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NATIONAL

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US--TRUMP SHOOTING ATTEMPT

Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump can represent himself at trial, judge says

SUMMARY: A federal judge says a man charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump last year in South Florida can represent himself during his trial. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday signed off on Ryan Routh’s request to represent himself during his trial. But she said court-appointed attorneys need to remain as standby counsel. The federal public defenders had asked to be taken off the case, saying Routh had refused repeated attempts to meet with them. Routh is scheduled to stand trial in September, a year after prosecutors say a U.S. Secret Service agent thwarted his attempt to shoot Trump as he played golf.

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US--EDUCATION-TRUMP-COLUMBIA

Columbia University agrees to pay more than $220M in deal with Trump to restore federal funding

SUMMARY: Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government. The agreement was made to restore federal research money that was canceled in the name of combating antisemitism on campus. The Ivy League school announced the agreement Wednesday. It will pay a $200 million settlement over three years to the federal government. The White House says it will also pay $21 million to resolve alleged civil rights violations against Jewish employees that occurred following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. The school had been threatened with the potential loss of billions of dollars in government support.

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US--DATA NERDS FIGHT BACK

Why are data nerds racing to save US government statistics?

SUMMARY: The data nerds are fighting back. After watching data sets be altered or disappear from government websites in unprecedented ways after President Donald Trump began his second term, statisticians, demographers and computer scientists have joined forces to capture and preserve data sets, sometimes clandestinely. They believe that democracy suffers when policymakers don’t have reliable data and that national statistics should be above partisan politics. The data that has been disappearing or getting modified pertains to a range of subjects. Among them are gender, sexual orientation, climate change and diversity, equity and inclusion. But data users say the data losses are also due to job cuts of workers and contractors who had been data guardians at statistical agencies.

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US--FOUR KILLED-UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO

Bryan Kohberger gets life in prison but leaves loved ones of Idaho students he killed wondering why

SUMMARY: A judge has ordered Bryan Kohberger to serve life in prison without parole for killing four University of Idaho students. Friends and relatives delivered powerful statements of love, anguish and condemnation at the sentencing hearing Wednesday. Kohberger killed the students in their rental home in 2022. Madison Mogen’s stepdad Scott Laramie told the court Wednesday that he and his wife had extraordinary lives because they had Mogen. Roommate Dylan Mortensen sobbed as she described the loss of her friends. She called Kohberger hollow and remorseless. Kohberger was also given a 10-year sentence for burglary and assessed $270,000 in fines and civil penalties. He has waived his right to appeal.

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US--FOUR KILLED-UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO-THINGS TO KNOW

Bryan Kohberger sentenced to life in prison for murdering 4 Idaho students

SUMMARY: The man who stabbed four students to death in a home near the University of Idaho has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Bryan Kohberger and the families of his victims had a chance Wednesday to speak in court but Kohberger remained silent. Kohberger was sentenced as part of a plea deal for murdering Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves and Ethan Chapin in late 2022. The families did not get any answers about why he did it or how he came to target the home on King Road in the rural college town of Moscow. After the sentencing, Moscow police released hundreds of documents related to their investigation.

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US--MARYLAND DEPORTATION ERROR

Judge bars ICE from immediately taking Abrego Garcia into custody if he’s released from jail

SUMMARY: A federal judge in Maryland has prohibited the Trump administration from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immediate immigration custody if he’s released from jail in Tennessee while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the U.S. government to provide notice of three business days if Immigration and Customs Enforcement intends to deport him. The judge also ordered the government to restore the federal supervision that Abrego Garcia was under before he was wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador in March. That supervision had allowed Abrego Garcia to live and work in Maryland.

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US--PLANE MANEUVER-BOMBER--THINGS TO KNOW

Close call between a B-52 bomber and a commercial jet over North Dakota puts focus on small airports

SUMMARY: The evasive action an airline pilot took to avoid a B-52 bomber in the skies over North Dakota has focused attention on the way small airport towers are often run by private companies without their own radars. Neither one of the pilots of the bomber or the Delta Air Lines jet seemed to know the other plane was there before the airline pilot saw the B-52 looming in its path. The incident last Friday is being investigated. Yet these contract towers are considered more cost-effective than FAA towers and have a similar safety record.

