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NATIONAL
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Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas with assaulting an officer
SUMMARY: Federal prosecutors in Texas announced assault charges against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in the back by immigration enforcement agents on Sept. 20. A federal complaint alleges Wilber Rafael Garces-Perez, 28, tried to escape Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who pulled him over after a judge issued a final removal order, according to U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas. If convicted Garces-Perez faces up to 20 years in prison.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSICEShootingAustinrdLdWritethru/e3ca63b090ee1b33ee154eecb99e3311/text___
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer now questions whether she killed her 3 children
SUMMARY: Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer is arguing that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove she killed her three children. It's a striking turn after a lengthy trial that focused more on her mental state than on whether she took their lives. At a hearing Tuesday, attorney Kevin Reddington said the “entire case is based on speculation” and that there isn't enough evidence that Clancy killed the children. Prosecutor Shanan Buckingham called his argument “laughable.” The hearing marked the first time Clancy was in court since her closely watched trial ended Sept. 4 with a deadlocked jury. During the trial, Reddington didn’t dispute that Clancy killed the children, instead seeking to persuade a jury to find her not criminally responsible because of a rare condition called postpartum psychosis.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSLindsayClancyTrialthLdWritethru/3fc31ae3f8a29667cd1fd342f4ecaed8/text___
Officials are looking into a possible new ransom note related to Nancy Guthrie's disappearance
SUMMARY: Authorities are looking into the possibility of a new ransom note related to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. The news Monday came nearly eight months after she went missing from her home outside Tucson, Arizona. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Monday that it and the FBI Guthrie Task Force had been recently made aware of the possible ransom note as well as social media comments related to it. Investigators are working to determine its credibility. Officials did not immediately release details on how they found the note or what was in it. The mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie went missing on Feb. 1. Authorities released two ransom notes in July.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSNancyGuthrierdLdWritethru/09d4c4fb81d803edb67cb4fe0e1355cf/text___
Prosecutor reopens probe into Cornell gang rape allegations after accuser files lawsuit
SUMMARY: A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit. The complaint was filed by a woman who says she was sexually assaulted in 2024 by seven students after being plied with alcohol and drugs. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said Monday that his office will present evidence to a grand jury as he faces questions from the public about why there were no criminal prosecutions in the case. The woman filed the complaint Sept. 16, saying she was sexually assaulted at the Chi Phi fraternity house.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSCornellInvestigationthLdWritethru/16f59e89ce97e3a40a8e672f7b3f374b/text___
A man who spent decades on Utah's death row is released and awaits a new trial in a 1985 killing
SUMMARY: A man who spent decades on Utah's death row has been released after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence doesn't link him to a 1985 killing. A judge ordered 71-year-old Douglas Stewart Carter released hours after a bond hearing Monday. Carter is required to wear a GPS monitor while he awaits a retrial. Prosecutors say they'll no longer seek the death penalty. A jury had convicted Carter of killing Eva Olesen, the aunt of a former Provo police chief. Carter has maintained his innocence and says an alleged confession was coerced. The Utah Supreme Court ordered a new trial last year, citing misconduct by investigators.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSDeathRowRetrialUtahthLdWritethru/10c0bf7603c87b214e0179ecf7a4be94/text___
Former 'American Idol' singer Caleb Flynn is on trial in wife's killing. He says a burglar did it
