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NEW/DEVELOPING
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Adds: HURRICANE-SPORTS; OBIT-CISSY-HOUSTON; TUNISIA-ELECTION; ABORTION-GEORGIA; NCAA-SETTLEMENT; BBA-ALDS-ROYALS-YANKEES; TROPICAL-WEATHER-HOW-TO-PREPARE; HURRICANE-MILTON-TAMPA-WHAT-TO-KNOW; HURRICANE-HELENE; ELECTION 2024-MICHIGAN-SENATE; ELECTION 2024-FOREIGN INFLUENCE-CONGRESS; MEGA-MILLIONS-PRICE-CHANGE; CLIMATE-WEATHER CONTROL
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ELECTION-2024-TRUMP-TURNING-POINT — The conservative group Turning Point has long been known for hosting glitzy events, cultivating far-right influencers and raising prodigious amounts of money. But this election season the group changed its focus to mobilizing an army of Donald Trump supporters to get to the polls. By Dan Merica and Brian Slodysko. SENT: 1,850 words, photos. An abridged version is also available.
MIDEAST-WARS-US-MILITARY-SPENDING — The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began and led to escalating conflict around the Middle East, according to a report for Brown University’s Costs of War project, released on the anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel. By Ellen Knickermeyer. SENT: 940 words, photos.
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MIDEAST-WAR-ANNIVERSARY — Israelis hold somber ceremonies to mark a year since the deadliest attack in the country’s history, a Hamas-led raid that shattered its sense of security and has since spiraled into wars on two fronts with no end in sight. By Melanie Lidman and Tia Goldenberg. SENT: 1,180 words, photos, video, audio. With MIDEAST WAR ANNIVERSARY-TAKEAWAYS — Mideast violence is spiraling a year since the Gaza war began; ISRAEL-LEBANON-WHAT-TO-KNOW; MIDEAST-WAR-ANNIVERSARY-BY-THE-NUMBERS; MIDEAST-WAR-THE-LATEST; (all sent).
Find a selection of related photos in the Mideast Tensions Photo Collection on APNewsroom.
MIDEAST-WAR-ANNIVERSARY-GAZA-DESTRUCTION — The Gaza Strip is in ruins. There are hills of rubble where apartment blocks stood, and pools of sewage-tainted water spreading disease. City streets have been churned into dirt canyons and, in many places, the air is filled with the stench of unrecovered corpses. With no end in sight to the war and no plan for the day after, it is impossible to say when anything will be rebuilt. By Joseph Krauss and Sarah El Deeb. SENT: 1,520 words, photos, video. With MIDEAST WAR-ANNIVERSARY-GAZA DESTRUCTION-TAKEAWAYS (sent).
MIDEAST WAR-ANIVERSARY-SHATTERED-KIBBUTZ — A year has passed since Hamas militants tore through the border fence separating Gaza from the small community of Kfar Aza, killing scores of civilians and taking over a dozen residents hostage. Still, very few people have returned to the badly damaged kibbutz. SENT: 1,640 words, photos. An abridged version is available. See more on war in the Middle East below.
HURRICANE-MILTON — Florida’s storm-battered Gulf Coast races against a Category 5 hurricane as workers sprint to pick up heaps of appliances and other street debris left over from Helene two weeks ago and highways were clogged with people fleeing ahead of the storm. By Haven Daley and Mike Schneider. SENT: 1,250 words, photo, videos, audio. With HURRICANE-MILTON-THE-LATEST; HURRICANE-SPORTS — Hurricane Milton forces NFL, NHL and other sporting events to adjust game plans; TROPICAL-WEATHER-HOW-TO-PREPARE — Ahead of hurricane strike, Floridians should have a plan, a supply kit and heed evacuation advice; HURRICANE-MILTON-TAMPA-WHAT-TO-KNOW — Could Tampa take a direct hit from Hurricane Milton? CLIMATE-WEATHER CONTROL — Control the path and power of hurricanes like Helene? Forget it, scientists say (all sent).
ELECTION-2024-FEDERAL-DEBT — No one is likely to be happy with the projected higher deficits laid out in a new analysis of Kamala Harris’ and Donald Trump’s economic plans. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget suggests a Harris presidency could increase the national debt over 10 years by $3.5 trillion. The same analysis says former President Trump’s ideas could heap another $7.5 trillion onto the debt and possibly as much as $15.2 trillion. By Josh Boak. SENT: 760 words, photo. With ELECTION 2024-TRUMP-TAX PROPOSALS — A look at Donald Trump’s no-tax pledges and their cost (sent).