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US--MIDEAST WARS

Trump envoy Witkoff says US cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks, bringing home negotiating team

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff says the U.S. is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing home its negotiating team from Qatar for consultations after the latest response from Hamas “shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza.” Witkoff said Thursday mediators made a great effort but Hamas “does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith.” Witkoff says the United States will “consider alternative options to bring the hostages home and try to create a more stable environment for the people of Gaza.” A breakthrough in talks on a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has eluded the Trump administration for months as conditions worsen in Gaza.

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US--ELECTION 2026-WISCONSIN-GOVERNOR

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers says he won’t seek third term in battleground Wisconsin

SUMMARY: Democratic Gov. Tony Evers of Wisconsin will not seek a third term in 2026, creating the first open race for governor in the battleground state in 16 years. Evers announced his decision Thursday. The race will be the highest profile one next year in Wisconsin, as Democrats also try to win control of the Legislature under friendlier boundary lines. Democrats are also targeting two Republican-held congressional seats. Evers’ tenure as governor has been marked by his often contentious relationship with the Legislature, which Republicans have controlled since 2011.

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US--JUSTICE DEPARTMENT-JEFFREY EPSTEIN

Justice Department will meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisoned girlfriend

SUMMARY: Justice Department officials will meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned girlfriend of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter. The person tells The Associated Press the meeting is Thursday in Florida, where Maxwell is being held. The meeting is part of a Justice Department effort to cast itself as transparent following backlash from parts of President Donald Trump’s base over an earlier refusal to release additional Epstein records. A lawyer for Maxwell says she’ll “always testify truthfully.” Maxwell was convicted of helping Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. Epstein died in a New York jail in 2019 awaiting trial.

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US--TRUMP-OVAL OFFICE REPLICA

A replica Oval Office near the White House just got a Trump makeover

SUMMARY: A replica Oval Office on display near the White House has been made over to look exactly like President Donald Trump’s Oval Office. But it isn’t the gilded version that the Republican is currently using. Instead, it’s a mirror image of the Oval Office from Trump’s first term. The replica initially looked like Democrat Joe Biden’s office when the White House Historical Association opened “The People’s House” educational center last fall. It takes time to get copies made of every item in the real Oval Office. It will be fully revamped next year to mirror Trump’s second-term office. Visitors starting Thursday will experience it as it was in Trump’s first term.

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US--GABBARD-RUSSIA PROBE-THINGS TO KNOW

Gabbard’s claims of an anti-Trump conspiracy are not supported by declassified documents

SUMMARY: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has declassified material she claims proves a “treasonous conspiracy” by Barack Obama’s administration in 2016 to politicize U.S. intelligence in service of casting doubt on the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. But a review by The Associated Press of reports produced by federal prosecutors and congressional committees casts doubt on that claim and others made by the nation’s top intelligence official.

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US--JUSTICE DEPARTMENT-JEFFREY EPSTEIN-EXPLAINER

Trump’s onetime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein is well-known — and also documented in records

SUMMARY: The revelation that Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump that his name was in the Jeffrey Epstein files has focused fresh attention on the president’s relationship with the wealthy financier and the Justice Department’s announcement this month that it would not be releasing any additional documents from the case. But at least some of the information in the briefing to Trump, which The Wall Street Journal said took place in May, should not have been a surprise. His association with Epstein is well-established and his name was included in records that his own Justice Department released back in February. Trump has never been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.

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US--TRUMP-FEDERAL RESERVE

Trump will visit Federal Reserve in escalation of campaign to pressure Powell to cut interest rates

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump plans to visit the Federal Reserve as his allies scrutinize its expensive building renovations. It’s a highly personal and confrontational escalation of Trump’s campaign to pressure the central bank to slash interest rates. Trump administration officials have used concerns about the Washington building overhaul to cast doubt on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s decision making. The Trump administration officials are scheduled to inspect the site Thursday. The White House says the Republican president will also be visiting. Trump has criticized Powell for months because the chair has kept the short-term interest rate the Fed controls at 4.3%. Powell says the Fed wants to see how the economy responds to Trump’s tariffs.

