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NATIONAL
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs is set to be sentenced and faces the possibility of years in prison
SUMMARY: Sean “Diddy” Combs faces sentencing in a sordid criminal case that could potentially keep him behind bars for years. The famed hip-hop mogul was convicted in July of flying people around the country, including his girlfriends and male sex workers, to engage in sexual encounters, a violation of the federal Mann Act. A jury acquitted Combs of more serious racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges. Those could have led to a life prison sentence. Prosecutors say he should still spend over 11 years behind bars. Combs' lawyers want him freed now. The sentencing hearing is Friday.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSSexualMisconductDiddythLdWritethru/cba3743249028d9a8b88f2ac07d6e323/text___
Feds reimburse Florida $608 million for 'Alligator Alcatraz' costs
SUMMARY: Federal officials have reimbursed Florida $608 million for an immigration detention center in the Everglades. This move exposes the facility, known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” to a risk of potential closure. A Miami judge ruled in August that the site lacked a proper environmental review before its conversion. The judge gave Florida two months to wind down operations. However, an appellate court in Atlanta paused this injunction, stating the facility didn't need a federal environmental impact study since Florida hadn't received federal funds yet. Environmental groups argue the reimbursement confirms the project is federally funded and requires a full environmental review.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSFloridaImmigrationDetentionCenter/8a7fce9f41aff8f6d32865db425afca0/text___
Flames are visible for miles after a fire erupts at a Chevron refinery outside Los Angeles
SUMMARY: Fire crews are battling massive flames at a Chevron refinery just outside of Los Angeles. Officials in El Segundo, California, urged people to stay indoors Thursday night. By early Friday, they said the fire was contained and there was no threat to public safety. No evacuations have been ordered. The company says there were no injuries, all personnel were accounted for and a monitoring system indicated the fire did not move beyond the facility's fence line. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the fire. El Segundo is a beachside city located about a mile south of Los Angeles International Airport.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSOilRefineryFireLAthLdWritethru/64f6a91853c3080d6852359c691c4073/text___
On eve of sentencing, Combs tells judge he has been 'reborn,' asks for mercy
SUMMARY: On the eve of his sentencing, Sean “Diddy” Combs says he is a new man after realizing he was “broken to my core." Combs wrote sent a letter to a judge late Thursday asking for mercy, saying that after a year in jail he can see how “rotten” he had become. A jury in July convicted Combs of prostitution-related charges but acquitted him of sex trafficking and racketeering. His lawyers say he should go free this month. Prosecutors are seeking over 11 years. In her own letter, Combs' former girlfriend Cassie Ventura rejected his claim to have been reborn in jail. She wrote, "He will always be the same cruel, power-hungry, manipulative man that he is.”
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSSexualMisconductDiddystLdWritethru/ae8002a02642483a39ff7667b5bc3192/text___
Fundraiser for family of Michigan church gunman raises more than $275,000
SUMMARY: A fundraiser for the family members of the man who opened fire in a Michigan church and set it ablaze has raised over $275,000. The organizer says it's an outpouring of forgiveness and love. Thomas “Jake” Sanford drove his pickup truck into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Grand Blanc Township on Sunday, shot into the congregation and set the building on fire. The attack killed four people and police fatally shot Sanford. Dave Butler, a Utah resident and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, says he wanted to do something for Sanford's family.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSChurchShootingMichiganndLdWritethru/66189189c72aff983e86bb035f6899f2/text___
What to know about the life and legacy of chimpanzee researcher and wildlife advocate Jane Goodall
SUMMARY: Famed primatologist Jane Goodall was renowned for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees but dedicated her life to helping all wild animals and the natural world. It was a passion that lasted until her death this week while on a U.S. speaking tour. She gained fame for her work with chimpanzees, immersing herself in every aspect of their lives and discovering traits that were previously thought to be only found in humans. She later became a vocal advocate and was known for a message of hope and credited with inspiring generations of people, especially women and girls.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSJaneGoodallWhattoKnowndLdWritethru/28482f2893c49942421e02943f7e326b/text___
Cockpit recorders of Delta jets that collided on LaGuardia taxiway are being analyzed
SUMMARY: Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided on the ground at LaGuardia Airport in New York, injuring a flight attendant, damaging a cockpit and tearing off part of a wing. The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that the collision happened the night before at the intersection of two taxiways. A wing of an aircraft preparing for takeoff to Roanoke, Virginia, hit the nose of an aircraft arriving from Charlotte, North Carolina. Air traffic control audio recorded a pilot as saying the wing also damaged the cockpit window. Authorities say the flight attendant was taken to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSPlanesRunwayCollisionthLdWritethru/6ccff3aabeca787c31f1f6746ad771fd/text___
