Norovirus Outbreak Sickens 115 People on Caribbean Princess Cruise Ship, CDC Says

Assistant U.S. Attorney Found Dead Inside Federal Building A high-ranking federal prosecutor was found dead inside a Southern California federal building on Wednesday, just hours after he was reported missing. Andrew Haden, Illustration via Wonderwall Andrew Haden, 48, the No. 2 official in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California, was discovered in a vacant office at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building, officials said. The county Medical Examiner's Office will determine the official cause and manner of death, but a source told the San Diego Union-Tribune that investigators believe...

Housing Affordability Is A Global Issue Housing affordability has become a defining economic issue across much of the world, but the relationship between home prices and incomes differs more than many people realize. Using data from the UN Habitat World Cities Report 2026, Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld created this map comparing median home prices with annual household incomes across more than 180 countries, revealing where buying a home is relatively attainable—and where it remains far out of reach. The World’s Most Affordable Housing Markets Saudi Arabia and the UAE have the lowest home price-to-income...

Hawaii Could Face Another Hurricane This Weekend Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times, Hawaii could face its second tropical storm or hurricane in a week as a low-pressure system was reported on Aug. 19 to be developing near the islands. Another tropical storm is expected to develop in the Central Pacific as Hurricane Lala moves away from Hawaii on Aug. 19, 2026. National Hurricane Center The National Hurricane Center warned that the system was developing thunderstorms that had a 90 percent chance of organizing into a cyclone in the next 48 hours. “Environmental...