Top Stories Digest
Here are the AP's latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP's coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.
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Top Stories Digest
Here are the AP's latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP's coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.
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ELECTION 2024-HARRIS — Vice President Kamala Harris says she’s ready for the fight against Republican Donald Trump after securing enough votes from Democratic delegates to become her party’s presidential nominee. The Democratic Party chair announced Friday that Harris had the votes. The online voting process doesn’t end until Monday, but Harris’ campaign marked the moment Friday when she crossed the threshold to have the majority of delegates’ votes. Harris is poised to be the first woman of color at the top of a major party’s ticket. The Democratic Party’s convention in Chicago begins Aug. 19. By Will Weissert, Seung Min Kim and Chris Megerian. SENT: 620 words, photos. WITH: US-ELECTION-2024-HARRIS-VP — Kamala Harris is interviewing six potential vice president picks this weekend, AP sources say. SENT: 510 words, photos, video.
RUSSIA-PRISONER-SWAP-KREMLIN-GAINS — In the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War, Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending a clear, morale-boosting message to his security services: If you get caught, Russia will bring you home. For the Kremlin, Vadim Krasikov, the hitman imprisoned in Germany for killing a former Chechen militant in Berlin, was perhaps the key component in the exchange that saw eight Russians swapped for 16 Westerners and Russian dissidents who had been imprisoned in recent years. By Joanna Kozlowska. SENT: 890 words, photos. WITH: UNITED STATES-RUSSIA-PRISONER SWAP-HOW IT HAPPENED — The 24-person blockbuster prison swap required the U.S. to regroup after the unexpected death in February of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who’d been seen as a key cog in a potential exchange. SENT: 1,480 words, photos.
VENEZUELA ELECTION — An Associated Press review of vote tally sheets released by Venezuela’s opposition indicates their candidate won significantly more votes in the presidential election than the government has claimed. The opposition coalition says the tally sheets released Friday were gathered from more than 80% of electronic voting machines used in Sunday’s election. They cast serious doubts on the government’s declaration that President Nicolás Maduro won. The tallies have long been considered the ultimate proof of election results in Venezuela. By Regina Garcia Cano, Joshua Goodman and Angeliki Kastanis. SENT: 1,120 words, photos, video, audio. WITH: VENEZUELA ELECTION-CHORIZO — Twenty-four hours after polls closed, the opposition leader announced her coalition had gathered more than two-thirds of national vote tally sheets showing Maduro had lost. SENT: 1,150 words, photos, video.
UNITED STATES-MIDEAST TENSIONS — The Pentagon has announced the U.S. will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region. President Joe Biden is making good on his promise to beef up the American military presence to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies and to safeguard U.S. troops. Friday’s announcement also said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers to the European and Middle East regions. By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp. SENT: 630 words, photos. WITH: ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS — Thousands of mourners on Friday converged around the flag-draped coffin of Hamas’ slain political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in the emirate of Qatar as the fallout from his death in an alleged Israeli attack surged with breathtaking speed. SENT: 1,140 words, photos, audio.
HAWAII-WILDFIRE-SETTLEMENT — A court filing says the parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year’s Maui wildfires have reached a $4 billion global settlement. The agreement comes nearly one year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century killed 102 people and destroyed the historic downtown area of Lahaina on Maui. The Aug. 8 wildfire burned thousands of homes and displaced 12,000 people. More than 600 lawsuits have been filed over the deaths and destruction caused by the fires. By Audrey McAvoy, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher. SENT: 630 words, photos.
GUANTANAMO-SEPT-11-DEFENDANTS — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has overridden a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death penalty cases. The move on Friday night came two days after the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, announced that the official appointed to oversee the war court had approved plea deals with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accused accomplices in the attacks. Austin nullified the agreements. By Ellen Knickmeyer. SENT: 550 words, photos.
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OLY-REL-MARSEILLE-CONTRASTS — Marseille, host of the 2024 Olympics sailing competition, is a city of contrasts. It’s a millennia-old port, crossroads of cultures and faiths, where the sea is ever present but not equally accessible, and the beauty and cosmopolitan flair rub shoulders with enclaves of poverty and exclusion. SENT: 1,180 words, photos.
OLY--BOX-IMANE KHELIF-CAREER — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif landed in the middle of a divide about gender in sports after her Italian competitor, Angela Carini, pulled out seconds into their bout at the Paris Olympics. SENT: 1,140 words, photos.
OLY-BRK-BREAKING ROOTS COMMUNITY — Breaking is debuting as a sporting event in the 2024 Paris Games as part of an effort to attract younger viewers. But outside the Olympic arena, some in Paris’ local breaking scene feel skeptical of the subculture being co-opted. SENT: 1,250 words, photos.
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ELECTION 2024-TRUMP — Donald Trump returns to Georgia to campaign in a state that both Democrats and Republicans see as up for grabs yet again. Trump’s event alongside his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, comes just days after Vice President Kamala Harris rallied thousands in the same basketball arena at Georgia State University in Atlanta. SENT: 580 words, photo. Rally at 5 p.m.
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AP POLL-ELECTION 2024-SECRET SERVICE — Few Americans have high confidence in the Secret Service’s ability to keep presidential candidates safe after last month’s attempt on Donald Trump’s life. That’s according to a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. By Adriana Gomez Licon and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux. SENT: 820 words, photos.
ECONOMY-RECESSION SIGNALS — A surprising rise in the unemployment rate last month has rattled financial markets and set off new worries about the threat of a recession, but it could also prove to be a false alarm. Friday’s jobs report also showed hiring slowed last month. SENT: 1,240 words, photos.
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BRITAIN-PROTESTS — Several suspects arrested in violent protests that erupted after the fatal stabbing of three children in northwest England are due in court as officials brace for more clashes over the weekend. SENT: 560 words, photos.
