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Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift Are Engaged. Kansas City Is Enchanted.

Chiefs fans have been cheering on their star football player’s romance with the pop star for two years. They have the T-shirts, earrings and baked goods to prove it.

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The Barstow School in Kansas City, Mo., invited students and employees to dress up on Wednesday.
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Got Engaged. So Did They.

Sure, one couple stole the spotlight on Tuesday. But other couples who also got engaged had their own news to share — though some were more thrilled by the frenzy than others.

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McKenna Koch, 23, got engaged on Aug. 15 in Florida to her boyfriend, Zach Wagner, but had not yet announced it on social media. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s announcement on Tuesday inspired her to share her own news more widely.
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No Tariff Exemption for European Wine and Spirits, at Least for Now

As the text of a trade agreement comes together, European Union negotiators haven’t persuaded the Americans to cut alcohol tariffs to zero.

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As the United States and the European Union move closer to a final trade agreement, it looks like alcohol will be subject to a 15 percent tariff.
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