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    August 22, 2025

    Business

    1. The U.S. and EU release a bare-bones account of their trade deal, but it’s a work in progress
    2. U.S. home sales rose in July as mortgage rates eased a bit and home prices grew more slowly
    3. Google’s Pixel 10 phones raises the ante on artificial intelligence
    4. U.S. applications for jobless benefits rise last week, but layoffs remain historically low
    5. How to make climate-friendly and sustainable choices when shopping online

    Column

    1. The illusion of a balanced energy mix makes good rhetoric but poor policy
    2. Why America still needs public schools
    3. AI has passed the aesthetic Turing Test - and it’s changing our relationship with art
    4. Hulk Hogan’s daughter can’t write herself out of the wrestler’s will – but she can refuse to take his money

    Nation

    1. Prosecutors link LA contract to Smartmatic ‘slush fund’ as voting tech firm battles Fox in court
    2. Federal Trade Commission sues LA Fitness operators for ‘exceedingly difficult’ gym cancellation policies
    3. National Roundup
    4. Privacy and civil rights groups urge U.S. colleges to end campus surveillance to protect protesters
    5. Why the Federal Reserve has historically been independent of the White House

    Courts

    1. Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump

    Feature

    1. New OCBA president authors a journey full of twists, turns
    2. A plea certain to fall on deaf ears in heaven
    3. Attorney provided car crash victim a special kind of help
    4. Free to protest? Proposed bill says not in the road
    5. Daily Briefs

    State

    1. Nessel reaches agreement with former Florida company over deceptive mailers