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US--IMMIGRATION-BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP

Appeals court finds Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship unconstitutional, upholds block

SUMMARY: A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nationwide. The ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes after the push was also blocked by a federal judge in New Hampshire, and puts the issue one step closer to quickly coming back before the Supreme Court. The 9th Circuit decision keeps a block on the Trump administration enforcing the order that would deny citizenship to children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily.

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US--EPSTEIN-GRAND JURY

Judge rejects Trump administration effort to unseal Epstein grand jury records in Florida

SUMMARY: A judge has rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida. A similar request for the work of a different grand jury is pending in New York. U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg in West Palm Beach said Wednesday the request to release grand jury documents from 2005 and 2007 did not meet any of the extraordinary exceptions under federal law that could make them public. Supporters of President Donald Trump believe there was a conspiracy to protect Epstein’s clients, conceal videos of crimes being committed and other evidence.

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US--EPSTEIN-CONGRESS

House subcommittee votes to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files

SUMMARY: A House subcommittee has voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats successfully goaded GOP lawmakers to defy Trump and Republican leadership to support the action. Democrats on a subcommittee of the powerful House Committee on Oversight made a motion for the subpoena Wednesday afternoon, just hours before the House was scheduled to end its July work session and depart Washington for a monthlong break. Three Republicans on the panel voted with Democrats for the subpoena, sending it through on an 8-2 vote tally.

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AS--THAILAND-CAMBODIA

Thailand launches airstrikes on Cambodia as border clash leaves at least 12 dead

SUMMARY: Thai and Cambodian soldiers have clashed in several areas along their border in a major escalation of a festering dispute over territory. At least 12 people have died, mostly civilians. The two sides fired small arms, artillery and rockets, and Thailand also called in airstrikes. Thai villagers could be seen in videos fleeing their homes as the clashes began Thursday morning. A Thai Defense Ministry spokesperson said fighting was ongoing in at least six areas along the border. The Southeast Asian neighbors have longstanding border disputes that periodically and briefly flare along their 800-kilometer frontier. But Thursday’s clashes were far bigger in scale and intensity.

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ML--IRAN-NUCLEAR

Iran says it’s ready for nuclear talks with the US but only if Washington rebuilds trust

SUMMARY: Iran says it is ready to engage in talks with the United States, but only if Washington takes meaningful steps to rebuild trust. The comments by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi on Thursday came on the eve of talks between Tehran and European nations. Iran is set to meet on Friday in Istanbul with Britain, France and Germany, known as the E3 nations, and the European Union’s deputy foreign policy commissioner. They will be the first talks since Iran’s 12-day war with Israel in June, which also saw U.S. B-52 bombers striking nuclear-related facilities in Iran.

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EU--RUSSIA-PLANE

Passenger plane crashes in Russia’s Far East, killing all 48 people on board, officials say

SUMMARY: Officials in Russia’s Far East say a passenger plane has crashed, killing all 48 passengers and crew on board. The Angara Airlines flight disappeared from radar earlier Thursday, and emergency officials say searchers later found the burning wreckage of the plane on a hillside south of its planned destination in the town of Tynda, more than 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles) east of Moscow. Regional Gov. Vasily Orlov said in a statement that all 48 people aboard were dead, and announced three days of mourning in the Amur region over what he called a “terrible tragedy.” It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash, though Russia media cited bad weather at the time.

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EU--FRANCE-MACRON-DEFAMATION SUIT

France’s first couple sue Candace Owens for defamation over claims that Brigitte Macron is a man

SUMMARY: France’s first couple plans to seek “substantial” damages from U.S. influencer Candace Owens if she continues claiming that President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte, is a man. Their lawyer, Tom Clare, has told CNN that a defamation suit filed Wednesday in Delaware followed a year-long effort to engage with Owens. Clare says Owens mocked the Macrons’ attempts to set the record straight. The complaint includes evidence that Brigitte Macron was born a woman. Clare warns that if Owens continues her claims, damages could be substantial. The presidential office in Paris had no immediate comment.

