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How Texas Democrats’ walkout has launched a fight over political maps

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A weeklong walkout by Texas House Democrats is blocking redrawn congressional maps sought by President Donald Trump and put in motion a broadening fight across the U.S. over redistricting. There is still no swift end in sight to the standoff that has scattered dozens of Texas Democrats to Illinois, New York and California, where they have been given a warm reception by blue state governors and national party leaders. As the holdout has dragged on, Texas Republicans have ratcheted up the pressure to try compelling them back. GOP state leaders have asked courts ...

Trump’s new tariffs go into effect as US economy shows signs of strain

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump began imposing higher import taxes on dozens of countries Thursday just as the economic fallout of his monthslong tariff threats has begun to cause visible damage to the U.S. economy. Just after midnight, goods from more than 60 countries and the European Union became subject to tariff rates of 10% or higher. Products from the EU, Japan and South Korea are taxed at 15%, while imports from Taiwan, Vietnam and Bangladesh are taxed at 20%. Trump also expects the EU, Japan and South Korea to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the United ...

Florida updated agreement on handling detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ but after it opened

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — More than a month after Florida opened “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Everglades, the state and ICE signed an updated agreement spelling out how state corrections officials should handle federal immigration detainees at non-correctional facilities. The addendum signed this week updated a 2020 agreement between the Florida Department of Corrections and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that had explained how to handle federal immigration detainees at correctional facilities, but not at places like this new detention center. The update was made public ...

Your junk could be Gen Z’s treasure with Y2K fashion resurgence

From Juicy Couture sweat sets and low-rise, bedazzled jeans to chunky belts and baby tees, early 2000s fashion is all the rage again. That potentially makes that old box of clothes sitting in the back of your closet a sitting cash cow. Generation Z — born from about 1997 to 2012 — has taken to the Y2K aesthetic that many millennials cringe at. Fashion-forward college students and TikTok influencers are flaunting the miniskirts, chunky sandals and other bright, brand-heavy and borderline tacky items they likely bought secondhand. Jackson Mangum, a 24-year-old tailor in ...

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THE SHADYSIDE Community Band will present a free concert in Shadyside on Tuesday. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. at the Shadyside Community Center, located at 50 E. 39th Street. The program will consist of medleys of more than 20 tunes from movies dating back to 1939. Accompanying the music will be a slideshow of related images. This concert is a repeat performance that the band premiered on May 13. At the conclusion, the audience will be treated to free popcorn. COLERAIN RURITAN will hold a quarter auction on Sept. 13 at The Homestead Event Center (formerly Shannon’s Place), ...

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine) 2. “She Didn’t See It Coming” by Shari Lapena (Viking/Dorman) 3. “Not Quite Dead Yet” by Holly Jackson (Bantam) 4. “The Deal (collector’s ed.)” by Elle Kennedy (Bloom) 5. “The Hamptons Lawyer” by Patterson/Lupica (Little, Brown) 6. “Never Flinch” by Stephen King (Scribner) 7. “Wrath of the Dragons” by Olivia Rose Darling (Delacorte) 8. “Onyx Storm” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 9. “An Inside Job” by Daniel Silva (Harper) 10. “My Friends” by Fredrik Backman ...