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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. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— US–NCAA-ELIGIBILITY LAWSUITS DESCRIPTION: Legal battles over college sports eligibility seem to be slowing down. With fall football

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Longtime lawmaker shapes the debate as Arizona grapples with dwindling water supplies

By SEJAL GOVINDARAO Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Throughout two decades marked by drought, climate change and growing demand for water, Arizona’s leaders have fiercely debated an increasingly urgent problem: how to manage dwindling water supplies in an arid state. At the crossroads sits Rep. Gail Griffin, a savvy and quietly assertive lawmaker who has

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Sports on TV for July 26 – 27

By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, July 26 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Geelong at North Melbourne 1 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Melbourne at St. Kilda AUTO RACING 5:55 a.m. ESPN — Formula 1: Sprint Race, Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 9:55

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WNBA Glance

All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 17 6 .739 — Atlanta 14 10 .583 3½ Indiana 13 12 .520 5 Washington 11 12 .478 6 Chicago 7 17 .292 10½ Connecticut 3 20 .130 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 22 4 .846 — Phoenix 15 9 .625

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Sports on TV for July 28 – August 3

By The Associated Press Adv26-27 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, July 28 BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 6 p.m. FS1 — The Basketball Tournament: TBD MLB BASEBALL 9:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Mets at San Diego (9:40 p.m.) OR Pittsburgh at San Francisco (9:45 p.m.) SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 7:55 p.m. FS1 —

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The Latest: Justice Department completes interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s accomplice

By The Associated Press Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, finished 1 1/2 days of interviews Friday with U.S. Justice Department officials, answering questions “about 100 different people,” her attorney said. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence at a low-security federal prison in Tallahassee after being convicted three years

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Israel says it is considering alternatives to ceasefire talks with Hamas, deepening uncertainty

By SAMY MAGDY and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday his government was considering “alternative options” to ceasefire talks with Hamas after Israel and the U.S. recalled their negotiating teams, throwing the future of the negotiations into further uncertainty. Netanyahu’s statement came as a Hamas official said

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Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez enters 2026 governor’s race, calls Trump a ‘maniac’

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez entered the battleground state’s open race for governor Friday by calling President Donald Trump a “maniac,” as she attempts to differentiate herself in what is expected to be a crowded primary. A second Democrat, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, said

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UK, French and German leaders press Israel over Gaza aid after Macron backs a Palestinian state

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The leaders of Britain, France and Germany demanded Israel allow unrestricted aid into Gaza to end a “humanitarian catastrophe,” after French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his country will become the first major Western power to recognize a Palestinian state. The joint statement, issued after a calll

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Rep. Ralph Norman, among House’s most conservative, set to enter South Carolina governor’s race

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — Rep. Ralph Norman, among the most conservative Republicans in the U.S. House, is entering South Carolina’s 2026 governor’s race. The wealthy real estate developer and longtime ally of former Gov. Nikki Haley is expected to file his candidacy paperwork with state officials on Friday, his campaign

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Union Pacific: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific Corp. (UNP) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $1.88 billion. The Omaha, Nebraska-based company said it had profit of $3.15 per share. Earnings, adjusted for pretax gains, came to $3.03 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says defenses are holding firm against Russia’s summer push

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces are holding back Russia’s concerted summer push to break through defenses along parts of the front line, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says. “They are not advancing. It’s very tough for our guys out there. And it’s tough everywhere,” Zelenskyy told reporters on Thursday, in

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International Criminal Court refers Hungary to its oversight body for failing to arrest Netanyahu

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A panel of judges at the International Criminal Court reported Hungary to the court’s oversight organization for failing to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest in April, saying the move undercut the court’s ability to bring suspects to justice. The Israeli

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AP-Scorecard

TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Colorado 6 Baltimore 5 Final Cincinnati 7 Tampa Bay 2 Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Boston 2 Final Philadelphia 12 N.Y. Yankees 5 Final Minnesota 1 Washington 0 Final Chicago White Sox 12 Chicago Cubs 5 Final Texas 8 Atlanta 3 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland at Kansas City 2:40 p.m.

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