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TOP STORIES
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ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS — Israeli forces have rescued a hostage found alone underground in Gaza, freeing a living captive from Hamas’ vast tunnel network for the first time since the Oct. 7 attack that ignited the war. The 52-year-old Israeli man was taken Tuesday to a hospital in Israel, where members of his large Bedouin Arab family gathered around his bedside in a joyful reunion. By Melanie Lidman. SENT: 930 words, photos, video, audio. With ISRAEL-HOSTAGE-BREAKDOWN — Negotiations so far more effective than rescues in bringing Israeli hostages home from Gaza; ISRAEL-POLIO-BABY — A 10-month-old Palestinian baby suddenly stopped crawling. Polio had struck Gaza (both sent).
ELECTION-2024-HARRIS-HOUSING — Vice President Kamala Harris has a new advertising push to draw attention to her plan to build 3 million new homes over four years. The move is designed to contain inflationary pressures that also draws a sharp contrast to Republican Donald Trump’s approach. By Josh Boak. SENT: 710 words, photos, audio. With ELECTION-2024-HARRIS-REPUBLICANS — More than 200 former Republican presidential staffers sign open letter endorsing Harris over Trump (sent).
ELECTION-2024-TRUMP-HACK — When the Russian government hacked into Hillary Clinton’s campaign emails and leaked them to the press in 2016, intelligence officials agonized for weeks about the correct response. Faced with a similar hacking campaign this election year, they acted much more swiftly, publicly blaming Iran for attempts to hack into the presidential campaigns of both major parties. By David Klepper and Eric Tucker. SENT: 1,210 words, photo.
ELECTION-2024-TRANSITION -- The Biden administration is offering federal resources to former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris for presidential transition planning for the first time. But experts suggest that both are already behind in preparing for their potential administrations. Tuesday is the latest congressionally mandated date for the General Services Administration to make space available for Trump and Harris, coming three business days after the second nominating convention. By Zeke Miller. SENT: 950 words, photos. With ELECTION-2024-THE-LATEST (sent).
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IMMIGRATION-SPOUSES — Immigration attorneys say families are in limbo after a federal judge in Texas paused a Biden administration program that would provide immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens a pathway to citizenship. The order Monday night by a federal judge in Texas followed a challenge by 16 states and is led by Republican attorneys general. The program could benefit an estimated 500,000 immigrants in the country, plus about 50,000 of their children. By Valerie Gonzalez and Gisela Salomon. SENT: 940 words, photos, audio.
RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR — Russia has fired dozens of missiles and drones across Ukraine for a second day, including some that Ukraine’s president said were shot down by Western-supplied F-16 fighter jets before they reached their targets. The onslaught killed at least five people, destroying a hotel, homes and residential buildings as well as critical infrastructure in multiple Ukrainian regions. Kyiv and other cities had power outages in sweltering heat. By Illia Novikov. SENT: 700 words, photos, videos, audio.
POLICE-SHOOTING-AIRMAN — A judge has denied bond on Tuesday for a fired deputy in the shooting of a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman who answered his apartment door while holding a gun pointed at the floor. Former Okaloosa County deputy Eddie Duran, 38, was charged with manslaughter with a firearm in the May 3 shooting death of 23-year-old Roger Fortson. The rare charge against a Florida law enforcement officer is a first-degree felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison. By Jeff Martin and Mike Schneider. 590 words, photos, video, audio.
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GERMANY-FAR-RIGHT-RACISM — The eastern German states of Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg are set to elect new parliaments next month. In all three states, the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is ahead in the polls as it pushes its anti-immigrant agenda. That political development worries especially Black Germans and African migrants. By Kirsten Grieshaber. SENT: 980 words, photos, video.
BRAZIL-MEDICAL-CANNABIS — In Brazil, Janaína Silva’s 4-year-old son, Murillo, suffers from severe epilepsy, leading to frequent, prolonged convulsions. After various medications failed, his pediatricians prescribed cannabis, significantly reducing his seizures. Thanks to a recently enacted law in the state of Sao Paulo, Silva now receives the medication for free, a relief given its high cost. The legislation is a result of years of activism by mothers of sick kids, despite Brazil’s strict drug laws. By Gabriela Sá Pessoa. SENT: 1,130 words, photos, video.
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OFFICER-KILLED-GIRLFRIEND — The family of the police officer boyfriend Karen Read is accused of killing by hitting him with her vehicle and leaving him to die in the snow has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her and two bars where they had been drinking that night. SENT: 410 words, photos.
WIFE-CHARGED-CHILDREN'S-BOOK — A Utah mother of three who published a children’s book about grief after her husband’s death and was later accused of fatally poisoning him will stand trial. SENT: 740 words, photos.
TUPAC-INVESTIGATION-LAS-VEGAS — A judge again rejected a request to free an ailing former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused in the 1996 killing of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur. SENT: 500 words, photos, audio.
