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Sunflowers bloom in Kalyvia Varikou, near Litochoro in northern Greece, backdropped by Mount Olympus, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Mount Olympus, home of the ancient Greek gods, is a candidate for the UNESCO World Heritage List

10:26 PM on Friday, July 17

Mount Olympus, the mythological home of ancient Greece’s 12 Olympian gods, may soon join UNESCO’s World Heritage List

FILE - Schoolgirls walk home past a mural from the women's organization Plan International in Freetown, Sierra Leone, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly, File)

Takeaways from AP's report on the impact of US aid restrictions on reproductive rights in Africa

10:16 PM on Friday, July 17

The Trump administration has announced new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas

FILE - A woman walks past a billboard promoting the Safe Motherhood Bill on Wilkinson Road in Freetown, Sierra Leone, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly, File)

Women are dying in Africa as US ramps up its global battle against abortion

10:14 PM on Friday, July 17

The Trump administration's new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas is delivering new momentum to U.S. anti-abortion groups

Labour Party's Andy Burnham delivers a speech at the People's History Museum in Manchester, England, Monday, June 29, 2026.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Why Britain is getting a new prime minister without a general election

9:00 PM on Friday, July 17

Veteran Labour Party politician Andy Burnham is set to become Britain’s next prime minister on Monday

A memorial grows at the site where Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by ICE agents, last week, on Monday, July 13, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren)

A Texas prosecutor reveals new details in an ICE killing of a Houston father

5:24 PM on Friday, July 17

A federal prosecutor in Texas has shared new details about the shooting of Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE officer in early July

FILE - A male alligator snapping turtle is held after being trapped by the Turtle Survival Alliance-North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group, Nov. 24, 2018, as part of the process of tagging turtles. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

US cancels automatic protections for imperiled animals as critics warn of extinctions

4:41 PM on Friday, July 17

The U.S. Interior Department has canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction

FILE - South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks before President Donald Trump at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Friday, July 3, 2026, near Keystone, S.D. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Judge blocks South Dakota abortion advertising ban against nonprofit

4:12 PM on Friday, July 17

A federal judge has ruled that South Dakota can't enforce its abortion advertising ban against a reproductive health nonprofit

Russell Vought, acting director, Office of Management and Budget, testifies before the House Financial Committee on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) semi-annual report, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Federal judge bars Trump administration from using obscure clause to make huge funding cuts

4:05 PM on Friday, July 17

A federal judge in Boston has ruled the Trump administration can’t use an obscure clause relating to agency priorities to make funding cuts

FILE - The download screen for the Truth Social app is displayed on a laptop computer, March 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Paying for early access to Trump's Truth Social could raise big money - and major ethical issues

2:40 PM on Friday, July 17

In yet another unprecedented move by America's first billionaire president, Donald Trump may soon be profiting from a new line of business tied to his office: charging access for a first peek at certain posts on his Truth Social platform

President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Trump says these documents prove his false claims of election fraud. Here's what they really say

2:21 PM on Friday, July 17

President Donald Trump has released a trove documents that he claims prove voter fraud and foreign interference in the 2020 election

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Senator says key piece of college sports legislation 'probably' has 60 votes to clear upper chamber

2:07 PM on Friday, July 17

A lawmaker sponsoring a key piece of federal college sports legislation says he believes the bill likely has the support it needs to make it through the upper chamber

FILE - An AR-15 style rifle is fired at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), National Services Center on March 2, 2023, in Martinsburg, W.Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Federal appeals court rules that New Jersey's assault weapons ban is unconstitutional

1:50 PM on Friday, July 17

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that New Jersey’s bans on assault firearms and magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds are unconstitutional

FILE - The Citizens logo is seen on a bank, Nov. 24, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Citizens Bank to cut ties with CoreCivic and GEO after a fierce public pressure campaign

12:11 PM on Friday, July 17

Citizens Bank plans to end its financial relationship with two private prison companies, CoreCivic and The GEO Group

FILE - This photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows polymetallic nodules in a sample from the seafloor that was collected on April 14, 2026, in U.S. waters off American Samoa. (USGS via AP, File)

The US plans to auction off sections of water around American Samoa in a push for deep-sea mining

10:34 AM on Friday, July 17

The U.S. government is planning to auction off massive sections of water surrounding American Samoa for potential deep-sea mining

FILE - Containers pile up at Kwai Chung Container terminal in Hong Kong, Apr. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei, File)

US lets Hong Kong emergency declaration lapse, lifting some sanctions as Trump order stays

9:45 AM on Friday, July 17

The United States has not renewed the national emergency declaration over Hong Kong, lifting some sanctions but keeping an executive order that revoked Hong Kong's special trading status

Newly-sworn Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., sister of Lindsey Graham, walks past cameras as she leaves the Old Senate Chamber following a cermonial oath of office ceremony allowing her to serve as her late brother's temporary replacement, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump urges Darline Graham to run for full Senate term as funeral scheduled for Lindsey Graham

9:02 AM on Friday, July 17

President Donald Trump says Darline Graham, the sister of the late Lindsey Graham, has his support to run for a full term to replace her brother in the U.S. Senate

President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

The Latest: DHS Secretary Mullin says he’ll chase voter fraud after Trump revives election claims

5:29 AM on Friday, July 17

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has pledged to aggressively pursue voter fraud cases at the White House complex after President Donald Trump revived debunked election theories in a primetime speech

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