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ONLY ON AP

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AP POLL-ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE — A new survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and USAFacts finds that the majority of Americans don’t trust generative AI models to give them accurate answers. Most have remained skeptical of these rapidly advancing technologies, particularly when it comes to information about high-stakes events such as elections. By Ali Swenson and Linley Sanders. SENT: 850 words, photo.

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TOP STORIES

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SOUTH KOREA-A-DIVIDED-NATION — There are two Koreas, North and South. But there’s also more than one South Korea; it’s split into camps with often polar opposite views on the danger posed by their nuclear-armed neighbor to the north. This division in South Korean sentiment has lasted through a tumultuous history of war, dictatorship, poverty and, in recent decades, head-spinning though unevenly distributed economic growth. By Foster Klug, Jiwon Song and Jae C. Hong. SENT: 1,910 words, photos, video. With SOUTH KOREA-A-DIVIDED-NATION-TAKEAWAYS; and KOREAS-TENSIONS — North Korea launches multiple ballistic missiles after Kim vowed to bolster war readiness — SENT.

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS — Hospital officials say Israeli airstrikes across Gaza have killed at least 34 people, including 19 women and children. The strikes hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes. The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says six staffers were among the dead. By Wafaa Shurafaa. SENT: 810 words, photos, video, audio. With ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-AMERICAN KILLED-VIGIL — Hundreds gather on Seattle beach to remember American activist killed by Israeli military; MIDDLE-EAST-TENSIONS-MILITARY — US aircraft carrier in the Middle East is heading home — SENT.

ELECTION 2024 — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are each making a beeline for swing states that they hope to flip in their favor. Harris will hold rallies in Charlotte and Greensboro in North Carolina, while Trump is heading to Tucson, Arizona. By Chris Megerian, Jonathan J. Cooper and Gary Robertson. SENT: 790 words, photos. First Harris event at 4:30 p.m.; Trump event at 5 p.m. With ELECTION 2024-PENNSYLVANIA VOTERS — Debate was an ‘eye opener’ in suburban Philadelphia and Harris got a closer look — SENT.

VIETNAM-FLOODS — Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and more than 125 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll. The death toll spiked earlier in the week as a flash flood swept away the entire hamlet of Lang Nu in northern Vietnam’s Lao Cai province. By Hau Dinh and David Rising. SENT: 400 words, photos, video.

ASIA-POPE — Pope Francis praised Singapore’s economic strength as a testament to human ingenuity but urged the city-state to look after the weakest, too, especially foreign workers, as he opened the final leg of his tour through some of Asia’s poorest countries in one of the world’s richest. By Nicole Winfield. SENT: 770 words, photos. With POPE-VISITS-SINGAPORE:-PHOTO-COLLECTION — SENT.

TROPICAL-WEATHER — Francine weakened to a tropical storm after striking Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane that blacked out more than 275,000 homes and businesses, sent storm surge rushing into coastal communities and raised flood fears in New Orleans and beyond as drenching rains spread over the northern Gulf Coast. By Jack Brook and Sara Cline. SENT: 880 words, photos, videos, audio. With WARM OCEANS-FRANCINE — Warm oceans strengthened Hurricane Francine and could power more Fall storms; and HURRICANE-FRANCINE:-PHOTO-COLLECTION — SENT.

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SPOTLIGHTING VOICES

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ELECTION 2024-STEREOTYPING THROUGH FOOD — It’s a practice that’s about as American as apple pie — accusing immigrant and minority communities of engaging in bizarre or disgusting behaviors when it comes to what and how they eat and drink. The latest iteration came at Tuesday’s presidential debate, when former President Donald Trump spotlighted a false online tempest around the Haitian immigrant community of Springfield, Ohio. By Deepti Hajela. SENT: 1,000 words, photos. With ELECTION-2024-HAITIANS-IMMIGRANTS-OHIO — An Ohio city reshaped by Haitian immigrants lands in an unwelcome spotlight — SENT.

