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NATIONAL
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A moderate earthquake rocks Northern California, but no immediate reports of damage or injuries
SUMMARY: A moderate earthquake has shaken a rural area of Northern California, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey says the epicenter of Wednesday's quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6, was about 140 miles northeast of San Francisco. It was felt widely, including in the fishing city of Fort Bragg. The initial quake was centered inland about 50 miles east of Fort Bragg at 8:10 a.m. PT, and the USGS says it was about 5 miles deep. A 2.5 magnitude quake struck near the epicenter a few minutes later.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSCaliforniaEarthquakethLdWritethru/d49d72ec80d149b2fcd4c9b9ae84b37d/text___
Chief of staff to former NYC Mayor Eric Adams, 3 others charged in federal bribery probe
SUMMARY: A chief of staff to former New York City Mayor Eric Adams and several other people have been charged in a federal indictment in connection with alleged bribery scheme involving a city contract. Authorities say Frank Carone, along with his brother Anthony Carone, as well as a Queens hotel owner and an employee of the hotel owner, were arrested Wednesday morning. The indictment says Frank Carone accepted bribes to steer a multimillion-dollar city contract for sheltering migrants to the Queens hotel. Carone's lawyer calls the indictment “weak” and a “sad day” for the criminal justice system. The four defendants were expected in federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSBriberyInvestigationNewYorkthLdWritethru/be06c8266d66b2fa4b9d4e4e48e312e2/text___
Camp Mystic in Texas files for bankruptcy after catastrophic floods killed 28 people
SUMMARY: Camp Mystic has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. The filing Wednesday comes nearly a year after catastrophic floods killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors over the July 4 holiday weekend at the all-girls Christian camp in Texas. Camp owner Richard Eastland also died in the flood. In paperwork filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas in Houston, the camp listed its debt as exceeding $10 million. The camp along the Guadalupe River said it had assets in the range of 100,001 to $500,000. Families of the victims filed a lawsuit in November saying the camp operators failed to take the necessary steps to protect the girls as life-threatening floodwaters approached.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTexasFloodsCampMysticthLdWritethru/61263980faaa31857e6f3da0e83aee41/text___
Shooting suspect scoped out library before returning with a shotgun and killing 2, police say
SUMMARY: An 18-year-old suspect has been arrested in a shooting at a library in Northern California that left two people dead. Police say the suspect first walked through the building unarmed, then returned with a shotgun. He fatally shot one person at the entrance and another inside. The shootings occurred Monday evening at the Chico branch of the Butte County Library. Officers arrived within two minutes of the 911 call and apprehended the suspect shortly after. The victims were identified as Jacob Hull and Robert Johnson. The FBI is assisting in the investigation.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSCaliforniaLibraryShootingthLdWritethru/13fca9e1652bc8f51debd65c0f9c4256/text___
Judge bars immigration arrests at US courthouses in a setback for Trump
SUMMARY: A judge has barred the federal government from making arrests at immigration courts, a practice that took hold shortly after President Donald Trump took office last year. Tuesday's ruling by U.S. District Judge Casey Pitts of San Francisco says the government failed to justify its actions as required by law. It is the second setback for courthouse arrests since May when a judge in New York barred them at immigration courts in that city. A U.S. Homeland Security Department official criticized the latest decision as a show of judicial overreach.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSImmigrationCourthouseArrestsstLdWritethru/e99e8e3a27647a716917217cc1c207ab/text___
8 convicted in Texas immigration center shooting and protest are sentenced to decades in prison
SUMMARY: Eight people accused by the Justice Department of having ties to antifa have been sentenced to decades in federal prison over a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center during a protest. A police officer was wounded in the July 4 shooting outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Dallas. A former U.S. Marine Corps reservist convicted of attempted murder in the shooting was sentenced Tuesday to 100 years in prison, which is the maximum punishment. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, one of two judges overseeing the sentencing, said the protesters' actions were “an assault on democracy.” The seven other protesters received prison terms ranging from 30 to 70 years.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSImmigrationDetentionCenterShootingthLdWritethru/1eb7a8ac32dbb637e027709ae010f374/text___
