The Breakfast Table Times
Sunday, August 23, 2026 · Edition No. 1
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WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran have been fighting since February. Iran is a country in the Middle East. Big ships that carry oil have trouble getting past it. Oil is what we make gas…
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JAPAN — Cats leave smells to tell other cats they were there. Scientists in Japan finally know how it works. A cat's kidneys store 13 kinds of fatty acid, and those acids end up in the…
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PENNSYLVANIA — Twenty teams of kids came to play baseball in Pennsylvania. They came from all over the world. New England sent a team from Bridgewater. They lost on Saturday and went home. Twelve teams are…
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KITTERY — Maine has not had enough rain for a long time. That is called a drought. Ponds and wells are getting low. Kittery made new rules this week. People there can water their yards only…
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KENNEBUNKPORT — People saw sharks near two beaches on Thursday. The beaches are in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. Police told swimmers to be careful. Most of these sharks are young. They come to Maine to eat fish,…
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NEW YORK — A hidden camera took a picture of a river otter in New York City. No one had seen one there in about 100 years. The water used to be too dirty. People spent…
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WASHINGTON — The United States put a new round of sanctions on Iran this week. Sanctions are punishments that make it hard for a country to buy and sell things. Iran's foreign ministry called them a…
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WASHINGTON — Trade talks between the United States and Canada fell apart Friday night. Early Saturday, the United States began charging a 50% tariff on about $20 billion of Canadian goods. A tariff is a tax…
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NEW YORK — A federal judge threw out a rule that had blocked people from 75 countries from getting immigrant visas. A visa is written permission to move to another country. Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled Saturday…
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WASHINGTON — Gas cost more this week than in any August on record. The average price for a gallon of regular gas hit $4.10 on Thursday. That is three cents more than last week and about…
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GARCHING, GERMANY — Astronomers found the fastest star ever seen in the Milky Way. It is called S301, and it circles the giant black hole at the center of our galaxy. S301 moves about 25,000 kilometers…
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MORIOKA, JAPAN — For more than a hundred years, scientists wondered why cat kidneys are packed with blobs of fat. Now they know. The blobs store 13 special fatty acids that end up in a cat's…
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NEW YORK — The Yankees lost 4-3 to the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday at Yankee Stadium. It snapped a short winning streak. New York had beaten Toronto 3-1 on Friday and Baltimore 6-1 on Thursday.…
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PA. — The Little League World Series is down to 12 teams. New England's team, from Bridgewater, Massachusetts, was knocked out Saturday. Hamilton, Ohio beat them 10-0 in four innings, and two Ohio pitchers…
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KITTERY — Kittery started strict water rules Monday. Homes with odd-numbered addresses may water outside on Mondays and Thursdays. Even-numbered addresses get Tuesdays and Fridays. Nobody may water on weekends, and only between 8 p.m. and…
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KENNEBUNKPORT — Police warned swimmers Thursday after sharks were seen off Gooch's Beach in Kennebunk and Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport. Maine beaches from Georgetown down to Wells have had short swim closures all summer. Marine…
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BRONX, N.Y. — A hidden camera caught a river otter along the Bronx River in New York City. It is the first one recorded in the Bronx in about 100 years. RJ Hawkins, a scientist at…
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WASHINGTON — The United States imposed a new round of economic sanctions on Iran this week, and Iran's foreign ministry answered by calling the measures a "declaration of war on all nations." Tehran's objection is not…
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WASHINGTON — Trade negotiations between the United States and Canada broke down Friday night, and at 12:01 a.m. Saturday the United States began collecting 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods, about 5% of…
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NEW YORK — US District Judge Jeannette Vargas vacated a State Department policy on Saturday, calling it "patently unlawful." The policy had suspended immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries. It took effect in January…
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WASHINGTON — The national average price of regular gasoline reached $4.10 a gallon on Thursday, three cents higher than a week earlier and roughly 97 cents above where it stood a year ago, according to AAA.…
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GARCHING, GERMANY — A star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy is moving at about 25,000 kilometers per second, roughly 8% of the speed of light, making it the fastest star…
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PA. — Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the New England region's representative at the Little League World Series, was eliminated Saturday in a 10-0, four-inning loss to Hamilton, Ohio. Ohio pitchers Josiah Infante and Leo Feltner combined…
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KITTERY — Kittery's water district imposed Level 3 restrictions on Monday, the most severe tier available to it, with no end date announced. Outdoor watering is now confined to the hours between 8 p.m. and 7…
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BRONX, N.Y. — The Wildlife Conservation Society announced on August 19 that a river otter had been photographed along the Bronx River, the first documented in the borough in roughly 100 years. A motion-activated camera captured…
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