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President Trump imposed 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, marking a major escalation in trade tensions between the two neighbors. Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will "intensify" trade talks in response and warned that Canadian retaliation is being prepared alongside diplomatic outreach.

Move hits softwood lumber, aluminum, and dairy first, and Canadian officials say the auto-sector escalation is being staged next. Both countries have negotiated up to this level before, but the 50% headline is well above any previous exchange in the current cycle.

The Houthis announced a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia effective immediately, describing the move as a response to the Saudi-led blockade of Yemeni ports and airports. Statement puts new pressure on Red Sea traffic already reshaped by the ongoing US-Iran war.

Regional shipping desks began rerouting cargo overnight, and Riyadh has activated additional naval assets around the Bab-el-Mandeb. Any effective enforcement of the embargo would extend the Houthi-Red Sea dispute into a second choke point, and insurers have already flagged the exposure.

A US court temporarily paused the Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merger after 12 state attorneys general launched a coordinated legal action against the deal. The restraining order lands one week before the merger's regulatory-review deadline.

State AGs argue the combined company would command an untenable share of the streaming and cable-distribution markets, and the plaintiffs' coalition spans both parties. Paramount and WBD both filed emergency responses within hours, and the next court hearing is set for later this week.

Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega, long accused of rigging votes, says the country will simply stop holding elections altogether. The declaration formalizes what critics have argued for years — a one-party state in everything but name.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the North Korean foreign minister in a fresh diplomatic push, in what analysts read as an effort to shore up manpower and ammunition flows ahead of another Ukraine-front push. The meeting also touched on North Korean labor and satellite technology.

The European Commission fined AliExpress 550 million euros under the Digital Services Act for hosting listings of counterfeit or unsafe products. The ruling opens a category of platform-liability enforcement that other marketplaces have been watching closely.

The president turned down nearly 6,000 clemency requests despite widespread expectations of a pardon wave tied to the country's 250th birthday. Fewer than 20 grants went out on July 3, well short of what advocates had lobbied for.

Darline Graham Nordone, appointed to fill her late brother Lindsey Graham's Senate seat, will run for a full term at the fall special election. South Carolina's Republican primary field is beginning to form around her.

Joseph Lamont Williams refused to leave the public park where he had lived for years, and was charged with a felony under Tennessee's state camping ban. State-level camping-ban statutes have been proliferating across the South and Sun Belt.

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General Motors is set to report second-quarter earnings with Wall Street forecasting adjusted EPS of $3.20 and revenue of $47.01 billion. Print will be a first read on how the auto sector is absorbing the tariff repricing that landed overnight.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon publicly warned that investors are underpricing the risk from wars, tariffs, and other geopolitical shocks. Comments contrast with the recent willingness of institutional flows to look past headline volatility.

JetBlue Airways won takeoff and landing slots for up to 12 round-trip flights at LaGuardia Airport, in a reshuffle following Spirit's operational cutbacks. Move gives JetBlue meaningful growth room in a slot-constrained hub.

A cobalt-aluminum nanolaminate has emerged up to 10 times stronger than structural steel without the brittleness that usually comes with the tradeoff. First customers could include jet engines, where heat and force punish conventional materials.

Sensors dropped through boreholes half a kilometer beneath an East Antarctic glacier found water pressure high enough to support nearly all the ice above. That lubrication helps explain why glaciers are sliding seaward faster than models predicted.

New ancient bones and DNA suggest dog diversity emerged thousands of years earlier than assumed, tracking closely with human migration routes. The world's 700 million dogs, it turns out, have been shape-shifting alongside us for a very long time.

Jasson Santana shouted Caballero on his way around the bases as the Yankees beat the Pirates in the middle game of the series. Both hits came off Pittsburgh's rotation lead-off man in a game that swung on a single three-run inning.

Spain's men returned home to Madrid as World Cup champions, closing a tournament they won by conceding only a single goal. The team paraded through Plaza de Cibeles and were received by King Felipe VI in a ceremony that ran past midnight.

A warmup jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain during the 1972 NBA Finals that was found in an Oregon thrift store fetched over $89,000 at an auction that closed Monday. The buyer was not identified, and the story has already produced a spike in provenance-checking at other Goodwill-adjacent chains.

Adam Driver has been repeatedly offered roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has yet to accept one, according to Variety. Sources close to Driver's team say the actor is being careful about franchise-length commitments as he balances stage and prestige-film work.

Readers offered hard-won advice and six kid-approved recipes for surviving mealtime standoffs over the summer holidays. The tips range from sneaky vegetables to letting children help in the kitchen.

California's reading scores have been climbing since the state poured billions into changing the way students learn to read. The approach is not quite the "Mississippi Miracle" of the 2010s, but the trajectory is now visible on state test data.

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What it is: For years, industry groups have battled over who gets to measure toxic air pollution in communities that live in the shadow of chemical plants and refineries. The dispute centers on a simple but consequential question: where the monitors go. Environmental advocates argue that monitoring locations can determine whether dangerous pollution spikes are captured or effectively missed, making placement just as important as the technology used to collect the data.

The detail: In St. Rose, Louisiana, Kimbrelle Kyereh lives a few hundred feet from massive chemical storage tanks. Residents like her report headaches, respiratory problems, and unexplained illnesses. But official monitors are often positioned far enough away that the readings don't reflect what people are actually breathing. Independent testing conducted closer to homes has, in some cases, detected significantly higher concentrations of hazardous chemicals than government stations recorded, fueling accusations that the current system understates health risks in heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

Why it matters: Polluters have every incentive to keep measurement sites at a distance, since official data drives permits, fines, and lawsuits. Communities argue the current setup produces sanitized numbers that don't match lived experience — a mismatch one advocate calls "a public health emergency waiting to occur." More accurate monitoring could influence regulatory enforcement, future industrial expansion, and even property values in neighborhoods already burdened by decades of pollution.

What to watch: Whether federal and state regulators tighten monitoring requirements, and whether fence-line communities gain a formal role in placement decisions. The outcome will shape enforcement across America's petrochemical corridors for years. Environmental groups are also pushing for continuous, neighborhood-level monitoring instead of relying on a limited network of government-selected stations, a shift that could significantly change how air quality violations are identified and prosecuted.

Two women broke three world records at the 66th Lumberjack World Championships in Wisconsin, quietly turning what most Americans consider a nostalgic pastime into a legitimate elite sport.

A tick-borne meat allergy is spreading along Australia's east coast, with victims warning that a single bite can turn a lifelong burger habit into a medical emergency.

An Idaho serial record-breaker balanced 195 rolls of toilet paper on his forehead to reclaim a Guinness title, in what may be the highest-friction hobby currently practiced in the state.

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