The Stateside Beat — Thursday, August 27, 2026 (Evening Wrap)

Scientists say a deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday was likely caused by a glacier chunk breaking off and temporarily damming a river.

Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb commander found guilty of genocide, dies at 84. He was serving a life sentence for his role in the Bosnian War.

The deal would give the U.S. an ownership stake in Venezuela's oil fields and more than double American oil reserves.

The Secret Service put its chief spokesman and two other non-law enforcement employees on administrative leave in a misconduct investigation.

After six months, the Iran war has reached its endgame. Iran survives military campaign, bets time is on its side.

The S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow were rising Thursday afternoon as tech rallied after earnings reports from Nvidia and Salesforce.

Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh is set to deliver his key Jackson Hole speech on Friday, with markets watching closely for policy signals.

Parent activists are calling Meta's settlement insufficient and urging Mark Zuckerberg to publicly address the concerns.

Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face, the popular platform which hosts open-weight AI models, for $12.9 billion.

Gap shares surged 12% after the company announced a new CEO for Old Navy to revive the struggling brand.

Grand Theft Auto 6 has released 27 minutes of new in-game footage on Netflix, as Rockstar Games continues to deal with ongoing leaks.

Samsung's best software features from 2026 are coming to the lower-cost S26 FE -- but at $700, it's certainly not cheap.

Galaxy S27 Pro is essentially a smaller 'Ultra' — it will sport a 6.6-inch display, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Extreme, 12GB of RAM.

The Bravia 6 is Sony's first OLED TV with four HDMI 2.1 ports. Pricing starts at $1,300 for the 48-inch model.

Google is setting new memory-use limits for Android apps as AI data centers contribute to hardware shortages that could leave lower-cost devices struggling.