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AS--THAILAND-CAMBODIA-EXPLAINER

What’s behind the clash between Thailand and Cambodia that left at least 11 dead

SUMMARY: Serious armed clashes have erupted between Thailand and Cambodia over a disputed border area. The fighting Thursday included gunfire exchanges and shelling and rocket fire, which Thai authorities say killed at least nine Thai civilians and injured 14 others in three provinces. Thailand has responded with air strikes. It was the second armed confrontation since a Cambodian soldier was shot dead in May. Border disputes are long-standing issues that have caused periodic tensions between the two neighbors. Thailand and Cambodia share more than 800 kilometers of land border. The contesting claims stem largely from a 1907 map drawn under French colonial rule.

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EU--SCOTLAND-TRUMP

Trump’s trip to Scotland highlights his complex relationship with his mother’s homeland

SUMMARY: U.S. President Donald Trump is visiting Scotland this week, returning to the country where his mother was born and raised. He’s likely to get a mixed reception on the trip, which includes visits to his two Scottish golf resorts. He has faced opposition from environmental campaigners and some neighbors over his Trump International Scotland course in northeast Scotland. Trump will meet Scottish First Minister John Swinney and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer during his visit. Protests are expected, with some Scots opposing his presence. The visit comes ahead of a formal state visit to the U.K. in two months.

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AS--AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN-UN

Taliban tortured and threatened Afghans expelled from Pakistan and Iran, UN report says

SUMMARY: A UN report says the Taliban have tortured and threatened Afghans forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan because of their identity or personal history. Pakistan and Iran are expelling millions of Afghans who they say are living in their countries illegally, with Taliban authorities pledging amnesty for anyone who left after the Taliban seized power in 2021. A report Thursday from the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said some people have experienced serious human rights violations after returning. The Taliban reject the report and deny allegations of mistreatment and rights violations.

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EU--RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR

Zelenskyy faces backlash as Ukrainians protest new anti-corruption law

SUMMARY: Ukrainian activists are calling for more protests of a law they say weakens the country’s anti-corruption bodies. Thousands of people gathered in Kyiv and elsewhere Tuesday to urge President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to veto a controversial bill passed by parliament. After Zelenskyy approved it, activists called for another protest Wednesday in central Kyiv. Critics, including European Union officials and rights groups, say the law undermines the agencies’ independence and threatens Ukraine’s democratic reforms. Zelenskyy defends the law, claiming it removes Russian influence and accelerates stalled corruption cases. Later Wednesday, delegations from Russia and Ukraine met in Istanbul for a third round of direct talks, although they reported no breakthroughs.

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EU--WORLD COURT-CLIMATE

UN’s top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law

SUMMARY: The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion says countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, and nations harmed by its effects could be entitled to reparations. Advocates immediately cheered the International Court of Justice opinion on nations’ obligations to tackle climate change and the consequences they may face if they don’t. Notably, the court said a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a human right. That paves the way for other legal actions, including states returning to the ICJ to hold each other to account as well as domestic lawsuits.

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ML--MIDEAST-WARS-GAZA

More than 100 aid groups warn of starvation in Gaza as Israeli strikes kill 29, officials say

SUMMARY: More than 100 charity and human rights groups are warning that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are being pushed toward starvation. The groups issued the warning Wednesday in an open letter that cited Israel’s blockade and military offensive. Meanwhile, local health officials said Israeli strikes killed another 29 people. In other developments, the Trump administration’s Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff, was set to meet with a senior Israeli official about ceasefire talks. It’s a sign that lower-level negotiations that have dragged on for weeks could be approaching a breakthrough. The head of the World Health Organization says many of Gaza’s 2 million people are starving.

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US-MUSCOGEE NATION-FREEDMEN CITIZENSHIP

Muscogee Nation court rules descendants of enslaved people are entitled to citizenship

SUMMARY: The Muscogee Nation Supreme Court has ruled in favor of two descendants of former slaves held by the tribe. The court found Wednesday that when the Muscogee Nation’s citizenship board denied them membership, it violated an 1866 treaty granting citizenship to former slaves once held by the tribe. The Muscogee Nation is one of five tribes in Oklahoma that once practiced slavery. In that 1866 treaty with the U.S. government, the tribe both abolished it and granted citizenship to the formerly enslaved.