SUMMARY: A former Ohio music pastor who appeared on the singing competition “American Idol” is on trial over allegations that he killed his wife while having an affair. Forty-year-old Caleb Flynn pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges in the February death of Ashley Flynn. The 37-year-old educator and volleyball coach was shot at their Tipp City home. Caleb Flynn has said a burglar shot his wife. The trial is in its second week of testimony. The woman he had an affair with has testified against him, and jurors also heard AI-generated love songs that prosecutors say he made for her. Closing arguments are set for Tuesday.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSAmericanIdolContestantWifeKilledndLdWritethru/ac9f44560ebfdac856f0cb9490da7cef/text___
A bankrupt Camp Mystic seeks to sell the property as legal troubles grow
SUMMARY: The owners of Camp Mystic have proposed selling off the riverfront property in bankruptcy. The plan hopes that a buyer will preserve the “historic mission” of the century-old private Christian girls camp, where 27 campers and counselors died in a 2025 flood. The camp filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan that would auction off the 749 acres it owns on the banks of the Guadalupe River and other assets. A buyer would likely get a portion of the camp frozen in time. Families of the victims have fought to stop any demolition of damaged cabins and buildings and stop repairs as part of their lawsuits.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTexasFloodsCampMysticstLdWritethru/e8436d4111ced32b318f13243f4aaa9e/text___
Judge sets $5M bond for third man charged in death of Black woman whose body was later hung in tree
SUMMARY: A Mississippi judge set a $5 million bond for a third man charged in the death of a Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree in August. Police disclosed Friday that Tasia Fortune was dead before her body was “staged” in a tree behind an abandoned house in Jackson. Fortune was Black, and the discovery of her body stoked fear because the scene recalled actual lynchings in the Southern state. Police believe Fortune was killed in a dispute over drugs. Three men charged in the case are also Black.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSMississippiWomanHangingthLdWritethru/f19a6991be71c35c7eb10e4ed03058bf/text___
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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Ex-Trump prosecutor Smith forcefully defends investigations as Republicans assail his team's tactics
SUMMARY: Former special counsel Jack Smith has forcefully defended his prosecutions of President Donald Trump and his investigative tactics. He pushed back against repeated Republican efforts to paint him and his team as partisan political operators during a Senate hearing Tuesday that divided along familiar party lines. The hearing came as Republicans have pushed for Smith to himself be prosecuted and offered a forum for them to assail him for what they contend were politicized prosecutions that unfolded at the height of the 2024 presidential race. Democrats rallied to Smith’s defense, eliciting testimony about the legal and factual basis for the criminal cases against then-candidate Trump and decrying the Trump administration’s firing of prosecutors involved in the investigations.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSCongressJackSmiththLdWritethru/5739c9cd8bee9652bdeedbd10336492b/text___
Trump touts America.gov, but its government-sourced AI answers undercut many of his statements
SUMMARY: The Trump administration has launched a revamped website, America.gov, to simplify access to government information. But the site provides answers that contradict President Donald Trump's claims. When asked about the 2020 election that the Republican denies losing to Democrat Joe Biden, the site states official sources show no widespread fraud. Trump has falsely claimed otherwise. The site also clarifies Trump cannot run for president in 2028 due to the 22nd Amendment, despite his suggestions of a third term. The site confirms the Pentagon is the headquarters of the Department of Defense, countering Trump's previous efforts to rebrand it as the Department of War. The site later said it couldn't answer “political questions.”
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpGovernmentWebsiteExamplesstLdWritethru/ff86fcb161c1fe89538d6ecb294ea353/text___
News organizations ask court to bar White House enforcement of access ban until case is resolved
SUMMARY: Three news organizations banished from White House grounds have asked a court to block enforcement of the action until the case is resolved. They say the Trump administration has “persisted in unpredictably and inconsistently implementing its ban” despite a judge’s restraining order. That includes barring CNN from fulfilling its role in the White House television pool over the weekend. In a statement, the plaintiffs reiterated that Trump’s ban on the three news outlets was “a blatant violation of the First Amendment and due process.”
