The Pacific may be winding up the strongest El Niño on record — enough to make next year the hottest ever. Sri Lanka's trucking water to the leopards. China turns a rocket launch into a beach party. The New York Times loses a libel case for the first time in fifty years. Airbus meets the one thing it can't fly over. A tornado hits a packed Long Island beach. IndyCars take the National Mall. Wild horses run from the helicopters. Gary, Indiana goes two weeks dark. A donkey named Freddy. A star that outshines its galaxy. And a 120-foot fall at Glacier, and the one who happened to be looking. Friday, August 21, 2026.