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What’s on tap: 

• US Open begins

• First macular transplant

• Mapping gas increases

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Today’s Big Story

Himalayan Disaster Deepens

• The death toll from Wednesday's catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border has risen to 579, with roughly 2,500 people still missing. More than 3,700 people have been rescued in Nepal, while the Red Cross estimates around 90,000 people were affected. At least 90 Americans remain unaccounted for.

• Scientists now believe a massive bedrock collapse beneath a glacier sent rock and ice crashing into the valley, suddenly swelling rivers and producing the wave of mud and water that destroyed communities downstream. The collapse was powerful enough to register as a magnitude 5.2 seismic event, and satellite imagery shows a large section of the glacier sheared away.

• The danger isn't over. A new lake formed behind debris upstream following the collapse, and the natural dam could fail and unleash another flood. Authorities have warned people downstream to move to safer ground as rescue crews continue searching, including for people trapped inside a mud-filled hydropower tunnel in Nepal.

Saturday’s Quick Hits

• Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh warned at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium that inflation remains elevated and could require further action, while stopping short of calling for an immediate rate hike. Warsh said recent inflation readings have not meaningfully improved underlying trends, prompting markets to increase expectations for a September rate increase. (More)

• Two men entered Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts with tickets, smashed a display case and stole a 200-carat platinum and diamond Van Cleef & Arpels necklace worth several million dollars. The 673-stone piece was designed for Egypt’s former royal family and worn by Queen Nazli in 1939. (More)

• A federal judge permanently barred the Trump administration from enforcing measures that sought to cut Anthropic off from federal agencies and military contractors. The judge ruled the government violated Anthropic’s First Amendment rights by retaliating against the company after it pushed for restrictions preventing its Claude AI from being used for mass surveillance or fully autonomous weapons. (More)

• Norway’s King Harald V, Europe’s oldest monarch, died Friday at 89 after more than 35 years on the throne. Harald fled Norway as a child during the Nazi occupation and later helped modernize the monarchy. His son automatically succeeded him as King Haakon VIII. (More)

• The U.S.-Israel war with Iran reached six months Friday, exceeding President Trump’s initial estimate of four to five weeks. Eighteen U.S. service members have died, and more than 750 have been wounded, while the Pentagon estimates the war has cost more than $37.5 billion. Oil prices have risen about 25% since fighting began. (More)

• French Open champion Alexander Zverev and two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka earned the No. 1 seeds for the US Open, which begins Sunday. Carlos Alcaraz is seeded second as he defends his men’s title, while five Americans — Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz and Amanda Anisimova — earned top-10 seeds. (More)

Weekly Dose of Positive

• Italian surgeons performed the world’s first macular transplant, moving healthy tissue between a blind woman’s damaged eyes and restoring enough vision for her to recognize her son and dog. (More)

• Millionaire John Perrett left his longtime tenant the Melbourne home she had rented for more than 20 years and donated nearly $20 million to the hospital that treated him. (More)

• A Chinese couple refused to abandon their retirement travel plans after the wife became partially paralyzed, instead embarking on a decade-long camper van journey that has reached 31 of 33 provinces. (More)

• Australia’s Great Barrier Reef showed signs of recovery in 2026, with coral cover increasing in its northern and central regions and remaining above long-term averages. (More)

Extra Credit

Mapping gas price increases by state since the start of the Iran War.

Nashville moves to rename an airport for Dolly Parton.

See winners from Natural History Museum, London’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Celebrate the National Park Service’s 110th birthday at these 10 parks.