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President Donald Trump downplayed concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln’s extended deployment in the Middle East. Reports have emerged of mental health struggles among sailors, but the Navy says it has not observed an increase in suicidal ideation.

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President Donald Trump is downplaying concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln’s extended deployment in the Middle East.
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The sun sets over a section of the border wall, June 18, 2025, in Mission, Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The sun sets over a section of the border wall, June 18, 2025, in Mission, Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Judge refuses to block Trump administration from building border wall along tribe’s reservation

A federal judge has refused to block the Trump administration from taking steps to build 62 miles of international border wall along part of a Native American tribe’s reservation without its consent.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to let White House ballroom construction continue during appeal

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Appeals court sides with Trump in fight over subpoena of gender-affirming care provider

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US civil rights agency denies issuing order halting all federal class discrimination complaints

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Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting matter-of-factly that he trailed the executive to an investor conference and gunned him down on a New York City street in 2024. The AP’s Mike Sisak reports from outside the court in New York.

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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A timeline of Luigi Mangione’s criminal cases in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

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Washington Mystics forward Elena Delle Donne, left, goes to the basket against Seattle Storm forward Natasha Howard during the second half of a WNBA basketball game, Aug. 14, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
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Washington Mystics forward Elena Delle Donne, left, goes to the basket against Seattle Storm forward Natasha Howard during the second half of a WNBA basketball game, Aug. 14, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
Coach Dawn Staley talks with players and assistant coaches during a practice for the U.S. women's basketball team in Seattle on April 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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Coach Dawn Staley talks with players and assistant coaches during a practice for the U.S. women’s basketball team in Seattle on April 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Los Angeles Sparks' Candace Parker, right, blocks a shot by New York Liberty's Epiphanny Prince during the second half of a WNBA basketball game, Aug. 4, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Los Angeles Sparks’ Candace Parker, right, blocks a shot by New York Liberty’s Epiphanny Prince during the second half of a WNBA basketball game, Aug. 4, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

A trailblazing women’s class enters the Basketball Hall of Fame

Dawn Staley and the 1996 Olympic women’s basketball team paved the way for the WNBA and players such as Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne and Chamique Holdsclaw.
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Elena Delle Donne quit basketball before her freshman year in college. She ended up a Hall of Famer

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Doc Rivers reflects on getting into the Hall of Fame, and those who made it possible

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Joey Crawford knew as a kid he wanted to be a referee, and it led him to the Hall

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Torchbearer Jason Arday carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Sutton and Merton, in London, July 23, 2012. (Joe Giddens/LOCOG/PA via AP)

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  1. 6 dead, including suspect, in series of killings in Michigan

     
    This undated poster provided by The Michigan State Police (MSP) Seventh District, shows suspect Chad Hickman, who was the suspect in the killing of 5 people and found dead on Friday, Aug.14, 2026. (The Michigan State Police, Seventh District via AP)

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  3. A rare hurricane landfall threat for Hawaii’s Big Island as strengthening Tropical Storm Lala nears

     
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  4. Picasso etching stolen from Milwaukee art gallery in 2018 found by landlord in vacant apartment

     
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Sima covers her face at the grave of her six-month-old granddaughter, her daughter Diba's daughter, who died during the winter, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. Originally from Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, Sima, who believes she is about 60 but does not know her exact age, helps support her extended family by begging and collecting items she can reuse or sell. (AP Photo/Nava Jamshidi)

One woman’s struggle to survive, 5 years after the Taliban took Kabul, in photos

 
A diver in action during High Dive practice as the Eiffel Tower is seen in the background at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

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Army Staff Sgt. Alexis Jaramillo shows photos of his wife, Maisa Lopes Eliaser, a Brazilian national who is detained by ICE, near the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center where she is currently held, in Basile, La., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Joseph Vidrine)

Wife of US soldier is removed from deportation flight and released from federal immigration custody

 
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  1. An ‘influencer’ degree? Colleges bet on content creator major as critics question its value

     
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  2. A federal judge blocks Idaho from prosecuting doctors for health-protecting abortions

     

  3. Massachusetts mayor accused of using a pandemic loan to fund election campaign and pay his taxes

     

