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NATIONAL
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Colorado River plan to cut water amid drought brings uncertainty for cities and farmers
SUMMARY: Mayor Robert Morris of Cave Creek, Arizona, is worried about more water shortages from the severely depleted Colorado River. The federal government recently finalized a new river plan to help keep it from plunging further, causing concerns and uncertainty among those who rely on its water. Nevada raised the stakes by suing the federal government over the new rules. Even farmers not facing cuts are struggling to plan what to plant and how much due to the uncertainty. Climate change is reducing snowpack and water supplies, and 10 reservoirs across the West are at their lowest in at least 30 years.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSColoradoRiverDrought/cf6c3684f435d44a1e9f4bca852e6a6a/text___
Far-right British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos arrested by US immigration enforcement
SUMMARY: Immigration officials have arrested British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos in New Orleans. The Department of Homeland Security says he was detained at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Thursday. He's accused of overstaying after entering the U.S. legally in May 2019. An immigration judge issued a final order of removal on July 22 after he missed his immigration hearing. Yiannopoulos is known for his controversial views on feminism, Islam, and immigration. He has worked for rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West, who was scheduled to perform in New Orleans on Friday. Yiannopoulos rose to fame in the early 2010s as a writer for Breitbart News.
WORDS: 543 - MOVED: 08/28/2026 8:21 PM PST
https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSImmigrationMiloYiannopoulosthLdWritethru/890c5661f02bd3dad677f5049790fdc1/text___
As jurors deliberate in the Lindsay Clancy trial, here are key moments they may be considering
SUMMARY: Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder case must decide whether the former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three children at her Massachusetts home in 2023. Both sides agree she killed her children. Clancy’s attorneys argue she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and that poor medical care exacerbated her condition. Prosecutors argue she intentionally planned the killings because she wanted to take her own life and killed her children because they “were keeping her from ending her misery.” Deliberations began Thursday, but jurors had not reached a verdict by the end of the day Friday. They will return to deliberate on Monday.
WORDS: 1012 - MOVED: 08/29/2026 10:02 AM PST
https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSLindsayClancyTrial/7e3d5aca36b47a1676b63dd3716eb5c0/text___
Seneca Nation calls for reversal of Trump's ‘Lake America’ executive order
SUMMARY: The leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying it violates a more than 225-year-old treaty and shows a “blatant disrespect” for the Indigenous people who gave it its name in the first place. In a statement Friday, Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca called for Trump’s executive order to be rescinded. He says the Lake Ontario name should remain as a reflection of the Indigenous people in the U.S. and Canada who lived in territory around and along the lake long before the creation of either nation. Trump this week signed an order directing the Interior Department to update the lake’s name as part of his escalating trade war with Canada.
WORDS: 384 - MOVED: 08/28/2026 11:10 PM PST
https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpLakeOntariostLdWritethru/1f5f831ab8d79d18a38999328a1af8c2/text___
US families with relatives missing in the Nepal-China floods plead for more rescue help
SUMMARY: A Virginia family with four relatives missing in the flash floods along the Nepal-China border is calling for more resources to help with rescue efforts. Twenty-seven-year-old Mukti Patel said Friday she would like to bring her father, sister and two other relatives back home. They were part of a tour group that got caught up in the floods that struck Wednesday, killing hundreds of people and leaving more than 2,000 missing. Patel said in a phone interview from her parents' Richmond, Virginia, home that her family was staying at a hotel that was swept away. She would like more countries to help the rescue and recovery efforts.
WORDS: 800 - MOVED: 08/28/2026 7:09 PM PST
https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSNepalFlashFloodsAmericansrdLdWritethru/81e5cfdb8536fd34dc5f2b6b0ac2cb97/text___
Civil rights groups make urgent plea for voting rights in DC, ahead of midterm elections
SUMMARY: Hundreds of protesters have rallied on the National Mall for a march in support of voting rights and racial justice ahead of the midterm election. The event Friday follows a Supreme Court decision allowing Southern states to redraw their congressional maps in a way that civil rights groups say restricts voting rights and erodes representation for Black voters. The “Defend the Vote” March on Washington echoes the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 march. Organizers Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III plan to stress the consequences of the Supreme Court's decision. Speakers include Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
WORDS: 1107 - MOVED: 08/28/2026 4:02 AM PST
https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSMarchonWashingtonthLdWritethru/a78df0381fb110d2ec6a5389ca45123d/text___
About 90 Americans unaccounted for after catastrophic floods hit Nepal and Tibet
SUMMARY: U.S. officials report about 90 U.S. citizens remain unaccounted for after catastrophic flash floods hit a border area of China and Nepal. Wednesday's flooding killed hundreds of people. The U.S. State Department says it is not aware of any U.S. deaths, but three Americans have been rescued. Many of the missing were on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred site for Hindus and Buddhists. Indian spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev, also known as Sadhguru, says 77 people from his Isha Foundation were at an immigration center in Tibet when the floods struck. The foundation said that 22 were Americans.