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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Hopes fade for quick end to shutdown as Trump readies layoffs and cuts
SUMMARY: Hopes for a quick end to the government shutdown are fading. Republicans and Democrats are digging in for a prolonged fight even as President Donald Trump readies plans to unleash layoffs and cuts across the federal government. Senators are heading back to the Capitol for another vote Friday on government funding. But there has been no indication of a deal. Democrats are demanding Congress take up an extension to health care benefits. Republicans are trying to wear them down with repeated votes on a bill that would reopen the government mostly at current spending levels. The shutdown is now in its third day.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSGovernmentShutdownrdLdWritethru/138e0bd690d616f0735429890d28196f/text___
Trump pauses $2.1B for Chicago infrastructure projects, leveraging shutdown to pressure Democrats
SUMMARY: White House budget director Russ Vought says the Trump administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown. The pause affects a long-awaited plan to extend the city’s Red Line train. Vought wrote on social media Friday the money was put on hold by the Republican administration "to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting.” Vought made a similar announcement earlier this week involving New York, where he said $18 billion for infrastructure would be paused, including funding for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River. President Donald Trump has embraced Vought’s tactics.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSGovernmentShutdownChicagoInfrastructurethLdWritethru/9ef6c7829fc85553bf8d3dbaa759611e/text___
Supreme Court will consider overturning Hawaii's strict ban on guns on private property
SUMMARY: The Supreme Court says it'll take up its latest gun rights case and consider striking down strict regulations on where people can carry firearms in Hawaii. President Donald Trump’s Republican administration had urged the justices to take the case, arguing the law violates the court’s 2022 ruling that found people have a right to carry firearms in public under the Second Amendment. The Hawaii law bans guns on private property unless the owner has specifically allowed them. The law also prohibits firearms in places like beaches, parks, bars and restaurants that serve alcohol, though those are not the focus of the case. Hawaii attorneys argue restrictions strike a reasonable balance between gun rights and public safety.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSSupremeCourtHawaiiGunsthLdWritethru/ed5a815c9f9c3f1397a3dd710fd7e17c/text___
Trump sets Sunday deadline for Hamas to agree to a deal for ending the war in Gaza
SUMMARY: U.S. President Donald Trump says Hamas must agree to a proposed peace deal by Sunday evening, threatening an even greater military onslaught nearly two years into the war sparked by the Oct. 7 attack into Israel. Trump, who issued the warning on Friday, appears keen to deliver on pledges to end the war and return dozens of hostages ahead of the second anniversary of the attack on Tuesday. His peace plan has been accepted by Israel and welcomed internationally, but key mediators Egypt and Qatar, and at least one Hamas official, have said some elements need further negotiation, without elaborating.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLMideastWarsthLdWritethru/bba524e6ac9cc9877e71fefc804cb602/text___
Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump is now openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign. In a post on his Truth Social site Thursday morning, Trump announced he would be meeting with his budget chief, “Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame," to discuss which federal agencies should be cut and whether the cuts should be permanent. Trump’s comments represent a dramatic about-face after he and his campaign spent much of last year denouncing the massive proposed overhaul of the federal government that was drafted by many longtime allies and current and former administration officials.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSGovernmentShutdownTrumpProjectstLdWritethru/2d1ea5e6e32c583ddf6b8a8164e523c3/text___
The blame game is on at federal agencies, where political messages fault Democrats for the shutdown
SUMMARY: Americans' routine interactions with the federal government this week are increasingly being met with partisan messaging. As a Senate deadlock keeps the federal government unfunded, some traditionally apolitical federal agencies are using their official channels to spread a coordinated political message that the shutdown is the Democrats’ fault. The messages are appearing in banners on agency websites, in autoreplies to emails, and in social media posts. They blame the political party that is out of power in Washington, when both sides are refusing to accommodate the other. Some experts suggest that they might be violating a federal law related to political activity by federal employees.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSGovernmentShutdownPartisanMessagingstLdWritethru/ff5dab4e9a3a74af0c94fd9b184d9311/text___
Trump says US is in 'armed conflict' with drug cartels after ordering strikes in the Caribbean
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in an “armed conflict." That's according to a Trump administration memo obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. The memo appears to represent an extraordinary assertion of presidential war powers, with Trump effectively declaring that trafficking of drugs into the United States amounts to armed conflict requiring the use of military force — a new rationale for past and future actions. The U.S. military last month carried out three deadly strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean. The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee says “every American should be alarmed that their President has decided he can wage secret wars.”