Crime

FBI director Kash Patel speaks before President Donald Trump at the David Mack Center for Training and Intelligence, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in Garden City, N.Y. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Homicides dropped 18.1% in 2025 to the lowest rate since 1956, FBI says

 
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  1. Former high-ranking Democratic legislator in New Mexico convicted in federal fraud case

     

  2. Jury selected for trial of former gang leader accused of ordering Tupac Shakur’s killing

     

  3. California prisons fail to stop guards from sexually abusing women, Justice Department finds

     
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Politics

A woman walks near the fountain at the WWII Memorial, in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Suspect arrested in World War II Memorial vandalism in Washington

 
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  2. US Rep. Russell Fry endorses Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina Republican Senate runoff

     

  3. AP Exclusive: US military base schools put new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity

     
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Laufey performs during iHeartRadio's Jingle Ball in Philadelphia, Dec. 15, 2025. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Laufey created a ‘third space’ with her annual fan event, ‘A Very Laufey Day.’ Then it exploded

 

  1. Ellen Greene revisits Audrey from ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ for the film’s 40th anniversary

     

  2. Live animals and baking bread feature in Messiaen’s `Saint François d’Assise’ at Salzburg Festival

     

  3. Italian Carabinieri recover stolen Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse artworks worth millions

     

SPORTS

Atlanta Falcons first-round draft pick James Pearce Jr., speaks during a news conference, Friday, April 25, 2025, in Flowery Branch, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

NFL suspends Falcons’ James Pearce Jr. for 8 games after his arrest in domestic dispute

 

  1. Mike Macdonald explains why Seahawks entered agreement with Terrion Arnold, who faces felony charges

     

  2. Scottie Scheffler shoots 61 to take 3-shot lead in Memphis in playoff opener

     

  3. Major League Baseball awards 2028 All-Star Game to San Francisco, which last hosted in 2007

     

WORLD NEWS

Sailors and Marines line the deck of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as it deploys from San Diego, Jan. 3, 2021. (K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, File)

New aircraft carrier heads toward Middle East after reports of issues on long-deployed USS Lincoln

 
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  1. Hope reborn in Colombia as signs of life emerge under earthquake debris

     

  2. Son of former Mexican President López Obrador says US revoked his visa and appeals directly to Trump

     

  3. Reform UK’s Nigel Farage beats a slate of fringe candidates in election boycotted by major parties

     
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SCIENCE

Performers celebrate the Glasgow Central railway station clock during the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

How clocks, calendars and time zones came to be

 
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  1. Persistent Etna ash shuts Sicily’s busiest airport during peak holiday week

     

  2. The warming climate is forcing marathons to consider changes to keep runners cool

     

  3. Colombia’s earthquake is déjà vu for Venezuelans. The government response is anything but

     
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LIFESTYLE

A boy cools himself off in a fountain on a hot summer day in Moscow, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

The livin’ is no longer so easy: How carefree dreams of ‘summertime’ are fading in 2026’s swelter

 
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  1. Kids keep getting hurt and killed on e-bikes. Should parents be held responsible?

     
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  2. Families feel the pinch of higher children’s shoe prices as kids head back to school

     
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  3. Higher-income families more likely to enroll kids in organized sports, an AP-Ipsos poll finds

     
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A person carries a shopping bag in Philadelphia, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

US retail sales slump unexpectedly and sharply after a summer tax-refund boost fades

 
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  1. Wall Street slips from its record following the latest weak update on the US economy

     

  2. Online forum Reddit will join the influential and closely tracked S&P 500 index

     

  3. How to help after Colombia’s devastating earthquake

     

Technology

A Flock Safety license plate reader is seen along a public road, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Flock announces changes amid backlash over its license plate reader network

 
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  1. Taiwan briefly slows its mobile internet to text-only speed as part of defense drill

     

  2. Google unveils latest Pixel phones with slimmer cameras and more AI features

     

  3. Trump Media pulls back from side ventures after losses, offers fast access to the president’s posts for a fee

     
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Health

President Donald Trump speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, and Jayme Franklin listen during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump’s vaccine plan would require millions of individual shots last used decades ago

 
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  1. USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying

     
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  2. What to know from AP’s report about pregnant women and babies dying in Nepal amid USAID cuts

