12 to KNOW Morning Brief for Thursday, July 23, 2026.

SOURCES:  ABC News — Iran live updates: CENTCOM says it redirected 9 ships, 'disabled' 1 in Iran blockade  https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-kuwait-attacked-bahrain-sounds-sirens/?id=134907987  CBS News — Iran War Updates: U.S. carries out 12th straight night of strikes  https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-hormuz-oil-prices-red-sea-houthis/  CBS News — U.S. and Saudi Arabia sign deal that could allow civil nuclear program on Saudi soil  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-deal-saudis-enrich-nuclear-program/  NBC News — U.S. signs landmark nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia  https://www.nbcnews.com/world/saudi-arabia/trump-us-saudi-nuclear-deal-uranium-enrichment-iran-war-israel-rcna588660  NPR — The cyclospora outbreak that's sickening thousands of Americans  https://www.npr.org/sections/news  ABC News — Taylor Farms recalls lettuce in 27 states amid cyclosporiasis outbreak  https://abcnews.com/GMA/News/taylor-farms-amid-cyclosporiasis-outbreak/story?id=134846473  NBC News — French lawmakers approve a sweeping social media ban for children under 15  https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/french-lawmakers-approve-sweeping-social-media-ban-children-15-rcna588591  NPR — French lawmakers approve social media ban for kids under 15  https://www.npr.org/2026/07/22/g-s1-134875/france-social-media-ban  NBC News — OpenAI says AI models went rogue during testing, triggering 'unprecedented' breach  https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openai-says-ai-models-went-rogue-testing-triggering-unprecedented-brea-rcna588611  Scientific American — OpenAI admits its agent went rogue and hacked AI start-up Hugging Face  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/openai-admits-its-agent-went-rogue-and-hacked-ai-startup-hugging-face/  NPR — Andy Burnham succeeds Keir Starmer as the U.K.'s 7th prime minister in 10 years  https://www.npr.org/2026/07/19/nx-s1-5895993/andy-burnham-prime-minister-keir-starmer  CNN — Andy Burnham pledges to end instability after becoming UK's seventh prime minister in a decade  https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/20/world/live-news/andy-burnham-uk-prime-minister-intl  NBC News — Ukraine's Zelenskyy fires his commander in chief after protests and major rift  https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/ukraines-zelenskyy-fires-commander-chief-protests-major-rift-rcna588159  CNN — Zelensky sacks Ukraine's military chief following widespread protests  https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/21/europe/ukraine-military-chief-sacked-intl  Alphabet SEC Filing — Alphabet Inc. Q2 2026 Earnings  https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000066/googexhibit991q22026.htm  CNBC — Alphabet earnings takeaways: Q2 revenue beats, GOOGL stock sinks on 2026 capex hike  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/22/google-earnings-q2-goog-live-updates.html  CNBC — Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Alphabet, Tesla, IBM, Las Vegas Sands  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/22/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-after-hours-googl-tsla-ibm-lvs.html  TradingView — Big Afternoon for Q2 Earnings: GOOGL, TSLA & More  https://www.tradingview.com/news/zacks:67e570083094b:0-big-afternoon-for-q2-earnings-googl-tsla-more/  CBS Sports — Detroit Tigers vs. Chicago Cubs Box Score, Summary, and Team Stats - July 22, 2026  https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/gametracker/boxscore/MLB_20260722_DET@CHC/  ESPN — Red Sox 6-3 Orioles (Jul 22, 2026) Final Score  https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401898715/orioles-red-sox  Smithsonian National Zoo — Look who's learning to elephant paddle! Linh Mai, our 5-month-old Asian elephant calf  https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/giant-panda  Washington Post — When Linh Mai's mother rejected her at birth, caretaker didn't leave the National Zoo for nearly a month  https://www.washingtonpost.com/optimist/— 12 to KNOW Automation