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpMediathLdWritethru/ea7fbf9c0a0506dde6f95738922640d4/text___
GOP doubts about Georgia and North Carolina have Republicans shifting focus in battle for Senate
SUMMARY: Republican hopes of winning Senate races in Georgia and North Carolina have been fading, and the GOP is increasingly focused on playing defense elsewhere with five weeks until the midterm elections. Republicans haven’t abandoned the Southern battlegrounds, which Donald Trump carried narrowly in the 2024 presidential race, though they're shifting greater resources to states they see as more competitive. The party is spending heavily to defend GOP-heavy Texas, and Trump plans to campaign for the Republican incumbent in Ohio. They're both places Trump won easily in 2024. The shift comes as Republicans become more vocal in their public criticism that Trump has squandered an opportunity to more comfortably hold off Democrats this fall.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSElectionSenatestLdWritethru/196b287c170f2e8e6386908b441339d2/text___
Trump disputes his ambassador's account that he asked China's president if he wanted to buy US arms
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump has disputed that he asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States. That contradicts an account from the U.S. ambassador to China. Trump on Monday acted confused when a reporter asked him about Ambassador David Perdue’s remarks over the weekend. Trump suggested that his ambassador was confusing China with Taiwan but then said “maybe it’s a good idea” to make such an offer to China. The whiplash over the prospect of arms sales from the U.S. to its ascendant geopolitical rival underlines the Trump administration’s uncoordinated and contradictory approach to China.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpChinathLdWritethru/b5df7c498d2165c646a559799116786b/text___
Trump announces a new $15B Iowa steel plant and claims it will be the nation's biggest
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump has announced a new $15 billion steel plant will be built in Iowa with backing from an Indian conglomerate. The Republican president says the project will create the largest steel plant in U.S. history. Trump made the announcement Monday alongside steel industry executives and Iowa Republicans. It comes as Trump is trying to energize GOP voters before difficult November elections, including in Iowa, where races for governor and the U.S. Senate have become competitive. The new mill be built in eastern Iowa.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpSteelPlantndLdWritethru/be31b94688c769a4a5c1098e1b85f3af/text___
Andrew Bailey, an FBI deputy director, says he's leaving the post after just over a year in the job
SUMMARY: Andrew Bailey, one of the FBI’s two deputy directors, says he is leaving the position after just over a year on the job and will be returning to Missouri to spend time with his family. Bailey was named co-deputy director in August 2025 to serve alongside Dan Bongino at a time of high tensions between FBI and Justice Department leadership over the handling of the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. The appointment was unusual because the FBI for years has only had one person at a time in the deputy director position, the bureau’s No. 2 job.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSFBIDeputyDirectorstLdWritethru/3c782f7e2d8857440a2d21829613e49e/text___
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INTERNATIONAL
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Dutch police arrest a suspected ShinyHunters member; court orders 90-day detention
SUMMARY: Dutch police have arrested a suspected member of the ShinyHunters hacker group, linked to major data breaches. The 24-year-old man from Amsterdam was arrested on September 15. ShinyHunters recently claimed to have breached the FBI’s jobs website. FBI Director Kash Patel highlighted the arrest on social media. Dutch police seized data storage devices and are investigating their contents. They say more arrests could follow. A court in Rotterdam has ordered the suspect held for 90 days. The FBI is actively investigating the claimed hack of its jobs portal.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUNetherlandsShinyHunters/6a25a39c9fc62f601947cda66c06ec0c/text___
An 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked protests in Spain is returning home
SUMMARY: An 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked massive protests in Spain over the country's housing crisis has accepted a deal to return home, her lawyer said Tuesday. The eviction of María del Carmen Abascal led to intense protests and prompted the government to announce new housing measures. Abascal will return home after being discharged from the hospital, following an agreement with the building's owner. The government has introduced measures to protect vulnerable Spaniards from evictions, regulate room rentals, and impose taxes on seasonal rentals. Parliament has 30 days to ratify these measures, and protests continue across the country.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUSpainHousingProtestthLdWritethru/4b8b9fbbf55a2d22cfdbca450df0459b/text___
Iran's currency hits a new record low as war erodes the country's economic stability
SUMMARY: Iran’s currency has fallen to a new record low, with traders exchanging more than 2.5 million rials to the U.S. dollar. The decline on Tuesday comes just 27 days after the rial hit its previous record of 2.2 million to the dollar. Meanwhile, Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi said late on Monday that indirect negotiations with the U.S. about reopening the Strait of Hormuz have become more serious. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ chief spokesman Gen. Hossein Mohebbi on Tuesday called on Americans to take to the streets and protest the conflict.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIranUSthLdWritethru/91de6619aca2e1a9a32757166eae98d0/text___
Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Baja California, flooding coastal communities and toppling trees