     
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  3. Aid cuts unravel lifelines for Nepali mothers and their children, in photos

     

Food and Drink

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Movie Review: ‘The Rivals of Amziah King’ is a Southern fried flick with too many ingredients

 
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  2. Pamela Anderson recommends Watermelon Granita for a cool, no-fuss summer dessert

     

  3. Kellogg says it’s removing artificial dyes from cereals by the end of this year

     
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Travel

Smoke from a forest fire rises above the Hürtgenwald, in Düren, Germany, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (Sascha Thelen/dpa via AP)

European countries battle multiple wildfires as record heat grips the continent

 

  1. Broken engine parts shattered the Ryanair plane window that a man’s head got sucked into: NTSB

     
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  2. Record-breaking rain floods Chiba east of Tokyo, killing at least 5 people

     

  3. A second passenger train derails in England in 2 days

     

Climate

The Peruvian Navy destroys a dredge used for illegal mining near the Malinowski River in the Tambopata National Reserve in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peru steps up fight against illegal gold mining as activity enters protected Amazon reserve

 

  1. Key Amazon cases reach Brazil’s Supreme Court following Lula’s defeats in Congress

     

  2. Traditional plastic forks shed harmful microplastics. Plastic created from sugar is an alternative

     
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  3. A pillar of environmental enforcement is targeted by Trump and Musk’s AI company

     
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Be Well

Elementary school teacher Emily Henderson speaks with the high school guidance counselor about back-to-school planning ahead of the school year at BASIS Flagstaff on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Flagstaff, Ariz. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

How to make the most of parent-teacher conferences during back-to-school and beyond

 

  1. Have trouble sleeping in a new place? Most do because of the first-night effect

     

  2. With the right preparation, international trips with babies are possible and even fun

     
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  3. In a post-pandemic world, job candidates feel caught between suits and hoodies

     
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Notable Deaths

New York Mets' Butch Huskey, center, is congratulated by his teammates after hitting a home run against the Houston Astros during the third inning of their Grapefruit League game at Osecola County Stadium in Kissimmee, Fla., March 20, 1996. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Butch Huskey, one of the last MLB players to wear No. 42, dies at 54

 

  1. Skip Bertman, LSU’s 5-time national title-winning baseball coach, dies at 88

     

  2. Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who drove economic reforms and led China into the WTO, dies at 97

     

  3. Hiroshi Okuda, who led Toyota’s climb as a global automaker, dies at 93

     

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San Diego man pleads guilty to kicking protected sea lion in an attack caught on video

 

California lawmakers kill grizzly bear reintroduction bill

 

Judge moves Alex Murdaugh retrial from small county, but motion to toss out case will wait

 

Ohio city fires police officer who shot and killed 15-year-old, settles lawsuit with family

 

Brazil’s Lula triggers reciprocity process against US tariffs in effort to show strength

 

A renewed push to ban seclusion, reduce restraint in Michigan schools

 

Bezos and Saverin join a consortium buying a minority stake in Liverpool

 

Michigan regulators ask lawmakers to end annual rate hikes, change how DTE, Consumers make money

 

Federal judge denies attempt to strike down Mississippi county’s majority-Black judicial districts

 

Army temporarily halts Apache helicopter training missions after Texas crash that killed 2

 

France’s top court blocks under-15 social media ban, citing constitutional freedoms

 

He wandered two quake-shattered landscapes. Now an AP photographer reflects on what his lens saw

 

Palestinians besieged in West Bank village fear Israeli settlers will seize their homes

 
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A toxic gas leak at a Bangladesh shipbreaking yard kills at least 8 workers

 

Myanmar faces rise in diarrhea as monsoon flooding continue to worsen in many parts of the country

 

Vote counting suspended then restarted in Zambia election after attacks at polling stations

 

Oppressive heat, high humidity grip much of the US as students start a new school year

 
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US special forces ready to step up combat drills in Philippines and help deter aggression in Asia

 
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Trump wants older tech used on aircraft carriers, Israeli settlers’ draw sharp US rebuke, challenges to Trump’s vaccine plan

 

Ukrainian HIMARS crew fires and moves on as it tries to avoid detection, in photos

 

Afghanistan marks 5 years under the Taliban with safer streets but pleas for jobs and education

 

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