Powerful Storms Wreak Havoc From Tennessee to New York. What You Need To Know – July 22

0 July 22, 2026 07:49

Drone footage captured the extent of the destruction after a tornado tore through Northern Kentucky, with the storms also spawning at least two tornadoes in New Jersey; today, Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to make landfall in Louisiana; President Donald Trump approved a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, according to two U.S. officials, an agreement that will provide the Saudis with a civilian nuclear program involving American companies; the war in Iran has cost some $37 billion so far, and the Pentagon is asking Congress for another $67 billion; New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the city will not arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with Trump assuring Netanyahu he won’t be arrested; the CDC has now confirmed more than 4,100 cases of cyclosporiasis, making 2026 the worst year on record for the parasitic infection; after 74 years, the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 256 has been discovered 2,000 feet down in the Atlantic; France has approved a first-of-its-kind law in the European Union: a social media ban for children under the age of 15; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired Ukraine’s commander in chief, hoping to settle days of street protests across the country; OpenAI admits its AI models were able to hack the AI platform Hugging Face without human input; a Japanese cyclist has landed two Guinness World Records; and six beluga whales have been rescued and relocated to their new homes.

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