AP News Digest 6 p.m.

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CIA-SEXUAL-MISCONDUCT — A veteran CIA officer is facing assault and battery charges accusing him of drunkenly groping a woman and forcibly kissing her during an impromptu party in the office last year celebrating his 50th birthday. The accusations mark the latest case of sexual misconduct to spill from the spy agency into a public court. And they come as the CIA has promised to crack down on sexual misconduct in its ranks — even as it refuses to disclose details of the extent of the problem. By Jim Mustian and Joshua Goodman. SENT: 1,160 words, photos,

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SEPT 11-ANNIVERSARY — With presidential candidates looking on, some 9/11 victims’ relatives appealed to them Wednesday for accountability as the U.S. marked an anniversary laced with election-season politics. In a remarkable tableau, President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris stood together at ground zero just hours after Trump and Harris faced off in their first-ever debate. Trump and Biden — the successor whose inauguration Trump skipped — shook hands, and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared to facilitate a handshake between Harris and Trump. By Jennifer Peltz and Karen Matthews. SENT: 960 words, photos, video, audio. With SEPT-11-ANNIVERSARY:-PHOTO-COLLECTION.

TROPICAL-WEATHER — Hurricane Francine barrels toward Louisiana, strengthening to a Category 2 storm that could bring deadly storm surge, widespread flooding and destructive winds on the northern U.S. Gulf coast. The hurricane later Wednesday was expected crash into a fragile coastal region that hasn’t fully recovered from a series of devastating hurricanes in 2020 and 2021. By Jack Brook and Sara Cline. SENT: 880 words, photos, videos, audio. With HURRICANE-FRANCINE:-PHOTO-COLLECTION (sent).

ELECTION-2024 — Donald Trump has emerged from a rocky debate against Kamala Harris looking to regain his footing with 55 days until Election Day, the first ballots already going out in Alabama and other states on the cusp of early voting. By Adriana Gomez Licon and Bill Barrow. SENT: 1,140 words, photos. With ELECTION-2024-THE-LATEST; ELECTION 2024-DEBATE-ABORTION — Trump will not say whether he would sign a national abortion ban (upcoming by 8 p.m.); ELECTION 2024-DEBATE-FACIAL EXPRESSIONS — Harris and Trump said as much with their faces as they did with their words (sent). (all sent).

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ELECTION-2024-HAITIANS-IMMIGRANTS-OHIO — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were abducting and eating pets, repeating during a televised debate the type of inflammatory and anti-immigrant rhetoric he has promoted throughout his campaigns. By Mike Catalini, Julie Carr Smyth and Bruce Shipkowski. SENT: 1,200 words, photo.

CONGRESS-BUDGET — Speaker Mike Johnson has pulled a vote on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months as it became increasingly clear the measure lacked the support to pass as a potential partial government shutdown looms. By Kevin Freking. SENT: 560 words, photos, video, audio.

RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR — The United States and Britain have pledged nearly $1.5 billion in additional aid to Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv by their top diplomats as Ukrainian officials renewed their pleas to use Western-provided missiles against targets deeper inside Russia. SENT: 940 words, photos, audio.

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS — Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight and Wednesday hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, killing at least 34 people, including 19 women and children, hospital officials say. The war in Gaza is now into its 11th month, with tens of thousands of people dead, and international efforts to mediate a cease-fire between Israel and the Hamas militant group have repeatedly stalled as they accuse each other of making additional and unacceptable demands. By Wafaa Shurafaa. SENT: 760 words, photos, video, audio.

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ELECTION-2024-DEBATE-UKRAINE — Former President Donald Trump said in Tuesday’s presidential debate that he wanted Russia’s war with Ukraine to be over. But when asked, he twice refused to directly say if he wanted U.S. ally Ukraine to win. SENT: 670 words, photos.

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OBIT-FRANKIE-BEVERLY — Frankie Beverly, who with his band Maze inspired generations of fans with his smooth, soulful voice and lasting anthems including “Before I Let Go,” has died at age 77. SENT: 590 words, photo.

JOE-JONAS-SOPHIE-TURNER-DIVORCE — Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner have been declared divorced by a Florida judge. SENT: 410 words, photos.

JUSTIN-TIMBERLAKE-ARREST — Justin Timberlake reaches plea deal to resolve drunken driving case, AP source says. SENT: 370 words, photos, audio.

