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Florida AG Uthmeier threatens to charge WNBA players with assault after a flagrant foul on Sophie Cunningham, though no WNBA team plays in Florida.
Follows her remarks about trans atheletes
Source: Mediaite
August 9, 2026
Taylor Farms recalls 20 jalapeño products from Walmart, Target, and Whole Foods as the salmonella outbreak sickening 345 people spans 27 states.
Same company behind cyclosporiasis outbreak
Source: ABC News
August 9, 2026
Rep. Max Miller stays on Ohio's November ballot after letting the GOP's last replacement deadline pass despite domestic abuse allegations and an Ethics probe.
His ex-father-in-law Sen. Moreno demanded exit
Source: Axios
August 9, 2026
Trump names staff secretary Will Scharf White House counsel, elevating the personal attorney who won his Supreme Court presidential immunity case.
Assumes new role September 1
Source: The Hill
August 9, 2026
Westbrook, Maine approves free unlimited bus passes for 700 high schoolers after finding students living in poverty walk up to 40 minutes to school.
$34,000 beats one $200,000 school bus
Source: The Portland Press-Herald
August 9, 2026
Iran demands the U.S. end its blockade, withdraw from the region, and pay war damages as Netanyahu rejects a U.S.-backed 15-point Gaza peace plan.
New conditions for reopening strait
Source: CBS News
August 9, 2026
