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NATIONAL
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Judge to decide if Tyler Robinson will stand trial in Charlie Kirk's killing
SUMMARY: A Utah judge is set to decide whether there's enough evidence against the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk to put him on trial for aggravated murder. Attorneys will present final arguments Tuesday before the judge announces his decision. At a preliminary hearing in July, prosecutors spent five days presenting what they said was “overwhelming” evidence that Tyler Robinson killed the conservative activist last September during an open-air event at Utah Valley University. Arguments will likely focus on whether prosecutors have enough evidence to support the heightened charge of aggravated murder, which would make Robinson eligible for the death penalty if convicted. A key factor in charging aggravated murder is whether the shooting endangered others. He has not yet entered a plea.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSCharlieKirkShotrdLdWritethru/a70241ea50824c0b7ea5b53b9ed1c5f1/text___
Judge tells Lindsay Clancy jury to keep deliberating after they can't get a unanimous decision
SUMMARY: The judge in the Lindsay Clancy trial has told jurors to keep deliberating after they said they can't reach a unanimous decision on whether to hold the Massachusetts mother criminally responsible for killing her three young children. Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse, admits to the 2023 killings but claims postpartum psychosis drove her actions. Prosecutors argue she knew what she was doing. The jury is in its fourth day of deliberations. Tuesday was the first time they indicated they were at an impasse. A conviction could mean life in prison, while an acquittal might lead to confinement in a mental health facility.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSLindsayClancyTrialthLdWritethru/86af7acf9dcb729c2fbdc475b34803cf/text___
Rescuers saved some 80 people in Grand Canyon floods that left 2 dead and 1 missing, officials say
SUMMARY: The bodies of two friends — a Texas chiropractor and a martial arts studio owner — have been found after a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon. Officials said Monday that one person remains unaccounted for after about 80 others were rescued over the weekend. Park officials did not release identities, but the families of the two deceased men identified them as John Giusti and Brent Rosenkranz. THey say their buddy Saturday’s flash flood severely damaged the only water pipeline into the canyon. Officials have barred tourists from staying at lodges and hotels inside Grand Canyon National Park and issued emergency water restrictions for year-round residents. Officials say they used the park’s permit system to track the number of missing people.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSGrandCanyonFloodingthLdWritethru/b50ddf9b2f058cb23ad12087f0d938e4/text___
DA says a teen who recorded San Diego mosque shooting livestream has been charged with murder
SUMMARY: A North Carolina district attorney says a 17-year-old girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and who disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting. The charges were announced Monday at a news conference. Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill says the girl was arrested last week and indicted by a grand jury Monday, just before she was due to begin the school year. The girl's attorney says in an email that his client is innocent of the charges. The teen was identified in court records as Sarah L. Santiago.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSSanDiegoMosqueShootingthLdWritethru/20f609e3042817ab67551f4cb439685f/text___
Kalshi bans ex-Congressman George Santos for life after concluding he likely was insider trading
SUMMARY: The online prediction market platform Kalshi has permanently banned former U.S. Rep. George Santos after concluding the former Republican congressman likely engaged in insider trading when he made over $17,000 betting against his attendance at the State of the Union address. The company announced the ban Monday. A spokesperson said it was the company's first-ever permanent ban. Kalshi also imposed a temporary ban on retired Col. Laurie Buckhout, a North Carolina congressional candidate. On the eve of President Donald Trump’s speech, Kalshi put the odds of Santos attending at close to 75%. Then, minutes into the speech, Santos posted on X that he had been waylaid at the airport. On X Monday, Santos called the ban “frivolous nonsense.”