NOBEL-MEDICINE — Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches inside cells that help control what the cells do and when they do it. SENT: 1,040 words, photos, video.
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BURUNDI-AVOCADO-COUNTRY — Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to look for a truck parked by a highway when they want to sell their avocados. They watch crews working for export companies in neighboring African countries weigh and load the crated fruits. Such roadside exchanges long provided a ready market for small-scale avocado growers in a country that’s sometimes ranked as the world’s poorest. By Rodney Muhumuza and Gaspard Maheburwa. SENT: 1,230 words, photos, video.
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MIDEAST WARS
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MIDEAST-WAR-ANNIVERSARY-GLOBAL-PROTESTS — Commemorations and protests have unfolded across the world to mark the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, an assault that sparked a war that has devastated the Hamas-ruled Gaza strip, fueled hostilities and bloodshed in other Mideast lands and ignited protests and divisions in farflung countries. SENT: 820 words, photos, video.
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RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR — Ukraine’s military says it struck a major oil terminal in Crimea that provides fuel for Russia’s war effort as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the war has entered a key phase. SENT: 540 words, photos. With RUSSIA-AMERICAN-SENTENCED — Russian court sentences a 72-year-old American to nearly 7 years in prison for fighting in Ukraine (sent).
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OBIT-CISSY-HOUSTON — Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother and a Grammy-winning singer, dies at age 91. SENT: 530 words, photos.
NCAA-SETTLEMENT — NCAA college athletes closer to pay-to-play with judge’s preliminary approval of settlement. SENT: 620 words, photo.
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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ELECTION 2024 — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris mark the first anniversary of the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust as the presidential candidates approach the final weeks of the campaign during a widening conflict in the Middle East. SENT: 960 words, photos. With ELECTION 2024-TRUMP-IMMIGRATION — Trump suggests that migrants who are in the U.S. and have committed murder did so because “it’s in their genes” (sent). Updates expected after evening Trump and Harris events.
SUPREME COURT-ABORTION — The Supreme Court lets stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans. SENT: 630 words, photo. With SUPREME COURT-TRUMP-TWITTER — The court won’t hear an appeal from Elon Musk’s X platform; SUPREME COURT-SHKRELI — The court rejects an appeal from “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli (both sent).
ELECTION 2024-MICHIGAN-SENATE — Former Rep. Mike Rogers is attempting to become the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in Michigan in 30 years. Rep. Elissa Slotkin stands in his way on the Democratic side and holds a significant fundraising advantage. SENT: 1,190 words, photo.
ELECTION 2024-FOREIGN INFLUENCE-CONGRESS — Foreign governments are targeting House and Senate races around the country in their effort to meddle with American democracy this election year, intelligence officials warn. UPCOMING: 500 words, photo by 7 p.m.
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ABORTION-GEORGIA — The Georgia Supreme Court has halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while it considers the state’s appeal. SENT: 730 words, photos.
HURRICANE-HELENE — The head of the U.S. disaster response agency has continued to forcefully push back against false claims and conspiracy theories about her agency’s response to Hurricane Helene as the death toll from the storm continued to climb. SENT: 710 words, photos.
MEGA-MILLIONS-PRICE-CHANGE — The cost of buying a Mega Millions jackpot dream will soon more than double, but lottery officials say they’re confident players won’t mind paying more after changes that will lead to larger prizes and more frequent winners. SENT: 400 words, photo.
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INTERNATIONAL
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HAITI-GANG-ATTACK — Thousands of Haitians are facing an uncertain future after surviving a brutal gang attack last week in a small town that killed at least 70 people. SENT: 810 words, photos.
TUNISIA-ELECTION — Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has won re-election in a landslide victory after a campaign season that saw his opponents jailed alongside journalists, activists and attorneys. SENT: 390 words, photos.
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HEALTH/SCIENCE
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MED-LIFE-EXPECTANCY — Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Advances in medical technology and genetic research — not to mention larger numbers of people making it to age 100 — are not not translating into marked jumps in lifespan overall, according to researchers who found shrinking longevity increases in countries with the longest-living populations. SENT: 660 words, photos.
SCI-ASTEROID-MISSION — A spacecraft blasts off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago in a dress rehearsal for the day a killer space rock threatens Earth. SENT: 740 words, photos, video, audio.
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BBA-ALDS-ROYALS-YANKEES — Cole Ragans starts for the Kansas City Royals and Carlos Rodón for the New York Yankees, who lead 1-0 in a best-of-five AL Division Series. By Baseball Writer Ronald Blum. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos. First pitch scheduled for 7:38 p.m.
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