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NATIONAL
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AI is spurring a big expansion of high-voltage power lines. Landowners and locals are fighting back
SUMMARY: Bigger and bigger data centers are leading to proposals for massive electric power transmission lines, sometimes across hundreds of miles. These high-voltage power lines cost tens of billions of dollars a year and are the latest front line in the battle over tech giants' massive operations. Artificial intelligence advances are seen by President Donald Trump as critical to the nation’s economic and national security. But their energy needs are threatening to overwhelm the power grid and the transmission expansion is drawing opposition from landowners, conservationists, local officials, consumer advocates and states.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSDataCentersTransmissionLines/f1c6b1251054d2a7e193297e4111b8d1/text___
Decades after violence in Selma spurred the Voting Rights Act, organizers worry about its fate
SUMMARY: Alabama is marking the 61st anniversary of a key event in the Civil Rights Movement, when state troopers attacked voting rights marchers in Selma. The violence on March 7, 1965, shocked the nation and galvanized support for the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The annual commemoration pays homage to those who fought to secure voting rights for Black Americans. But the celebrations in Selma this weekend come as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case that could limit a provision of the landmark legislation. Marchers are scheduled to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSBloodySundayAnniversary/fced6bc2794576b8ed20b3ef1223155e/text___
Police investigating after device thrown at anti-Islam protest in New York City
SUMMARY: Authorities say a counterprotester demonstrating against a “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City” event Saturday lit and threw a device at the protesting crowd after someone from that group used pepper spray on the counterprotest. New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the incident started late Saturday morning when someone from the anti-Islam protest associated with conservative influencer Jake Lang shot pepper spray into a counterprotesting group near Gracie Mansion. Tensions continued to heighten, she said, when someone in the counterprotest lit and threw a device she described as smaller than a football into the protesting crowd of about 20 people.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSGracieMansionProtests/8ed487ed2d2f92a32fb0fabbf058dd2a/text___
Authorities search debris after suspected tornadoes kill 6 in Michigan, Oklahoma
SUMMARY: Authorities in southern Michigan have searched through rubble and debris in the aftermath of suspected tornadoes that killed four people during powerful storms also blamed for two deaths in Oklahoma. First responders were in the Union Lake area Saturday looking for more possible victims and clearing debris. Authorities say three people were killed and 12 were injured during Friday's storms in the Union Lake area. The National Weather Service has confirmed a strong tornado there. Officials say suspected tornadoes also killed a 12-year-old boy in Cass County, Michigan, and two people in eastern Oklahoma. Tornado confirmation is pending in those areas.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSSevereWeatherthLdWritethru/f4666951e5ef045520e839923b788cba/text___
Trump grieves with families during return of soldiers killed in war in the Middle East
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer of six U.S. Army Reserve soldiers killed in Kuwait. On Saturday, Trump and Vice President JD Vance attended the dignified transfer with their spouses and top administration officials. Trump spoke earlier in Miami, calling the troops heroes. He says their return is heartbreaking and he wants to limit U.S. war deaths. Trump stayed silent during the transfer, as protocol requires. He saluted as flag-draped transfer cases moved from the military aircraft to waiting vehicles. He later told reporters that it's a “very sad day” and that he was “glad we paid our respects.” The six U.S. soldiers were killed in a drone strike at a command center.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSIranUSMilitaryDeathsthLdWritethru/c6ca32cc5deaf90e1a5c1805dbde807b/text___
US detainees in Iran risk becoming collateral damage in war, families and supporters fear
SUMMARY: Families and supporters of Americans detained in Iran worry that their loved ones risk becoming collateral damage amid continued Israeli and American bombardment, or victims of retaliation from Iran’s repressive regime. Advocates for the detainees estimate there are at least six Americans are held in Iran, including some housed in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. Among the Americans currently detained are Reza Valizadeh, an Iranian American reporter, Kamran Hekmati, an Iranian American jeweler from New York, and Afarin Mohajer, a California resident originally from Iran. The Trump administration declined to respond to specific questions about the detainees, but called on Iran to immediately release them.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSIranWarAmericanDetaineesstLdWritethru/0e804fa13d80a27bed63409e2f17390a/text___
