morale concerns (CBS, NYTimes, ABC News). Concurrently, the Gaza peace plan is advancing, with Kushner meeting Hamas and Egypt's president (Newsmax, Epoch Times).
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President Trump said Sunday he ordered War Secretary Pete Hegseth to "substantially reduce" joint military exercises with South Korea, calling the drills costly and an unnecessarily hostile signal to North Korea. Trump announced the move on Truth Social ahead of the annual 11-day Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, set to begin Monday, citing his "very good relationship" with NKorean leader Kim Jong Un.
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Adm. Brad Cooper on Sunday praised the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln on a record-breaking deployment and promised the 5,000 Marines and sailors aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that relief was coming, with sister ship the USS George Washington making its way into the Indian Ocean.
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The announcement comes as Trump said South Korea declined to help denuclearize Iran.
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Blue-state Democrats have swamped their legislatures with an avalanche of pro-migrant bills to thwart President Trump’s immigration policies
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Officers responded to an assault in progress at a Lower East Side home and found a blood trail leading them up the stairs — where they came face-to-face with the knife-wielding madman.
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New York Post
“It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden,” her representative said in a statement.
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Recent remarks by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez opened a Democratic debate over how to address rhetoric that peaked in 2020.
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His rage is driving him to make irrational policy choices.
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Trump says he ordered cuts to U.S.-South Korea military exercises, citing ties with Kim Jong Un.
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The Washington Post
Adm. Brad Cooper on Sunday praised the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln on a record-breaking deployment and promised the 5,000 Marines and sailors aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that relief was coming, with sister ship the USS George Washington making its way into the Indian Ocean.
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