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpCartelsthLdWritethru/cb57804807e55a00ace60ad5f4d4f24d/text___
Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and political punishment
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump is using the government shutdown to reshape the federal workforce and target detractors. The president says he'll meet with budget director Russ Vought to discuss potential spending cuts. Trump has already suggested slashing Democratic priorities and mass firings of federal workers. Vought has already withheld funds for projects in New York and canceled green energy projects in Democratic states. Congress remains at a standstill on legislation to end the shutdown, with Democrats demanding concessions on health care. Congress had no action scheduled Thursday in observance of the Jewish holy day, virtually guaranteeing the shutdown will last into Friday.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSGovernmentShutdownthLdWritethru/1fd57313272ec4db5984f653b095be33/text___
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INTERNATIONAL
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One of 2 victims in Manchester synagogue attack was accidentally shot by police
SUMMARY: British police say one of the two men killed in a car and knife attack on a synagogue in the city of Manchester may have been killed by a bullet fired by a police officer. Greater Manchester Police chief Stephen Watson said on Friday that a forensic examination has provisionally determined that the victim had “a wound consistent with a gunshot injury.” He said the attacker did not have a gun and that the only shots fired were by police. Police had earlier identified the two killed in the attack on the Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue in the Manchester suburb of Crumpsall as Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz. Three other people are hospitalized in serious condition.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUBritainSynagogueAttackthLdWritethru/e3d93d116c0334d5c51c1d7c3c933172/text___
Munich Airport temporarily shut after drones reported in latest sightings in EU airspace
SUMMARY: Officials say the Munich airport has been temporarily shut down after several drone sightings in the area. Airport operators say Germany’s air traffic control restricted flights at the airport shortly after 10 p.m. local time Thursday and then halted them altogether. Flights in and out of the airport resumed at 5 a.m. Officials said 17 flights were unable to take off, affecting almost 3,000 passengers. Fifteen arriving flights were diverted to other airports. EU member countries have reported a series of mysterious drone sightings recently over airports and other critical infrastructure sites in the region.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUGermanyAirportDronesthLdWritethru/4c1fdfdb69372a58af9dee4ba12c028d/text___
What to know about the attack at a synagogue in England on Yom Kippur
SUMMARY: A man has driven a car into people and stabbed them outside a synagogue in northwestern England on the holiest day of the Jewish year. Two people were killed and at least three were hurt. The attacker was shot and killed by police, who called Thursday's attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the Manchester area a terrorist attack. Police identified the victims as 53-year-old Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz, who is 66. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said security would be increased and denounced the assailant who “attacked Jews because they are Jews.” Police say the suspect was a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent named Jihad Al-Shamie who had not previously been under investigation.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUBritainSynagogueStabbingWhattoKnowthLdWritethru/68a30390a6680100093874988b954891/text___
Indonesian crews pull more bodies from rubble of collapsed school as death toll rises
SUMMARY: Recovery crews have pulled multiple bodies from beneath the rubble of a school that collapsed in Indonesia, with dozens of students still unaccounted for and the death toll expected to rise. Rescuers had been initially working by hand after the collapse of the school Monday as they searched for survivors. But with no more signs of life detected by Thursday, they turned to heavy excavators equipped with jackhammers to help them progress more rapidly. By evening on Friday they had found five bodies, bringing the confirmed death toll to 10, with more than 50 students still unaccounted for.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APASIndonesiaSchoolCollapsendLdWritethru/1280302605585868cbde0450470ea315/text___