Savannah Guthrie says family remains 'in agony' over missing mom, begs the public for tips
SUMMARY: “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie made an emotional appeal to viewers Tuesday. She pleaded with them to step forward with any information about her missing mother. Her plea came a day after news organizations said a ransom note months ago had indicated that she was dead. Eighty-four-year-old Nancy Guthrie was reported missing from her Arizona home on Feb. 1. Authorities believe she was taken against her will. Savannah Guthrie says her family “cannot be at peace” while her mother's whereabouts are unknown. Authorities recently conducted a search near the Arizona-Mexico border but didn’t report finding her.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSNancyGuthrieMissingthLdWritethru/d5f09fc28310ee3c9031971cd595f19e/text___
New York Knicks revel in their NBA victory parade as joyous fans and celebs fill the streets
SUMMARY: The New York Knicks celebrated their first NBA championship in 53 years with a ticker-tape parade through Manhattan’s “Canyon of Heroes,” drawing thousands of fans dressed in the team’s blue and orange. Finals MVP Jalen Brunson hoisted the trophy toward the crowd so they could touch it, while teammates rode floats through the streets or got off to interact with cheering fans. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a big Knicks fan, and celebrities including Spike Lee and Alicia Keys joined the party Thursday. The parade marks a historic moment for the franchise and city, which did not hold championship parades after the Knicks’ title wins in the 1970s.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APBKNKnicksChampionshipParadethLdWritethru/3a701ffd169009d5cfb418334734646b/text___
Federal officials plan to offload some warehouses purchased for immigrant detention
SUMMARY: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is retreating from a plan to use warehouses to hold up to 10,000 people on a single site, jettisoning a key piece of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s $38-billion plan to rapidly expand detention capacity this year. On Monday, the city of Romulus, Michigan, and immigration officials wrote in a joint court filing that a warehouse the federal government purchased in the Detroit suburb will be sold. Local officials said plans also are unraveling in Social Circle, Georgia, and the El Paso suburb of Socorro. The three cities are among 11 where the federal government spent a combined $1.074 billion on warehouses.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSImmigrationDetentionExpansionstLdWritethru/c91e9a991664a7cdc18fe2e54138c9c4/text___
Former Oklahoma death row inmate has a new trial set for a 1997 killing of motel owner
SUMMARY: A new murder trial is scheduled for September for a former Oklahoma death row inmate who was released from nearly three decades of incarceration last year after being on the brink of execution three times over a 1997 killing. Richard Glossip’s initial conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court last year, and he was released last month on bond. His attorneys had asked a state judge to consider whether there is enough evidence to proceed, but after a hearing Tuesday, the judge ruled that a new trial would start Sept. 28. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is not seeking the death penalty again.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSOklahomaDeathSentenceOverturnedstLdWritethru/fc0840c8f405f9841902eb04158fe822/text___
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US says chemical maker Chemours to pay $450M to settle 'forever chemicals' case
SUMMARY: The Trump administration has reached a multi-state settlement with chemical giant Chemours Co. over years-long, illegal discharges of synthetic “forever chemicals” used to make products resistant to water, grease and stains. The settlement is the first by the federal government to resolve enforcement claims against a manufacturer of harmful chemicals known as PFAS. Under the agreement, Chemours will pay a civil penalty of $22.5 million for alleged violations and spend $90 million over 15 years to mitigate PFAS discharges in three states: West Virginia, North Carolina and New Jersey. The company also agreed to install PFAS pollution controls and supply clean drinking water to affected communities. Combined, the penalties and relief programs are estimated to cost $450 million.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSEPAForeverChemicalsthLdWritethru/1691f3a26d6db9829f4407d418c55789/text___
How Americans are feeling about the country's 250th anniversary, according to new polls
