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Total Refrigeration service tech Michael Villa works on an air conditioning unit as temperatures are expected to hit 117-degrees Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Phoenix. Most of the Maricopa County's 645 heat-related deaths last year were outdoors, but 156 people died in their homes. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
FILE - Officers of the Metropolitan Police Department pepper spray demonstrators at George Washington University in Washington, May 8, 2024. More than 3,200 people were arrested on campuses this spring during a wave of pro-Palestinian tent encampments protesting the war in Gaza. (Sage Russell/GW Hatchet via AP, File)
FILE - Motorcyclists and cars drive through a flooded road caused by heavy monsoon rainfall in Karachi, Pakistan, on July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)
Alya Gali, a Gaza Strip-born doctor, looks at debris two weeks after a missile killed nine as it hit a private clinic where he has worked for most of his professional life in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 22, 2024. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 catapulted Gali’s life into the chaos of constant air raids and missile attacks. Israel’s war on Hamas turned his hometown into a hellscape, uprooting his family and killing two of his relatives. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Brisa Hennessy, of Costa Rica, surfs during the quarterfinals round of the 2024 Summer Olympics surfing competition, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Teahupo'o, Tahiti. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Kate Douglass, of the United States, celebrates after winning the women's 200-meter breaststroke final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Nanterre, France, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
President Nicolas Maduro dances outside the Miraflores presidential palace after electoral authorities declared him the winner of the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, moderated by ABC's Rachel Scott, speaks at the National Association of Black Journalists convention, July 31, 2024, in Chicago. The backlash against Trump's attack on Vice President Kamala Harris' racial identity intensified on Thursday. Democrats expressed new outrage and some Republicans distanced themselves from Trump's comments that Harris only recently "turned Black" for political gain. Harris is of Jamaican and Indian heritage. Trump shrugged off the criticism and doubled down by posting on social media a new picture depicting Harris in traditional Indian garb. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by Secret Service at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. Few Americans have high confidence in the Secret Service's ability to keep presidential candidates safe after last month's attempt on Trump's life. That is according to a new poll conducted July 25-29, 2024, from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Only around three in 10 Americans are extremely or very confident that the Secret Service can keep the presidential candidates safe from violence before the election. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
A woman weeps as families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas and their supporters gather in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024 to mark 300 days since their capture on Oct. 7, 2023 by the militant group. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Iranians follow a truck, center, carrying the coffins of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel on Wednesday, during their funeral ceremony at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Elizabeth Whelan, right, hugs her brother Paul Whelan at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Reporter Evan Gershkovich is greeted on the tarmac by his mother, Ella Milman, as President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris look on at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Reporter Evan Gershkovich receives an embrace from a colleague following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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AP POLL-ELECTION 2024-SECRET SERVICE — Few Americans have high confidence in the Secret Service’s ability to keep presidential candidates safe after last month’s attempt on Donald Trump’s life. That’s according to a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. By Adriana Gomez Licon and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux. SENT: 820 words, photos.
ANTI-ABORTION-MATERNITY HOMES — There has been a nationwide expansion of maternity homes in the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal right to abortion. Christian anti-abortion advocates want to open more of these transitional housing facilities for pregnant women to meet a growing need. It’s part of what they see as the next step in preventing abortions and providing long-term support for families. By Tiffany Stanley. SENT: 1,760 words, photos, video. A 1,200 word abridged has moved. With MATERNITY HOMES-EXPLAINER (sent)
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ELECTION 2024-HARRIS — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign says she has secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to officially be the party’s nominee for president. The online voting process doesn’t end until Monday, but the campaign marked the moment Friday when she crossed the threshold to have the majority of delegates’ votes. Harris is poised to be the first woman of color at the top of a major party’s ticket. By Will Weissert and Chris Megerian. SENT; developing. With ELECTION 2024-HARRIS-FUNDRAISING (sent); ELECTION 2024-THE LATEST (sent; developing)
ECONOMY-RECESSION SIGNALS — A surprising rise in the unemployment rate last month has rattled financial markets and set off new worries about the threat of a recession — but it could also prove to be a false alarm. Friday’s jobs report also showed hiring slowed last month. It coincides with other signs the economy is cooling amid high prices and elevated interest rates. The U.S. economy used to flash reliable signals when it was in or near a recession. But those red lights have gone haywire since the COVID-19 pandemic struck and upended normal business activity. Over the past two or three years, they’ve signaled downturns that never arrived as the economy just kept rolling along. By Christopher Rugaber and Paul Wiseman. SENT: 1,240 words, photos.
