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A 67% plunge in one month forced a $45 billion AI hedge fund to dump its stocks to a rival at fire-sale prices. Story Highlights Situational Awareness lost 67% in July amid an AI stock rout, triggering margin calls. Assets fell to about $10 billion after Citadel agreed to buy most public stock positions. The fund unwound a large listed-equities book as leverage turned losses into forced sales. July marked a painful reversal for crowded...

A Romanian F-16 fired an air-to-air missile to bring down a drone after it crossed deep into Romania’s airspace, forcing NATO jets to scramble and raising hard questions about Europe’s security control. Story Snapshot Romania says radar tracked a drone across its territory before an F-16 shot it down safely. President Nicușor Dan confirmed the intercept and said the area was uninhabited. Italian Eurofighter Typhoons also scrambled, showing a live air-defense response. Attribution to Russia...

A Polish tour bus carrying pilgrims home from a religious trip overturned on a Hungarian motorway before dawn, killing 12 people and injuring at least 10 more. Quick Take The bus left the M3 motorway near Mezőkeresztes, Hungary, around 1:00 a.m. Sunday and flipped after landing in a ditch. Fifty-seven passengers and two drivers were on board; Hungarian officials say 12 died and at least 10 were hurt. Police say early evidence points to driver...

A 19-year-old Tucson woman who family members say was scared of her boyfriend and wanted to leave him was found dead after he allegedly tried to flee halfway around the world. Story Snapshot Julissa Rubi Salazar, 19, was found dead in her Tucson apartment on August 6, 2026, after her family asked police to check on her. Police call her death a homicide and say she showed signs of trauma consistent with strangulation. Her boyfriend,...

A powerful earthquake ripped through western Colombia, collapsing buildings, triggering evacuations, and sending rescue teams into the rubble as the death toll climbed fast. Quick Take The quake measured **7.4 magnitude** and struck near San José del Palmar in Chocó. Officials said **111 people were killed** and **87 were injured** as the toll rose through the day. Reports confirmed **collapsed buildings**, landslides, and damage to homes, hospitals, schools, and airports. Limited rural communications made it...

Two former NBA players just tried to draft themselves into the WNBA by declaring they are women — and the league still hasn't said no. Quick Take Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White both declared for the 2027 WNBA Draft within hours of each other. Both men say they now identify as women so they can qualify under the league's rules. The WNBA's labor contract says only "women" can play but never defines the word. ...