Sarah Mullally named the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in history of Church of England
SUMMARY: Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, has been named Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leader of the Church of England. She will replace former archbishop Justin Welby, who announced his resignation in November. Mullally will face divisions over the treatment of women and LGBTQ people, and she will have to confront concerns that church leaders haven’t done enough to stamp out the sexual abuse scandals that have dogged the church for more than a decade. She follows 105 men to become the first woman to lead 85 million Anglicans worldwide.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUBritainChurchofEnglandthLdWritethru/cb6217f75fbef58e2a22088033248717/text___
A decade after the refugee crisis that shook Europe, a Syrian family becomes German
SUMMARY: A decade after 1 million migrants arrived in Germany from war-torn countries like Syria, Iran and Afghanistan, the country has changed. While the migrants were initially welcomed by Germans who opened their homes and helped integrate the newcomers, the migrants' arrival has also polarized society. Anger over migration has helped the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany to become the country's second strongest party. Even Germany's current government has made curbing irregular migration one its priorities. Despite some hostility, many migrants have integrated well in society, found jobs and even became German citizens.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUMigrationGermany/571030be24158d3d72f90eba18dd50e7/text___
Man kills 2 in car ramming and stabbing attack at English synagogue on Jewish holy day
SUMMARY: A man drove a car into people outside a synagogue in England and stabbed two of them to death on the holiest day of the Jewish year. Officers shot and killed the suspect Thursday at the synagogue in Manchester. At least three other people were hurt. Authorities described the assault as a terrorist attack. Authorities said the man believed responsible was a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent named Jihad Al-Shamie, who entered the U.K. as a young child. Police also said three people were arrested on suspicion of acts of terrorism. They are two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUBritainSynagogueStabbingthLdWritethru/774d7feee44643f5f9667ec882f284d6/text___
Putin praises Trump but warns supplies of US long-range missiles to Ukraine will badly hurt ties
SUMMARY: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the United States that supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington but will not change the situation on the battlefield. At the same time, Putin hailed U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to help negotiate peace in Ukraine and described their August summit in Alaska as productive. Speaking Thursday at a forum of foreign policy experts in Russia’s southern resort of Sochi, Putin appeared to appeal to Trump and his conservative supporters, hailing Charlie Kirk as a hero assassinated for promoting the same conservative values that Russia shares.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEURussiaPutinthLdWritethru/460a9cc0166ee154b6132e95c3a48db0/text___
Israeli navy intercepts boats attempting to break Gaza blockade and arrests activists
SUMMARY: Hundreds of Israeli police officers have been deployed to the port of Ashdod to process some 450 international activists detained by Israeli naval forces hours earlier. Israeli naval forces on Thursday boarded most of the vessels in a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza and detained dozens aboard. Those detained include European lawmakers. The operation has drawn widespread condemnation and sparked protests around the world. The Global Sumud Flotilla was the largest yet to try to break the blockade. Activists said they hoped that the sheer number of boats would make it more difficult for Israeli authorities to intercept them all. But Israel’s Foreign Ministry declared the operation over on Thursday afternoon.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLMideastWarsGazaFlotillathLdWritethru/efc168795ecaea6d569bcb3eba4254c5/text___
Israel intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid in international waters. Can it do that?
