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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 23-29 includes Shania Twain and Chris Pine 08/17/2026 10:42am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 23-29: Aug. 23: Actor Vera Miles is 96. Actor Barbara Eden is 95. Actor Richard Sanders (���WKRP In Cincinnati���) is 86. Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 79. Actor David Robb (���Downton Abbey���) is 79. Singer Linda Thompson is 79. Actor Shelley Long is 77. British leader reportedly exchanged messages with impostor of top White House official 08/17/2026 10:25am • LONDON (AP) ��� British Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with an impostor posing as U.S. President Donald Trump's chief of staff, according to reports published Monday. A spokesperson for Burnham declined to comment, saying it was policy not to discuss ���national security matters.��� Injured Jonas Vingegaard ends season following Tour de France crash 08/17/2026 10:17am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard will not race again this season after fracturing a collarbone at the Tour de France, his team said Monday. Vingegaard won the Giro d���Italia ��� completing a career sweep of the three Grand Tours ��� and Paris-Nice stage r Sports on TV for Tuesday, Aug. 18 08/17/2026 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, Aug. 18 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL 6 p.m. ESPNU ��� American Legion World Series: TBD, Championship, Shelby, N.C. MLB BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. MLBN ��� Regional Coverage: Toronto at Tampa Bay (6:40 p.m.) OR St. Louis at Cincinnati (6:40 p. Today in Sports - Usain Bolt completes third consecutive sweep of the 100 and 200-meter sprints 08/17/2026 10:10am • Aug. 18 1923 ��� Helen Mills, 17, ends Molla Bjurstedt Mallory���s domination of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships and starts her own with a 6-2, 6-1 victory. 1958 ��� Floyd Patterson knocks out Roy Harris in the 13th round at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles to retain his world heavyweight Nationals Notebook: Second thoughts on a position change 08/17/2026 10:02am • The Washington Nationals (60-66) have lost 13 of 18 and continue to slide in the standings while playing without their best hitter. James Wood still leads MLB with 100 runs scored despite being sidelined for more than a week. The Nats were swept by the last-place New York Mets over the weekend, d Grains mostly higher, livestock mixed 08/17/2026 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly higher in early trading Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Sept. corn lost 0.5 cent at $4.58 a bushel. Sept. wheat gained 2.5 cents at $6.77 a bushel. Sept. oats was up 0.25 cent at $3.24 a bushel. Sept. soybeans was up 0.75 cent at $11.79 a bushel. Beef w Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump in $5 million Carroll defamation case 08/17/2026 09:41am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump in $5 million Carroll defamation case. AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Florida���s state primary 08/17/2026 09:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Florida voters will select nominees Tuesday to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and to complete the remainder of Secretary of State Marco Rubio���s unexpired U.S. Senate term. The state also will hold its first congressional primaries since adopting a redrawn dis Cagliari's 20-year-old forward Yael Trepy in intensive care 08/17/2026 08:57am • CAGLIARI, Italy (AP) ��� Cagliari forward Yael Trepy is in intensive care in hospital, the Italian club said on Monday without giving details on his condition. According to L���Unione Sarda newspaper, Trepy was involved in an incident in a swimming pool in northern Sardinia. The 20-year-old player i Ukraine takes aim at Russia���s economy and morale by attacking online retailer 08/17/2026 08:47am • The attacks began on a July weekend and have continued for a month, stretching from Moscow and St. Petersburg, to cities in the south, and eastward to the Ural Mountains. The targets weren't oil refineries, maritime hubs or arms plants hit by other Ukrainian strikes, but warehouses that bring the co Dinusha���s maiden hundred rescues Sri Lanka but India on top in first test 08/17/2026 08:39am • GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Sonal Dinusha's maiden test hundred rescued Sri Lanka as the home team was bowled out for 284 on Day 3 of the first cricket test against India on Monday. Dinusha scored 100 off 168 balls, including four fours and two sixes, and put on 146 for the sixth wicket with Niroshan AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Wyoming���s state primary 08/17/2026 08:37am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Wyoming voters will choose nominees for an unusually high number of open-seat races in a state primary Tuesday, thanks to two prominent Republican officials whose retirement announcements set off a scramble for contests throughout the ballot. The upcoming departures of Gov. Mark South Korea hopes for talks between US and North Korea after Trump downsizes military drills 08/17/2026 08:30am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� South Korea on Monday expressed hopes for resumption of diplomacy between the U.S. and North Korea to ease animosities on the Korean Peninsula, as U.S. President Donald Trump's order to cut military exercises with South Korea caused concerns it might hurt the allies' read AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Alaska���s state primary 08/17/2026 08:11am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Alaska voters will narrow down a long list of contenders Tuesday for a competitive U.S. Senate seat that���s expected to play a pivotal role in determining which party will hold a majority in the chamber next year. Crowded fields of candidates for governor, U.S. House and the sta