SOUTH-AFRICA-HEALTH-TRAIN — A passenger train in South Africa has been transformed into a mobile health facility. It circulates throughout the country for much of the year, providing medical attention to the sick, young and old who often struggle to receive the care they need at crowded local clinics. By Mogomotsi Magome. SENT: 800 words, photos, video.

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MORE NEWS

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MUSIC-MTV-VMAs — Taylor Swift wins big at MTV Video Music Awards, ties Beyoncé’s record and thanks Travis Kelce. SENT: 940 words, photos, video.

DOLPHINS-HILL — Tyreek Hill says he could have handled his traffic stop better but he still wants the officer fired. SENT: 1,090 words, photos, videos, audio.

BON JOVI-WOMAN ON BRIDGE — Jon Bon Jovi helps talk a woman down from a ledge on a Nashville bridge. SENT: 140 words, photo, audio.

TIGER-CUBS-MINNESOTA — Pair of rare Amur tiger cubs debuting at Minnesota Zoo are raising hopes for the endangered species. SENT: 540 words, photos.

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WASHINGTON/POLITICS

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ELECTION-2024-DEBATE-ABORTION — Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined to say during this week’s debate if he would veto a national abortion ban if he were elected again. The exchange comes as voters and those on either side of the abortion debate wait for Trump to clarify his fluctuating abortion stances. SENT: 1,000 words, photo.

ELECTION 2024-BLACK WOMEN-SENATE — The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly elected to the chamber. SENT: 1,230 words, photos.

ELECTION-2024-DEBATE-RATINGS — An estimated 67.1 million people watched the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. That’s a sharp increase from the June debate that eventually led to President Joe Biden dropping out of the race. SENT: 330 words, photo.

See more on Election 2024 here.

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NATIONAL

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WILDFIRES — Firefighters battling three major wildfires in the mountains east of Los Angeles are taking advantage of cooler weather as they slowly gain the upper hand against blazes that have destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate. SENT: 880 words, photos, videos, audio.

TYRE-NICHOLS — Three former Memphis police officers charged in the beating death of Tyre Nichols stood by his body and laughed after pummeling him in an attack caught on video. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Rogers says the officers attacked Nichols for fleeing a traffic stop, calling the punishment a “run tax.” SENT: 850 words, photos, video, audio.

ABORTION-FLORIDA — When Florida’s ban on abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy began on May 1, the number of abortions didn’t drop as much as it has when other states implemented similar policies, a study estimates. SENT: 940 words, photo.

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PERU-OBIT-ALBERTO-FUJIMORI — Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in autocratic excess that later sent him to prison, has died. He was 86. SENT: 1,250 words, photos, video.

NIGERIA-FLOODS — Severe flooding in northeastern Nigeria has left 30 people dead and affected more than a million others, authorities said. The collapse of a major dam in the state of Borno caused some of the state’s worst flooding since the same dam collapsed 30 years ago, and prompted many residents to flee their homes. SENT: 350 words, photo.

UNITED-NATIONS-SUDAN — The Sudanese government accused the United Arab Emirates of providing weapons to its rival paramilitary force and prolonging the 17-month war. The UAE called the allegations “utterly false” and “baseless” and accused the government of refusing to negotiate peace with its enemy. SENT: 760 words, photo.

AUSTRALIA-AFGHANISTAN-WAR — Several serving and former Australian military commanders have been stripped of medals over allegations of war crimes committed during the Afghanistan war, Defense Minister Richard Marles said. SENT: 560 words, photo.

NETHERLANDS-LIBERATION-CEMETERY — People ‘adopting’ fallen soldiers buried at an American war cemetery in the Netherlands are helping to keep alive memories of their sacrifice as the country marks the 80th anniversary of the start of its liberation from World War II Nazi occupation. It’s an act of gratitude and remembrance that started almost as soon as war ended and endures to this day. SENT: 670 words, photos.

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HEALTH & SCIENCE

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PRIVATE SPACEFLIGHT — A billionaire will have to wait a little longer to perform the first private spacewalk. SpaceX delayed the spacewalk by at least three hours. No explanation was immediately available. SENT: 150 words, photo, video, developing.

