Monday, August 17, 2026
Historic Flooding, Masterpieces Recovered & Spider-Man’s Milestone
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Story Links
All the news stories mentioned in today's episode are listed with links below, so you can spend as much -- or as little -- time as you want to review the latest happenings...
Read more about the stories in today's show:
Record-Setting Flooding Hits Midwest: USA Today, Fox Weather, AP, CBS News
Hurricane Lala Damage: NBC News, CNN, NY Times, Bloomberg
U.S. to Scale Back Cooperation with South Korea: Reuters, WSJ, AP, NY Times
Kushner Pushes Gaza Peace Deal: CBS News, Reuters, CNN, BBC
Ukraine Intensifies Counteroffensive: ABC News, CNN, AP, Reuters
Top U.S. Commander Meets USS Lincoln Crew: WSJ, CBS News, NY Times, CNBC
SCOTUS Emergency Docket Grows: The Hill, WaPo, WSJ, CBS News
Famous French Paintings Recovered: NY Times, CBS News, Reuters
Stolen Picasso Sketch Recovered: WaPo, AP, WA Times
Virginia State University Shooting: AP, BBC, WaPo
Kentucky Park Shooting: NBC News, Fox News, AP
Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty: CNN, AP, WSJ, Reuters
Hayden Panettiere Dies: Variety, ABC News, NBC News, People
Tommy John Dies: ESPN, Fox News, NY Times, AP
Bumble Changes ‘Women First’ Policy: TechCrunch, ABC News, BBC, Reuters
Money Monday: New ‘Spider-Man’ Grosses $2B: Deadline, USA Today, Variety, AP, GMA