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Trump says Chicago is the likely next target of his efforts to crack down on crimeAug 22, 2025 1:50 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday said Chicago will likely be the next target of his efforts to crack down on crime, homelessness and illegal immigration.
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Wall Street soars on hopes for lower interest rates as the Dow surges 846 points to a recordAug 22, 2025 1:31 pm - Wall Street rallied to its best day in months after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted that cuts to interest rates may be on the way. The S&P 500 leaped 1.5% Friday for its first gain in six days and finished just shy of its all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 846 points to its own record after topping its prior high from December. The Nasdaq composite jumped 1.9%. Treasury yields tumbled in the bond market as traders upped their bets that the Fed will cut its main interest rate at its next meeting in September.
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A taste of cool, fall-like weather is coming. Here’s what you need to knowAug 22, 2025 12:42 pm - It’s about to feel more like late September across much of the United States.
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AP analysis shows Texas and California redistricting efforts could mess with rare partisan balanceAug 22, 2025 12:09 pm - Moves by Texas Republicans and California Democrats to redraw their U.S. House districts could disrupt a rare partisan balance in American politics. A new analysis by The Associated Press shows that the 220-215 Republican majority over Democrats in the House aligns closely with the national vote share.
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What makes Bears coach Ben Johnson’s attention to detail differentAug 22, 2025 11:30 am - The Bears’ new head coach is obsessed with details. That in itself doesn’t make him unique among professional sports coaches. It’s not a rare quality when someone reaches the pinnacle of the profession to be so focused on the margins. In his seven months on the job, though, Ben Johnson is testing that theory. He does seem different. He says it, and he lives it.
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Is extra travel hurting Big Ten football teams? What’s fact (and fiction) amid realignmentAug 22, 2025 11:14 am - Big Ten teams were 47-34 at home last season in conference games, so it’s no surprise that teams crossing multiple time zones had a losing record. Ohio State, Penn State and Indiana, three of the Big Ten’s four CFP participants, crossed multiple time zones only once; UCLA, Washington and USC, teams that finished a combined 11-16 in the Big Ten, did it three times each.
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Potatoes are healthy, but french fries? Not so much.Aug 22, 2025 11:10 am - They’re the most popular vegetable in the United States, where people eat an average of nearly 50 pounds of them a year, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department. But the humble potato doesn’t always get nutritional respect.
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Riz Ahmed rises to the occasion in ‘Relay’Aug 22, 2025 9:29 am - Until it goes kerblooey in the last 15 minutes, “Relay” is the very model of a modern genre thriller: Taut, tight, squeezing the maximum of suspense and character detail from the minimum of gestures.
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Foxy Knoxy no more: Monica Lewinsky and Amanda Knox team up to reclaim Knox’s narrativeAug 22, 2025 8:29 am - Monica Lewinsky is keenly aware of what it feels like when your name is no longer your own and becomes attached to a character conjured by others. So, when Lewinsky read that Amanda Knox wanted to adapt her memoir for the screen, she felt she was in a unique position to help.
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Cary adds non-home-rule sales tax after voters reject home rule status, extends grocery taxAug 22, 2025 8:10 am - Cary officials have approved a non-home-rule general sales tax and the continuation of a 1% grocery tax for next year.