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSGeorgeSantosKalshirdLdWritethru/c8ac3e25aec55cd5509485a84f79f9e0/text___
No verdict after 3 days of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy trial over the killing of her kids
SUMMARY: Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial have ended a third day of deliberating without a verdict. They're deciding whether the Massachusetts woman is criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023. The jury spent Monday deliberating and will return Tuesday. Clancy, a former nurse, doesn’t deny strangling her children but claims postpartum psychosis led to her actions. Prosecutors argue she knew what she was doing. The jury could find her guilty of murder or manslaughter, or acquit her if they believe psychiatric problems were to blame. Her sentence could range from life in prison to confinement in a mental health facility.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSLindsayClancyTrialthLdWritethru/025804ff7a9675974cbd0c2ebc5ac49b/text___
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Oil giant Chevron is expected to announce it will expand operations in Venezuela, US official says
SUMMARY: Oil giant Chevron is expected to soon announce it will expand operations in Venezuela, a U.S. official said. The official, who briefed reporters Tuesday on the expected announcement, said that the company’s officials and Energy Secretary Chris Wright are expected to visit Venezuela on Wednesday where the new investment will be formally unveiled. The official spoke under condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House for the call. Chevron is the second-largest U.S. oil company and the only one with a major presence in Venezuela.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSVenezuelaChevron/5715aae8fdb29dab1b5e71c14c2306a0/text___
US says it's hitting targets in Iran as hostilities flare again after month with no military action
SUMMARY: The U.S. military says it’s striking targets in Iran as hostilities flare again after a month without military action. U.S. Central Command says that the strikes “follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region.” On Sunday, the U.S. military said it struck rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded by launching missiles at U.S. sites in Jordan, which were intercepted, while United Arab Emirates said it stopped an Iranian drone over its waters. President Donald Trump acknowledged Monday that more strikes might be necessary.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSIranUSrdLdWritethru/ad84a64884aedbbd1e5914182bb3cd8d/text___
Massachusetts Democratic primary is a generational clash as Rep. Seth Moulton targets Sen. Ed Markey
SUMMARY: Democrats across the U.S. are showing a strong desire for change. And in Massachusetts, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton hopes this momentum will help him unseat longtime Sen. Ed Markey in the Democratic primary. Moulton is a moderate who has argued that a generational change is needed and questioned Markey's accomplishments. The 80-year-old Markey countered that Moulton is out of touch with the state's voters. The primary is crucial in heavily Democratic Massachusetts, and the winner will be expected to prevail in November's general election. Candidates for the House on Tuesday's ballot are also challenging older incumbents.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSElectionMassachusettsndLdWritethru/7968135279320c758b0fd4750d864db9/text___
Postal Service work to comply with Trump's executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends
SUMMARY: A whistleblower for the U.S. Postal Service is warning that a new mail ballot system being hastily built to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order restricting that method of voting could lead to the rejection of huge numbers of mail ballots. The whistleblower made the allegation anonymously in documents submitted by Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal to the Postal Service. Blumenthal says the disclosure shows Trump is trying to sabotage mail voting. A federal judge has barred the Postal Service from making the changes for the midterms, but that case is being appealed, possibly to the Supreme Court.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSElectionPostalServicendLdWritethru/7f7cf4fdf2e9cf369ae96f96fbda03f2/text___
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, White House says
SUMMARY: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job. That’s according to the White House on Monday. No reason was given for Driscoll's departure, but tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been widely reported. It marks the latest in a series of shakeups of the military leadership, with the Army especially seeing major upheaval. A Driscoll ally was ousted as the service’s top uniformed leader in April. Under the new acting Army chief of staff, the service is pulling the plug on a drone modernization program that Driscoll had heralded. Driscoll is a friend of Vice President JD Vance and an Iraq war veteran.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpArmySecretarythLdWritethru/4853c46840a522911da5a510b01966d2/text___
