The Sterling Report

Today’s Sterling Report covers rising tensions with Iran, a mysterious new fuel network offering unusually cheap gasoline, NATO developments, remarkable world records, unusual human-interest stories, and an unforgettable ending involving a painting that unexpectedly found its way back to its creator after half a century.

Another day of remarkable stories from around America and around the world. From renewed conflict in the Middle East and surprising diplomatic developments to strange small-town moments, practical money news, inspiring human triumphs, and the unforgettable story behind one of music’s most recognizable voices.

Escalating conflict in the Strait of Hormuz. Major economic developments in America. Weather across the country. Plus remarkable human-interest stories, a famous elephant seal in Tasmania, and a heartfelt “For What It’s Worth” that proves sometimes the answer has been with us all along.

Today’s Sterling Report covers the attempted bombing near French President Emmanuel Macron during a state visit to Syria, escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and at the NATO summit, severe weather across the United States, Cuba’s latest nationwide blackout, dramatic World Cup developments, and a remarkable scientific discovery about early humans that closes today’s report.

A controversial World Cup decision… a remarkable discovery across the Atlantic… and one Fourth of July story that reminds us what people can do when they refuse to give up. Those stories—and several others you may have missed—on today’s Sterling Report.

The song you sing at the fireworks was written about being shot at. Tonight, when they go off — don’t watch the sky. Watch the faces. Happy 250th birthday, America. 🇺🇸🎆 7 stories. 7 days. One country.

We know a few of the names on the Declaration of Independence. We’ve forgotten what signing actually cost them. Signing was treason, and the penalty was death — and these weren’t reckless young men with nothing to lose. They were the most respectable men in America, with fortunes and families and everything to lose. And they signed anyway. This is the story of the price they paid: the scholar brok...

On the eve of America’s 250th birthday, Art Sterling presents a special Independence Day commentary examining the state of the nation beyond the daily headlines. Drawing on history, perspective, and the enduring character of the American people, this episode asks whether America is truly broken—or whether we’ve simply forgotten where to look.

Independence nearly failed. On July 1, 1776, the vote fell short — the colonies split, the alliance cracking — and one man who could break the tie was eighty miles away, dying of cancer, when a violent thunderstorm rolled in. Caesar Rodney rode anyway. This is the story of the reluctant year, the man who stepped aside for a cause he opposed, the dying rider in the rain, and the strange truth about...

Eight days beneath a collapsed shopping mall… and one man refuses to give up. Today on The Sterling Report , Art Sterling brings you the stories behind today’s headlines: Ukraine’s deadly overnight missile attack, the miraculous rescue of Hernán Gil after eight days trapped beneath rubble in Venezuela, the heat gripping America before Independence Day, an unforgettable proposal atop the Empire Sta...

Federal agents confront a father over a single email. The Supreme Court issues a unanimous ruling on birthright citizenship. Venezuela’s death toll continues to rise as American troops assist in rescue efforts. Plus a dangerous U.S. heat wave, a new Florida law that could save children’s lives, a rescue dog making miracles happen, and a 2,000-year-old scroll that finally revealed its secrets. Stan...

He beat the most powerful empire on earth — and then did the one thing no conqueror in history had done. When an officer put it in writing that he should be king, George Washington wrote back the same day and refused. Twice he handed absolute power back and went home to his farm. This is the story of the man who could have been king, the ancient Roman he modeled himself on, and why he dreaded the...

History remembers who wrote the Declaration of Independence. It forgot the immigrant printer who set it in type through the night — and the one stray letter that almost created a completely different country. This is the story of the forgotten hands that carried America’s promise to a continent: the printer, the riders in the mud, the women who held it all together, the soldiers with no statues. T...

A drone collides with a JetBlue airliner over New York. President Trump demands lower gas prices ahead of the Fourth of July and warns against price gouging. A dangerous heat dome spreads across much of America as millions prepare to travel. Plus, a surprising museum discovery, Wall Street rallies, holiday travel tips, Costco’s Independence Day closure, and a story you’ll remember in today’s “For...

The most famous thing King George III ever “said” about losing America — he never said it. The quote was invented in our own lifetime, and borrowed from another doomed king. The truth is stranger and sadder: a good man who believed he was defending freedom, who lived to watch his enemy hand power back, and who died not knowing his own wife’s name. A story about the oldest mistake there is — believ...

A miraculous rescue in Venezuela. A missing child found nearly 1,500 miles from home. A California couple runs toward danger in Mexico. Plus, the World Cup, CherryBaby101, and why visitors from around the globe are rediscovering the America many of us take for granted.

250 years ago this week, in a hot little room in Philadelphia, a handful of ordinary men did the most dangerous thing of their lives — and built a nation out of a single sentence. This is Day One of our seven-part countdown to America’s 250th birthday. 🇺🇸 Art Sterling takes you back to 1776 — to the desk where Thomas Jefferson wrote the words that defined a country, and the two small edits that ch...

SNITCHES GET STITCHES? It’s an old saying. But what happens when governments encourage neighbors to report neighbors? This Sterling Special Report journeys from Salem to East Germany, from Anne Frank to the Underground Railroad, asking what history teaches about trust, liberty, and the people living right next door. As America turns 250, it’s a story worth remembering.

Two devastating earthquakes strike Venezuela just seconds apart. Europe faces an unprecedented heat emergency as temperatures shatter records across the continent. The U.S. Supreme Court delivers three major decisions in one morning, while Washington reverses itself in less than forty-eight hours. Plus, a look back at the day the Korean War began… …and the remarkable story of a fifteen-year-old Sc...

A nation ground to a halt. A thousand-year-old secret surfaced from the earth. And one familiar name became famous while the man behind it disappeared. Plus storms, diplomacy, space history, and one of the world’s most unusual religious traditions.

Today on The Sterling Report: London’s climate talks meet dangerous heat in real time, Europe’s heat wave turns deadly, Chico faces a library shooting, the Supreme Court rules in a green-card immigration case, warehouse and industrial fires burn in Los Angeles and Houston, markets fall, and Chad Caruso crosses America on a skateboard.

Today on The Sterling Report: a Seattle dim sum meal breaks a Guinness World Record, researchers explain how heat stress is becoming longer and harder on the body, and a Texas truck crash releases about two million bees. Plus: the day’s major news from the DEA fentanyl investigation, Qatar, U.S.-Iran talks, South Korea, Brexit, and more.

Art Sterling covers the day’s sharp turns: Europe’s hard vote on migrant returns, a Tokyo school fire, Times Square gunfire, a U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat, Luigi Mangione’s defense reversal, a deportation case involving South Sudan and Vietnam, World Cup ticket trouble, Dragon Boat Festival traditions, ranch dressing at TSA, a record-setting town crier, fungi cleaning river water, and a me...

On today’s Sterling Report: the U.S. and Iran sign an initial deal to end fighting and begin nuclear talks, an eighteen-year-old dies after a Central Park carriage accident, archaeologists find what may be an early wooden model for Stonehenge, and Sherwood Forest loses the Major Oak. Plus: stocks rebound, gas prices fall below four dollars, Wales refuses a coal mine expansion, Jessica Meir capture...

Today on The Sterling Report : a Texas highway turns into a rescue scene after a business jet crashes and catches fire, Tropical Storm Arthur forms in the Gulf, Ireland makes basic income for artists permanent, a runaway Tasmanian devil is finally caught, the world’s oldest tortoise adds another record, rescued grizzlies get a snow day, and Kevin Bacon becomes Kevin Bean.