A farm boy borrowed more than any company on Earth and built an empire — and this week a court decided his fate. Brazil's satellites run the numbers on the Amazon. A stone in the sand may answer a 139-year-old riddle. The old Almanac sees the winter coming. America's biggest store comes up short. New York's rent-free grocery stores have the corner grocers afraid. A barefoot thief takes a little farm's only van. Something new hits the Moon. And in Portland, a father turns his son's drawing into something you can ride. The Sterling Report for Thursday, August 20, 2026.