Bessent huddles with G20 to try to rally allies on Iran as tariffs strain ties
SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants to rally the world's largest economies this week at a summit in Asheville, North Carolina. The G20 finance ministers are meeting at a time when the U.S. has disrupted the international order with aggressive tariffs and an unpopular war on Iran. Bessent said he wants to focus on economic growth and debt issues, and wants to enlist support to isolate Iran. He met on the sidelines with Russia's finance minister, but told his counterpart that Moscow needed to end its war on Ukraine before the U.S. would give it any economic relief, according to a source familiar with the meeting who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSGFinanceMinistersthLdWritethru/6011cce3d5b5a6f898bb3a66dc9fa612/text___
Supreme Court lets White House continue construction on Trump’s $400 million ballroom
SUMMARY: The Supreme Court is allowing the White House to continue construction on President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project while his administration appeals a judge’s order halting the work. The justices intervened Monday after lower courts found work must stop because the project doesn’t have congressional approval. The decision replaces a temporary order signed by Chief Justice John Roberts hours before a court-ordered halt was set to go into effect. It allows the construction to continue as the lawsuit plays out, a potentially lengthy process. It's a win for Trump as he flexes unprecedented executive power and remakes the capital in his image, and he says he is “pleased” with the ruling.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpWhiteHouseBallroomthLdWritethru/6b9434af0a2dbeffa0ca19f5cdf7d775/text___
US military has no plans to send troops to the polls in November, top general says
SUMMARY: The highest-ranking officer in the U.S. military says there are no plans to send troops to polling places during November’s midterm congressional elections. Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the statement in a letter to Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin. The letter was obtained Monday by The Associated Press. She recently asked Caine and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to confirm they won’t send troops to the polls. Caine’s letter to Slotkin addresses growing anxiety among Democrats that the Trump administration could try to meddle in the midterm elections. Slotkin's office said it is yet to receive a response from Hegseth.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSElectionMilitary/98a06a37abf19613a0922a7e9359e999/text___
House lawmakers return to Washington with a stopgap funding bill atop the list of priorities
SUMMARY: House lawmakers have returned to Washington with a short to-do list after five weeks back in their home districts. Speaker Mike Johnson says the first order of business is a vote on a stopgap funding bill designed to keep the federal government fully funded through early December. With election season getting underway, votes are also expected on measures designed to amplify the GOP’s messaging strategy going into November, most notably a resolution condemning socialism. Lawmakers will also have their first chance to act on a recommendation from the House Ethics Committee that Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina be censured for engaging in inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSCongressHouseReturnsrdLdWritethru/ff2a469297139d4bf1a64a2db5e60532/text___
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INTERNATIONAL
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Russia pounds Kyiv for more than 12 hours, killing at least a dozen in 6th straight day of attacks
SUMMARY: Russia bombarded the Ukrainian capital for more than 12 hours, killing at least a dozen people. Ukrainian authorities said it was another aerial onslaught aimed at menacing civilians. The strikes that began Monday evening and continued into Tuesday marked an unprecedented sixth straight day of heavy Russian attacks on Kyiv since Russia launched the full-scale invasion of its neighbor more than 4½ years ago. The cruise and ballistic missiles, jet-powered drones, glide bombs and artillery salvos targeted Kyiv as well as eight other regions. The strikes arrived as several million Ukrainian schoolchildren returned to classes for the new school year.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEURussiaUkraineWarthLdWritethru/7564a892bfb99a853aa150c8710b7985/text___
Schools reopen in Congo’s Ebola epicenter despite concerns from parents and teachers
SUMMARY: A new academic year has started across Congo despite concerns by parents and teachers that the country’s Ebola outbreak still poses risks to children in the epicenter. The resumption of classes Tuesday comes in the middle of a ravaging disease outbreak that is spreading rapidly. The union representing teachers in Ituri province, the epicenter of the outbreak, had called for a delay in restarting classes but the government pressed ahead. Some schools in Ituri, especially those owned by the government, recorded low turnouts. The Ebola outbreak has killed 2,950 people among 6,100 confirmed cases since mid-May. The outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus is spreading rapidly.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APAFCongoEbolaSchoolsResumendLdWritethru/32efe12c400db42f99d554799498bc52/text___