WORDS: 934 - MOVED: 08/27/2026 6:47 PM PST
https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSNepalFlashFloodsAmericansthLdWritethru/88a9dc9aa7334773f10eb6cd11ec11f7/text___
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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Noncitizen voting claims animate Trump's attacks on midterms and set up potential result challenges
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump and his allies are pressing hard about the perceived threats of voting by people who aren't U.S. citizens as the November election approach. He wants the Postal Service to send mail ballots only to voters verified as American citizens. The Census Bureau has promoted a dubious report about thousands of noncitizens voting in 2020, when Trump lost. His Department of Homeland Security is claiming without providing evidence that 250,000 noncitizens are on the voter rolls in just four states. Voting by noncitizens is extremely rare. Trump's opponents say the Republican president and his allies are setting the stage for legal challenges to outcomes he may not like in the fall election.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSElectionNoncitizenVoting/3c24d72b0b91803ed097226ee00f9483/text___
Former White House teleprompter operator ordered to turn over profits, pay fine over insider trading
SUMMARY: A former White House teleprompter operator accused of using inside knowledge to make bets on the prediction market Kalshi has been ordered to turn over more than $100,000 in profits and pay a $65,000 penalty as part of a federal settlement. The Friday settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission also imposes a three-year trading ban on Gabriel Perez. Perez was placed on unpaid leave from his job at the White House after reports emerged that he used his position to make bets on what President Donald Trump would say in speeches. The commission found that Perez made $107,500 on prediction markets with information from his position.
WORDS: 247 - MOVED: 08/29/2026 1:39 AM PST
https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpTeleprompterOperatorGambling/535e252b20f39ab414f93d806758c626/text___
Trump says US has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump says his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that, if realized, could give the U.S. access to vast amounts of the South American country’s untapped oil reserves, at cost. Trump said in a social media post Friday that the agreement was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez. The president calls it "THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!” Rodríguez’s government says the deal involves the development of 17 fields with a proven potential of 65 billion barrels. It says it could draw $100 billion in investment into Venezuela’s oil industry,
WORDS: 846 - MOVED: 08/28/2026 11:04 PM PST
https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpVenezuelaOilthLdWritethru/eb0ed5a1e99602c21a7f690c3368020e/text___
Trump administration appeals latest ruling blocking his mail voting order from taking effect
SUMMARY: The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s decision that blocked an executive order limiting mail voting before the midterm elections. The court filing Friday comes after a federal judge in Boston handed down a new decision blocking President Donald Trump's order for two weeks. The Supreme Court has allowed the administration to work on the plan, but didn’t decide whether it’s legal. The whipsawing legal battle unfolding days before the first states begin sending out mail ballots could have major ramifications for the midterms.
WORDS: 510 - MOVED: 08/28/2026 7:41 PM PST
https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpElectionsndLdWritethru/8ef4a669a50f3406481ffb8387ccad3c/text___
In AP interview, Attorney General Todd Blanche defends his record as political pressure mounts
SUMMARY: Attorney General Todd Blanche says in an Associated Press interview that he'll lead the Department of Justice with integrity. It's a pledge that comes as critics question actions by President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer. Ongoing investigations could force Blanche to choose between loyalty to Trump and the department's principles. Blanche has defended the department's work but faces criticism that it’s being used politically. He's also confronting growing distrust of the department among judges, but he's downplaying those concerns. Perhaps his biggest challenge is trying to thread the needle between the president’s boundary-busting demands and a prosecutor’s duty to uphold the rule of law.
WORDS: 1109 - MOVED: 08/28/2026 11:11 AM PST
https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APCBJusticeDepartmentBlanche/37c32a3751aaeac09fde5e415c1d4879/text___
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INTERNATIONAL
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Russian strike on a Ukrainian warehouse kills 37 in the war's deadliest attack this year
SUMMARY: Ukrainian officials say at least 37 people have been killed in a Russian strike on a warehouse near Kyiv that may have been illegally storing munitions in a residential area. The attack late Friday sparked a fire in the Bucha district village of Myla, damaging dozens of homes and buildings in what appears to be the war's deadliest attack this year. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says criminal proceedings have been opened on charges of official negligence in the warehouse explosion. Russia's Defense Ministry says it targeted a warehouse storing drone components. Saturday marked the third day of nearly nonstop attacks on the Kyiv region. Russian officials say Ukrainian drone attacks have also wounded 11 people in Russia’s Rostov region.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEURussiaUkraineWarthLdWritethru/4be42e27897bf45797a0cf3758be5eaf/text___
Nepal-China flood survivors reach safe areas as families await news of nearly 3,000 missing
SUMMARY: Poor weather temporarily hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal as the search for thousands of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods along the border with China entered its fourth day. Rescue workers and military personnel have been working around the clock since Wednesday’s disaster that killed more than 670 people and left about 3,000 missing. Some survivors have been pulled from the mud, while crews continue searching several locations for those still missing. Despite the initial disruption to aerial operations, search and rescue efforts continued at several locations in Nepal and China’s Tibet, including the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project in Nepal’s Rasuwa district and the severely damaged Gyirong border crossing on the Chinese side.