SUMMARY: The Israeli interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and hundreds of activists raises questions about what any nation can legally do to enforce a blockade in international waters. As dozens of boats sailed closer to Gaza on Wednesday afternoon, the Israeli navy warned them to turn back. Then Israeli military personnel stormed the vessels and seized activists. The interception sparked condemnation from world leaders and human rights groups who say Israel violated international law. Israeli authorities say they were merely enforcing a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIsraelGazaFlotillaLawExplainerthLdWritethru/7c0b4c31e46e17119accb62d7b6933f3/text___
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza as Hamas considers its response to Trump's peace proposal
SUMMARY: Hospitals say that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 57 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Hamas was still considering its response on Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for ending the nearly two-year war. The plan requires Hamas to return all 48 hostages — about 20 of them thought by Israel to be alive — to give up power and disarm in return for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and an end to fighting. Palestinians long for the war to end but many believe the plan favors Israel, and a Hamas official has said some elements were unacceptable, without elaborating.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLMideastWarsGazathLdWritethru/8f41d1c2f1c127746f7d10d0e561aba4/text___
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Lack of jobs data due to government shutdown muddies view of hiring and the US economy
SUMMARY: From Wall Street trading floors to the Federal Reserve to economists sipping coffee in their home offices, the first Friday morning of the month typically brings a quiet hush around 8:30 a.m. eastern, as everyone awaits the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report. But this Friday, with the government shut down, no jobs report covering September was released. The interruption in the data has occurred at a particularly uncertain time, when policymakers at the Federal Reserve and Wall Street investors would likely prefer more data on the economy, rather than less.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSEconomyNoJobsReportstLdWritethru/77afb7e7a6ef75c564f81cd611664271/text___
Wall Street ticks to more records, led by technology stocks
SUMMARY: U.S. stocks edged up to more records. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2%, while the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.4%. All three set all-time highs. Technology stocks helped lead the way after OpenAI announced partnerships with South Korean companies for its Stargate artificial-intelligence infrastructure project. Fair Isaac surged to its best day in nearly three years after unveiling a program where customers can potentially bypass big credit bureaus for FICO credit scores. Stock indexes also rose across much of Europe and Asia, while Treasury yields eased in the bond market.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APFinancialMarketsthLdWritethru/a08c07307c4483a3583fe2aaa1609637/text___
Federal shutdowns usually don't do much economic damage. There are reasons to worry about this one
SUMMARY: Shutdowns of the federal government usually don’t leave much economic damage. But the one that started Wednesday looks riskier, not least because President Donald Trump is threatening to use the standoff to permanently eliminate thousands of government jobs. For now, financial markets are shrugging off the impasse as just the latest failure of Republicans and Democrats to agree on a budget and keep the government running. But Trump's massive layoff threat and the precarious state of the American economy raise the odds of longer-lasting damage.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSGovernmentShutdownEconomyndLdWritethru/5635da22356dd57949ffcd19e6863c28/text___
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FDA approves another generic abortion pill, prompting outrage from conservatives
SUMMARY: Federal health officials have approved another generic version of the abortion pill, prompting outrage from some abortion opponents aligned with President Donald Trump. Anti-abortion groups quickly criticized the move Thursday, calling it a “stain” on the Trump administration. The groups have been pushing for a safety review of mifepristone for months. The FDA first approved the drug as a safe and effective way to end pregnancies in 2000. The new version of the pill is from drugmaker Evita Solutions. It’s not the first generic version, which FDA previously approved in 2019.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSMEDAbortionPillGenericthLdWritethru/7eb833cb867bc0f2fbf3c7af2ffe4bc3/text___
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CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT
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Goodall's influence spread far and wide. Those who felt it are pledging to continue her work
SUMMARY: In the wake of Jane Goodall's death, the many scientists and others influenced by her are promising to do their best to carry on her legacy. In her 91 years, Goodall transformed science and humanity’s understanding of our closest living relatives on the planet — chimpanzees and other great apes. In addition to her famed research center in Tanzania and chimpanzee sanctuaries in other countries, a new cultural center is expected to open in Tanzania late next year. There also are Jane Goodall Institutes in 26 countries, as well as the institute’s youth-led education program called Roots & Shoots in dozens of countries.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APSCIJaneGoodallLegacyndLdWritethru/2d3a40fd23e23ce88aec68f6e718fa57/text___
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RELIGION
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Pope intervenes in US abortion debate by raising what it really means to be 'pro-life'
SUMMARY: Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church. Leo was asked late Tuesday about plans by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich to give a lifetime achievement award to Illinois Senator Dick Durbin for his work helping immigrants. The plans drew objection from some conservative U.S. bishops given the powerful Democratic senator’s support for abortion rights. Leo called first of all for respect for both sides, but he also pointed out the seeming contradiction in such debates over what it means to be “pro-life.” He said: “Someone who says ‘I’m against abortion but says I am in favor of the death penalty’ is not really pro-life."
