ICE Contractor Arrested After Shooting Protester Who Was Walking Away

Brandon Booth, 42, has been booked on suspicion of murder

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

July 17, 2026/4:17 p.m. ET

ABC News

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has yet more blood on its hands.

An employee at an ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colorado, shot a protester Thursday evening, Aurora Police Department shared in a written news release. The woman was hit in her lower body but is expected to survive.

For 1,000 years, a cult worshipped the hero of the Odyssey

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Isabelle Gerretsen

The Odyssey was far more than entertainment to ancient Greeks. Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a cult that revered the Homeric hero on his legendary home island of Ithaca.

At the start of the Odyssey, the epic poem's war-weary protagonist finds himself trapped on a remote island by the goddess Calypso. She promises Odysseus immortality and eternal youth if he chooses to stay with her. But after 10 years of waging war against the Trojans alongside other Greek heroes, Odysseus longs to return to his family and home on the Greek island of Ithaca and "see even just the smoke that rises from his own homeland", as Emily Wilson writes in her translation of Homer's epic.

Iran: The Memorandum of Understanding collapsed after the U.S. attacks – Harsh “retaliation” in Kuwait

MIDDLE EAST

Tehran has suspended its own commitments and implementation of the MOU and is “busy defending the country” an Iranian government official said, accusing the United States

July 18, 2026, 16:06

The United States and President Donald Trump have once again ignited tensions in the Middle East, striking targets in Iran in recent days. According to Iran’s Ministry of Health, U.S. attacks on the country since July 6 have killed at least 50 people and injured more than 500.

9 Words From JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon That Every Investor Needs to Hear Right Now. Hint: It Could Change Your Investment Strategy.

Banks are having a field day in today's market

By Jennifer Saibil – Jul 17, 2026 at 12:15PM EST

The Motley Fool

Key Points

• JPMorgan reported blowout second-quarter results, like other banks.
• The company's growth was driven by its Investment Banking and Equity Markets groups.
• Banks are in the midst of a strong bull market, but there's no way to know when it's going to peak.

Despite recent accidents FAA says Boeing can resume self-certifying its jets as airworthy. Why?

July 17, 2026

By Yiannis Damellos

On July 10, a piece of the engine broke off a Boeing 737 ​NG and smashed the plane's window shortly after takeoff from Thessaloniki in Greece. The event had similarities to problems on two prior Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 NG flights in 2016 and 2018. Other Boeing aircraft have been involved in a small number of severe commercial and cargo incidents between 2021 and 2026. Notable occurrences include a 737-524 crash in Indonesia (2021), and a cargo 737-400 crash in Lithuania (2024), not to mention a fatal B-52 bomber crash in Southern California (2026). There was also a widely reported structural failure on a 737 Max 9 in January 2024, which led to temporary fleet groundings.

Yet, Boeing will be allowed to take responsibility for certifying all of its 737 Max and 787 planes starting next week, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday. Why?

The South is democracy’s front line, and the left must send reinforcements

Comments: LaTosha Brown

Opinion contributor 

07/10/26 

8:30 AM ET

People listen and cheer as lawmakers speak about redistricting during a special legislative session at the state capitol, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

In my backyard, outside Atlanta, I have been fighting fire ants. Anyone who has lived in the South knows you don’t prune a fire-ant problem; you kill the nest. Ignore one, and it becomes a dozen.

It's the Climate Change, You Moron! And It’s Affecting Everyone

July 17, 2026

By Yiannis Damellos

Sources: Independent, USA Today, Climate Brink

Climate experts universally recognize that rising temperatures, a direct consequence of climate change, have contributed to increasingly dry forests and a surge in wildfires. Canada, home to some of the largest forests globally, has been particularly hard hit in recent years. Yet, instead of addressing the underlying issues, Donald Trump has irresponsibly shifted blame onto Canada for the smoke spreading across the United States, showcasing a severe lack of understanding of the complexities surrounding climate change.

What to know about Taylor Farms amid cyclosporiasis outbreak

Stomach illness linked to Taco Bell lettuce

By Yi-Jin Yu

July 17, 2026

Fruit and vegetable producer Taylor Fresh Foods says it is voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico from the U.S. market amid an ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak across the country that has sickened more than 1,600 people. As of Friday, the CDC said the multistate outbreak remains under investigation and is now linked to shredded iceberg lettuce that was served at some Taco Bell locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.