SUMMARY: Hurricane Polo has made landfall in Baja California, Mexico, with powerful winds and flash flooding. The Category 2 hurricane struck early Tuesday near Las Barrancas, bringing maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane Center reports Polo is crossing the Gulf of California and could bring heavy rain to parts of the U.S. Southwest later this week. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Rachel is moving parallel to Mexico's coast. The Pacific storm activity is above average this season, consistent with El Niño patterns. Hurricane Nolo, still a Category 3, is moving away from Hawaii, where it caused flooding over the weekend.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APLTExtremeWeatherPacificndLdWritethru/db57554d97c70cd44b99df9ff0a41668/text___
Questions surround counterterror probe into US-run air base after suspects were freed on bail
SUMMARY: The U.K.'s counterterror police have released five suspects on bail during an investigation into a suspected bomb plot at a U.S.-operated air force base in England. U.S. President Donald Trump expressed surprise at the decision. The men were arrested near RAF Fairford on explosives and terrorism charges. Counterterror detectives are investigating multiple lines of inquiry, including possible links to Iran. Details about the incident are still emerging, and it's unclear why authorities released the men. Officials have hinted at possible foreign involvement, including Iran, but no definitive conclusions have been made.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUBritainUSAirBaserdLdWritethru/420d44fb1f091908238baeae2cb41fcc/text___
Antisemitism allegations against her running mate cloud Le Pen's presidential campaign in France
SUMMARY: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her National Rally party are standing by her running mate, Jordan Bardella, amid media accusations of antisemitism. Bardella, who Le Pen says will be her prime minister if she wins the presidency, denies making antisemitic remarks attributed to him by investigative website Mediapart. The comments allegedly date back over a decade when Bardella was a young party member. On Tuesday, Le Pen and Bardella dismissed the allegations as an attempt to destabilize their campaign. Bardella has launched a libel action against Mediapart, calling the claims a "dirty-tricks operation."
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUFranceElectionLePenstLdWritethru/fe0cd3948436b14d057279d2962ebf99/text___
Russia's ballistic missile and jet-propelled drone blitz keeps Kyiv on edge
SUMMARY: Ukraine’s air force says Russia has fired ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones at Kyiv. The attacks are part of Moscow's strategy to pressure Ukraine through relentless bombardment. The new drones fly too fast and high for Ukraine's defenses. Ukraine is working on faster interceptor drones but development takes time. The country is also short on U.S.-made Patriot missiles which are crucial for stopping ballistic attacks. The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that it targeted military data centers and other facilities in Kyiv and Odesa. Ukraine's long-range drones meanwhile have hit Russian military sites. The conflict remains deadlocked in eastern and southern Ukraine.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEURussiaUkraineWarrdLdWritethru/aceadaec18c41244dc6e9d17732ba256/text___
What to know about the suspected bomb plot against a UK air base used by the US in the Iran war
SUMMARY: British counterterror detectives are examining suspected explosives found near an air base in England used by the U.S. Air Force. Five suspects were detained and later released on bail after police stopped three vans traveling toward RAF Fairford. American bombers have used the base in the ongoing Iran war and previous Mideast conflicts. Investigators are considering possible links to Iran, Russia, or militant groups. Iran, which has been implicated in past attacks on international targets carried out by local proxies, has denied involvement.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUBritainUSAirBaseWhattoKnowstLdWritethru/86a2e0fe16a201cee5e40b2ee54e4ce0/text___
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BUSINESS
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Americans' view of the economy sinks to the lowest level since 2014, Conference Board survey says
SUMMARY: Americans’ confidence in the economy sank to the lowest level in more than a decade this month as prices remain elevated and wages stagnate amid the ongoing Iran war. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index tumbled 6.7 points to 81.9 in September, down from 88.6 in August. That’s the lowest reading in the board’s survey since April 2014 and below the lowest level reached during the pandemic. Respondents’ views of their present situation fell by 7.9 points to 109.3. Their short-term outlook also slid, falling 5.9 points to 63.6.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSConsumerConfidencerdLdWritethru/b9429c6d4f025d00e6283bfde4e0197d/text___
Stocks slip on Wall Street as rising Treasury yields pressure the market
SUMMARY: Pressure from rising Treasury yields weighed down stocks on Wall Street. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 295 points, or 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.1%. Stocks have been under pressure in recent weeks as oil prices have swung sharply amid the U.S. war with Iran, helping to push Treasury yields higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 5.28% and toughed its highest level in 24 years. The price of Brent crude oil fell 0.9% to $96.95 a barrel, but remains far above where it was this summer. Markets in Europe were mixed.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APFinancialMarketsthLdWritethru/269abea6fd8ea7f314a8c34152788e0c/text___
U.S. job openings slipped to 7.1 million in August but labor market remains sturdy
SUMMARY: U.S. employers posted fewer job openings in August, but the American labor market remains resilient in the face of higher energy costs caused by the fighting with Iran. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that U.S. job openings slid to 7.08 million from a revised 7.34 million in July. Openings came in below the 7.2 million that forecasters had expected. The department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) also showed that layoffs fell and the number of people quitting their jobs — a sign of confidence in their prospects — was little changed in August.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSJobOpeningsndLdWritethru/59a79b9752ff98ab1a1aa70d0f129607/text___
