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In this episode of Large Format, Zavala’s Barbecue in Grand Prairie, Texas, handles an influx of 3 million tourists visiting the town for FIFA’s 2026 World Cup by staying open for 30 days straight — a record for the small barbecue operation. With 20,000 pounds of brisket and hundreds of pounds of sausage hitting the grills, the Zavala’s team is busy.About 200 beef briskets are trimmed, dry-rubbed, and smoked each week. A simple spice rub of salt and pepper helps Zavala’s brisket to stand out. An additional 250 pounds of sausage, all made in house, are put on the grill…

A glitch with Amazon Web Services’ billing operation led some customers to believe they owed the world’s fifth most valuable company billions of dollars. Oops!Bill Radjewski, who runs CollegeFootballData.com, was one of the affected customers. This morning, he woke up to a jarring email alert from AWS: He had racked up more than $1.5 billion in usage fees, and his August 1 bill was on track to be upwards of $3 billion.“I’ve had this account for 6+ years and in that time my monthly spend has never exceeded $0.02,” Radjewski tells WIRED in an email. He shared screenshots of his…

Deal with Chevron aims to rebuild a crude oil pipeline that runs from Iraq’s oil-rich Kirkuk to Syria’s Baniyas.By Reuters and The Associated PressPublished On 17 Jul 202617 Jul 2026Iraq’s government has struck dozens of agreements with Western oil companies, including to restore an energy supply route Baghdad could use to export its oil without the Strait of Hormuz.The preliminary deals, signed at a United States-Iraq business summit at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington on Friday, come as Baghdad seeks to move away from dependence on the Strait of Hormuz, where transit has been heavily disrupted due to…

Customers enter a Taco Bell restaurant on July 14, 2026 in La Cañada Flintridge, California. Mario Tama | Getty ImagesTaco Bell has removed lettuce linked to a cyclosporiasis outbreak from restaurants, it said Friday.The outbreak has currently affected more than 1,600 people across five states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The infection resembles a serious stomach bug and often begins showing up two to three weeks after people become infected by the parasite, according to the CDC. No deaths have been reported.On Thursday, the agency said its investigation into the source linked the outbreak to shredded…

2026-07-16T08:11:01.263Z I run a workplace management platform. Here’s how AI is reshaping both the culture and physical form of offices. Micah Remley, the CEO of Robin, discusses how the rise of AI is changing the culture around offices and how office spaces physically look. 4 min read 2026-07-11T13:14:01.263Z I moved from Connecticut to the South chasing a cheaper, simpler life. It wasn’t at all what I expected, so I moved back. Connecticut native Sandra Bonola moved to South Carolina for Southern charm and a cheaper lifestyle. Instead, she found it hot, crowded, and pricier than expected. 7 min read 2026-07-08T11:42:55.426Z The World…

Lucas Herbert made history at The Open with a record-equalling 62 at Royal Birkdale, the joint-lowest score in men’s major history.

‘God of War’ Mere Mortal Star Recast After Brutal Injury Published July 17, 2026 6:00 AM PDT The upcoming “God Of War” series hit a major snag after the show’s star got injured on set … and now he’s being left in the dust due to the long recovery time. TMZ broke the news … Ryan Hurst — who plays Kratos in the crazy popular video game adaptation — tore his bicep while filming a stunt … and the injury requires surgery. The recovery window for such brutal damage is just too far out for Amazon Studios … and Deadline reports…

When I signed the lease for my new apartment in Brooklyn, the relief of having survived the brutal New York City real estate market was short-lived when my next task became clear: I needed to furnish the place.My first instinct was to check everything off my list by shopping online. But the thought of waiting for deliveries and unboxing an endless mountain of packages seemed exhausting. And, I was moving to New York, where the streets are lined with a seemingly infinite number of stores.The task was daunting. I knew where to shop for shoes or buy a nice candle…

The Trump administration is waging a culture war on science, and the latest salvo is in the form of a dry, bureaucratic proposal from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that could threaten the future of US science as we know it.The proposal would give political appointees unprecedented control over grant funding, the method through which scientists receive federal money to perform groundbreaking space research such as the search for evidence of organic compounds on Mars or the discovery of some of the earliest galaxies in the universe.A typical proposed rule from the OMB garners less than 100 public…

NewsFeedUS President Donald Trump used a primetime White House address to revive claims about the 2020 election and push for changes ahead of the 2026 midterms. Al Jazeera’s Emma Withthrow explains what he said, what the evidence shows and why the timing matters.Published On 17 Jul 202617 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo