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Ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries competent enough for trial, judge rules 0
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- August 22, 2026
Former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch Mike Jeffries is competent to stand trial on sex trafficking and prostitution charges, a federal court has ruled, reversing an earlier decision. Jeffries was declared “mentally incompetent” by a court last year and said to be suffering with dementia and late onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Based on an examination
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How Penn State students ran an alleged cocaine ring – until it all fell apart 0
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- August 22, 2026
They came to Penn State from across the US, varsity athletes and top students drawn to the university’s strong academic reputation and social opportunities. Agostino Abbatiello graduated from a prestigious Catholic all-boys’ school on Long Island, New York. During high school, he listed himself as a “life coach” – the type who lived by the
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US borrowing costs rise as attempts to ease rates prove short-lived 0
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- August 22, 2026
Long-term borrowing costs in the US rose again despite an announcement from the government that it would intervene to try to lower them. Earlier this week, the Treasury Department said it would buy back more debt in a bid to lower rates being charged by investors on global bond markets, which governments and major corporations
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TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements 0
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- August 22, 2026
TikTok has agreed to pay $400m (£293m) to the US to end a lawsuit alleging its platform violated children‘s privacy, marking one of the largest ever settlements over the issue. The deal stems from a 2024 suit by the Department of Justice under former President Joe Biden alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance collected
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US plans to pay $850 million of the $5 billion it owes the United Nations 0
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- August 22, 2026
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has notified Congress of its plans to pay $850 million of the several billion it owes to the United Nations, the largest payment the Trump administration would make to the world body since it demanded sweeping reforms in exchange for continued support as its largest donor. The State Department laid
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Boat hauls in 1,260-pound blue marlin believed to be East Coast’s largest catch 0
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- August 22, 2026
PORTLAND, Maine — Damon Sacco had never seen anything like the fish he and fellow anglers fought for hours in the waters off Massachusetts. As it rose from the depths, it looked like a glimmering blue spaceship. Sacco, a longtime Massachusetts charter fishing boat captain, saw the giant fin break the surface, and at first
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