After a president-filled celebration, Rev. Jesse Jackson's family gathers for intimate final goodbye
SUMMARY: The family of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is honoring him with a private memorial at Rainbow PUSH headquarters in Chicago. Saturday’s service closes a week of public commemorations that included state tributes and presidential eulogies. Members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. conducted a private ceremony honoring Jackson at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Jackson’s family members invited activists and alumni of the organization to gather at its headquarters. After the final memorial service, the family and activists will hit the road for another commemoration. Members of Jackson’s family are expected to attend the annual commemoration of the “Bloody Sunday” civil rights march in Selma, Alabama.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSJesseJacksonMemorialrdWritethruthLdWritethru/73d5672e29f56cd15160e1d8514dab4d/text___
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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Trump’s ‘roaring’ economy meets a rough start to 2026: What the latest numbers show
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump promised that 2026 would be a bumper year for economic growth. Instead it's kicked off with job losses, rising gasoline prices and more uncertainty about America’s future. In his recent State of the Union address, Trump said "the roaring economy is roaring like never before.” The latest batch of data on jobs, gasoline prices and the stock market suggests otherwise. There's a gap between the boom that Trump has predicted and the results he's produced. And that could set the tone in this year’s midterm elections as he tries to defend Republican majorities in the House and Senate.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSIranUSTrumpEconomystLdWritethru/7fbd5e99e3b6023963dd3de226aee4e4/text___
Democrat Roy Cooper needs to defy North Carolina history to keep winning streak alive in Senate race
SUMMARY: North Carolina Democrats have had success in winning elections for governor. It's a different story in Senate races. A former governor is out to change that when Roy Cooper takes on Republican Michael Whatley in November. Whatley was Donald Trump's national Republican Party chairman. Republicans want to frame Cooper as too far left for a state that Trump won three times. That tactic will test Cooper’s bond with voters established across four decades of winning campaigns. Cooper wants to turn that narrative on its head. He says Whatley is a tool of “well-connected friends in Washington” who can't effectively represent the state.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSElectionNorthCarolinastLdWritethru/4c3b0a0b33bf57de9bc5bffa6e13cb4c/text___
Iran war deaths could resurface Trump’s complicated history with military sacrifice
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump visited Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to view the dignified transfer for six soldiers killed during his war with Iran. It’s delicate for any president to watch the flag-draped transfer cases return home from overseas, a solemn event that honors the dead but shines a spotlight on the human costs of the president’s decisions. The visit presented a potentially fraught moment for Trump, whose comments on military service and sacrifice have prompted some of the biggest controversies of his decade in politics. Ultimately, Trump — wearing a blue suit, red tie and a white USA hat — did not speak Saturday during the transfer.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSIranUSTrumpMilitaryServicendLdWritethru/0a150a0cacecb8b5fc6b90cbb2c7baf1/text___
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INTERNATIONAL
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Iran war's targets widen into civilian infrastructure as Saudi Arabia reports 2 deaths
SUMMARY: The Iran war’s targets are widening into civilian infrastructure as Bahrain accuses Iran of striking a desalination plant. Such plants are crucial for Gulf nations’ drinking water, and for the thousands of travelers now stranded there. Inside Iran, Israeli-struck oil depots smoldered in Tehran after a late-night strike, prompting environmental warnings for citizens. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia reported its first deaths in the war, saying a military projectile fell onto a residential area and killed two people of Indian and Bangladeshi nationality. Iran’s president is vowing to expand attacks on U.S. targets across the region on the ninth day of the war.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIranUSthLdWritethru/f0b20dbffaea9351ae1e54183ffe53ff/text___
International Women’s Day is a celebration and a call to action. Here are things to know
SUMMARY: Women across the world will call for equal pay, reproductive rights, education, justice and decision-making jobs during demonstrations marking International Women’s Day. Officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, International Women’s Day is commemorated in different ways and to varying degrees in places around the world. This years' theme is “Give to Gain.” It comes at a moment where many activists worry that the current political environment may result in a backsliding on many of the rights they’ve long fought for.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APInternationalWomensDayThingstoKnowndLdWritethru/8a24bf674ac081b3a53499ffa031b825/text___
