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TOP STORIES
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SUPREME COURT-BORDER WALL-LAWSUIT _ The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to tap Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico. President Donald Trump tweets that the decision is a "Big WIN for Border Security and the Rule of Law!" By Jessica Gresko. SENT: 720 words, photos.
ELECTION SECURITY _ A new Senate report on Russian interference in U.S. elections is highlighting one of the biggest challenges to preventing foreign meddling: the limited powers and ability of the federal government to protect elections run by state and local officials. And that has given fuel to arguments that a larger federal role is needed. By Christina A. Cassidy and Colleen Long. SENT: 1,000 words, photo.
UNITED STATES-TALIBAN _ The United States began bombing Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 attacks to root out al-Qaida fighters harbored by the Taliban. More than 18 years later, preventing Afghanistan from being a launching pad for more attacks on America is at the heart of ongoing U.S. talks with the Taliban. By Deb Riechmann and Kathy Gannon. SENT: 1,070 words, photos.
PHILIPPINES-EARTHQUAKE _ Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines, killing at least eight people, injuring about 60 and damaging ancestral houses famous among tourists. By Jim Gomez. SENT: 610 words, photos.
AFRICA-SANITATION CRISIS _ As Africa faces a population boom unmatched anywhere in the world, millions of people are moving to fast-growing cities while decades-old sanitation facilities crumble and rot under pressure. Uganda's capital, Kampala, has only 14 free public toilets, many of them dilapidated structures with walls often smeared with feces. By Rodney Muhumuza. SENT: 910 words, photos.
SOUTH SUDAN-PROTECTING WILDLIFE _ South Sudan is trying to rebuild its vast national parks and game reserves following a five-year civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people. The conflict stripped the country of much wildlife but biodiversity remains rich with more than 300 mammal species, including 11 primates. Now growing poaching is the threat. SENT: 740 words, photos.
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YEMEN-FLOODS _ Yemeni officials: At least 6 die when floods swept through much of country's south after heavy rainfall. SENT: 130 words.
AFGHANISTAN _ Afghan official: Taliban suicide bombing targets district police headquarters in eastern province, killing 3 officers. SENT: 140 words, photo.
MISSING CHILD OREGON _ The Medford Police Department and the FBI are searching for a 2-year-old boy after his parents were involved in an apparent murder-suicide in Montana. SENT: 290 words.
LAST SLAVE SHIP _ Alabama files a claim to preserve the wreckage of the Clotilda, the last-known slave ship in the United States. SENT: 300 words.
RAPE SUSPECT-FAKED DEATH _ A Scottish man who authorities say faked his death off California's Carmel coast to avoid rape charges back home has been arrested. SENT: 250 words, photos, video.
GIRL SCOUTS-SEARCH _ Authorities in northern Minnesota reached a group of Girl Scouts who were reportedly affected by a lightning strike in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. SENT: 210 words.
ITALY-POLICEMAN SLAIN _ Italian police say two young American tourists have confessed to fatally stabbing an Italian paramilitary policeman who was investigating the theft of a bag with a cellphone. SENT: 140 words.
AMERICAN RELEASED-SYRIA _ The family of an American man who was detained in Syria says he has been released after two months in captivity in the war-torn country. SENT: 130 words.
PACIFIC DRUG SMUGGLING _ A U.S. Coast Guard ship has brought a huge haul of cocaine seized from Pacific Ocean smugglers to San Diego. SENT: 130 words.
INFANTS-CAR DEATH _ A father has been charged in the deaths of infants twins who were apparently left in a car for hours while he put in a day at work. SENT 140 words.
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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DEMOCRATS-IMPEACHMENT _ Midway into the first year of the House majority, Democrats have yet to vote to impeach President Trump. And maybe they never will. The House has recessed for a six-week summer break without launching impeachment proceedings, a searing blow to liberals in the aftermath of special counsel Robert Mueller’s halting testimony on Capitol Hill. By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick. SENT: 1,080 words, photos, video.
UNITED STATES-GUATEMALA _ The Trump administration signed an agreement with Guatemala that will restrict asylum applications to the U.S. from Central America. The so-called "safe third country" agreement would require migrants, including Salvadorans and Hondurans, who cross into Guatemala on their way to the U.S. to apply for protections in Guatemala instead of at the U.S. border. By Zeke Miller and Colleen Long. SENT: 920 words, photo.
ELECTION SECURITY-STATES _ The death of a bill in Congress this week that would have bolstered election security systems puts more pressure on states to prevent cyberattacks from Russia that former special counsel Robert Mueller warned against this week. But many states are paralyzed by their own inaction. SENT: 830 words, photo.
