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Iran security chief threatens neighbors against economic measures, and other Mideast developments

The new leader of Iran’s top security body is threatening neighbors against joining new U.S. efforts to squeeze Tehran’s economy. Egypt is trying to revive Iran-U.S. negotiations. And Iraq and Iran say Tehran has helped some ships carrying Iraqi oil to transit the Strait of Hormuz. France and Saudi Arabia are expected to discuss plans […]

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Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on US goods beginning Sept. 8 as trade negotiations collapse

WASHINGTON | The United States imposed 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products early Saturday, and Canada said it would retaliate beginning Sept. 8 after last-ditch negotiations failed to resolve the latest strain in relations between the historic allies. President Donald Trump’s import taxes will hit about 5% of what Canada ships to […]

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Aurora prep sports scoreboard, 8.20.26

The Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, includes results and highlights for Aurora area teams in football, girls volleyball, boys soccer, softballl, cross country, girls flag football and boys golf.

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Trump keeps embracing data centers even as they become toxic in midterm races

WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump, speaking alongside cryptocurrency leaders at the White House this week, made a statement that Republican and Democratic candidates alike wouldn’t touch with a 10-foot pole. “If I were the mayor of a town or the governor of a state, and I had a chance to get a big plant in, […]

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5 books to read this fall, from Marlon James to Joe Biden

NEW YORK | Book lovers this fall can look forward to a wealth of fiction, biographies, memoirs, poetry collections and topical nonfiction. Here are five upcoming works you’ll likely be hearing about. “The Disappearers,” Marlon James Marlon James’ fantasy series “Dark Star” was a showcase for his extraordinary and boundless imagination. In “The Disappearers,” he […]

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Prince Harry and 6 others must pay initial $13 million over failed invasion of privacy case

LONDON | Prince Harry and six others, including Elton John, have been ordered to pay an initial 9.5 million pounds ($13 million) to the publisher of Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper following their failed invasion of privacy case. In a judgment Friday, Justice Matthew Nicklin said in a written statement that the payment to Associated Newspapers […]