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FINANCIAL-MARKETS

Tesla tumbles and Alphabet rises to keep Wall Street near its records

SUMMARY: Wall Street is hanging near its records, but the market’s calm surface is hiding roiling moves underneath. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Thursday after setting an all-time high the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 209 points, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.2%. Alphabet climbed after the company behind Google and YouTube delivered a fatter profit than analysts expected. Tesla sank on worries about how much damage its brand has taken because of Elon Musk’s foray into politics. IBM and Chipotle Mexican Grill sank as analysts pointed to concerns underneath the surface after both topped Wall Street’s profit expectations.

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US--TRUMP-AI

From tech podcasts to policy: Trump’s new AI plan leans heavily on Silicon Valley industry ideas

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump has unveiled an “AI Action Plan” shaped by Silicon Valley tech leaders who supported his campaign. The plan, disclosed Wednesday, focuses on boosting artificial intelligence technology exports, streamlining permits for energy-intensive data centers and exporting American AI around the world. Trump gave his tech advisers six months to come up with new AI policies after revoking President Joe Biden’s AI guardrails on his first day in office. Opponents of the Republican president’s AI agenda argue it prioritizes the needs of Big Tech over people. More than 100 groups have come together to sign a resolution calling for a “People’s AI Action Plan” that would preserve safeguards for the American public.

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US-MED--US BIRTHS

The US fertility rate reached a new low in 2024, CDC data shows

SUMMARY: New federal data shows the fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman. The U.S. was once among only a few developed countries with a fertility rate that ensured each generation had enough children to replace itself, which is about 2.1 kids per woman. But it has been sliding in America for close to two decades with more women waiting longer to have children or never taking that step at all. One expert says there’s no reason to be alarmed because there are still more births than deaths in the U.S.

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US--AP POLL-ABORTION

How US adults feel about legal abortion 3 years after Roe was overturned, according to AP-NORC poll

SUMMARY: A new poll finds that despite dramatic changes in abortion availability, support for abortion rights among U.S. adults is close to where it was just before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The AP-NORC poll shows about two-thirds think abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Half think abortion should be legal in their state if someone does not want to be pregnant for any reason. There’s stronger support for abortion in extreme circumstances: About 8 in 10 adults say their state should allow abortion in cases of fetal abnormalities that would prevent the baby from living outside the womb or if the woman’s health is endangered by the pregnancy.

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ML--ISRAEL-ANCIENT BURIAL SITE

A 100,000-year-old burial site in Israel is changing what we know about early humans

SUMMARY: Archaeologists in central Israel are excavating one of the world’s oldest known burial sites, dating back 100,000 years. The site, Tinshemet Cave, contains remarkably preserved remains of early humans, carefully arranged and with what are likely ceremonial objects. Experts believe this site showcases a significant shift in how early humans treated their dead and thought about spirituality and the afterlife. Researchers are still studying whether the remains belong to Neanderthals, Homo sapiens, or a hybrid population.

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US--MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER

Colorado’s measles outbreak is over, and the weekly US case count continues to diminish

SUMMARY: Health officials in Colorado say its measles outbreak is over. The U.S. added 10 new cases this week for a total of 1,319. States with active outbreaks include Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah. Two elementary school-aged children and an adult have died from measles this year. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne. It is preventable through vaccines and has been considered eliminated from the U.S. since 2000. This year’s U.S. tally is the highest since 1991.

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CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT

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US--MOBILE HOMES-WATER PROBLEMS-TAKEAWAYS

Takeaways from AP’s report on water quality and safety at US mobile home parks

SUMMARY: Millions of people living in mobile home parks don’t enjoy the same drinking water protections that Americans are accustomed to. A review by The Associated Press found nearly 70% of mobile home parks that run their own water systems violated safe drinking water rules over a recent five-year stretch. That’s a higher rate than utilities that supply water for cities and towns. And it’s impossible to know the full extent of the problem. That’s because the parks commonly aren’t identified in the Environmental Protection Agency’s national database of drinking water violations. Almost 17 million people in the U.S. live in mobile homes.