SUMMARY: A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 4 in 10 U.S. adults feel “proud” about the country's 250th anniversary, while about 3 in 10 feel “excited.” But many Americans also feel “indifferent” or “conflicted." New Gallup polling also finds that most Americans now feel the signers of the Declaration of Independence would be disappointed with how the U.S. has turned out, a substantial increase from the last time the question was asked more than 25 years ago. Republicans and older adults are more likely than other Americans to feel proud about the anniversary, while Democrats and younger adults are more likely to be conflicted.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSAPPollAmericaPlansrdLdWritethru/dc30264ee64ce1cfdfb756c729165d9b/text___
Federal judge bars Trump from implementing proof of citizenship requirement to vote
SUMMARY: A federal judge has permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections. It includes provisions that would have required people to show documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and prevented mail ballots from counting if they are received after Election Day. The ruling on Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper effectively makes permanent a preliminary order she issued a year ago. Casper agreed with arguments from Democratic attorneys general who filed the lawsuit that the Constitution gives states and Congress, not the president, the power to regulate elections.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpElections/358912bcb6c7223b3d2d36465156fde9/text___
Trump abruptly calls off signing ceremony for housing bill, blindsiding Republicans
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump has called off a signing ceremony for a housing bill at the U.S. Capitol. Trump said he won't sign the housing bill until Congress sends him a bill to require proof of citizenship for all voters. Trump made the announcement on social media Wednesday, just hours before he was set to arrive at the Capitol for a meeting with Senate Republicans. Republicans had been hoping to use the housing bill as a selling point to voters ahead of the elections, and GOP senators were eager for a conciliatory luncheon with the president. But the president upended their plans.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpCongressthLdWritethru/968c1454ede461d2db413790670c07df/text___
New York sweep by Israel critics shines light on a fraught issue for Democrats
SUMMARY: Democratic congressional primary results in New York City are accelerating the party's debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A trio of candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani all won after harshly criticizing Israel. Many progressives accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza, an accusation rejected by Israel, and want Democrats to take a firmer stand against the Israeli government. “Free Palestine” chants broke out Tuesday night. Some centrist Democrats warn that the left flank is too extreme on Israel and other issues, risking losses for the party in November and complicating the 2028 presidential nominating fight. They point to how the issue vexed Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 campaign.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSElectionDemocratsIsraelstLdWritethru/01de0690f2fb99e89cb40817b7da0f66/text___
Ex-aides win primaries to replace retiring Democratic House members
SUMMARY: U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer and Jerrold Nadler are retiring in January, but they are passing the torch to former aides who won the Democratic primaries to replace them. Hoyer backed Adrian Boafo in Maryland, while Nadler supported Micah Lasher in New York. Their districts are heavily Democratic, making them all but certain to win in November. Hoyer and Nadler are the latest lawmakers to successfully anoint their successors after spending decades in Congress. This practice can be controversial, especially when lawmakers time announcements to benefit insiders. But even at a time when voters give Congress a dismal approval rating, they’re often receptive to the recommendation of their own representative.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSElectionCongressSuccessorsndLdWritethru/d8d717339be752e34d3d06457b1ffd50/text___
Top Army general who was last US soldier to leave Afghanistan is suddenly leaving his post
SUMMARY: The Army’s commander of its forces in Europe and Africa is unexpectedly stepping down after just 18 months in the job. The Army confirmed late Tuesday that Gen. Christopher Donahue, commanding general of U.S. Army Europe and Africa and commander of NATO’s Allied Land Command, will relinquish his command on July 2. Donahue was famously the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan in 2021. He is the latest in a line of nearly two dozen top military leaders to either retire or depart their jobs early under the leadership of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has undertaken an effort to thin the ranks of the military’s top brass with the mantra “less generals, more GIs.”