WORDS: 1154 - MOVED: 08/29/2026 4:02 AM PST
https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APASNepalFlashFloodsthLdWritethru/fde34c839b648f93f6aa011f044deb00/text___
6 months on, Iran’s leaders are defying the US and signaling no tolerance for dissent
SUMMARY: Iran’s leadership has solidified around hard-line military generals and clerics, preparing for a prolonged confrontation with the U.S. and aiming to prevent domestic unrest. This counters claims of a regime change by U.S. President Donald Trump. Iran’s leaders warn of escalating the conflict as American sanctions strain the economy. The new head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has threatened to halt oil exports if the economic war continues. Other recent top-level appointments appear aimed at internal cohesion and a tougher stance toward the U.S. Iran's president, a relative moderate, is an increasingly lonely voice calling for a return to negotiations.
WORDS: 1230 - MOVED: 08/29/2026 4:00 AM PST
https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIranUSMonthsLeadershipstLdWritethru/f2e45b2c77f5994ed9d9534ae988403b/text___
Israeli strikes kill 5 in Gaza and 3 in West Bank, and other news in the Middle East
SUMMARY: Israeli airstrikes have killed five people in Gaza and three in the West Bank, despite a fragile ceasefire brokered by the United States. Meanwhile, the U.N.'s maritime agency said 19 seafarers have been killed and at least 6,000 remain stranded on hundreds of ships unable to leave the region since the Iran war began. Iran’s Foreign Ministry has also condemned a new round of U.S. economic measures against the country. The U.S. has imposed restrictions on a major Egyptian bank for its ties with Iran. And the United Kingdom warned against any attempt by Israel to remove British officials from the Gaza ceasefire coordination center.
WORDS: 1277 - MOVED: 08/28/2026 10:52 AM PST
https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLMideastthLdWritethru/6c8334dbec806f41666ff75e728768b8/text___
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BUSINESS
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The bond market prepares for a hike to interest rates, while US stocks drift lower
SUMMARY: The bond market swung as investors built bets that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates soon to get the nation’s high inflation under control. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, dipped Friday but not by much after economists said a speech by Chairman Kevin Warsh helped strengthen faith that the Fed will do what’s needed to bring inflation down, even if it causes pain for the economy in the short term. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% after flipping between modest gains and losses through the morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped by less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.5%.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APFinancialMarketsthLdWritethru/0a655f1c042b059279343443d5802907/text___
Fed Chair Warsh signals rate hikes may be needed with US inflation stubbornly elevated
SUMMARY: Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh says inflation is still too high and suggested the central bank may have to raise interest rates in the coming months to bring it down, a clearer signal than he has sent before about his economic outlook. In his first high-profile speech at the Fed’s annual conference at Jackson Hole, Warsh acknowledged in prepared remarks Friday that recent inflation reports show it has cooled a bit, but “they do not tell me that underlying trends have meaningfully improved.”
WORDS: 1114 - MOVED: 08/28/2026 1:22 PM PST
https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSFederalReserveWarshthLdWritethru/ab896df808df3a5a3fa8b943ac5f3867/text___
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Measles deaths reported in Pennsylvania spark fight among politicians and health officials
SUMMARY: The recent announcement of Pennsylvania’s first measles-related deaths in decades has ignited a public feud among politicians and health officials who disagree over the role of the contagious disease in the fatalities. Independent experts say the conflict is a symptom of a social and political debate over how to frame a national surge in measles cases, the worst seen in more than three decades. Pennsylvania officials this week reported that two unvaccinated residents died after being infected with measles.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSMEDMeaslesDeaths/f102d57041e1bd4757142c9ab927b123/text___
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SPORTS
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Tampa Bay Rays set for new $2.3B stadium project after county and city approve financing plan
SUMMARY: The Tampa Bay Rays have secured county approval for a financing plan to build a new stadium. This comes a day after city officials approved their part of the $2.3 billion project. he new 31,000-seat stadium will be near Raymond James Stadium and is expected to open in 2029. Rays CEO Ken Babby says the partnership ensures the long-term future of Major League Baseball in Tampa Bay. The Rays will contribute at least $1.3 billion. The Hillsborough County Commission voted 5-2 on Friday for its $796 million share, while the Tampa City Council approved $80 million on Thursday.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APBBORaysBallparkstLdWritethru/9be9d61b6bfad45b64a8e88cae1b6eb0/text___
She was a pain specialist to top athletes. Her opioid prescribing alarmed the DEA
SUMMARY: Joan Rubinger overcame a catastrophic biking accident that left her paralyzed to become an influential pain-relief specialist helping top-tier athletes get back on the field after acute and chronic injuries. Her website touts a client list that includes 169 NFL Pro Bowl selections, 29 NBA and WNBA champions and 15 Olympic medalists. Among some of her most notable patients: NBA All Stars Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration alleged in court filings, Rubinger doled out thousands of illegal prescriptions for highly addictive painkillers, a “covert and slinking” scheme the nurse practitioner likened to selling hamburgers at a fast-food restaurant.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APDEAPainSpecialistAthletesOpioidsndLdWritethru/e575853a66d0ef726351338932d073ff/text___
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