World Cup Ends in Brawl, Extreme Thunderstorms Projected for Today, and More

Tuesday, July 21st, 2026

Good morning! Welcome to The Tradesman, a 5-minute newsletter tailored just for America’s tradesmen.

Congratulations to Colin H. of Roehrenbeck Electric for winning our gas card giveaway!

Colin, reply to this email if you’d like the card to be from Sheetz, Shell, or Speedway, and we’ll get it sent over to you!

In case you missed it, after going 117 minutes without a single shot on goal, Argentina lost to Spain in the World Cup final on Sunday.

Now let us ask you something: If you were Argentina, how would you handle the loss? Gracefully, with a few congratulations and handshakes? Silently storm back to the locker room? Fall to your knees in tears? Start throwing punches at the other team and tackle them to the ground?

If you chose the last option, you're not alone, because that's exactly what Team Argentina chose to do.

After the final whistle, multiple Argentina players began shoving, hitting, and even punching members of Spain's team, and one player was shown a red card and ejected.

See photos of the brawl.

Ohio could be hit with heavy winds, hail and even tornadoes later today.

The Storm Prediction Center has placed most of Ohio in a Level 2-3 risk for severe thunderstorms Tuesday. 

That means the odds of an extreme thunderstorm hitting the region are elevated, with the Level 3 areas at the highest risk.

See which regions fall into each risk level.

Ohio is one of five states in a cyclospora outbreak tied to shredded iceberg lettuce served at some Taco Bell locations, though investigators haven't confirmed a definitive source.

Federal officials have told people to avoid the shredded lettuce at Taco Bell locations in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and West Virginia, and distributor Taylor Farms pulled all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico on July 17 as a precaution.

A sample that first tested positive for the parasite was later flagged as a false positive, and the FDA says it has no confirmed positive product samples so far.

Yes, you read that headline correctly.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of America's largest labor unions, is urging the Trump administration to implement more tariffs on beer imported from Mexico, arguing more of it should be made in the U.S.

If implemented, the tariffs could raise store prices on popular brands such as Modelo, Corona and Pacifico.

The Teamsters' general president argues that wouldn't be a problem, since the recipes can easily be replicated stateside.

Read more about the reasoning behind the push.

Will you go see The Odyssey in theaters?