Iran's president says Iran would return to ceasefire agreement if US does, and other Mideast news
SUMMARY: Iran’s president says his country is ready to return to the ceasefire deal agreed to with the United States in June so long as Washington follows suit. The conciliatory remarks came after the first exchange of fire between the two countries in a month. Meantime, two more ships were attacked in and around the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring the continued danger to vessels attempting to transit as Iran keeps its stranglehold on the waterway and the U.S. blockades Iran's ports.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLMideastthLdWritethru/9342eb46aedd484cdf58895c8a116677/text___
Tropical Storm Edouard could reach hurricane strength as it approaches Texas and Louisiana
SUMMARY: Rain is falling across parts of Texas and Louisiana as Tropical Storm Edouard moves toward the Gulf Coast, bringing the possibility of flooding as it's expected to strengthen significantly and possibly reach hurricane force. Forecasters expect the storm to to make landfall in Texas later on Tuesday and then rapidly weaken. In the meantime, several storms are brewing in the Pacific Ocean, including Lowell, which reached hurricane strength Tuesday morning. Tuesday morning, the Tropical Storm Edouard was about 30 miles south of Cameron, Louisiana, and 50 miles southeast of Port Arthur, Texas, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph while moving northwest at 8 mph.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APTropicalWeatherthLdWritethru/947df7d220e9793e353631f51e40a06c/text___
Mass burials in Nepal as death toll from flash floods exceeds 1,000
SUMMARY: Rescue teams are continuing to search for thousands of people still missing after last week's catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China, as the death toll exceeded 1,000. As police in Kathmandu buried dozens of bodies in multiple trenches, Nepal's disaster agency reported 987 deaths and 3,916 missing, including 583 foreigners. China has reported 16 deaths and 546 missing. The scale of the Aug. 26 disaster is hampering rescue efforts, with landslides and destroyed roads cutting off remote areas. In Nepal, rescuers are racing to reach hundreds of hydropower workers trapped in tunnels. The disaster began with a chain of events high in the Himalayas. A glacial collapse sent large amounts of rock, ice and meltwater into valleys below, triggering powerful floods downstream.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APASNepalFlashFloodsthLdWritethru/835459b2978adcd2b3bcf6e0595aee6c/text___
Nepal flood survivors fear loss of culture and community
SUMMARY: Floods along the Nepal-Tibet border have left many like Tsering Gelbu Lama grappling with loss. Lama lost his wife. But he hasn't managed to tell his young daughter about her mother's death. Survivors are sheltering in a monastery in Kathmandu. They fear the floods have washed away not just homes but also cultural traditions tied to their ancestral lands. Rasuwa is known for its Buddhist culture. The district in the Himalayas along the Nepal-Tibet border faces challenges as young people move to cities. Many survivors worry about preserving their heritage. Important festivals and cultural practices are at risk of disappearing.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APASNepalFloodsCulturestLdWritethru/0dfa9b08dc7e6568485d4832e880d503/text___
Thailand's Pattaya anticipates USS Abraham Lincoln visit following its Middle East deployment
SUMMARY: Thailand's coastal city of Pattaya is preparing for a visit by the USS Abraham Lincoln, as the aircraft carrier makes its way back to the U.S. following a grueling deployment in the Middle East. Thai government officials hope the ship’s port call this week will boost Pattaya's local economy. The city is preparing a warm welcome as well as a stronger police presence during the visit. The aircraft carrier supported the U.S. war against Iran and set a record with over 250 days at sea, as concerns grew about the crew’s mental health and supply shortages.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APASThailandUSCarrier/7eae17d3e25204262d6ee6d0ff8274ea/text___
New US missile appears to have left wide path of death and destruction in Iranian city, report says
SUMMARY: Lockheed Martin has touted the pinpoint accuracy of its Precision Strike Missile. But the conflict monitor Airwars says a close look at what is believed to be its first use in combat highlights the potential peril of deploying this weapon near population centers because it appears to spray pellets over a wide area. Airwars found that three missiles that struck the southern Iranian city of Lamerd on Feb. 28 killed civilians as far as 50 meters from where they detonated. Iranian officials say the missiles killed at least 21 civilians. Weapons experts and former military officials who reviewed Airwars' findings said they believe that PrSMs struck Lamerd. The U.S. military has confirmed using these missiles in Iran, but denied attacking Lamerd.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIranUSNewMissilendLdWritethru/b4a37c59bcf5d1a11eb87aa79f153648/text___
Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950 in Nepal and China
SUMMARY: Rescuers are racing to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border. The efforts unfolded Monday as the death toll climbed and increasingly desperate families searched for missing loved ones. The combined deaths in Nepal and China surpassed 950, with more than 4,400 people missing. A private-sector association representing power companies says at least 900 workers are unaccounted for at 12 damaged hydropower projects. About 500 of those workers were believed to be trapped in tunnels.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APASNepalFlashFloodsthLdWritethru/744fe6e15ae7751e15efcd6dff70170c/text___
Leaders of China, Russia and India are among heads of state meeting to counter US influence
SUMMARY: The leaders of China, Russia and India have gathered with other heads of state at a meeting billed as a counterweight to U.S. global influence. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are attending the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kyrgyzstan. Russian state media reported Putin and Xi met Monday on the sidelines of the summit. Putin also is to hold talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Russia, now 4½ years into its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and Iran, six months into a war with the United States and Israel, see the summit as a way to bolster relations with non-Western partners.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APASSCOSummitthLdWritethru/cf543dfad0a20097ed4c2b415a26e8b4/text___
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Apple's new CEO, John Ternus, takes over from Tim Cook after 15 years
SUMMARY: Apple’s new CEO John Ternus takes the helm of the iconic tech giant on Tuesday, ending Tim Cook’s 15-year tenure that saw the company’s value skyrocket to $4.6 trillion thanks to the iPhone’s enormous popularity. The transition to a new CEO comes at a pivotal time for Apple. Artificial intelligence has unleashed the greatest upheaval within the industry since Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in 2007. Apple has gotten off to a rough start in AI after stumbling in its efforts to deliver new features built on the technology, as promised nearly two years ago.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSAppleNewCEOstLdWritethru/2fac80118828b4ada9d160d012c7be32/text___
Stocks slip on Wall Street under pressure from rising oil prices, bond sell-off
SUMMARY: Stocks fell on Wall Street as oil prices rose and stocked worries about stubbornly high inflation. Bond yields continued gaining ground, putting more pressure on stocks. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 190 points, or 0.4%. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.5%. Technology stocks were the heaviest weights dragging the market lower. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose. Oil prices continued climbing, putting more pressure on inflation. Markets in Europe were mostly lower and markets in Asia were mixed.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APFinancialMarketsthLdWritethru/775d7cf741349c7c8e689c0beb57f074/text___
Social media companies are trying harder to know which users are kids
SUMMARY: Determining which accounts belong to children is the linchpin of online child safety measures that Meta, Google, TikTok, Roblox and other companies are ramping up as public and regulatory sentiment increasingly turns against them. As countries like Australia, the U.K. and France are enacting or planning bans on social media for young teens and legal and regulatory pressure builds for tech platforms to do more to protect kids from online harms, most major platforms have announced ways they are trying to strengthen online age checks. But the fact remains that online age verification technology remains imperfect, while coming with privacy implications not just for children but for adults who may have to prove that they are over 18.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSSocialMediaAgeChecksndLdWritethru/1d36289aa2c8a9422af83798f7925aa9/text___
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Flash flooding causes major damage to the Grand Canyon's critical water pipeline
SUMMARY: The sole pipeline that supplies water for millions of Grand Canyon visitors was badly damaged by weekend flash flooding, setting up a tricky repair scenario and upending a yearslong construction project to upgrade the line. The Transcanyon Waterline traverses terrain so rugged that helicopters are often required to make basic repairs. Park officials say roughly 40% of the 12.5-mile-long line was damaged or destroyed. It has endured dozens of breaks in recent years and was undergoing a more than $200 million repair and replacement project when the floods hit. The rugged terrain makes any effort to fix breaks time-consuming, precarious and costly, so efforts to address the latest damage will be complicated.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSGrandCanyonFloodingPipelinethLdWritethru/305a0474e6833237d57c7287b4e27e39/text___
