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To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Dying to Serve-Benefits-Backlog Sen. Grassley calls delays at a benefits program for deceased officers ‘absolutely unacceptable’ SUMMARY: A powerful U.S. senator is calling on

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Dying to Serve-Benefits-Backlog Sen. Grassley calls delays at a benefits program for deceased officers ‘absolutely unacceptable’ SUMMARY: A powerful U.S. senator is calling on

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs confirms he won’t testify and praises the trial judge for an ‘excellent job’

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs told the judge at his sex trafficking trial that he’s doing an “excellent job” as he confirmed Tuesday that he won’t testify. Combs made the comment to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian after being asked about testifying. The question

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Tuesday, Jun. 24. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see

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Rep. Robert Garcia elected top Democrat on Oversight panel, setting new path for party’s opposition

By MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Robert Garcia was elected the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee on Tuesday, charting a new direction for the party’s opposition to congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump’s administration. Garcia, of California, won the job overwhelmingly in a closed-door vote of the House Democratic

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–CHIEFS-UK GAME PLAN DESCRIPTION: Kansas City Chiefs’ strategy to expand UK fandom: cultural connections and mascot diplomacy…

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–CHIEFS-UK GAME PLAN DESCRIPTION: Kansas City Chiefs’ strategy to expand UK fandom: cultural connections and mascot diplomacy…

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–CHIEFS-UK GAME PLAN DESCRIPTION: Kansas City Chiefs’ strategy to expand UK fandom: cultural connections and mascot diplomacy…

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–CHIEFS-UK GAME PLAN DESCRIPTION: Kansas City Chiefs’ strategy to expand UK fandom: cultural connections and mascot diplomacy…

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Trump is trying to script the perfect ending to war in Iran. Will the rest of the world go along?

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wanted the brief and explosive American intervention in the Middle East to end with the satisfying tidiness of a prime-time season finale. After days of stoking suspense over whether he would help Israel’s attacks on Iran, followed by a spectacular bombing mission against nuclear

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A person tries to stay cool in midtown Manhattan on Monday during extreme heat.

Tuesday was the hottest day in over a decade for parts of the East Coast. When will this extreme heat wave end?

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A long-lasting extreme heat wave reached its dangerous crescendo Tuesday, bringing the hottest day in a decade to some major East Coast cities and putting millions of already fatigued Americans at risk. The brutal conditions, spurred by a potent heat dome, peaked Tuesday after building over the weekend

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