UNITED STATES-RUSSIA-PRISONER SWAP-HOW IT HAPPENED — The 24-person blockbuster prison swap carried out this week required the U.S. to regroup after the unexpected death in February of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who’d been seen as a key cog in a potential exchange. It depended on the willingness of Germany to release from custody a Russian who just five years earlier had committed a cold-blooded killing on its soil, and for other European countries to give up their prisoners. And it forced Russia to part with Americans, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, it had stockpiled as trade bait. By Eric Tucker, Zeke Miller and Matthew Lee. SENT: 1,480 words, photos. With RUSSIA-PRISONER SWAP (sent)
VENEZUELA ELECTION-CHORIZO — Twenty-four hours after polls closed in Venezuela’s presidential election, the leader of the opposition announced that her coalition had gathered more than two-thirds of vote tally sheets from polling centers nationwide. She said the tallies show President Nicolás Maduro had lost. The tally sheets have long been considered the ultimate proof of election results in Venezuela. By Regina Garcia Cano. SENT: 1,150 words, photos, video. With VENEZUELA ELECTION — A half-dozen masked assailants ransacked the headquarters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in the latest escalation of violence against opponents of Nicolas Maduro following the country’s disputed presidential election. (sent)
ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS — Thousands of mourners have converged around the flag-draped coffin of Hamas’ slain political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in the emirate of Qatar as the fallout from his death in an alleged Israeli attack surged with breathtaking speed. Friday’s funeral ceremony in Doha, attended by members of the militant Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups, as well as Qatari and Iranian officials, was subdued. However, across the Muslim world — from Jordan and Morocco to Yemen and Somalia — angry crowds waving Palestinian flags rushed out of mosques after midday Friday prayers, chanting for revenge. Following the back-to-back assassinations of Haniyeh in Tehran and top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut, international diplomats have scrambled to head off a full-fledged regional war. By Isabel Debre and Julia Frankel. SENT: 1,200 words, photos, audio. With MIDEAST TENSIONS-THE LATEST (sent)
OLY--BOX-IMANE KHELIF-CAREER — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has landed in the middle of a divide about gender in sports after her Italian competitor, Angela Carini, pulled out seconds into their bout at the Paris Olympics. Khelif has fought at numerous major amateur boxing tournaments over the past six years, including the Tokyo Olympics, but Khelif was decidedly not known as a dominant champion, an overpowering physical specimen or even a particularly hard puncher at her weight. By Greg Beacham. SENT: 1,140 words, photos. With OLY-BOXING-LGBTQ FEARS — LGBTQ+ athletes, officials and observers have warned that a deluge of hateful comments misidentifying a female boxer in the Paris Olympics as transgender or a man could pose dangers for the LGBTQ+ community and female athletes.; OLY-BOXING-CONTROVERSY — Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has won her opening Olympic boxing bout. (both sent)
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OLY-BRK-BREAKING ROOTS COMMUNITY —- Breaking is debuting as a sporting event in the 2024 Paris Games as part of an effort to attract younger viewers. But outside the Olympic arena, some in Paris’ local breaking scene feel skeptical of the subculture being co-opted by officials, commercialized and put through a rigid judging structure, when the spirit of breaking has been rooted in local communities, centered around street battles, cyphers and block parties. SENT: 1,250 words, photos.
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RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-PALESTINIAN DOCTOR — In war-torn Ukraine, he is Alya Shabaanovich Gali, a popular doctor with a line of patients waiting to see him. To his family thousands of kilometers away in the besieged Gaza Strip, he is Alaa Shabaan Abu Ghali, the one who left. SENT: 1,200 words, photos, video. With RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR (sent)
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TROPICAL WEATHER — A storm system brewing over Cuba on Friday could bring torrential rain and flooding to the Florida peninsula this weekend. SENT: 600 words, photos.
BRITAIN-PROTESTS — Several suspects arrested in violent protests that erupted after the fatal stabbing of three children in northwest England are due in court as officials brace for more clashes over the weekend. SENT: 560 words, photos.
MEXICO-RAINWATER-HARVESTING — Driven by prolonged drought and inconsistent public water delivery, some Mexico City residents are changing the way they get water. In low-income areas, a group of women water harvesters works to keep existing systems functioning while also educating residents on how to maintain their harvesting system. SENT: 1,110 words, photos.
UNITED STATES-SUDAN-FAMINE — U.S. officials are warning that a newly confirmed famine in Sudan’s Darfur region is on pace to become the world’s worst in decades. SENT: 610 words, locator map.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE-ARREST — A New York judge has suspended Justin Timberlake’s driver’s license over his DWI arrest in June. Timberlake pleaded not guilty Friday at a virtual court appearance on Long Island. SENT: 330 words, photos.
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ELECTION 2024-NORTH CAROLINA-GOVERNOR — A new commercial by Mark Robinson, North Carolina Republican’s nominee for governor, is seeking to counter ads by Democratic rival Josh Stein criticizing his abortion views. The Robinson commercial describes his wife’s own abortion decades ago. SENT: 810 words, photos.
TRUMP-CAPITOL RIOT — The criminal case charging Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election has been returned to the trial judge in Washington after a Supreme Court opinion last month that narrowed the scope of the prosecution. SENT: 440 words, photo.