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSPentagonAfghanistanGeneralndLdWritethru/9ade7033e3a9e0c5e41acb5dcdb25133/text___
Trump turns America 250 kickoff into a campaign-style rally on the National Mall
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump sees America’s 250th anniversary as a chance to get the country excited again — about Donald Trump. The president is hosting a rally on Wednesday on the National Mall in Washington. There's a military flyover by stealth bombers, military bands, singer Lee Greenwood of “God Bless the U.S.A” fame and a speech by Trump. The rally is designed to kick off weeks of celebrations about the founding of America. Critics say he's turning it into a partisan event to try to boost his ratings — and those of his party — ahead of November congressional elections.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSAmericaTrumpRallystLdWritethru/75e2bb4f4d2b3f7ab8cdddb86879bec7/text___
NATO's Trump whisperer heads to the White House to soothe the president ahead of next month's summit
SUMMARY: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will check in face-to-face with President Donald Trump on Wednesday. He's visiting the volatile U.S. leader two weeks before Trump is set to join his counterparts at the military alliance’s annual summit. Trump has long been critical of NATO, saying the U.S. carries more than its fair share of military spending. He fumed when some member countries ignored his call to help him with the shuttered Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war. Trump has renewed his threats to leave the 77-year-old military alliance. But Rutte has become known as a Trump whisperer for his ability to charm the president. He's expected to use Wednesday's meeting to try to appease him.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpNATOstLdWritethru/5c2f88363f7a066c02103ab1ce1c8d6b/text___
Troubled Reflecting Pool faces fresh scrutiny over vandalism claims and duck deaths
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump says six people have been arrested over recent damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The president claimed without evidence that there had been a “350-foot gash” in the paint as the administration faces a self-imposed deadline to fix the botched renovation before next month. Adding to the controversy swirling around the pool, the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group, called on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to investigate after a Mallard duckling carcass was found floating in the algae-filled pool, and two other ducks were found dead nearby. Trump also said the federal government would release images substantiating his vandalism claim. The Associated Press verified that one man was arrested after touching peeled paint.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpReflectingPoolthLdWritethru/d2ebb174e98913435d2108d60fb8de44/text___
Senate for first time approves a war powers resolution in a rebuke to Trump over Iran conflict
SUMMARY: The Senate for the first time has approved a war powers resolution to block U.S. military action against Iran. Tuesday's vote comes as lawmakers warily watch President Donald Trump’s efforts to resolve the conflict. It was the 10th time the Senate has tried to advance a war powers resolution. But a growing number of Republican lawmakers in both the House and Senate have expressed their concerns over both the war and the deal Trump struck with Iran to end it. It comes as the Pentagon is seeking $80 billion from Congress mostly for the Iran war as it backfills munitions and stockpiles. Trump called the vote “poorly timed and meaningless.”
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSIranCongressthLdWritethru/7462a9a561103f531d995aac91f9fc96/text___
Federal appeals court allows the Trump administration to resume expanded use of speedy deportations
SUMMARY: A federal appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to resume carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants across the United States. A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday threw out a lower court ruling that temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s expanded use of expedited removal. The Republican president wants to quickly remove more migrants from the country illegally without appearing before a judge first. The policy has previously been applied to migrants caught near the border shortly after crossing. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb suggested in an August ruling that the expansion was trampling on individuals’ due process rights.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpImmigrationndLdWritethru/cd0ffc2dc1df05568952e9149569bbbb/text___
Trump heads to battleground Pennsylvania but keep focuses on himself ahead of midterm elections
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump visited a Mack Trucks facility in Pennsylvania, for a speech meant to focusing on the economy. Instead, he spent most of the time talking about himself — reliving highlights from his 2024 presidential campaign. Tuesday's visit marked Trump's first major public event outside Washington since signing an interim agreement to end the Iran war. Trump toured the facility and addressed a cheering crowd. He touched on various topics, including the economy, the U.S.-Mexico border, and prescription drugs. Trump urged support for Republican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie in the upcoming elections. His visit highlighted Pennsylvania's importance as a swing state, with rising prices potentially impacting voter opinions.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpPennsylvaniathLdWritethru/e1038facbf939c5eb97e2462e30b754d/text___