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Jury convicts a man of first-degree murder for the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur
SUMMARY: A jury has found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. The verdict Monday marks the first and only conviction in a case that has gripped hip-hop fans for years. In 1996, Shakur was on his way to perform at a club in Las Vegas when a Cadillac pulled up beside him and music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight. Gunfire erupted. Shakur was shot multiple times and died a week later. Davis is the only person ever charged in Shakur’s death. The case went cold until recent years, when interviews Davis gave and his 2019 tell-all memoir revived it.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTupacTrialndLdWritethru/0b0b080d73f91cd122b6dd438e5bbb80/text___
Amid backlash, museum cancels planned Met Gala exhibit on fashion designer John Galliano
SUMMARY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art is canceling its planned exhibit honoring British designer John Galliano. The exhibit had led to severe backlash from the Jewish community and beyond because of the designer’s past antisemitic and racist statements. The museum said Monday the exhibit will be replaced by another show to be announced later. Galliano was long recognized as one of the fashion world’s biggest talents and was at the pinnacle of that world for years as creative director of Christian Dior. He was fired from the post when a series of racist and antisemitic comments from 2010 and 2011 surfaced and went viral, leading to his conviction in an antisemitism trial in France.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSMetGalathLdWritethru/c7677f318cdd038b45804a8810ff94ef/text___
Singer D4vd loses prominent lawyers defending him in killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez
SUMMARY: Singer D4vd has lost his private lawyers and entered a new not guilty plea. He's facing charges of murder, sexual abuse and dismemberment of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. It's not clear why his high-profile attorneys, Blair Berk and her colleagues, withdrew. They were replaced by a public defender. The judge on Monday denied a request from the public defender to delay the arraignment and scheduled a status conference for October. Despite earning millions from his music, the indie-pop singer, born David Burke, qualified for a court-appointed lawyer. A trial date has not been set.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APENTDvdGirlKilledndLdWritethru/04003408872770fd43fe3c1d311ec603/text___
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Kickers taken in the NFL draft rarely have long-term success with their original teams
SUMMARY: Green Bay Packers rookie kicker Trey Smack’s preseason performance indicates he has what it takes to stick around for several years with the team that just drafted him. But the sixth-round pick from Florida must buck history to do it. There’s perhaps no other position with less of a correlation between a player’s draft status and his long-term success. Just three of the 16 kickers drafted from 2016 to 2023 stayed with their original teams for at least three full seasons. The only one who remains with the team that drafted him is Cincinnati’s Evan McPherson, a 2021 fifth-round pick from Florida.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APFBNDraftedKickersStrugglesstLdWritethru/0ed9334dccca8b365a7f795bbd86e7fa/text___
Carlos Alcaraz returns to the US Open with a victory, Aryna Sabalenka also wins her first match
SUMMARY: Carlos Alcaraz returned to the U.S. Open and looked healthy enough for a run at a repeat. Alcaraz beat Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, showing no problems with the right wrist injury that had sidelined the 23-year-old Spaniard since April. Following fellow two-time U.S. Open champion Aryna Sabalenka onto Arthur Ashe Stadium, the No. 2-seeded Alcaraz delivered the all-around game that has made him a fan favorite. The seven-time Grand Slam champion may quickly become a huge betting favorite with top-ranked Jannik Sinner sidelined by a knee injury and No. 4 Novak Djokovic losing in the first round.
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Argentina star Lionel Messi retires from international soccer with World Cup title and 125 goals
SUMMARY: Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international soccer after 21 years representing Argentina. “It was a decision that hurt — and still hurts deeply — but I understand that the time has come,” the 39-year-old Messi says on his Instagram account Monday. Messi played in a record-tying six World Cups, won it in 2022 in Qatar and led Argentina to this year’s final, losing to Spain in extra time in New Jersey. He concludes his international career as Argentina’s all-time leading scorer with 125 goals, 21 of which were in World Cups.
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