3 Palestinians killed in West Bank clash, bringing toll from week of violence to 6
SUMMARY: Three Palestinians have died in a clash with Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, as violence has spiked during new war in the Middle East. The Israeli military says settlers attacked Palestinians near Khirbet Abu Falah on Sunday and that two men died from gunfire. It says a third man died from suffocation, likely from tear gas. Earlier attacks in the week killed three Palestinians. The military has condemned the settler violence and opened a criminal investigation, but rights groups say authorities rarely prosecute settlers. The Palestinian Red Crescent says new gates and closures also slow ambulances and first responders.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIsraelPalestiniansstLdWritethru/900ad24fd46e0ca5ae0de07c0328c960/text___
The Latest: Iran’s president says nation 'will not bow' to pressure from US and Israel
SUMMARY: Israel has struck southern Lebanon, Beirut and an oil storage facility in Tehran as the war in the Middle East keeps escalating. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised “many surprises” for the next phase of the conflict. Iran also hit a desalination plant in Bahrain. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a U.S. airstrike damaged an Iranian desalination plant on Qeshm Island, warning that in doing so “the U.S. set this precedent, not Iran.” Such infrastructure is critical for drinking water supplies. The conflict has rattled global markets, disrupted air travel and left Iran’s leadership weakened by hundreds of Israeli and American airstrikes.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIranUSTheLatestrdLdWritethru/d086d66e54280838c925b65067858afb/text___
Colombians are electing a new Congress and choosing presidential candidates
SUMMARY: Colombians are heading to the polls to elect a new Congress and narrow the presidential field in a major test of political power. On Sunday, voters will choose lawmakers and presidential candidates for the country's three major political coalitions. More than 3,000 candidates are vying for 285 legislative positions — 102 in the Senate and 183 in the House of Representatives — with 41.2 million citizens eligible to cast their ballots. Authorities are staying on high alert for political violence, especially in rural areas. The European Union deployed 40 election observers in early February and said it intended to increase the size of the delegation for the upcoming congressional vote.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APLTColombiaElection/4766c3c2098610f24ec91aa61d793a4e/text___
Russia sits back as the Iran war escalates, expecting long-term gains
SUMMARY: As U.S. and Israeli missiles and bombs rain on Iran, Russia has responded with words of indignation — but no action to support its ally. The cautious stance is driven by President Vladimir Putin’s focus on Ukraine and his apparent hope that the Iran war will play into Moscow’s hands by boosting its oil revenues and eroding Western support for Kyiv. While Moscow’s failure to help another ally after the 2024 ouster of former Syrian ruler Bashar Assad and January's U.S. arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro highlighted limits of its influence the Kremlin expects to reap benefits from the Iran war. Russia is already profiting from a surge in global energy prices.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APRussiaIranCautiousStance/8a6af4989692d66a1e5bed1bc1922efa/text___
Cocoa beans rot and West African farmers seek other options after commodity crash
SUMMARY: West African cocoa farmers are facing a squeeze after the price of the global commodity crashed on the international market in recent months. Now some across Ghana and Ivory Coast are turning their land over to other purposes like mining sites. The two countries are responsible for nearly 70% of the world's supply of the commodity that feeds global chocolate cravings. Markets fluctuate, but one former agricultural union leader says authorities were not prepared for a crisis of this scale. Governments have long set the price for which farmers can sell their crop, but now the tradition is being challenged.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APAFWestAfricaCocoaFarmers/dfd5acb32de1e9b52a92329d1045d970/text___
A singing circle at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw offers support for people with dementia
SUMMARY: A singing circle at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw helps people with dementia and other brain conditions connect through music. At a recent session, Megan Worthy, 58, joins her daughter and other singers in the venue’s Mirror Hall. Worthy lives with a rare form of early-onset dementia that affects her vision and thinking. Opera singer Maartje de Lint leads the group and says singing trains the brain and brings families closer. The hour-long session moves people to tears as they sing love songs and hymns.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUNetherlandsSingingCircle/49f955baac28a0e5a38eab5980eb46e7/text___
12 years on, renewed hunt for missing Flight MH370 comes up empty as families press for answers
