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The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Nitze was “harassed” by four Iranian Revolutionary Guard small craft on Tuesday, some of them coming as close as 300 yards to the ship as it was in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz, a Department of Defense official said Wednesday.

The Fed Chair was optimistic regarding the economy, concluding that interest rate hikes are very likely.

Chiefs: Fifth-round pick Tyreek Hill caught a 58-yard pass from Foles in the third quarter that set up a touchdown. In three preseason games, Shaw had completed 11-of-16 passes for 127 yards and two touchdowns, good for a passer rating of 132.0.

Commerzbank AG estimated the stoppage, now in its fifth day, could cut profit by as much as $79 million a week.

ISIS terrorists have released a horrific new video that shows five boys, including one said to be from the United Kingdom, aged between 10 to 13 years shooting prisoners in Syria.

Accusations of eye gouging by the New Zealand prop Owen Franks soured their 29-9 victory over Australia in the Rugby Championship on Saturday, which also ensured the world champions retained the Bledisloe Cup.

He said that the Night Tube is “absolutely vital” to his plans to support and grow London’s night-time economy, and that he had “made getting the Night Tube up and running a priority”.

Total sales were down 2.6%, while total sales at constant exchange rate were down 1.3%. The Zale integration is running well and synergies remain on target. On track to deliver cumulative synergies of $158 million to $175 million by end of this fiscal year and $225 million to...

In a Bloomberg News profile of Bannon, reporter Joshua Green said that he had spoken with Andrew Breitbart before the website founder’s death. “Mr. Bannon never said anything like that and proudly sent the girls to Archer for their middle school and high school...

Janet Yellen is getting closer to raising interest rates.

Carl Icahn bought more shares in Herbalife Ltd. on Friday after the stock fell on a Wall Street Journal article that reported he had discussed possibly selling his stake, including in part to rival William Ackman.

Stock markets and the loonie had barely moved Thursday in anticipation of Yellen’s speech Friday at the central bank’s annual summer symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Yellen is to address the gathering on Friday.

The settlement marked the end of a legal battle between Dauman and Viacom board member George Abrams over their removal by Sumner Redstone from the Sumner M. Redstone National Amusements Inc Trust in May.

Target chose to sever all ties with its supplier after it was caught marketing and selling cheap bed sheets and towels as the higher quality, premium Egyptian cotton.

The U.S. Department of Education said Thursday that ITT Educational Services – which is the parent company of ITT Technical Institutes – can’t use federal financial aid to enroll new students anymore.