An ‘Asteroid’ Tracked Since 1998 Made an Unexplained Orbital Shift—Now Astronomers Say It’s Something Far More Mysterious

Micah Hanks July 16, 2026

Last summer, astronomers were observing the near approach of a space object believed to be an asteroid that had been tracked since its discovery in 1998. However, in a surprising development, the object failed to appear where it was predicted to be after decades of observations.

Andy Burnham is declared leader of UK’s Labour Party, pledges to restore hope

By  JILL LAWLESS

Updated 7:57 AM PDT, 

July 17, 2026

LONDON (AP) — Andy Burnham was officially declared leader of Britain’s governing Labour Party on Friday, promising to bring hope to the British people and purpose to the floundering government as he cleared his final hurdle to take office as prime minister next week.

New Mexico says US Justice Dept hindering probe of former Epstein ranch

By Andrew Hay
July 9, 2026 1:56 PM PDT
Updated July 9, 2026

July 9 (Reuters) - New Mexico's top law enforcement official on Thursday accused the U.S. Department of Justice of hindering the state's investigation into ​Jeffrey Epstein by withholding unredacted files on the late sex ‌offender.

'Shameless': Greece and LNG emerge as major roadblock in new Russia sanctions

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By Jorge Liboreiro
Published on 17/07/2026 - 13:55 GMT+2

Greece has thrown a spanner into the works of fresh EU sanctions by demanding an exemption to a full ban on Russian LNG. Member states are aghast at the request, with one diplomat calling it "shameless".

The European Union's push to approve a new round of sanctions against Russia has bumped into a formidable roadblock: Greece.

BBC Verify: Do declassified files support Trump's election security claims?

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Anthony Zurcher, Lucy Gilder, Tom Edgington and Jake Horton

North America Correspondent and BBC Verify

There appear to be no bombshell revelations and no evidence that interference or fraud actually changed the outcome of previous elections - including the 2020 contest which Trump lost

In a 26-minute speech from the White House, President Donald Trump revived some familiar claims about US election fraud and interference.

US to take lead in probe into Boeing 737 engine failure over Greece

By David Shepardson
July 16, 2026 4:01 PM PDT
Updated 6 hours ago
(Svetlana Grkovic Maksimovic, wife of a Ryanair passenger partially sucked out of a broken window on a flight from Greece to Germany, shows a picture of the plane's broken window in front of AHEPA hospital where her husband is hospitalised, in Thessaloniki, Greece, July 14, 2026. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis Purchase Licensing Rights

WASHINGTON, July 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it will lead the investigation into an incident ​in which a passenger was partly sucked out of a Ryanair Boeing 737's broken window over Greece last week.

The NTSB said Greece had delegated the lead role to the agency in the probe.

US strikes bridges and collapses a tower at a key port as its Iran campaign expands

By JON GAMBRELL
Updated 9:55 PM PDT, July 16, 2026

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early Friday by hitting more bridges and apparently collapsing a tower at a key Iranian port, part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran launched new missile attacks against U.S.-allied nations in the Middle East, including Qatar, a key mediator in the war.

Trump gives primetime speech on elections as White House alleges Chinese access to voter data

By Caitlin Yilek, Joe Walsh

Updated on: July 16, 2026 / 10:31 PM EDT / CBS News

What to know about Trump's speech:

• President Trump delivered a White House address focused on election security, as he continues to insist — falsely — that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.
• In conjunction with the speech, the White House is releasing a trove of newly declassified documents.
• Parts of his speech touched on allegations that China accessed U.S. voter data and tried to influence the 2020 election. Claims that China sought to influence the election have long been a subject of debate, but U.S. intelligence agencies have said no foreign powers — including China — tried to interfere with ballots or vote-counting.
• The speech comes as Mr. Trump presses Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, a bill that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote, among other changes.

Trump’s teleprompter operator on unpaid leave for alleged prediction market bets on Trump speeches

BY BILL BARROW
Updated 1:27 PM PDT, July 16, 2026
ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s teleprompter operator is on unpaid leave after reports that he used his inside knowledge to make bets about the president’s speeches on the online prediction market Kalshi, the White House said Thursday.

We’re Still Living In The 2016 Election

 July 16, 2026

Bernie Sanders’ chief campaign strategist says Democrats rigged the 2016 presidential primary — and started a fight the party is still having today.

David Sirota, Natalie Bettendorf

Ten years ago this week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) ended his first presidential run and endorsed Hillary Clinton. Now, his chief strategist says the primary process was rigged.