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BUSINESS/ TECH

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EUROPE-GOOGLE-AI-PRIVACY — European Union regulators say they’re looking into one of Google’s artificial intelligence models over concerns about its compliance with the bloc’s strict data privacy rules. SENT: 310 words, photo.

BOEING-LABOR-CONTRACT — Boeing is preparing to learn whether 33,000 aircraft assembly workers, most of them in the Seattle area, are going on strike and shutting down production of the company’s best-selling planes. SENT: 620 words, photos.

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SPORTS

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DODGERS-FOUR HOMERS — Gavin Lux singled in the go-ahead run with two outs in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied after blowing a 7-3 lead to beat the Chicago Cubs 10-8. Shohei Ohtani hit his 47th home run and stole his 48th base while three other Dodgers went deep in the first inning for the NL West leaders. SENT: 660 words, photos. With PHOTO COLLECTION: SHOHEI OHTANI CHASES HISTORIC 50-50 CLUB — HOME RUNS and STOLEN BASES.

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Taylor Swift arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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

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

Firefighters hose down hot spots on a fire-ravaged property while battling the Bridge Fire, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Wrightwood, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

A reporter takes cell phone images of the devastation left behind by the Airport Fire, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in El Cariso Village, in unincorporated Riverside County, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

The entrance to Lake Ponchartrain Causeway is closed due to Hurricane Francine in Metairie, La., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. The causeway is the longest continuous bridge over water in the world. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

People embrace while The Tribute in Light is illuminated in the sky on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs are signing Kareem Hunt to their practice squad, reuniting with a running back who first achieved stardom with them before video of him assaulting a woman led to his release, a person familiar with their decision told The Associated Press.

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the team had not yet announced the move.

The Chiefs brought Hunt in for a workout after Isiah Pacheco, their top running back, sustained a right ankle injury in Sunday's win over Cincinnati that could keep him out the majority of the season. They also have Clyde Edwards-Helaire on the non-football illness list for at least two more games, leaving them short-handed at the position heading to Atlanta this weekend.

Undrafted rookie Carson Steele and journeyman Samaje Perine are expected to get the majority of snaps, though the Chiefs also have Keaontay Ingram and Emani Bailey that they could promote from the practice squad to provide some depth.

That is where Hunt is likely to reside for at least a couple of weeks, until he learns enough of the playbook to contribute.

The Chiefs drafted him in the third round in 2017 out of Toledo, and he immediately made an impact, running for a league-high 1,327 yards and eight touchdowns as a rookie. He came back the following season, the first with Patrick Mahomes as the starter at quarterback, and ran for 824 yards and seven touchdowns through the first 11 games.

In late November, video surfaced that showed Hunt shoving a woman to the ground and kicking her in the hallway of a Cleveland hotel. The Chiefs released him, though no charges were filed when the woman stopped cooperating with authorities.

The Browns signed him in February, and Hunt served an eight-game suspension at the start of the 2018 season for violating the NFL's personal-conduct policy. He went on to run for for 179 yards and two touchdowns and caught 37 passes for 285 yards and another score, earning a two-year, $13.25 million contract extension to remain a part of the Cleveland backfield.

Hunt missed part of the 2021 season with a calf injury and fell behind Nick Chubb and Jerome Ford in the rotation, and he did not re-sign with Cleveland after last season. He wound up spending five years there, running for 2,285 yards and five TDs.

The Chiefs are chasing a record third consecutive Super Bowl title this season. They opened with a 27-20 win over Baltimore that came down to an incompletion by the Ravens in the end zone on the final play of the game. Then on Sunday, they rallied to beat the Bengals 26-25 when Harrison Butker kicked a 51-yard field goal with no time left.

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Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco, right, runs with the ball as Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt (57) defends during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid talks to the media after an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. The Chiefs won 26-25. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

FILE - Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt (27) scores a touchdown ahead of Los Angeles Rams free safety Lamarcus Joyner (20) as Chiefs offensive guard Cameron Erving (75) looks on during the first half of an NFL football game, Monday, Nov. 19, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)