Mamdani proves his power with New York endorsements, plus more takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries
SUMMARY: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has successfully backed three allies in Democratic U.S. House primaries. The victories highlight the political influence of Mamdani as he tries to reshape his city's politics. Two of his endorsed candidates are democratic socialists like himself. Elsewhere, two opposing factions of the artificial intelligence industry spent millions on a House race that became a proxy fight over tech regulation. And in South Carolina, President Donald Trump endorsed both candidates in a Republican runoff for governor. One of his endorsed candidates inevitably won.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSElectionTakeawaysthLdWritethru/78d9cc60faff70ffe27fd8d7f6dc1355/text___
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Progressive candidate concedes Colombian presidential election to Trump-endorsed outsider
SUMMARY: Iván Cepeda has conceded Colombia’s presidential election to Abelardo de la Espriella, a conservative outsider endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Election results showed de la Espriella, a businessman and lawyer, defeated progressive lawmaker Cepeda by 1 percentage point, or nearly 251,000 votes. The result is seen as an indictment of outgoing President Gustavo Petro’s government. Cepeda had promised to continue Petro's policies, including efforts to establish dialogue with armed groups. Electoral authorities published nearly all the vote count hours after polls closed Sunday. Petro and Cepeda did not accept those results.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APLTColombiaElectionthLdWritethru/e0a39ed59a9d432d318e11c1e0735f4e/text___
Dispute over nuclear inspections shows how US and Iran are negotiating in public
SUMMARY: The head of the U.N.’s nuclear agency signaled that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim U.S.-Iran deal to reach an end to the war. An Iranian diplomat instead insisted on Wednesday that any such visit would only come after a final deal. Leaders from the U.S. and Iran have repeatedly disagreed in public about what the interim deal actually means. Dueling narratives are playing out on a range of issues, including Israel’s war with Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and how Tehran will spend billions of dollars once unfrozen. Lebanon's state-run news agency says Israel launched an airstrike that killed two people in southern Lebanon.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIranUSthLdWritethru/875ee115cacd1f5923052b70f2be4124/text___
Lebanese on the edge of Israel's occupation live with fear and rising tensions
SUMMARY: Lebanese living on the edge of Israel's self-styled security zone in southern Lebanon are struggling in the shadow of military occupation. The military has pushed out the mostly Shiite population, believing they harbor the Iran-backed Shiite militia Hezbollah, and many towns have been demolished. Residents of neighboring Christian, Sunni and Druze communities have been allowed to stay, but the conflict has transformed their lives. Their homes have been struck, road closures have isolated them from the rest of Lebanon, and nighttime raids by Israeli troops have terrified residents. Israeli warnings against hosting Hezbollah fighters have effectively barred them from taking in displaced Shiites, driving a wedge between longtime neighbors.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLLebanonIsraelEdgeofOccupation/27c85c162b83beae345b0768a615a7ac/text___
France records its hottest day ever as Europe withers in early heat wave
SUMMARY: France recorded its hottest day ever as an early heat wave gripped Europe. The high temperatures on Tuesday prompted the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre museum to restrict visiting hours. They also disrupted school and transportation schedules in multiple countries. The punishing conditions extended to the United Kingdom and Spain, where weather agencies issued alerts — like France — about the risks of extreme heat for tens of millions of people. France’s national thermal indicator — an average of temperatures measured at 30 weather stations — hit a record of 29.8 C (85.6 F). The conditions were likely to persist at least until the weekend.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUEuropeHeatthLdWritethru/81c341900166135de6cbc0f49156477b/text___
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US stocks rise as falling oil prices help take pressure off the market
SUMMARY: Stocks are rising on Wall Street as falling bond yields and lower oil prices help ease pressure on the market. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% on Wednesday. The index is coming off two days of declines. The Dow rose 486 points, or 0.9%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.7%. Crude oil prices fell. Brent crude dropped 3.6%, bringing it closer to where it was before the war with Iran started. Gold briefly fell below $4,000 an ounce for the first time since November. Treasury yields fell. Google parent Alphabet rose. The company will replace Verizon in the Dow next week.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APFinancialMarketsthLdWritethru/b631564d3b359644eda586b047c9bcf0/text___
All the world's a robot-staging ground for tech entrepreneurs building 'physical AI'
SUMMARY: AI "world models" are the next frontier for computer scientists who see too many limitations in the AI language models behind popular chatbots. The field is attracting top scientists like “Godmother of AI” Fei-Fei Li and Yann LeCun. They believe AI should learn the statistical structure of space and time, not just text. There’s still plenty of money to be made from AI chatbots — investors are counting on it as they commit trillions of dollars to leading developers like Anthropic and OpenAI. But a growing number of AI entrepreneurs are dedicating themselves to models that teach AI systems how to react in a physical environment.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSAIWorldModelsstLdWritethru/9bab5a3febad9832f55f8ada33de57b4/text___