SUMMARY: Malaysian authorities say a renewed deep-sea search in the southern Indian Ocean has failed so far to find Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, twelve years after it disappeared. The Air Accident Investigation Bureau said Sunday that a seabed search conducted by marine robotics company Ocean Infinity between March 2025 and January 2026 surveyed thousands of square kilometers of ocean floor but has not produced any confirmed findings of the aircraft wreckage. Malaysia approved the hunt last year under a no-find, no-fee deal. The company gets paid only if it finds debris. Voice 370, a family advocacy group, is urging Malaysia to extend Ocean Infinity's contract, which runs until June.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APASMalaysiaMissingPlane/5c564494723ae2d4ead87d7aeebcdef9/text___
A new Nepali party led by an ex-rapper is set for a landslide win in parliamentary election
SUMMARY: Nepal’s new Rastriya Swatantra party is heading for a landslide win in the country’s first parliamentary election since youth protests toppled the old leadership last year. On Sunday, election officials published results that show the party has already won most directly elected seats. Vote counting continues, and officials expect final results later this week. The party is led by Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician. He rose to prominence during the uprising that pushed out a longtime prime minister. The new party is unseating Nepal’s two dominant parties.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APASNepalPoliticsndLdWritethru/38cefee554c5e2e036b7d0c561a5cb2e/text___
China hopes 2026 will be a 'landmark year' for relationship with US
SUMMARY: China says it hopes this year will be a “landmark year” in relations with the United States, as the two sides prepare for an expected leaders’ summit later this month. On Sunday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells reporters in Beijing that the two leaders have had “good exchanges” at the highest levels. U.S. President Donald Trump is due in Beijing near the end of March. While China did not confirm the summit, Wang says both sides have a ready agenda for discussions. The U.S. and China have tensions over issues from trade to national security.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APASChinaUSndLdWritethru/dafb8e2439eabf1d9a0d1328635dece5/text___
Iran's border with Turkey offers a way out, but few are leaving for good
SUMMARY: Iranians are using a border crossing into Turkey as one of the only ways out during the war in Iran, with the country's airspace closed. A major influx of refugees has not yet materialized. Many people are crossing for work or family ties, while some have moved up planned trips. A few say they want to wait out the fighting in Turkey. Travelers say lack of money has prevented many others from fleeing. Some fly onward from Van, but flight cancellations have also disrupted plans. Turkish officials took measures to prepare for refugees after at one point hosting nearly 4 million Syrian refugees.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLTurkeyIranBorder/f95736df2abfa6f221be7810e0b019e3/text___
Trump encourages Latin American leaders to use military action to help US fight cartels
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump says the U.S. and Latin American countries are banding together to combat violent cartels as his administration looks to demonstrate it remains committed to sharpening U.S. foreign policy focus on the Western Hemisphere. Trump encouraged Latin American leaders gathered at his Miami-area golf club on Saturday to take military action against drug trafficking cartels and transnational gangs. He said those groups pose an “unacceptable threat” to the hemisphere’s national security. Trump said “the only way to defeat these enemies is by unleashing the power of our militaries."
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpLatinAmericathLdWritethru/d1cbf9af62f10e0644770f2e2b2bd791/text___
At least 10 killed in Ukraine's Kharkiv as Russian missile hits apartment building
SUMMARY: At least 10 people, including two children, have been killed and 16 others wounded in a Russian missile strike on a five-story residential building in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned Saturday's attack and called for an international response. He said that Russia struck Ukraine overnight with 29 missiles and 480 drones, targeting energy facilities in Kyiv and other central regions and damage reported in at least seven other locations across the country. In Kharkiv, in Ukraine’s northeast, emergency workers were still combing the rubble in the morning, looking for survivors.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEURussiaUkraineWarthLdWritethru/f555c370a7439a41393e74a6e603db43/text___
A nightclub bombing in Peru injures 33, including minors, authorities say
SUMMARY: Authorities say a bombing at a nightclub in Peru has injured 33 people, including minors. The explosion happened in the pre-dawn hours at the Dali nightclub in the province of Trujillo along Peru’s northern coast, according to a statement from the local Emergency Operations Center. It’s a region that has recently been plagued by violence and crime. It wasn’t immediately clear who was responsible. At least five of the injured are in serious condition, according to the executive director of the Trujillo Health Network, Gerardo Florián Gómez. Some of the victims suffered amputations and shrapnel wounds and are undergoing surgery, he told reporters.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APLTPeruNightclubBombingthLdWritethru/a2e17ca032cfd0dd54a06c91b4d951a2/text___
