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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–Election 2026-Senate-Iowa Iowa Democrat Jackie Norris ends US Senate campaign, citing Des Moines superintendent’s ICE arrest SUMMARY: Democrat Jackie Norris has ended her campaign

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Judge blocks Trump cuts, restores $34 million in anti-terror funds for New York City transit system

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump administration from withholding nearly $34 million in funding earmarked to protect New York’s transit system from terrorist attacks. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said in a ruling Thursday that the Republican administration’s decision, based on the Big Apple’s “sanctuary city” protections for immigrants in

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Iowa Democrat Jackie Norris ends US Senate campaign, citing Des Moines superintendent’s ICE arrest

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Democrat Jackie Norris ended her campaign for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat Thursday, saying she would focus on her job leading the Des Moines public school board following the superintendent’s arrest by immigration authorities. Norris said the Sept. 26 detention of Superintendent Ian Roberts

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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. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–WILD-CAPITALS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Wild visit the Washington Capitals. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 10/17/2025

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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. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–WILD-CAPITALS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Wild visit the Washington Capitals. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 10/17/2025

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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. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–WILD-CAPITALS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Wild visit the Washington Capitals. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 10/17/2025

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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. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–WILD-CAPITALS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Wild visit the Washington Capitals. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 10/17/2025

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Kanchha Sherpa, last surviving member of pioneering Mount Everest expedition, dies at 92

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early Thursday, according to the Nepal Mountaineering Association. Kanchha died at age 92 at his home in Kapan in the Kathmandu district of Nepal, confirmed Phur Gelje Sherpa, the

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Microsoft: Russia, China increasingly using AI to escalate cyberattacks on the US

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia, China, Iran and North Korea have sharply increased their use of artificial intelligence to deceive people online and mount cyberattacks against the United States, according to new research from Microsoft. This July, the company identified more than 200 instances of foreign adversaries using AI to create

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Political crisis in France eases for now as prime minister survives no-confidence vote

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s latest political crisis eased — for now — when Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two consecutive no-confidence votes on Thursday, averting another government collapse and giving President Emmanuel Macron a respite before an even tougher fight over the national budget. The immediate danger may have receded

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The Latest: Indicted ex-Trump adviser John Bolton accused of sharing 1K+ docs on government info

By The Associated Press Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton was charged Thursday with 18 counts of retention and transmission of national defense information, according to unsealed court documents. Bolton is accused of sharing more than 1,000 pages of information about government activities with relatives in diary-like notes. Bolton has denied wrongdoing. The

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