Candidates call for Saudi water leases to be canceled; 'Stop the Steal' backers hit with $75K in legal fees; Fall movies to get excited for

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A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.

The Republic's report on Saudi company's use of water to grow alfalfa and shipping back to the Middle East has candidates crying out for change.

Mark Finchem, Paul Gosar and Anthony Kern must pay $75,000 in legal fees to Charlene Fernandez after bringing a defamation lawsuit against her.

'The Woman King,' Olivia Wilde directing Harry Styles and several horror/thriller flicks round out our list of the buzziest movies coming out soon.

Today, you can expect it to be very warm and sunny, with a high near 108 degrees. Breezy and partly cloudy at night, with a low near 83 degrees. Get the full forecast here.

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Today in history

  • On this date in 1967, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • In 1983, Guion (GY’-un) S. Bluford Jr. became the first Black American astronaut to travel in space as he blasted off aboard the Challenger.

  • In 1997, Americans received word of the car crash in Paris that claimed the lives of Princess Diana, her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed (DOH’-dee FY’-ehd), and their driver, Henri (AHN’-ree) Paul. (Because of the time difference, it was August 31 where the crash occurred.).

  • In 2012, Mitt Romney launched his fall campaign for the White House with a rousing, personal speech to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, proclaiming that America needs “jobs, lots of jobs.” Earlier in the evening, actor-director Clint Eastwood offered an endorsement of Romney that entailed using an empty chair to represent President Barack Obama. The U.S. Justice Department announced it had ended its investigation into CIA interrogations of terrorist detainees without bringing criminal charges.

  • In 2020, the United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war with the Taliban back in power, as Air Force transport planes carried a remaining contingent of troops from Kabul airport; officials put the number of Americans remaining in Afghanistan at under 200 and said they would keep working to get those people out. After watching the last U.S. planes disappear into the sky over Afghanistan, Taliban fighters fired their guns into the air, celebrating victory after a 20-year insurgency.

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