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Iran confirms mediator ceasefire proposals as it vows to fight on against US
www.msn.com

... Iran has received proposals from mediators to halt its war with the US, foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said at a Tehran press conference on July 20.

The confirmation, in remarks carried by state news agencies, is the first official acknowledgement of a live mediation track since the June 17 memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington collapsed, and follows reports that Qatar has floated a 10-day ceasefire plan after Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's condolence visit to Doha. ...


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Human feces as fertilizer? Cyclospora raises questions, expert says

Michael Ramsey
Updated: Jul 18, 2026 / 12:39 PM CDT

www.newsnationnow.com

... "I've heard a lot of things about, Are people using human sewage as fertilizer?' I think just the conditions on the farms we need to monitor much, much more carefully," Neal Shah told "Katie Pavlich Tonight" on Friday.

Federal officials have said there is a link between iceberg lettuce from Mexico and the rash of stomach parasite cases across the U.S., but health experts, including Shah, caution there could be more than one food source that needs to be identified.

Shah said Americans don't know enough about how some of their food is grown abroad.

In some countries, he said, "humanure" is used as a fertilizer, especially with rising fertilizer prices.

In the U.S., treated sewage sludge known as "biosolids" can be used to "condition the soil or fertilize crops or vegetation grown in the soil," according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. ...


Taylor Farms lettuce sample produced false positive for cyclospora, FDA says
www.nbcnews.com

... The false positive was discovered when the agency again reviewed the results of a sample from Taylor Farms de Mexico. It doesn't change the company's earlier voluntary recall. ...

The false positive was discovered when the FDA again reviewed the results of a sample from Taylor Farms de Mexico that was reported positive Saturday.

"As of July 19, 2026, there are no confirmed positive sample results for product testing for Cyclospora," the agency said in its statement. ...


The hopeless, bad people' just won Donald Trump's World Cup
www.politico.com

... Turns out, revenge is a dish best served on a warm Sunday afternoon in a New Jersey swamp.

President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term in office berating Spain over its anemic military spending and refusal to allow American forces to use Spanish bases for bombing missions in Iran. Earlier this month, Trump branded the country "hopeless," derided the Spanish as "bad people" and briefly threatened to cut off all trade in goods with Madrid.

Today, the president who in March dubbed the country a "loser" had to celebrate Spain as the winner of a World Cup that Trump worked to make his own.

He handed the sports world's greatest prize to captain Rodri in front of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, King Felipe VI and a global television audience of more than one billion. ...



"PVT Isabella Gonzales (19) of Carrollton, Texas, was killed in action on 17 July 2026, during an enemy attack on 17 July 2026, at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan. The incident is under investigation.

"Pvt. Gonzales was assigned to 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command, Ansbach, Germany."

Source: Dept of War Crimes

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The release says "enemy attack," but the "incident is under investigation."

The enemy didn't kill PVT Gonzales? Then who did?

When I was in the US Army, enemy attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan were recorded in the SIGACTS database. I don't remember seeing an "investigation" of an enemy attack unless it was a Talib infiltrator.

SIGACTS = Significant Actions

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