12 to KNOW Morning Brief for Tuesday, August 18, 2026.

SOURCES:  NPR — Here are Alaska's 2026 primary election results  https://www.whro.org/2026-08-18/here-are-alaskas-2026-primary-election-results  270toWin — 2026 Alaska Primary Live Results  https://www.270towin.com/2026-election-results-live/state/alaska/primary/  CNN — Trump threatens to bomb Oman with Iran war stuck in stalemate  https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-deal-expired-strait-of-hormuz/  Fox News — Trump says Tehran wants deal, floats US control of Strait of Hormuz  https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-iran-war-news-trump-israel-hormuz-august-17  The Daily Upside — Big Box Earnings Preview: Walmart, Target Poised to Benefit  https://www.thedailyupside.com/industries/consumer/big-box-earnings-preview-walmart-and-target-expected-to-benefit-from-value-conscious-consumers/  Fortune — Walmart, Target and Home Depot set to give Wall Street a peek at the American consumer  https://fortune.com/2026/08/17/walmart-target-home-depot-earnings-consumer-spending-stocks-all-time-high/  Mongabay — Amazon deforestation alerts fall to lowest level since 2013  https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/amazon-deforestation-alerts-fall-to-lowest-level-since-2013-brazilian-data-show/  Al Jazeera — Under Lula, Amazon deforestation falls to lowest level in a decade  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/10/under-lula-amazon-deforestation-falls-to-lowest-level-in-a-decade  Al Jazeera — Russia says more than 600 drones targeted Moscow region  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/18/russia-says-more-than-600-drones-targeted-moscow-region  NPR — Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war  https://www.npr.org/2026/08/16/nx-s1-5933006/ukraine-aerial-attack-6-dead-russia  Speed Commerce — How Much of the World's Shipping Goes Through Hormuz  https://www.speedcommerce.com/insights/how-much-of-the-worlds-shipping-goes-through-the-strait-of-hormuz/  CNN — Shipping faces more disruptions in the Middle East  https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/15/world/live-news/iran-war-trump  NPR — Jared Kushner held rare meeting with Hamas in Egypt  https://www.npr.org/sections/world/  CNN — Deadline to reach US-Iran deal expires, Trump threatens Oman  https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/17/world/live-news/iran-war-trump  Yahoo Finance — Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures extend losses  https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/live/stock-market-today-tuesday-august-18-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-080822735.html  CNBC — Stock market today: Live updates  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/stock-market-today-live-updates.html  CNBC — Reddit stock jumps on inclusion in S&P 500  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/reddit-shares-jump-11percent-on-inclusion-in-sp-500.html  Forbes — Reddit Shares Jump 15% As It Joins The S&P 500 Next Week  https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/08/14/reddit-joins-the-sp-500-next-week-heres-what-that-means-for-shares/  ESPN — MLB Scores - August 17, 2026  https://www.espn.com/mlb/scoreboard/_/date/20260817  Boxscore — Monday, August 17, 2026  https://boxscore.email/mlb/2026-08-17  Sunny Skyz — He Grew Up Feeling Unwanted. After 55 Years, He Finally Met the Father He Prayed For  https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news— 12 to KNOW Automation