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Wednesday’s Sterling Report covers earthquake recovery in the southern Philippines, global economic talks, EU-South Korea digital trade, a Somali World Cup referee’s homecoming, a major U.S. immigration enforcement bill, national park history disputes, an Ebola monitoring case ending safely, World Cup hydration breaks, a deep whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean, China’s neutrino detector, World War One soldiers buried in Belgium, loose pigs in Connecticut, a fifty-sweater world record, and a Quebec boy’s painted-rock snake.

A U.S. Army Apache goes down near the Strait of Hormuz, two aviators are rescued by a Navy drone boat, oil traders watch the Middle East, and economists expect interest rates to stay steady. Plus: state primaries, a surveillance deadline in Congress, river cleanup ahead of the 2028 Olympics, a California condor’s historic return to Oregon, ancient discoveries in Scotland and Germany, rescued dogs, and one Oklahoma cat nursing an orphaned rabbit.

On today’s Sterling Report, Monday delivers jittery markets, rough June weather, masked wrestlers promoting reading, Australia’s massive illegal cockroach seizure, a surprise box office win, Broadway’s Tony Awards, Christian Eriksen’s frightening collapse and hopeful update, and a South London hospice reunion with a twist almost too beautiful to believe.

There was a time when going to the movies felt like entering a little temple on Main Street. You sat down in the dark, and the movie began.

But somewhere between the red carpet and the quarterly report, Hollywood began to mistake recognition for wonder. Reboots replaced risk. Nostalgia became a business plan. Franchises stopped earning loyalty and started demanding it.

In this Sterling Special Report, Art Sterling explores the strain on the old bargain between Hollywood and the audience. From Star Wars becoming a managed brand to the rise of...

A drone drifts into a NATO port. Pirates surface from the sea floor. Fire tornadoes may become an oil-spill tool. And in California, three mule deer cross a bridge built not for cars, but for them. Art Sterling brings the day’s serious, strange, and hopeful stories together.

A missing Everest guide, a mountain rescue, monsoon rains, war powers, strange science, Notre Dame’s hidden layers, rare otter pups, and a Taiwanese snail race — today’s Sterling Report follows the stories that make the day serious, strange, and worth hearing.

Art Sterling follows the day’s serious and strange stories: PewDiePie’s Odysseus self-hosted AI workspace, Amazon overtaking Walmart on the Fortune 500, the hidden power and water costs of AI data centers, new species discovered on Angola’s Lisima plateau, Oamaru’s steampunk festival, humanoid robots in Tokyo, WKRP becoming real radio in Cincinnati, Bryce Harper’s unusual toothbrushing routine, and a For What It’s Worth closer on the surprising science of homing pigeons.

Today on The Sterling Report: El Niño may be returning, Britain’s oldest known rock art emerges from a Welsh cave, Uber’s lost-and-found box tells on America, and NASA explains the boom that shook parts of New England. Plus, a Long Island village has no mayoral candidates, America prepares for its 250th birthday, a Missouri man finds a $50,000 lottery ticket in his truck, and a Sydney concert is saved by a pianist from the audience.

In this Sterling Special Report, Art Sterling examines the rise of flattering artificial intelligence, the growing use of chatbots for emotional advice, China’s rapid push in the global AI race, and the need for temperance in the age of powerful machines. A human-centered report on technology, truth, and the future worth keeping.

Art Sterling follows the strange and tender stories off the main road: Shuetsu Sato’s duct-tape signs in Tokyo, an electric toilet-paper haul in Australia, Arcata’s Kinetic Grand Championship, a robin nest stopping a Ford F-250 in Olathe, a blue whale skeleton at Oregon State’s Hatfield Marine Science Center, hope for Chesapeake Bay blue crabs, and Joe Symonds, the 87-year-old DoorDash driver whose wrong turn led to unexpected help.

Art Sterling follows the stories hiding in plain sight: a golden yak from folklore, a sea slug smaller than sesame, a hidden chamber beneath Lincoln, a chatbot caution, a record made of paper cups, and the Chrysler Building’s secret race for the sky.

Art Sterling covers a Roman villa discovery in northern France, early heat across Western Europe, a Minnesota Medicaid fraud case, the death of Clarence B. Jones, the Garden Grove chemical tank scare, plans for a UFC event on the White House South Lawn, Miles Davis’s 100th birthday, and the near-eradication of Guinea worm disease.

Art Sterling marks Memorial Day with a look at American military cemeteries around the world, the Dutch families who adopt graves at Margraten, the origins of Decoration Day, unsettled holiday weather, public tours at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, 108-year-old Susan Young Browne renewing her license in Delaware, Sausal Creek restoration in Oakland, and the science behind children’s laughter.

Today’s Sterling Report takes the side roads: Norway’s electric flying ferries, hydrogen seeping from ancient Canadian rock, oysters rebuilding a harbor, a million bees on a Tennessee ramp, goats leading rescuers to a buried storm shelter, AI watching for whales, and thousands of trout carried home one silver flash at a time

Today’s Sterling Report follows unusual and uplifting stories from around the world: India’s Rah-Veer Good Samaritan program, Indigenous divers helping control Australia’s sea urchin problem, a medieval notebook found in a German latrine, Singapore’s idea for AI “nutrition labels,” endangered American historic places, severe spring weather, Boston Logan’s remote TSA pilot, Seattle’s Tall Tour, baseball’s “Tarps Off” trend, and a Massachusetts ice cream truck owner whose kindness sparked free treats for children.