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ELECTION-2024-POSTAL-SERVICE — State and local election officials say problems with the nation’s mail delivery system are threatening to disenfranchise voters in the presidential election, saying that ballots postmarked on time were received by local election offices days after the counting deadline and some properly addressed ballots were being returned as undeliverable. SENT: 970 words, photos. With ELECTION 2024-ELECTION FUNDING — Top election officials from two swing states plead for more federal money even as they say they’re confident in their preparations for November’s vote (sent).

ELECTION 2024-DEBATE-MEDIA — The ABC News moderators were great. No, actually they were a “disgraceful failure.” They cut off Kamala Harris too much. No, actually they corrected Donald Trump unfairly. Such is the contentious tenor of the times in 2024’s campaign season. And so it went Tuesday night at Trump’s and Harris’ first — and possibly only — debate. By David Bauder. SENT: 850 words, photos.

ELECTION 2024-TRUMP-LAURA LOOMER — Laura Loomer, a right-wing activist who posted last year that 9/11 was an “inside job,” joined Donald Trump in New York and Pennsylvania as he commemorated the anniversary of the attacks. SENT: 590 words, photos.

ELECTION-2024-HARRIS-GUNS — Vice President Kamala Harris said during Tuesday’s debate that she owns a gun, surprising some viewers. Harris raised the issue to rebut allegations from Donald Trump that she wants to confiscate firearms. SENT: 280 words, photo.

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TYRE-NICHOLS — Three former Memphis police officers charged in the January 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols stood by his body and laughed after they punched, kicked and struck him with a baton in an attack that a prosecutor says was punishment because he tried to run away. SENT: 800 words, photos, video.

WILDFIRES — Three major wildfires in Southern California have expanded dramatically — burning homes, cars and horse stables in hillside communities and injuring at least a dozen people, officials say. SENT: 890 words, photos, videos, audio. With CLIMATE-US-WILDFIRES-PHOTO-GALLERY — As wildfires burn in California, firefighters work to squelch the flames; CLIMATE-GLIMPSE — Wildfires plague U.S. West and Brazil, Yagi rampages in Vietnam (both sent).

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POLAND-ELECTION-2024 — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ warning that failing to support Ukraine could leave Poland and other countries open to attack by Russia is resonating in Poland. Former President Donald Trump twice refused to directly answer a question during the debate about whether he wanted U.S. ally Ukraine to win the war. SENT: 870 words, photos.

VENEZUELA-HAITI-REFUGEES-REPORT — A global human rights watchdog has called on Latin American governments to improve protection schemes, grant legal status and reverse “onerous visa requirements” for millions of Haitians and Venezuelans who have struggled to find work, access to health care and education in South American host countries, forcing them to increasingly seek asylum in the United States. SENT: 620 words, photo.

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HEALTH & SCIENCE

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SCI-PRIVATE-SPACEFLIGHT-SPACEWALK — Paying passengers have lined up to rocket to space to experience a few minutes of weightlessness. Now some are seeking a bigger thrill: spacewalking. The stage is set Thursday for the first private spacewalk when a tech billionaire and his crew will attempt the feat. SENT: 710 words, photos, video, audio. With RUSSIA-SPACE-STATION — A Soyuz craft with 2 Russians and 1 American docks at the International Space Station (sent).

MED-ABORTION-TUBAL-LIGATIONS -- A new study shows that more women chose to have their tubes tied after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. The study also shows the biggest increases were in states that ban abortion. SENT: 440 words, photo.

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CONSUMER-PRICES — The post-pandemic spike in U.S. inflation eased further last month as year-over-year price increases reached a three-year low, clearing the way for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and likely shaping the economic debate in the final weeks of the presidential race. SENT: 990 words, photos, audio.

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ENT-MUSIC-MTV-VMAs — The MTV Video Music Awards return with a whole lot of Taylor Swift. Will she become the most-awarded musician in VMAs history? The pop star leads the nominations with 12 — eight for her “Fortnight” music video, two social categories and nods in the best pop and artist of the year categories. SENT: 400 words, photos, developing. Show starts at 8 p.m.

ENT-EMMYS PREVIEW — All signs point to this Sunday’s Emmy Awards becoming the “Shogun” show. The FX series about power struggles in feudal Japan has already broken the record for most Emmys for a single season after 14 victories at the precursor Creative Arts ceremony. It could add six more on Sunday, including best drama and best actor and actress in a drama for stars Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai. SENT: 1,010 words, photos.

