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Quick sniff, big question: Why smelling salts are popping up in soccer

June 18, 2026

Soccer players aren’t usually known for dramatic pregame rituals. But a strange trend is creeping into the locker rooms of top teams. Instead of sipping water or doing light stretches, some players are pulling out small black tubes, cracking them open, and taking a sharp inhale of a pungent white po

politics

U. S. Decision on Russian Oil Sanctions Leaves Future Unclear

June 18, 2026

The U. S. made a quiet move last week by letting a key exemption for Russian oil shipments lapse at midnight. Instead of announcing an extension, officials stayed silent, leaving traders and governments guessing whether penalties would snap back. This pause in sanctions first happened during the ene

politics

How Fixing Potholes Became a Political Idea

June 18, 2026

Politicians today are borrowing an old idea from early 1900s Milwaukee, where socialists won votes by making sure streets and sewers worked better than anywhere else. Back then, critics joked that socialists cared more about pipes than big theories, but the joke backfired—good trash pickup and clean

politics

Utah's Primary Battles: Who’s Really Calling the Shots?

June 18, 2026

Utah’s upcoming primary elections are shaping up to be a high-stakes showdown, with incumbents facing tough challenges and outside money flooding races. In one of the most watched contests, Utah Senate President Stuart Adams—a longtime political figure—now finds himself in an unexpectedly close race

weather

First named storm of 2026 takes aim at Louisiana and Texas coasts

June 18, 2026

The season's first tropical disturbance isn't messing around. Tropical Storm Arthur, just upgraded from Potential Tropical Cyclone 1, is making a beeline for the Gulf Coast with southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas in its sights. Weather watchers in Lake Charles made the call Wednesday morning, s

weather

How Weather Experts Measure Storm Water to Predict Floods

June 18, 2026

When summer storms roll into Missouri, forecasters don’t just check the temperature or wind speed to know if flooding is coming. They look at something called precipitable water, or PWAT, which tells them how much moisture is packed into the air from the ground all the way up to the sky. Think of it

environment

Rebuilding Ruidoso: How Bridges, Burns, and Big Money Shape a Town’s Future

June 18, 2026

Ruidoso’s Upper Canyon once had a playful log bridge that let kids bounce on the planks. Randall Hamilton remembers jumping on it as a child in the 1960s. By 2008, Hurricane Dolly had turned that bridge into splintered debris, along with eight others nearby. A quick fix—concrete pipes—kept traffic m

environment

How 3 Illinois Towns Are Sharing a Big Water Project and Why It’s Taking Longer Than Planned

June 18, 2026

Three towns in Illinois—Yorkville, Oswego, and Montgomery—are teaming up to build a huge water pipeline system that will connect them to Lake Michigan. The project costs over $400 million and aims to replace their shrinking underground water supply with a more reliable source. But progress is slower

politics

Why a High-Tech Ocean Network Costing Taxpayers $386 Million Faces Sudden Cuts

June 18, 2026

Scientists and lawmakers are raising alarms after learning that a massive network of ocean sensors—built over years at a cost of $386 million—could be dismantled by 2027. The system, made up of more than 900 instruments spread across coastal waters from Oregon to Greenland, has spent the last decade

business

A new wave in stock trading: what tokenized shares could really mean

June 18, 2026

The U. S. markets might soon see a major shift as financial regulators prepare to let blockchain-based stocks trade publicly. These “tokenized shares” act like digital twins of regular stocks, meaning they can be bought or sold any hour of the day and settle in minutes rather than days. Supporters a