| Once in a lifetime |
| It was one of the greatest cosmic phenomenons in history, the first full solar eclipse to sweep across the U.S. in nearly a century. Some of us were prepared, armed with solar glasses, lenses and telescopes. Others procrastinated, and had to settle for livestreams. The event captured the attention of a nation increasingly separated by politics, and — ever so briefly — unified it. On Monday, instead of looking at one another with disillusionment, we all looked toward the sky in wonder. |
| Secret Service agents need a nap |
| Protecting the president of the United States has never been a small feat. Keeping President Trump safe, however, is a new kind of mission. Agents must protect Trump — who has traveled almost every weekend to his properties in Florida, New Jersey and Virginia — and his many adult children (including Donald Jr. and Eric on a trip to open a Trump International Golf Club in Dubai and Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner on their ski vacation in Aspen). The result? More than 1,000 agents have hit the federally mandated caps for salary and overtime allowances that were meant to last the entire year, and the Secret Service can't pay hundreds of agents. Get the rest of the story in our exclusive #mustread. |
| University of Texas picks a side in America's monument debate |
| When students begin classes at the University of Texas on Aug. 30, they won't see statues honoring the Confederacy on campus at the South Mall. University president Greg Fenves said it's clear the "monuments have become symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism." Ever since the violent clash between white nationalists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12 over the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, the debate over removing monuments honoring the Confederacy has exploded. |
| Navy hits pause |
| The Navy's top officer halted operations around the world Monday after the second major collision in three months of one of its front-line combat ships. The USS John S. McCain collided Sunday with an oil tanker in Southeast Asian waters. Ten sailors remain missing. If the incident sounds familiar, that's because in June seven sailors died after the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship collided in waters off Japan. Adm. John Richardson, the chief of naval operations, has ordered a Navy-wide review to get at the "root causes" of the problems. |
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| Driver in Barcelona terror attack dead |
| Spanish police said Monday they killed the driver in last week's deadly Barcelona van attack that left 13 people dead. Catalan regional police said Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, a Moroccan national, was wearing an explosives belt when he was shot in Subirats, a town west of Barcelona. Abouyaaqoub had been the subject of a Europe-wide manhunt. |
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