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Oil and gas prices rapidly rise as Iran war shows no signs of letting up
SUMMARY: The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East. Oil prices surpassed $90 a barrel Friday. The conflict has left ships that carry roughly 20 million barrels of oil a day stranded in the Persian Gulf. That disruption and damage to key oil and gas facilities in the Middle East has led to an interruption in the supply of oil and gas. The fallout is ratcheting up what consumers and business will pay for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, with some drivers already feeling it at the pump.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSIranUSOilPricesthLdWritethru/1a1b7c3e5fbd735aa87c43ac664501cb/text___
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Oil built the Persian Gulf. Desalinated water keeps it alive. War could threaten both
SUMMARY: As the Iran war widens, experts say the Middle East’s real strategic weak point may be water — not oil. Much of the Gulf’s drinking supply comes from desalination plants clustered along vulnerable coastlines within easy range of Iranian missiles and drones. Many of the individual plants supply water to millions of people. Without them, major cities could not sustain their current populations. In recent days, desalination plants have been struck by both the U.S. and Iran. Oil spills, contamination and sabotage also could disrupt supplies of the fresh water that also sustains hotels, industry and some agriculture.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLClimateIranDesalinationndLdWritethru/12b23f2fa26ed5c4a10f80c4077e61ce/text___
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George Russell wins Formula 1's Australian GP as Mercedes goes 1-2
SUMMARY: George Russell wins a dramatic season-opening Australian Grand Prix, and Mercedes seals a one-two with Kimi Antonelli. It's Mercedes' 61st one-two result and first since 2024’s Las Vegas Grand Prix. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc jumps into the lead at the first corner and then trades positions with pole sitter Russell. On lap 12, a virtual safety car comes out after Isack Hadjar stops on track. Mercedes pits both cars and gains an edge. Leclerc finishes third as Ferrari’s slow reaction during the yellow flags cost the team. Lewis Hamilton takes fourth. Oscar Piastri crashes before the start and misses his home race.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APCARFAustralianGPthLdWritethru/352eab6afa3a55d6230d279501148370/text___
Iran soccer team exits Women's Asian Cup and faces the prospect of a return home
SUMMARY: Iran’s national soccer team has finished the Women's Asian Cup group stage in Australia and now faces a return home to a country embroiled in war. Iran lost 2-0 to Philippines after earlier losses to South Korea and Australia in the group stage. The squad arrived in Australia before strikes by the U.S. and Israel on Iran. Players have mostly declined to comment on the war, although a muted anthem moment has sparked debate. The Australian Iranian Council has urged Australia’s government to protect the squad while it is still in Australia. It has launched an online petition that had more than 50,000 electronic signatures by kick-off in Iran's last group game.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APSOCWomensAsianCupIranExitstLdWritethru/6a9fd17b140e01b9e841a766c9ff2670/text___
Atle Lie McGrath wins first World Cup slalom since his Olympic exit into the forest
SUMMARY: From Olympic despair in a course-side forest to a joyous win in the World Cup. Atle Lie McGrath’s emotions came full circle protecting his first-run lead to win a sun-baked slalom by just 0.01 seconds at Kranjska Gora in Slovenia. It was the first men’s slalom since McGrath's emotional exit after the Milan Cortina Olympics slalom he was set to win. Then, the Norwegian racer cooled off alone beneath the trees at Bormio, Italy. On Sunday, McGrath beat teammate Henrik Kristoffsen and his childhood friend Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, who was third by 0.04. McGrath also leads the season-long slalom standings.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APSKIWCupMensSlalomndLdWritethru/0ac207bd00a2f70fce49c7b18110a6d5/text___
NFL's free-agent spending frenzy begins first with a legal tampering period
SUMMARY: Ready, set, negotiate multi-million contracts. The NFL’s free agency period opens Monday with a 52-hour legal tampering period ahead of the official start of the new league year Wednesday. Edge rusher Trey Hendrickson, six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Mike Evans and Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III head the list of high-profile players who will be free to sign a contract with a new team. Quarterbacks Kirk Cousins and Kyler Murray also will be seeking new teams because they’re going to be released by their teams.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APFBNNFLFreeAgencyExplainer/29d0cf533fd7dddf6c702dac132beef6/text___
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