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Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, and Niagara West Member of Provincial Parliament Sam Oosterhoff unveil a sign for Lake Ontario at the Fifty Point Conservation Area in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Canada claps back at Trump's efforts to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'
Fatima Al-Kassab
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded.
A fake video of Jimmy Kimmel.
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Are you sure that Kimmel clip was real? Late-night AI deepfakes are spreading online
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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope on board is seen transiting the sun during its Aug. 30 launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Roman telescope, named after the agency's first chief astronomer, will help scientists study dark energy, exoplanets and the evolution of the universe.
John Kraus
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'A glorious dawn launch': NASA's newest space telescope has left the Earth
Brendan Byrne
Marc Bowker, owner of Alter Ego Comics in Lima, Ohio, says tariffs have created stress and uncertainty for his small business.
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How a comic book store got swept into the tariff storm
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Texas Standard
More than 1.2 million Texas voter registrations are flagged. Here’s what voters should know
The designation doesn’t mean a voter is ineligible. Here’s how to check your registration and make sure you’re ready to vote.
Is ICE agent Christian Castro a fugitive? Texas and Minnesota disagree
American ranchers are irked by Trump’s efforts to bring down beef prices: ‘This is a mistake’
A free, state-of-the-art film projection tells the Texas Revolution story of Gonzales
Why Dolly Parton decided to give a Texas drag queen a rhinestoned guitar
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