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Tim Cook Steps Down as Apple CEO After 15 Years — John Ternus Takes the Wheel

The hardware engineering chief who built the iPhone, iPad and AirPods teams now runs the nearly $4 trillion company Cook transformed from a smartphone maker into Wall Street's biggest fish.

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WHITE HOUSE

Trump Team Pushes Plan to Fence In the White House's Front Yard

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SPY WAR

Germany Shutters Russia's Last Consulate After Airport Bomb Plot

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TAMPA

Small Plane Bursts Into Flames Minutes After Tampa Takeoff, Killing Two

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US · PLYMOUTH, MASS.

Deadlocked Clancy Jury Hits 36 Hours as One Juror Accused of Defying the Law

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US · OREGON

Oregon's Wildfires Torch a Record $236 Million — And the State Has to Borrow Just to Keep the Hoses Running

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MIDDLE EASTYESTERDAY

Wedding Turns to Funeral: Iran Demands War Crimes Probe After US Missile Kills Five at Bride's Celebration

A missile strike on a family wedding in the fishing town of Kuhestak has killed five people and wounded dozens more, prompting Iran's Red Crescent to formally petition the International Criminal Court as the US-Iran war grinds into its seventh month.

AFRICA

Congo's Ebola Nightmare Deepens: Death Toll Tops 3,000 in World's Fastest-Growing Outbreak

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WORLD · VIENNA

UN Watchdog Confirms Assad's Syria Secretly Built Nuclear Reactor, Stockpiled 73 Tons of Uranium

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WORLD · BERLIN

Explosives and a Rigged Wire: Germany Hit by Twin Sabotage Attacks on Power Grid in One Day

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The WeeklyObserver

Tim Cook Steps Down as Apple CEO After 15 Years — John Ternus Takes the Wheel

Trump Team Pushes Plan to Fence In the White House's Front Yard

Germany Shutters Russia's Last Consulate After Airport Bomb Plot

US News

Small Plane Bursts Into Flames Minutes After Tampa Takeoff, Killing Two

Deadlocked Clancy Jury Hits 36 Hours as One Juror Accused of Defying the Law

Oregon's Wildfires Torch a Record $236 Million — And the State Has to Borrow Just to Keep the Hoses Running

World

Wedding Turns to Funeral: Iran Demands War Crimes Probe After US Missile Kills Five at Bride's Celebration

Congo's Ebola Nightmare Deepens: Death Toll Tops 3,000 in World's Fastest-Growing Outbreak

UN Watchdog Confirms Assad's Syria Secretly Built Nuclear Reactor, Stockpiled 73 Tons of Uranium

Explosives and a Rigged Wire: Germany Hit by Twin Sabotage Attacks on Power Grid in One Day

Celebrity & Entertainment

Chicken Shop Date Is Over: Amelia Dimoldenberg Ends Viral Interview Show After 12 Years

Survivor Greece Contestant Sues Producers for $100 Million After Boat Propeller Severed His Leg on Camera

Anderson .Paak Finally Settles Bitter Divorce From Jae Lin After Two-Year Custody Fight

'Zombies' Star Carla Jeffery Dead at 33 as Disney, Co-Stars Mourn

Judge Slaps Down Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order — Again

Commerce Secretary Forced to Apologize After Claiming No Americans Died in Iran War

Texas Battleground County Slashes 92 Polling Sites Ahead of Midterms

Campbell's Slashes Dividend 36% as Soup Sales Sour

Uber Guts Its Own Org Chart, Cutting 3,300 Jobs to Chase a Driverless Future

HPE Smashes Earnings Records — Then Watches Its Stock Get Crushed Anyway

GitLab Stock Rockets to Record High as AI Coding Demand Fuels Blowout Quarter

Sports

Dizzy and Seeing Spots: No. 3 Seed Auger-Aliassime Collapses Out of US Open

Rockets Lock Up Amen Thompson With Blockbuster $208 Million Extension

Red Bull's Rookie Reshuffle: Lawson Gets Another Shot as Hadjar Sits Out Monza