Headlines for August 11, 2026

More Than 160 People Dead After a 7.4 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Colombia, NOAA: July Was the Hottest Month Ever Documented in the U.S., More Than a Million People Evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin Makes Landfall in China, Trump Issues Executive Order Reducing Childhood Vaccinations, Trump Demands Compensation from Iran Threatening Ceasefire Negotiations, Syrian Court Sentences Ousted Leader Bashar al-Assad to Death, Trump-Linked Oil Company Preparing to Drill in Greenland, Colombia Recognizes Morocco’s Sovereignty Over Occupied Western Sahara, State Department Revokes More Than 175,000 Visas from Foreign Nationals, U.S. Appeals Court Allows Thousands of Lawsuits Against Social Media Companies, Judge Orders Emergency Pause on NYC Mayor Mamdani’s Pied-à-Terre Tax, Tens of Thousands of Student Protesters March on State Legislature in Jharkhand, India, Massachusetts Expands Late-Term Abortion Access