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UPCOMING
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SOC-WORLD CUP DRAW
FORMATS: Text, AP 360
1. WITH: SOC--WCUP-US PATH
2. DESCRIPTION: WASHINGTON — Tyler Adams has set a bold goal for the U.S. soccer team, aiming to reach the World Cup semifinals for the first time since the first tournament in 1930. By Ronald Blum. UPCOMING: 580 words, photos.
3. UPCOMING: By 12/06/2025 6:00 a.m. EST
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REL--FAST-GROWING-CHURCH
DESCRIPTION: Young adults are waiting in line to worship on Sundays at 2819 Church in Atlanta and hear Pastor Philip Anthony preach with intensity and urgency. In about three years, attendance has grown from less than 200 weekly churchgoers to about 6,000 today.
UPCOMING: By 12/06/2025 7:00 a.m. EST, Photo, Video, Text, Alternate Headlines
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US DETROIT MAYOR-DUGGAN LEGACY
DESCRIPTION: Mike Duggan is stepping down as Detroit mayor at the end of the year after three terms in office. And the city he will leave behind is in better shape than the one he inherited in January 2014.
UPCOMING: By 12/06/2025 10:00 a.m. EST, Photo, Text
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ELECTION 2026-REDISTRICTING-INDIANA
DESCRIPTION: President Donald Trump’s campaign of cajoling mixed with threats of retribution isn’t going over that well in Indiana, the latest Republican-controlled state pushed to redraw congressional map in the party’s favor. He’s hit a pocket of Midwestern Republicans unfamiliar with such attempts at influence, stubbornly civic-minded and deeply troubled by the number of threats of violence that have been made against state lawmakers. By Thomas Beaumont and Isabella Volmert.
UPCOMING: By 12/06/2025 10:00 a.m. EST, Photo, Text
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SUPREME COURT-EXECUTIVE POWER
DESCRIPTION: The Supreme Court’s conservative majority already has allowed President Donald Trump to fire almost everyone he has wanted, despite a 90-year-old decision that limits the president’s power to remove the heads of independent agencies without cause. That ruling has long been in the crosshairs of the conservative legal movement, which has embraced a robust view of executive power. In arguments Monday, the justices will weigh overturning the unanimous decision from 1935 or, perhaps, leaving just its shell intact. By Mark Sherman.
UPCOMING: By 12/06/2025 10:00 a.m. EST, Photo, Text
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NEW AND DEVELOPING
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INTERNATIONAL
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AS--INDIA-RUSSIA
Putin and Modi hold talks and announce expansion of Russia-India trade ties
SUMMARY: Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an annual summit, focusing on diversifying economic ties. The 23rd Russia-India Summit comes as the U.S. pushes for a Ukraine peace deal and global cooperation. On Thursday, Modi greeted Putin in New Delhi with a warm welcome. After the talks, both leaders announced a program to boost trade to $100 billion by 2030, emphasizing strong energy ties. India aims to bridge trade deficits by increasing exports. The U.S. is pressuring India to reduce its Russian oil imports, citing concerns over financing Moscow’s war efforts.
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EU--RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR
US, Ukraine officials say they’ll meet for 3rd day after progress on creating a security framework
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump’s advisers and Ukrainian officials say they’ll meet for a third day of talks on Saturday after making progress on finding agreement on a security framework for postwar Ukraine. The two sides also offered the sober assessment that any “real progress toward any agreement” ultimately will depend “on Russia’s readiness to show serious commitment to long-term peace.” The statement from U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as well as Ukrainian negotiators Rustem Umerov and Andriy Hnatov came after they met for a second day in Florida on Friday. They offered only broad brushstrokes about the progress they say has been made.
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UNITED STATES
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US--TEXAS FLOODS-911 CALLS
Released 911 calls reveal desperate pleas and tragic outcomes during Texas Hill Country flood
SUMMARY: Newly released recordings of 911 calls show Texas residents and staffers at Camp Mystic caught up in the catastrophic flooding in July pleaded for help as rushing waters rise around them, stranding them in attics and on roofs. The floods over the July Fourth weekend killed at least 136 people, including at least 117 in rural Kerr County. Emergency dispatchers there fielded more than 400 911 calls during the six hours when floods began to overwhelm the region. Texas authorities released the audio on Friday. Kerrville Police Chief Chris McCall has said the calls are distressing and difficult to hear.