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FBN-DOLPHINS-HILL — Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill acknowledges that he could have handled himself better in the initial moments of a weekend traffic stop that left him handcuffed and pulled out of his car by police near the team’s stadium. But Hill also says he wants one of the officers involved in the incident dismissed from the police force. By Tim Reynolds and Alanis Thames. SENT: 1,060 words, photos, video.

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Pope Francis travels in a buggy as he greets the volunteers on his arrival in Singapore, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Police guard Congress during protests against President Javier Milei's veto of a pension raise in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Firetrucks are seen around a building as scorched trees smolder during the Bridge Fire in Wrightwood, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A customer enters a gas station that is boarded up in anticipation of Hurricane Francine, in Morgan City, La., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Marine One, with President Joe Biden aboard, arrives before a ceremony marking the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at the Flight 93 National Memorial, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Shanksville, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

From left, Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, attend the 9/11 Memorial ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Protesters attempt to break into a room in the Senate as lawmakers weigh the government's proposed judicial reform, which would make judges stand for election, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Pope Francis attends the meeting with young people in Centro de Convencoes in Dili, East Timor, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

A firefighter battles the Airport Fire, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in El Cariso, an unincorporated community in Riverside County, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

A man pushes a stack of plyboards in flood following Typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Huy Han)

Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Muwasi, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. An Israeli strike killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others early Tuesday, Palestinian officials said. Israel said it targeted "significant" Hamas militants, allegations denied by the militant group. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A full house packs One Longfellow Square to watch the presidential debate between Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Karen Sellinger reacts to a comment by former President Donald Trump during the presidential debate between Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Christine Bell, left, 56, and Tara Correia, 56, watch the presidential debate between Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at the Taste Food & Wine, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Philadelphia Police push pro-Palestinian protesters out of the street during the presidential debate between Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris shake hands before the start of an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

AP News Digest 3 a.m.

AP News Digest 3 a.m.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy" Combs was expected to appear before a federal judge in New York on Tuesday after his indictment on undisclosed criminal charges.

The music mogul was arrested late Monday in Manhattan, roughly six months after federal authorities conducting a sex trafficking investigation raided his luxurious homes in Los Angeles and Miami.

The indictment detailing the charges was expected to be unsealed Tuesday morning, according to U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.

Over the past year, Combs has been sued by people who say he subjected them to physical or sexual abuse. He has denied many of those allegations and his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said outside the courthouse Tuesday morning that Combs would plead not guilty. Agnifilo said he would “fight like hell” to try and get his client released from custody.

Agnifilo said he didn’t have details on the indictment, but that Combs knew it was coming and had relocated to New York two weeks ago in anticipation. Of Combs, he said, “His spirits are good. He’s confident.”

Combs, 54, was recognized as one of the most influential figures in hip-hop before a flood of allegations that emerged over the past year turned him into an industry pariah.

In November, his former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit saying he had beaten and raped her for years. She accused Combs of coercing her, and others, into unwanted sex in drug-fueled settings.

The suit was settled in one day but months later CNN aired hotel security footage showing Combs punching and kicking Cassie and throwing her on a floor. After the video aired, Combs apologized, saying, “I was disgusted when I did it.”

Combs and his attorneys, however, denied similar allegations made by others in a string of lawsuits.

Douglas Wigdor, a lawyer for Cassie, said in a statement Tuesday that “neither Ms. Ventura nor I have any comment.”

“We appreciate your understanding and if that changes, we will certainly let you know,” he added.

A woman said Combs raped her two decades ago when she was 17. A music producer sued, saying Combs forced him to have sex with prostitutes. Another woman, April Lampros, said Combs subjected her to “terrifying sexual encounters,” starting when she was a college student in 1994.

The AP does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as Cassie and Lampros did.

Combs, the founder of Bad Boy Records, has gotten out of legal trouble before.

In 2001, he was acquitted of charges related to a Manhattan nightclub shooting two years earlier that injured three people. His then-protege, Shyne, was convicted of assault and other charges and served about eight years in prison.

This story has been corrected to show that Combs' age is 54, not 58.

Associated Press writer Andrew Dalton in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

FILE - Host Sean "Diddy" Combs presents the revolt black excellence award at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is expected in court after New York indictment

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is expected in court after New York indictment

FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Four: Battle For Stardom" at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)