NYTIMES (Katrina Miller) - Near-Total Lunar Eclipse Will Turn Moon Blood Red
People in the Americas, Africa and Europe will have a chance to see Earth’s shadow create a near-total blood moon.
NYTIMES (Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Emma Bubola, Gabriel Labrador and David Bolaños) - Trump’s Other Hold on the Americas: The Visa
As part of its expansionist approach to the Western Hemisphere, the Trump administration is trying to reassert its dominance, one U.S. visa at a time.
AI:The Trump administration is aggressively leveraging visa revocations as a tool for geopolitical dominance and expansionist policy across the Western Hemisphere. This strategic use of immigration control serves to reassert American authority in the Americas, effectively turning travel authorization into a mechanism for asserting U.S. influence over foreign political figures and regional stability.Open
WAR (Andrea Jenkins, Air Forces Southern) - Multinational Partners Strengthen Regional Readiness During Exercise Panamax 2026
U.S. airmen joined 40 military personnel from across the Americas during Panamax 2026, a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored multinational exercise focused on an integrated approach against simulated threats to the Panama Canal and the region.
HUFFPOST - Ancient Mummy DNA Reveals Colonization Spread Smallpox
Ancient mummy DNA recovered in Chile has yielded the firmest evidence yet that European colonization brought smallpox to the Americas.
NYTIMES (Luis Ferré-Sadurní, Isayen Herrera and Fabiola Ferrero) - After Venezuela Earthquakes, a Youth Baseball League Counts the Dead
Children who played for Venezuela’s youth baseball league, a symbol of national pride, have been left injured, orphaned or dead.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Fleas Carry Deadly, Previously Eradicated Disease Back to U.S.
A flea-borne disease once thought eradicated in the U.S. is resurging in Texas, with researchers identifying domestic cats and their fleas as a key pathway for the bacterium behind murine typhus to enter households.
A flea-borne disease once thought eradicated is resurging in Texas, with researchers identifying domestic cats and their fleas as a key pathway for the bacterium behind murine typhus to enter households. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Flea-borne murine typhus, caused by the bacterium Rickettsia typhi, is resurging in parts of Texas , with researchers identifying domestic cats and their fleas as a significant vector for the disease entering households. The illness, once nearly eradicated in the U.S., has led to hundreds of hospitalizations in areas like Galveston and is now being increasingly detected in South Texas. DETAIL: The illness spreads to humans through infected flea feces rather than person-to-person contact and typically causes…Open
WAR (Air Force Master Sgt. Ceaira Tinsley, Air Forces Southern) - U.S. Participates in Fifth Iteration of Chilean-Hosted Exercise
Aircraft, crews and support personnel from across the Americas converged at Cerro Moreno Air Base in Antofagasta, Chile, for the kickoff of Exercise Resolute Sentinel - Salitre 2026.
NYTIMES (Simon Romero and Emma Bubola) - Venezuela’s Economy Was On the Rise. Then the Earthquakes Struck.
Expectations are now rising over the role the United States will play in helping Venezuela, which had already been laid low by decades of misrule.
NYTIMES (Genevieve Glatsky) - The Venezuela Earthquakes Hit a Health System Already in Crisis
Firefighters are using cellphone lights because of a flashlight shortage, and an overwhelmed hospital in the disaster zone is operating without running water, one doctor said.
NYTIMES (M.H. Miller) - American Utopia: Why Artists Can’t Stop Imagining a Better World
T’s annual Art issue explores how the idea of a good if elusive place has inspired great art, and vice versa.