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MADRID — A suspect told a Spanish court Tuesday that he had rented the vans used in in last week’s attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils but thought they were going to be used for a house move, a person who attended the hearing said. Source

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby’s new legal team said Tuesday it wants to delay the start of his sexual assault retrial, currently set for November, as the 80-year-old comedian’s lawyers get up to speed on the case. Source

WINNIPEG — Four Winnipeg teenagers have been charged in what police say was an online dating scam that ended with a man’s vehicle being stolen. Police say the teens created a fake profile on a popular dating website with the sole intent of luring a person to a location for a robbery. Source

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Powerball jackpot has increased to $700 million, making it the second largest in U.S. history. Lottery officials raised the expected jackpot Tuesday, pushing it past a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot won in 2012 by three people. Source

A Chicago Uber passenger’s alleged ride from hell resulted in a driver being held on $100,000 bail. Muhammad Fahim, 44, is accused of locking a female ride-share user in his vehicle and demanding sex as payment, as reported by the Chicago Tribune. Source

MCLEAN, Va. — A Roman Catholic priest in Virginia is taking a leave of absence after disclosing he once burned crosses as a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Father William Aitcheson, a priest in the diocese of Arlington, described how he belonged to the Klan as a young man in a column published Monday in The Arlington Catholic Herald, the diocese’s newspaper. Source

A video showing a Ukrainian dance group performing a traditional Indigenous dance has gone viral, with many on social media calling the dance a display of cultural appropriation. Janelle Pewapsconias attended Folkfest, a multicultural festival, in Saskatoon where she watched and recorded the performance in the Ukrainian pavilion. Source

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Authorities in Florida say an auto theft suspect who wanted to watch the moon blot out the sun instead has a blot on his record. The Orange County Sheriff's Office said on its Facebook page that Jocsan Rosado was arrested Monday after he parked what deputies say was a stolen car to watch the eclipse. Source

A Canadian author says he has uncovered “compelling documentation” that shows a powerful Nazi leader was deceived into halting the mass extermination of Jewish people in concentration camps months before the end of the Second World War. Source

An estimated jackpot of US$700 million is up for grabs in the Powerball lottery draw on Wednesday night -- potentially the second-largest lottery payout in the United States. Here's a look at the 10 largest U.S. Source