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INTERNATIONAL
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HONG KONG-PROTESTS _ Police in Hong Kong fired tear gas at protesters who defied authorities' warnings not to march in a neighborhood where six days earlier a mob apparently targeting demonstrators brutally attacked people in a train station. SENT: 730 words, photos. With HONG KONG-PROTESTS-THE LATEST.
SWM--WORLDS-BALCONY COLLAPSE _ A balcony inside a nightclub in South Korea collapsed, killing two people and injuring 16, including American and other athletes at the world swimming championships, officials say. SENT: 560 words, photos.
SOUTH SUDAN-PROTECTING WILDLIFE _ South Sudan is trying to rebuild its vast national parks and game reserves following a five-year civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people. The conflict stripped the country of much wildlife but biodiversity remains rich with more than 300 mammal species, including 11 primates. Now growing poaching is the threat. SENT: 740 words, photos.
BRAZIL-DEPORTATION _ Brazil's far-right administration issued new regulations that open a fast-track for deporting foreigners who are deemed "dangerous" or have violated principals of the constitution. SENT: 490 words.
BAHRAIN _ Two men convicted in a mass terrorism trial were executed in Bahrain, the kingdom's authorities announced in a case that activists have decried and that U.N. human rights experts had expressed concerns over. SENT: 380 words.
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NATIONAL
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VOTING MACHINES-GEORGIA _ Georgia allowed its election system to grow "way too old and archaic" and now has a deep hole to dig out of to ensure that the constitutional right to vote is protected, U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg says. SENT: 870 words, photos.
ALASKA FERRIES-LABOR DISPUTE _ The first strike by Alaska ferry workers in over 40 years has snarled travel plans for thousands of people during the busy tourist and fishing season, leaving some stranded and catching the attention of a Democratic presidential candidate. SENT: 640 words, photos.
BAIL REFORM TEXAS _ A settlement that ensures most misdemeanor defendants are quickly released and don't languish in jail has been reached in a federal lawsuit over the bail system in Texas' most populous county, officials announce. SENT: 590 words.
DEATH PENALTY-ARIZONA _ Arizona is poised to resume executions after a five-year hiatus brought on by an execution that critics said was botched, a subsequent lawsuit challenging the way the state carries out the death penalty, and the difficulty of finding lethal injection drugs, Attorney General Mark Brnovich says. SENT: 490 words, photo.
GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM SCRUTINY-RESIGNATION _ The professional guardian linked to the death of a 75-year-old Florida man began relinquishing hundreds of guardianships across Florida as law enforcement officials opened a criminal investigation against her. SENT: 470 words.
TRUMP GOLF-BRONX COURSE _ President Donald Trump's company posted annual losses at his golf course in the Bronx for the first time since it opened four years ago as expenses rose, greens fees barely budged and the opening of a clubhouse was delayed. SENT: 420 words, photos.
MICHIGAN PROFESSOR-ASSAULT CLAIM _ A grand jury in Texas this week indicted a University of Michigan professor who's also a renowned opera singer on one count of sexual assault for what prosecutors say was the rape of an incapacitated man in 2010. SENT: 330 words, photo.
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ENTERTAINMENT
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TV-POWER-50-CENT _ 50 Cent said he thinks "Power" being overlooked by the Emmys over the years was racial despite the success of popular Starz series that has a prominently black cast. By Entertainment Writer Jonathan Landrum Jr. SENT: 400 words, photos. With TV-POWER-MARY J BLIGE _ Mary J. Blige to star in first of several "Power" spinoffs (sent).
TV-FOUR WEDDINGS _ Hulu's "Four Weddings and a Funeral" pays homage to the 1990s film, but don't expect a Hugh Grant copycat in the limited series. Creator Mindy Kaling says she deliberately avoided the movie's floppy-haired British guy as the romantic lead. Kaling says that character and look was "iconic" for Grant's career and for comedy, but there are ways to stake out new ground. The 10-episode Hulu series features leading characters who are Pakistani-British and black. It debuts July 31. By Television Writer Lynn Elber. SENT: 210 words, photos.
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SPORTS
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BBA--YANKEES-RED SOX
BOSTON _ Mookie Betts and the Boston Red Sox followed one rout with another, capitalizing as the New York Yankees' starting pitchers faltered in historic fashion. Betts homered in his first three at-bats off James Paxton and added an RBI double as the Red Sox beat New York 10-5, pulling within nine games of the AL East-leading Yankees. SENT: 800 words, photos.
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