DELTA-AIRLINES-EXPLOSION -- Two workers are dead and a third injured after an explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport. SENT: 320 words, photos, video, audio.
FBN-KELCE-BROTHERS-NEW-HEIGHTS — Kelces cash in: Travis and Jason Kelce take popular ‘New Heights’ podcast to Amazon’s Wondery. SENT: 320 words, photos.
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TRUMP-CAPITOL RIOT — Special counsel Jack Smith files a new indictment against Donald Trump that keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against him following a Supreme Court opinion conferring broad immunity on former presidents. By Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer. SENT: 600 words, photos.
CAPITOL RIOT-SENTENCING — A Kentucky man who was the first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol during a mob’s attack on the building is sentenced to more than four years in prison. SENT: 780 words, photos.
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HEAT-WAVE — As a second straight day of hot soupy temperatures approaching triple digits hung over much of the Midwest, residents have looked for ways to stay cool and indoors. Darrell Taylor, 61, has no air-conditioning in his apartment in Chicago, where it reached a record-breaking 98 degrees Fahrenheit. He described it as feeling like an oven. Running two fans did not improve things. SENT: 790 words, photos. WITH: EXTREME-WEATHER-GLANCE -- Wild week of US weather includes heat wave, tropical storm, landslide, flash flood and snow (sent).
JOURNALIST-KILLED-LAS-VEGAS — A jury has resumed deliberations in the trial of a former Las Vegas-area Democratic politician accused of killing an investigative journalist prosecutors say he blamed for writing stories that destroyed his career, ruined his reputation and threatened his marriage. SENT: 770 words, photos, audio.
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IRAN-NUCLEAR — Iran’s supreme leader opened the door to renewed negotiations with the United States over his country’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, telling its civilian government there was “no barrier” to engaging with its “enemy.” SENT: 880 words, photos.
MEXICO-US-CANADA-PAUSE — Mexico’s president tells reporters he has put relations with the United States and Canadian embassies “on pause” after the two countries voiced concerns over a proposed controversial judicial overhaul. SENT: 500 words, photos.
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HEALTH & SCIENCE
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CLIMATE-HEAT-SKINCARE-SUSTAINABILITY — “Clean beauty,” the idea of promoting healthy and environmentally friendly beauty products, is all the rage online and in big-box stores. While the origins of many raw ingredients are obscured, some small beauty brand owners go the extra mile — but even they can be frustrated by the sacrifices they have to make and the lack of transparency in the industry overall. But knowing exactly what’s in most of the soaps, creams and perfumes on shelves today can be nearly impossible. SENT: 1,210 words, photos.
MOSQUITO-VIRUS-NEW-HAMPSHIRE — A New Hampshire resident infected with the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus has died, state health authorities say. The Hampstead resident’s infection was the first in the state in a decade, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services says. SENT: 500 words, photos, video, audio.
MED-CONGO-MPOX --The growing mpox outbreaks in Africa that triggered the World Health Organization’s emergency declaration are largely the result of decades of neglect and the global community’s inability to stop sporadic epidemics among a population with little immunity against the smallpox-related disease, leading African scientists say. SENT: 930 words, photos. With AF-AFRICA-MPOX — Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a week, but the wait for vaccines continues (sent).
MED-OROPOUCHE-VIRUS — More than 20 people returning to the U.S. from Cuba have been infected with a virus transmitted by bugs in recent months, federal health officials said Tuesday. They all had Oropouche virus disease, also known as sloth fever. SENT: 500 words, photos.
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ENTERTAINMENT
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ENT-OBIT-LEONARD-RIGGIO -- Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.com, has died at age 83. SENT: 1,630 words, photos. Eds: An abridged version is also available.
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TEN--US OPEN — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek fought through a tough first-round match at the U.S. Open while two-time champion Naomi Osaka made an impressive return to the tournament by beating No. 10 Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-2. Osaka, the 2018 and 2020 champion in Flushing Meadows, needed only 64 minutes to oust Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion. It was the kind of performance that was standard from Osaka when she reached No. 1 in the rankings and won four Grand Slam titles between 2018-21. SENT: 320 words, photos.
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Revelers pay respect before forming human pyramids to reach an overhanging earthen pot while celebrating Hindu festival Janmashtami, the festival that marks the birth of Hindu God Krishna, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A Palestinian man mourns a relative killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, reacts against Radu Albot, of Moldova, during a first round match of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Coco Gauff, of the United States, returns a shot at the net to Varvara Gracheva, of France, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Children run through the Whirlpool Compass Fountain as the sun sets during a heat wave Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Joseph, Mich. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
Classmates of the 43 Ayotzinapa students who went missing almost 10 years ago march to demand justice for their loved ones in Mexico City, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
A unionized federal court worker protests against over reforms that would make all judges stand for election in Mexico City, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, center, speaks with a supporter during a stop at a campaign office, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in Roseville, Mich. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Ukrainian soldiers of 3rd assault brigade fly an FPV exploding drone over Russian positions in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