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Trump administration announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors
SUMMARY: The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers. The Energy Department announced the loans Tuesday. Energy Secretary Chris Wright cited “tremendous interest” among developers of data centers, called hyperscalers, who would buy the power, as well as utilities and energy companies. The department said seven utilities and energy companies signed letters of intent that identified sites. It plans to pick five, each hosting two reactors. The financing would be used to purchase nuclear components with long lead times.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpNuclearndLdWritethru/57841139aca7d2780a12256692b96fc5/text___
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NCAA panel approves new eligibility rules giving Division I athletes 5 years to play 5 seasons
SUMMARY: The NCAA adopted a new eligibility model for Division I athletes allowing five seasons of competition over a five-year period beginning upon initial college enrollment or the academic year following their 19th birthday, whichever occurs first. The Division I Cabinet approved the change from the longstanding tenet of college sports that gave athletes five years to complete four seasons of competition with their eligibility clock starting at the time of enrollment, regardless of age. It eliminates waivers for extended eligibility except for pregnancy, religious missions or active-duty military service. No longer will extensions be considered for athletes who are injured.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSNCAAEligibilityRulesstLdWritethru/b407d009bf8a8de1ad44768dcb6441b2/text___
AJ Dybantsa is the No. 1 pick on a big NBA draft night for freshman stars and Michigan's champions
SUMMARY: The Washington Wizards selected forward AJ Dybantsa, who led the nation in scoring in his one season at BYU, with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft. Dybantsa averaged 25.5 points, highlighted by a 43-point effort that broke BYU’s freshman scoring record. At 6-foot-9 and 217 pounds, Dybantsa has drawn comparisons to Kevin Durant, who happens to be his favorite player. Durant grew up in the Washington area, and Wizards fans can only hope Dybantsa can live up to the comparisons.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APBKNNBADraftthLdWritethru/e9358f909b9f862c567fb8deae1a145b/text___
A tale of two tours: PGA Tour approves two-tiered system in 2028 with expanded fields
SUMMARY: The PGA Tour has approved big changes to its model in 2028. The tour announced a Championship Series for the leading 120 players to complete for big purses. The rest will be on a Challenger Series that will have purses cut in half. Those players will spend the year trying to get back to the elite circuit. Several details are still to be finalized. The big question remains which 15 tournaments will be part of the elite tier and which of the 20 tournaments wants lesser status. Also changing is going to East Lake every year for the Tour Championship.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APGLFTourChangesstLdWritethru/6809cb668dfe2417976486f009cc7e07/text___
US eases restriction on Iran's World Cup team, allowing travel 2 days before next match
SUMMARY: The U.S. is easing its restrictions on Iran’s World Cup team. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday the squad could travel into the country two days before its next match. A department spokesperson said the team will still be required to leave after Friday’s match in Seattle. A spokesperson for the Iran Football Federation confirmed that the team will leave its base camp in Tijuana, Mexico, on Wednesday for Seattle. Iran’s squad has complained about the travel restrictions levied on the team. For the first two matches, in Los Angeles, the team was not permitted to travel until the day before.
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Ronaldo becomes first player to score in six World Cups with two goals against Uzbekistan
SUMMARY: Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in six different World Cup tournaments by getting two goals in Portugal’s 5-0 win over Uzbekistan. The 41-year-old Ronaldo made history in the sixth minute when João Cancelo crossed it to him and he shot with his right foot to make it 1-0. He ran toward the bench and celebrated with his teammates after the score. He scored again in the 39th minute when he got a pass from Bruno Fernandes and shot with his right foot just inside the near post to make the score 3-0. Ronaldo was named man of the match.
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Bucks must figure out how to move forward after trading away franchise icon Giannis Antetokounmpo
SUMMARY: Giannis Antetokounmpo brought Milwaukee back to relevance and delivered the franchise its first title in half a century. Now the Bucks face the onerous challenge of retooling without the player who carried the team on his broad shoulders for over a decade. A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press the Bucks agreed on the eve of Tuesday’s draft to send Antetokounmpo along with forward Bobby Portis to the Miami Heat in exchange for Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel’el Ware and Kasparas Jakucionis. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was not yet official.
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