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After FIFA priced them out of their own World Cup, many Mexicans take their TVs to the street

Millions of Mexican fans have turned street corners, plazas, and taco stands into their own version of the tournament.

By Megan Janetsky and The Associated PressJune 23, 2026

CPJ: press freedom must endure the American World Cup

FIFA’s biggest tournament is here but ICE crackdowns, AI surveillance and restricted access threaten what that holds the Beautiful Game accountable.

By Gypsy Guillén KaiserJune 23, 2026

Mexico City’s unofficial duck soccer mascot stole the presidential press briefing

Merlin the duck and his street-vendor owner got a seat at Claudia Sheinbaum’s podium. Families of the disappeared waited outside for a meeting.

By The Associated PressJune 22, 2026

A $1 million horror film and a 30-year-old franchise are saving Hollywood’s summer

“Toy Story 5” easily set a franchise record as its $160 million domestic haul marked the biggest opening weekend of 2026.

By Jake Coyle and The Associated PressJune 22, 2026

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Planet’s heat bill comes due as one billion more people face extreme heat stress than in the 1970s

A Nature Climate Change study finds Mexico, Kenya, Southern Europe and the U.S. Sun Belt are enduring up to 50 additional days of dangerous heat.

By Alexa St. John and The Associated PressJune 22, 2026

Europe’s current heat wave is so bad the French are considering banning outdoor drinking and adopting AC ‘if necessary’

About a third of France was under a “red alert” on Sunday for heat, and high temperatures reached 104 F in some areas, in a country where air conditioning isn’t widespread. The forecast for Monday is even hotter.

By Oleg Cetinic, Angela Charlton and The Associated PressJune 22, 2026

Your quartz countertop is the new asbestos — for the workers who cut it

Over 550 California workers have developed an incurable lung disease from fabricating engineered stone for Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Costco kitchens.

By David Michaels, Robert Harrison and The ConversationJune 21, 2026

A pet emergency can cost $8,000. For millions of Americans, that bill is now a ‘life and death’ decision

As emergency vet bills climb into the thousands, more Americans are making care decisions based on their bank balance—and turning to crowdfunding to cover the rest.

By Sydney LakeJune 22, 2026

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One World Cup, two worlds: Atlanta’s $3 pizza collides with Mexican beer that costs a day’s wages

Across 16 host cities, stadium food prices reveal a tournament-wide tension between FIFA’s global ambitions and wildly unequal local economies.

By Tim Reynolds and The Associated PressJune 23, 2026

Kraft pounces on World Cup ranch craze with TSA-approved travel kits after the agency tells visitors to ‘avoid chugging’ the dressing

World Cup visitors are so enamored with the dressing, they’re chugging it outside of airport security, forcing TSA to issue a no-chugging warning.

By Catherina GioinoJune 22, 2026

‘I didn’t want a refund, I didn’t want my money back’: meet a grandma who paid $485 for World Cup tickets and never got them

The vast majority of complaints seem to be about StubHub, but people who bought through competitors such as SeatGeek and Vivid Seats also reported issues.

By R.J. Rico, Emilie Megnien and The Associated PressJune 20, 2026

Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island summer town is on high alert for a sudden wedding as rumors fly

Fans, photographers, and police are on standby in the Rhode Island village — even as Swift’s team has confirmed nothing and rumors keep shifting the date.

By Leah Willingham and The Associated PressJune 21, 2026

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