From motorcycles to booze, US ban on $1 billion worth of Canadian imports goes into effect
SUMMARY: U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles. The ban amounts to barely a ripple in $880 billion worth of a two-way annual trade between the two northern neighbors. But it marks another escalation in President Donald Trump’s second-term trade war with America’s longtime ally and trading partner.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSCanadaTradeImportBanstLdWritethru/bdb4d9b946e98f84088c5c0f7f522588/text___
Nvidia unveils security platform to stop AI agents from going rogue
SUMMARY: Nvidia has unveiled a new security platform designed to prevent AI agents from going rogue. The Open Agent Safety Platform includes software that sets boundaries for AI agents. This comes after revelations of AI models escaping and breaking into other organizations. Nvidia executives say the system could have prevented a recent incident where OpenAI agents hacked into AI startup Hugging Face. Similar breaches have involved OpenAI's models and other companies like Anthropic and Meta. Nvidia's open-source software, OpenShell, lets developers verify an agent's authority. A separate security layer, Sentry, monitors and contains suspicious behavior. Over 100 companies are already using the system.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSNvidiaSecuritythLdWritethru/3c4d7c1cfde82851c0577d1fa29b8621/text___
Nvidia is touting a software tool to contain runaway AI. How would it work?
SUMMARY: Nvidia says a new security platform for artificial intelligence that it announced on Monday can help stop autonomous AI agents from misbehaving. The chipmaker unveiled its Open Agent Safety Platform amid an intensifying debate about AI safety, fueled a string of alarming recent incidents involving AI systems acting on their own to break into other organizations. Nvidia’s platform has two elements. The main part is OpenShell, which is a sealed workspace — or “sandbox” — where AI agents can operate, with a rule book for them to follow. There’s an additional security layer called Sentry that operates at the hardware level.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSNvidiaSecurityExplainerstLdWritethru/a4cfc84ed00353ff8f2dad4bed7b429e/text___
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SpaceX's supersized Starship launches into orbit for the first time but flight ends early
SUMMARY: SpaceX has launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time and successfully delivered the newest and most advanced Starlinks yet. But flight controllers brought the spacecraft back to Earth early Monday instead of making six full laps around Earth as originally planned. Starship descended into the Pacific, north of Hawaii, three hours after blasting off from Texas. The previous test flights just skimmed space, lasting an hour at most. SpaceX says it cut the mission short “out of an abundance of caution." Elon Musk's showpiece rocketship needs to ace orbital flight to prove its readiness for NASA's Artemis moon program.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APSCISpaceXStarshipLaunchthLdWritethru/262d3c58d56bf7a525b49115d6c5dfe8/text___
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CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT
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Takeaways from the AP's analysis on the fundamental flaws in the national flood insurance program
SUMMARY: As climate change increases the risk of flooding across many parts of the United States, fewer people are buying flood insurance. Data provided exclusively to The Associated Press finds that Appalachia and certain parts of the coast, including Louisiana, are particularly vulnerable because of their high risk of flooding and low rates of flood insurance. High prices and flood maps that don’t do a good job of accurately describing a location’s flood risk are big drivers. During horrendous eastern Kentucky flooding in 2022, only about 5% of buildings were insured for floods. That meant a harder recovery for thousands of people stuck with damaged or destroyed homes.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSFloodInsuranceUnprotectedTakeaways/f27ad07168745777767244a9a089ec68/text___
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RELIGION
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Pope Leo wraps up France trip by urging Europe to blunt 'desire for domination' driving today's wars
SUMMARY: Pope Leo XIV is urging Europe to draw from its Christian roots and traditions of dialogue to confront the thirst for domination driving today's wars. Leo issued the appeal as he wrapped up a visit to France by recalling the forces that contributed to Europe’s post-World War II integration. Leo traveled Monday to the eastern city of Metz near the border with Luxembourg and Germany to honor Robert Schuman. The French Catholic statesman is regarded as one of the founding fathers of European unity. Leo decided to end his four-day visit to France in Metz at a conference center named for Schuman to drive home his appeal.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEURELFrancePopethLdWritethru/884f696212a66c3ede93a790a11bad82/text___
Contradicting Trump, Pope Leo says artificial intelligence safety concerns not 'fake news'
SUMMARY: Pope Leo XIV says concerns about artificial intelligence going rogue are not “fake news” and should be taken seriously. He is insisting that safety issues raised by AI experts should be discussed and acted on.Leo dedicated his first encyclical to AI and protecting humanity in its wake. He was asked during a press conference about what the United States and China especially should be doing to prevent AI from posing catastrophic risks to humanity. President Donald Trump has called concerns about AI going rogue a “hoax.” “This is a problem that I think we need to sit down and talk about,” Leo told reporters returning home from France. “We can’t just sit back and pretend nothing is going to happen.”
