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![A black and white photo of a car decorated for the Woodstock music festival A black and white photo of a car decorated for the Woodstock music festival](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2667948.jpg?w=117)
Today in History: August 15, Woodstock music festival begins
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York; more than 460,000 people...
![With less than three months before the U.S. election, Iran is intensifying its efforts to meddle in American politics, U.S. officials and private cybersecurity firms say, with the suspected hack of Donald Trumpâs campaign being only the latest and most brazen example. With less than three months before the U.S. election, Iran is intensifying its efforts to meddle in American politics, U.S. officials and private cybersecurity firms say, with the suspected hack of Donald Trumpâs campaign being only the latest and most brazen example.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/02/23/WCSVEQX7RNHXBCQ7TNIDYOLNMY.jpg?w=135)
âChaos agentâ: Suspected Trump hack comes as Iran flexes digital muscles ahead of US election
With less than three months before the U.S. election, Iran is intensifying its efforts to...
![The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus spreading. Few vaccine doses are available on the continent. The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus spreading. Few vaccine doses are available on the continent.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MED_WHO_Mpox_96357.jpg?w=132)
WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads
The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa...
![Osama Hamdan told The AP in an interview Tuesday that Hamas will only participate if the talks focus on implementing a proposal detailed by Joe Biden in May and endorsed internationally. Osama Hamdan told The AP in an interview Tuesday that Hamas will only participate if the talks focus on implementing a proposal detailed by Joe Biden in May and endorsed internationally.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Hamas_Official_58510.jpg?w=132)
Top Hamas official says group is losing faith in US as mediator in Gaza cease-fire talks
Osama Hamdan told The AP in an interview Tuesday that Hamas will only participate if...
![Ukrainian forces pushed on with their major cross-border incursion into Russiaâs Kursk region for a second week Wednesday, claiming to have taken more ground, captured more Russian prisoners and destroyed a jet bomber. Ukrainian forces pushed on with their major cross-border incursion into Russiaâs Kursk region for a second week Wednesday, claiming to have taken more ground, captured more Russian prisoners and destroyed a jet bomber.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Russia_Ukraine_50013.jpg?w=140)
Ukraine says it has taken more ground and prisoners during its advance into Russia border region
Ukrainian forces pushed on with their major cross-border incursion into Russiaâs Kursk region for a...
![a black and white photo of President Franklin Roosevelt a black and white photo of President Franklin Roosevelt](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-3252562.jpg?w=119)
Today in History: August 14, FDR signs Social Security Act
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, ensuring income for elderly...
![Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Wednesday killed at least 17 people, including five children and their parents. Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Wednesday killed at least 17 people, including five children and their parents.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Israel_Palestinians_59911_989580.jpg?w=132)
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza overnight, Palestinians say
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Wednesday killed...
![The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles, the State Department announced Tuesday. The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles, the State Department announced Tuesday.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Israel_Palestinians_98903.jpg?w=132)
US approves $20 billion in weapons sales to Israel amid threat of wider Middle East war
The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter...
![The Russian army is intensifying its attacks in eastern Ukraine, military authorities said Tuesday, even as the Kremlinâs forces try to check a stunning weeklong incursion into Russia by Kyivâs troops. The Russian army is intensifying its attacks in eastern Ukraine, military authorities said Tuesday, even as the Kremlinâs forces try to check a stunning weeklong incursion into Russia by Kyivâs troops.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Russia_Ukraine_68139.jpg?w=140)
Russia says it thwarted a Ukrainian charge to expand its incursion. Kyiv says it wonât occupy land
The Russian army is intensifying its attacks in eastern Ukraine, military authorities said Tuesday, even...
![A black and white photo of soldiers erecting barbed wire on the border separating East Germany from West Germany A black and white photo of soldiers erecting barbed wire on the border separating East Germany from West Germany](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-508218225.jpg?w=122)
Today in History: August 13, East Germany closes Berlin border
On what would become known as Barbed Wire Sunday, East Germany sealed the border between...