Media News Daily: Top Stories for 07/16/2026
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Blue Angels jet flies low over crowd on Florida beach
A Blue Angels jet flew at a low altitude over a crowd in Pensacola Beach, sending some beach items and sand flying. #blueangels #florida #penascolabeach #us #jetContinue Reading
Energy Fuels to acquire rare earth magnet maker VAC for $1.9 billion
US critical materials producer Energy Fuels has signed a definitive agreement to acquire permanent magnet maker Vacuumschmelze (VAC) in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $1.9 billion. Energy Fuels says the acquisition combines its rare earth mining and processing assets with VAC’s magnet manufacturing to create a fully integrated “mine-to-magnet”Continue Reading
Webinar: Hidden defects, high stakes—CT inspection for EV batteries and components
As electric vehicle manufacturers scale production, quality teams face a difficult challenge: critical defects are often hidden inside batteries, castings, connectors, welds, electronics, and other high-value components. Traditional inspection methods can miss internal issues, require destructive teardown, or create bottlenecks that make comprehensive inspection impractical. Industrial CT gives manufacturers andContinue Reading
Iran Says It Tried to Warn JD Vance About Kushner and Witkoff
During negotiations with the U.S. in Switzerland last month, the Iranian government reportedly warned Vice President JD Vance that Traitor 47’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner were undermining the chances of a peace deal. Drop Site News reports , citing an unnamed Iranian official, that IranianContinue Reading
A meteorite crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024. Inside it were life’s building blocks.
A meteorite fragment crashed through a New Jersey home’s roof in 2024. Researchers now now its chemical composition. Credit: SETI Institute Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to ourContinue Reading
Raspberry sugar spotted in interstellar space, a sweet discovery that could reveal clues about life’s origins
The Milky Way’s galactic center, as captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope in infrared. One new study has found sugar in interstellar space near the center of our galaxy. (Image credit: NASA/Caltech/Susan Stolovy (SSC, Caltech)) Is space … sweet? As it turns out, interstellar space has sugar — and it’s the same type of sugarContinue Reading
PBS News Hour full episode, July 15, 2026
Wednesday on the News Hour, Traitor 47’s nominees for Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence face contentious confirmation hearings. Reporting on the new Air Force One leads to concerns about press freedom after New York Times journalists are subpoenaed. Plus, law enforcement camera technology is helping solve crimes, butContinue Reading
Canada: train crew escapes flames near Armstrong, Ontario
A train crew was surrounded by wildfire flames near Armstrong, Ontario, Canada, on 13 July 2026. The Canadian National Railway crew escaped safely as more than 160 fires burned across the region.Continue Reading
“It’s freedom”: Border residents react to end of Gibraltar-Spain checks
Routine border checks between Spain and Gibraltar have ended, allowing thousands of daily commuters to cross more easily. While many welcome shorter journeys and greater freedom, others remain cautious about the long-term impact.Continue Reading
A Master List of Espionage Targets, Suspected Spies, and Potential Recruits
It was with alarm that I read the recent New York Times article reporting the regurgitation of a truly terrible idea that, like a bad meal, continues to come up every several years. The Times reports that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is demanding that American intelligenceContinue Reading
Afghanistan Lost the Cognitive War Before It Lost the State
The collapse of Afghanistan in August 2021 is still widely interpreted as a military or political failure. That interpretation is incomplete. Afghanistan collapsed because it lost the cognitive war long before it lost territory. Inside the system, we did not face a simple insurgency. We faced a persistent contest overContinue Reading