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEURELFrancePopeArtificialIntelligencethLdWritethru/0790f258461d114c920ec6158c2a1921/text___
Word of Faith religious group leader gets probation in assault case in North Carolina
SUMMARY: A leader of a secretive North Carolina religious group has been sentenced to two years of probation in a plea deal that dropped a felony kidnapping charge. The trial of Word of Faith Fellowship leader Brooke Covington ended in a mistrial in 2017 after a young man said they choked and beat him while praying to expel what they called “homosexual demons.” Covington entered an Alford plea on Monday to misdemeanor charges of false imprisonment and simple assault, maintaining her innocence while acknowledging enough evidence for conviction. The Associated Press has extensively covered the church, reporting on alleged abuse and control over members’ lives. Church leaders deny the allegations.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSWordOfFaithTrialndLdWritethru/2bd1ef4eba22cd5da7c974f133dca03f/text___
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Head Start preschools serve parents, too. Under Trump, advocates fear that will change
SUMMARY: Parents of Head Start preschoolers are lobbying lawmakers on Capitol Hill, worried proposed changes by the Trump administration threaten the backbone of the federal preschool program. Head Start centers serve around 700,000 of the nation’s most vulnerable children, including those who are homeless, in foster care or have disabilities. Currently, Head Start centers must serve parents by helping them navigate Medicaid, visiting their homes and helping them set and meet financial goals. Those services would be optional under the proposed changes. The administration argues the changes would allow local flexibility and increase efficiency, but critics fear they could dilute the program's impact.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSEducationHeadStartParents/26b949c4b02214ea68e386109f28d743/text___
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SPORTS
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Man City guilty of almost all the 115 financial charges, Premier League says in explosive verdict
SUMMARY: The Premier League says Manchester City has been found guilty of almost all of the 115 charges of financial wrongdoing in one of the biggest scandals in English soccer history. City now faces severe sanctions that could include a huge points deduction or even expulsion from the Premier League. It is set to cause huge reputational damage to its Abu Dhabi ownership. Premier League chief executive Richard Masters says the explosive verdict by an independent commission “details how the club systematically broke Premier League rules for nearly a decade.” The case that was initiated by the Premier League more than three years ago and first arose in 2018 from leaked club emails and documents.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APSOCManCityChargesrdLdWritethru/d2da2890d5a18b1cf234d39fb40c2a3d/text___
Giants acquire quarterback J.J. McCarthy from the Vikings for a 2027 fifth-round pick
SUMMARY: The New York Giants have acquired quarterback J.J. McCarthy from the Minnesota Vikings for a 2027 fifth-round pick. The Vikings announced the trade Monday pending McCarthy passing a physical. The Giants made the aggressive move days after Jaxson Dart had surgery on his left knee that will sideline him for at least the rest of the regular season. Jameis Winston started and beat Tennessee on Sunday, and coach John Harbaugh said afterward that Winston would get the nod again this coming weekend against Arizona. It's unclear what that means moving forward after adding McCarthy.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APFBNVikingsGiantsMcCarthythLdWritethru/4d777707abc72fa93ae13abf6a331836/text___
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