Walmart Slumps, AI Plans Shift, Gaza Probe | Providence News

Providence News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 21, 2026 · 1m

Walmart’s stock tumbled 9% despite strong e-commerce growth and a raised full-year outlook, as Wall Street balked at slightly lower Q3 earnings. Meanwhile, Texas politicians who once championed AI data centers are now pausing approvals over energy and water concerns — even as Trump defends them as economic lifelines. In Gaza, Israel has launched a criminal probe into the death of five-year-old Hind Rajab, whose tragic case highlights systemic failures in emergency response. The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln strike group has finally left the Middle East after a long deployment, with an admiral…