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEURELVaticanUSAbortionthLdWritethru/0359c6953303524e5d2387d61e53f474/text___
A well-defined leadership hierarchy makes for no surprises in next president of Mormon church
SUMMARY: The next president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints isn't a surprise. That's because the church has a well-defined leadership hierarchy that has governed it for decades. Former Utah Supreme Court Justice Dallin H. Oaks is expected to ascend to the presidency after the recent death of President Russell M. Nelson, who was 101. Oaks is currently the longest-tenured member of a top body of leaders called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, making him next in line. Religious studies experts say the succession plan was created in 1889 following two years of debate and some politicking. Since then, the plan has been carried out without exception.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSRELMormonChurchHierarchystLdWritethru/90ce246157e27e976af6f57b5e92fc32/text___
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EDUCATION
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Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda and get favorable access to federal money
SUMMARY: The White House is asking nine major universities to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money. A document sent to the universities encourages them to adopt the White House’s vision for America’s campuses. Schools are asked to accept the government’s priorities on admissions, women’s sports, free speech, student discipline and college affordability, among other topics. The schools are Vanderbilt, the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, the University of Southern California, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas, the University of Arizona, Brown University and the University of Virginia. It's not clear how or why they were selected.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpEducationrdLdWritethru/756407729a3b16c7bb51564d5056084c/text___
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Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' is out now. Here's what to know
SUMMARY: Lights, camera, action. Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” has just been released. Are you ready for it? Swift announced her latest era back in August, when she began teasing the release. It is streaming on all major platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music. There are also a number of variants, including vinyl, CD and cassette offerings. There is even an iTunes digital download featuring a new cover image and a nearly three-minute exclusive video from Taylor herself detailing inspirations behind the album.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APENTMusicTaylorSwiftstLdWritethru/e6ae27ac62d972be042e849dc31e140c/text___
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SPORTS
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Schlittler strikes out 12 in postseason debut as Yankees beat Red Sox 4-0 to win Wild Card Series
SUMMARY: Rookie right-hander Cam Schlittler struck out 12 in eight dominant innings and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-0 to win their AL Wild Card Series in a deciding third game. Taking his place in Yankees-Red Sox rivalry lore, the 24-year-old Schlittler overpowered Boston with 100 mph heat in his 15th major league start and pitched New York into a best-of-five Division Series against AL East champion Toronto beginning Saturday. The Yankees became the first team to lose the opener of a best-of-three Wild Card Series and come back to advance since Major League Baseball expanded the first round of the playoffs in 2022.
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Dingler, Pérez lead Tigers past Guardians 6-3 and into AL Division Series against Mariners
SUMMARY: The Detroit Tigers have defeated the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 in the deciding Game 3 of their AL Wild Card Series, advancing to a Division Series against the Seattle Mariners. Dillon Dingler hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning and Wenceel Pérez drove in two runs during a four-run seventh. This marks the second consecutive season the Tigers have won a Wild Card Series on the road. Detroit heads to Seattle for the first two games of their best-of-five Division Series, with Game 1 on Saturday. The Guardians, who made a historic comeback to overtake the Tigers and win the AL Central, fell short in their best-of-three playoff. Kyle Finnegan got the win in relief for Detroit.
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Cubs beat Padres 3-1 to win Wild Card Series, advance to NL Division Series against Brewers
SUMMARY: Pete Crow-Armstrong hit an RBI single off a shaky Yu Darvish, and the Chicago Cubs shut down Fernando Tatis Jr. and the San Diego Padres for a clinching 3-1 victory in Game 3 of their NL Wild Card Series on Thursday. Backed by a raucous crowd of 40,895 at Wrigley Field, Chicago used its stellar defense to advance in the postseason for the first time since 2017. Michael Busch hit a solo homer, and Jameson Taillon pitched four shutout innings before manager Craig Counsell used five relievers to close it out. Next up for Chicago is a matchup with the NL Central champion Brewers in a compelling Division Series, beginning with Game 1 on Saturday in Milwaukee.
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