UPDATED AUGUST 16, 2026 · 1112 STORIES ON THE WIRE

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01HEALTH

Federal vaccine messaging is making new parents' decisions harder, says the AAP president

Fearmongering (spreading exaggerated alarm to shift behavior, rather than to inform a decision) is what some federal leaders are doing on childhood vaccines, the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics now argues. The AAP is the…

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02TECH

OpenAI and Google are making voice the primary interface for AI agents

Voice is becoming the main channel for interacting with AI agents, a term that describes software systems built to take actions on your behalf rather than simply generate text responses. OpenAI and Google are both directing heavy…

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03REGULATORY

Ex-LA detective who served fraction of 102-year sentence charged in Ventura County cold case

A 102-year prison sentence did not keep Michael Douglas Brambles locked up. Brambles, 77, a former Los Angeles vice detective convicted of 26 violent crimes three decades ago, was paroled in 2020 under a California law that allows elderly…

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04PRODUCT

Mets rookie Jefry Yan celebrated a strikeout too soon. Two pitches later, the celebration was earned.

A relief pitcher who launches into his strikeout celebration before the umpire signals the third strike is said to have jumped the gun. Jumped the gun means the celebration came before the official call. That is what happened Saturday at…

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05HEALTH

Federal investigators are examining Epic Systems over potential antitrust violations

Federal regulators are looking at whether the nation's largest electronic health records company violated competition law. Antitrust law, which bars dominant companies from using their market position to lock out rivals, is the framework…

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06TECH

Backlash against data centres has become a political force, Jill Lepore argues

Resistance to data centres (the large facilities that house the computing infrastructure behind AI systems) has grown large enough to reshape politics, according to historian Jill Lepore. She places

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07WORLD

Iran rejects Trump's territorial claim on the Strait of Hormuz

A sovereignty dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passage between Iran and Oman where the Persian Gulf connects to the Gulf of Oman, sharpened after President Trump said the waterway would soon come under U.S. control. Iran's…

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08MARKETS

Pershing Square narrows its book to three names: Uber, Brookfield, and Microsoft

Concentration, in portfolio management, means putting most of a fund's capital into a small number of positions rather than spreading it across many names. Pershing Square has organized its

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09CRYPTO

Pepeto flags DeFi tools update as Cardano price call reaches for $15

A price forecast of $15 for Cardano's token ($ADA) surfaced August 14 attached to a decentralized finance tools update from a project called Pepeto, with the announcement distributed from Dubai, UAE. Decentralized finance, shortened to…

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