HUNTER BIDEN - Hunter Biden is set to be sentenced on felony firearms charges in November. Under an order signed by a judge on Friday, the president’s son could face up to 25 years in prison at sentencing set for Nov. 13, but as a first-time offender he is likely to get far less time or avoid prison entirely. SENT: 320 words, photo.
ELECTION 2024-BILES - Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles has entered the fray of the U.S. presidential race with a social media post that appears to clap back at Donald Trump’s comment about “Black jobs.” Responding to a photo of her posted on X on Friday, Biles writes, “I love my black job.” SENT: 340 words, photos.
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EDUCATION-CAMPUS-PROTESTS-ARRESTS — More than 3,200 people were arrested on college campuses this spring during a wave of pro-Palestinian tent encampments protesting the war in Gaza. Many students have already seen those charges dismissed. But the cases have yet to be resolved for hundreds of people at campuses that saw the highest number of arrests, according to an analysis of data gathered by The Associated Press. SENT: 1,430 words, photos. A 900-word abridged version has moved.
WILDFIRES — Firefighters battling California’s largest wildfire of the year are preparing for treacherous conditions entering the weekend. SENT: 850 words, photos.
EXTREME HEAT-AIR CONDITIONING — The growing number of people dying in the U.S. without sufficient cooling when outdoor temperatures rise underscores the necessity of air conditioning in areas affected by rising summer temperatures. That’s especially true for people over 60 who live in older mobile homes, trailers and RVs lacking proper insulation and AC. SENT: 1,150 words, photos, graphic, audio.
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KOREA DIPLOMAT-DEFECTOR — Ri Il Gyu, North Korea’s former number two diplomat in Cuba, who has resettled in South Korea, says he fled to South Korea with his family last November in frustration over his highly repressive, corrupt homeland. SENT: 1.020 words, photos.
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FINANCIAL MARKETS — Stocks tumbled Friday on worries the U.S. economy could be cracking under the weight of high interest rates meant to whip inflation. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
TIKTOK LAWSUIT — The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, accusing the company of violating children’s online privacy law and running afoul of a settlement it had reached with another federal agency. SENT; developing.
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FILE - Veronica Fraley competes in the women's discus throw final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials on June 27, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
Total Refrigeration service tech Michael Villa works on an air conditioning unit as temperatures are expected to hit 117-degrees Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Phoenix. Most of the Maricopa County's 645 heat-related deaths last year were outdoors, but 156 people died in their homes. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
FILE - Officers of the Metropolitan Police Department pepper spray demonstrators at George Washington University in Washington, May 8, 2024. More than 3,200 people were arrested on campuses this spring during a wave of pro-Palestinian tent encampments protesting the war in Gaza. (Sage Russell/GW Hatchet via AP, File)
FILE - Motorcyclists and cars drive through a flooded road caused by heavy monsoon rainfall in Karachi, Pakistan, on July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)
Alya Gali, a Gaza Strip-born doctor, looks at debris two weeks after a missile killed nine as it hit a private clinic where he has worked for most of his professional life in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 22, 2024. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 catapulted Gali’s life into the chaos of constant air raids and missile attacks. Israel’s war on Hamas turned his hometown into a hellscape, uprooting his family and killing two of his relatives. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Brisa Hennessy, of Costa Rica, surfs during the quarterfinals round of the 2024 Summer Olympics surfing competition, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Teahupo'o, Tahiti. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Kate Douglass, of the United States, celebrates after winning the women's 200-meter breaststroke final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Nanterre, France, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
President Nicolas Maduro dances outside the Miraflores presidential palace after electoral authorities declared him the winner of the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, moderated by ABC's Rachel Scott, speaks at the National Association of Black Journalists convention, July 31, 2024, in Chicago. The backlash against Trump's attack on Vice President Kamala Harris' racial identity intensified on Thursday. Democrats expressed new outrage and some Republicans distanced themselves from Trump's comments that Harris only recently "turned Black" for political gain. Harris is of Jamaican and Indian heritage. Trump shrugged off the criticism and doubled down by posting on social media a new picture depicting Harris in traditional Indian garb. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by Secret Service at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. Few Americans have high confidence in the Secret Service's ability to keep presidential candidates safe after last month's attempt on Trump's life. That is according to a new poll conducted July 25-29, 2024, from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Only around three in 10 Americans are extremely or very confident that the Secret Service can keep the presidential candidates safe from violence before the election. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
A woman weeps as families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas and their supporters gather in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024 to mark 300 days since their capture on Oct. 7, 2023 by the militant group. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Iranians follow a truck, center, carrying the coffins of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel on Wednesday, during their funeral ceremony at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Elizabeth Whelan, right, hugs her brother Paul Whelan at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Reporter Evan Gershkovich is greeted on the tarmac by his mother, Ella Milman, as President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris look on at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Reporter Evan Gershkovich receives an embrace from a colleague following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