Today’s Sterling Report looks behind the headlines: an Ebola outbreak moving through central Africa, the human cost of AI automation, villagers helping bring back India’s giant tortoise, SpaceX’s Starship V3 test, hard questions in Washington, a San Diego security guard who protected children, wildfire evacuations near Simi Valley, an old physics mystery, ancient games of chance, modern heirlooms, and one rancher opening the gate to let the tide return.

From Iran tensions to a 2,600-year-old chamber in Luxor, from supercomputers to severe storms, today’s report ends with a story about children, illness, and the power of belonging

Art Sterling follows the hidden labor behind the AI boom, a wonderfully odd furniture-building championship in London, Indonesia’s first giant panda cub, severe weather across the central U.S., Richard Glossip’s release on bond, a Florida record fish, declining school enrollment, and a powerful final story about sepsis and listening when the body whispers.

Today’s Sterling Report follows World Cup heat concerns, a rare gold discovery in Norway, a dementia-friendly zoo tour in Berlin, a Florida ocean rescue, and a heartfelt close on aging, caregiving, and the families making room.

Floodwaters rise. Oil moves in the shadows. Washington argues over what goes in your gas tank. And somewhere in America, a 911 call from twenty-two years ago comes back with a cap and gown.

Today’s Sterling Report brings the day’s news with warmth, wit, and yesterday’s charm.

Today on The Sterling Report, Art Sterling follows the stories hiding just beneath the noise.

Fire on the land.

Secrets under the sea.

A strange discovery in the stars.

A mystery in a fast-food kitchen.

And a graduation speech that changed the room.

News with an old-school radio soul.

The Sterling Report — Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Hosted by Art Sterling

Art Sterling brings a Monday edition of The Sterling Report with stories from around the world, across America, and from the smaller corners of the day.

This report includes practical news, science, weather, unusual state and local stories, and a powerful human-interest closer about resilience, technology, and the human spirit.

Two people can look at the same country and see two different worlds.

Why?

In this Sterling Special Report, Art Sterling explores how culture, schooling, habits, and the world around us shape the way we notice, judge, and understand.

From Alexander Luria’s research in Central Asia to modern studies of attention and culture, this report asks a question that feels more urgent every day:

Who is training your mind?

Not the loudest report.

Art Sterling takes the side road in today’s odd-but-true episode of The Sterling Report.

No shouting headlines.

Just curious, human stories from the corners of the day — the kind that remind us the world is still complicated, funny, surprising, and full of wonder.

The headlines: U.S.-Iran talks move toward a possible short-term deal. The U.S. issues new Cuba-related sanctions. Jobless claims remain steady. Mississippi cleans up after tornado damage. Alaska resumes a controversial bear-control program. And Page Four turns wonderfully strange — with bees living in a Philadelphia sewer, alligators fighting on a Florida lanai, a rare century plant bloom in Mississippi, and Greece asking whether artificial intelligence should be bound to serve human society.

Old-school news. Verified facts. A little wit. A little heart.

Hosted by Art Sterling.

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Iran reviews a new U.S. proposal. Ukraine says Russia rejected its ceasefire. Israel strikes Beirut’s southern suburbs. President Trump signs a new counterterrorism strategy. The labor market shows steadiness. Wall Street hits record highs. Colorado gets spring snow. South Carolina’s redistricting fight widens. Lakeview, Oregon faces a financial crisis. And in Page Four, Art closes with quirky stories and a folksy reflection on writers trying to prove they did not use AI.

The Sterling Report | Tuesday - May 5, 2026 - Today’s News with Yesteryear’s Charm

May 4th brings a heavy news day with trouble in the Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine’s ceasefire move ahead of Russia’s Victory Day pause, a major Supreme Court order, a Washington security scare, cybercrime sentencing, and a hopeful rescue story from Saskatchewan.

Art Sterling brings the day’s headlines in a warm, old-school radio style — serious where it must be, hopeful where it can be.

In this Sterling Report Special Commentary, Art Sterling explores the quiet crisis behind falling birth rates, Gen Z loneliness, dating-app burnout, and the smartphone age.

Is the collapse in family formation only about money and housing? Or has modern life changed something deeper — the way people meet, risk, flirt, love, and build a future?

A thoughtful, old-school radio-style commentary on smartphones, dating apps, loneliness, relationships, fertility decline, and the question no civilization can avoid:

Do young people still believe tomorrow is worth building?

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Art Sterling brings you today’s headlines with signature storytelling: escalating Gulf tensions and Iran’s potential oil-field collapse… Comey’s new indictment… King Charles speaks to Congress… Costco’s refreshed hot-dog deal… Britain’s smoke-free generation law… plus quirky robots, Texas weather, and heartwarming American resilience.

Full 8-minute broadcast. Fresh every weekday.

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