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US--TRUMP-THE LATEST
The Latest: Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released
SUMMARY: A federal judge has ordered the release of Florida grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the transparency law President Donald Trump recently signed. Meanwhile, a federal vaccine advisory committee voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born, even though the shots have prevented thousands of liver illnesses. Democrats are pushing for the release of video of the first U.S. military strikes on a boat in the Caribbean that they say shows a war crime or murder. And Trump took center stage at Friday’s 2026 World Cup draw.
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US--FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT-NEW ORLEANS-KENNER
Shops empty in a Hispanic neighborhood as immigration crackdown comes to Louisiana
SUMMARY: Federal border agents have descended on a Hispanic enclave just outside New Orleans, and local business owners are suffering. The city of Kenner has the highest concentration of Hispanic residents in Louisiana and has been a target of a Department of Homeland Security immigration crackdown, seeking to make 5,000 arrests, that began Wednesday. DHS said it has already made dozens of arrests, including some individuals with violent criminal records, but it only released limited information about who has been detained. Kenner resident Carmela Diaz has shuttered her taco restaurant because employees and clients are afraid to leave their homes.
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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US--FBI-PIPE BOMB INVESTIGATION
Suspect in DC pipe bomb case was ‘disappointed’ after Trump lost 2020 election, prosecutor says
SUMMARY: A prosecutor says the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack told investigators he was “disappointed” in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro told ABC News Live that she believes it is “unmistakable” that Brian Cole Jr. was responsible for placing the pipe bombs on Jan. 5, 2021. Pirro also suggested Cole may have been motivated by claims by Trump and his Republican allies that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Cole remains in jail after his initial court appearance Friday.
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SOC--WORLD CUP-PEACE PRIZE
FIFA gives Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport
SUMMARY: FIFA gives its new peace prize to President Donald Trump. It’s an unusual break from tradition for the sport-focused soccer organization, whose president has become a close ally of Trump. The ceremony happened Friday during the 2026 World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington. It comes after Trump had openly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. FIFA president Gianni Infantino had said he thought Trump should have won the Nobel this year for his efforts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza.
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BUSINESS
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FINANCIAL MARKETS
Wall Street rises to the edge of its all-time high
SUMMARY: The U.S. stock market rose to the edge of its all-time high. The S&P 500 added 0.2% Friday and finished just shy of its record closing level, which was set in October. It had briefly topped the mark during the day, before paring its gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.3%. The modest moves capped a quiet week for Wall Street, offering a respite following weeks of sharp and scary swings. Ulta Beauty helped lead the market after delivering a better profit than analysts expected and offering encouraging signals about the holiday shopping season.
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HEALTH/SCIENCE
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US-MED--CDC-VACCINES
US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth
SUMMARY: A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. For decades, the government has advised that all babies be vaccinated against the liver infection right after birth. The shots are widely considered to be a public health success for preventing thousands of illnesses. But U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s committee voted Friday to recommend the birth dose only for babies whose mothers test positive. For other babies, it will be up to the parents and their doctors to decide if a birth dose is appropriate.
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SPORTS
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SOC--WCUP DRAW
Argentina and Messi will open their World Cup defense against Algeria. The US starts vs. Paraguay
SUMMARY: Argentina and Lionel Messi will play Algeria to open their World Cup title defense as part of a group that also includes Austria. The United States was drawn to start against Paraguay at Inglewood, California, on June 12. That’s a day after Mexico hosts the opener against South Africa. The U.S. reached the semifinals at the inaugural World Cup in 1930 and has gotten as far as the quarterfinals only one other time, in 2002. U.S. President Donald Trump, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney drew plastic balls representing their own countries from bowls during a ceremony at the Kennedy Center in Washington.
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