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US--MOBILE HOMES-WATER PROBLEMS

For millions in US mobile home parks, clean and safe tap water isn’t a given

SUMMARY: Millions of people living in mobile home parks don’t enjoy the same drinking water protections that Americans are accustomed to. A review by The Associated Press found nearly 70% of mobile home parks that run their own water systems violated safe drinking water rules over a recent five-year stretch. That’s a higher rate than utilities that supply water for cities and towns. And it’s impossible to know the full extent of the problem. That’s because the parks commonly aren’t identified in the Environmental Protection Agency’s national database of drinking water violations. Almost 17 million people in the U.S. live in mobile homes.

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CLIMATE-UN CHIEF

For hope on climate change, follow the money, UN chief tells AP

SUMMARY: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says money, not just science, makes the case for curbing climate change. Guterres in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press highlights the falling costs of renewable energy like solar and wind. Guterres warns that investments in fossil fuels could become financial losses. He stresses the urgency of reducing emissions to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a goal set by the Paris Agreement. While some scientists believe that target is unattainable, Guterres says he still has hope. Still, he acknowledges the worsening climate crisis and said it’s connected to global issues like poverty and instability.

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EDUCATION

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US--ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-TEENS

Teens say they are turning to AI for friendship

SUMMARY: Teenagers are increasingly turning to AI for advice, emotional support and decision-making, according to a new study. Common Sense Media found that over 70% of teens have used AI companions, with many finding the interactions as satisfying as talking to real friends. Experts warn this trend could harm social skills and mental health, as teens rely on AI for validation and avoid real-world challenges. Concerns also include inappropriate content and the lack of regulation of AI platforms. Researchers emphasize that while AI can assist, it should not replace human connections, especially during adolescence, a critical time for social and emotional development.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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US--OBIT-HULK HOGAN

Hulk Hogan, icon in professional wrestling, dies at age 71

SUMMARY: Hulk Hogan, the mustachioed, headscarf-wearing icon in the world of professional wrestling, has died at the age of 71, Florida police and WWE said Thursday. Hogan’s real name was Terry Bollea and he was perhaps the biggest star in WWE’s long history. He was the main draw for the first WrestleMania in 1985 and was a fixture for years, facing everyone from Andre The Giant and Randy Savage to The Rock and even company chairman Vince McMahon. Hogan was also a celebrity outside the wrestling world, appearing in numerous movies and television shows, including a reality show about his life on VH1, “Hogan Knows Best.”

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ENT--MUSIC-BUCKINGHAM NICKS

After much speculation, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham announce ‘Buckingham Nicks’ reissue

SUMMARY: Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham have announced the reissue of 1973’s “Buckingham Nicks.” It is their only full-length album as a duo and had not been available on CD or streaming platforms. The remastered version arrives Sept. 19 via Rhino Records’ high-fidelity series and was sourced from the original analog master tapes. It will also receive a CD and digital release for the first time. The news arrives after nearly a week of online speculation and Instagram posts. The opening track, “Crying in the Night,” was available to stream Wednesday. The album paved the way for the young duo to join Fleetwood Mac.

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ENT--MATTHEW PERRY

Doctor pleads guilty to selling Matthew Perry ketamine in the weeks before the actor’s death

SUMMARY: A doctor has pleaded guilty to illegally supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry before the overdose death of the “Friends” star. On Wednesday, Dr. Salvador Plasencia admitted in federal court to providing Perry with ketamine vials, lozenges and syringes in the weeks leading up to his death on Oct. 28, 2023. Prosecutors say Plasencia also injected Perry with the drug and taught his assistant how to administer it. Perry had struggled with addiction for years. Plasencia faces up to 40 years in prison but has not yet been sentenced and may be sentenced to lesser time. Another defendant’s trial is set for next month.

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TEN--VENUS WILLIAMS-WINNING AT 45

A historic win by 45-year-old Venus Williams resonates and shows there are no limits for excellence

SUMMARY: There are plenty of reasons why this particular victory by Venus Williams in this particular tennis match resonates with so many folks. That she’s 45, for one thing. Only one woman, Martina Navratilova, ever has won a tour-level singles match while older; her last victory came at 47 in 2004. That Williams hadn’t entered a tournament anywhere in 16 months. That she needed surgery for uterine fibroids. And when asked Tuesday night after beating her 23-year-old opponent, Peyton Stearns, 6-3, 6-4 at the DC Open what message others might take away from that performance and that result, Williams was quick to provide an answer about there being no limits for excellence.

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