Associated Press

U.S. center / wire-service news (generally mainstream, center-left in critics' ratings)

Stories

• 2 U.S. Wildfire Preparedness Set at Level 5 as Oregon Fire Closes 70 Miles of Interstate 84
• 2 Romania Expels Russian Embassy Official After Four Drone Incursions in Four Days
• 2 Trump Promotes Tariffs at Michigan GM Facility as State Jobs and Business Data Are Disputed
• 2 Tornado Hits Wisconsin's Fox Cities; Preliminary EF-2 Rating, No Injuries Reported
• 3 Netanyahu Heads to Washington for Trump Meeting as Israel Expands West Bank Operation
• 1 Three Dead, Four Wounded in Shooting at Seattle's Bite of Seattle Festival; One Suspect in Custody
• 2 Appeals Court Ruling Voiding New Jersey's Semiautomatic Rifle and Magazine Bans Set to Take Effect in Early August, Not July 31 as First Announced
• 1 Van Driven Into Crowd at Berlin Pride Event Kills One; Police Hunt 21-Year-Old Suspect
• 3 Microsoft, Meta, Apple and Amazon Report Earnings July 29 and 30 as Investors Weigh AI Spending
• 2 Wildfires in France and Spain Force More Than 300,000 to Evacuate; Spain Declares National Emergency
• 2 Rubio and Lavrov Meet for 35 Minutes in Manila; Both Sides Report No Breakthrough on Ukraine
• 2 Federal Panel Declines to Block Tennessee's New Congressional Map Before Aug. 6 Primary
• 2 About 90 Million People Under Heat Alerts as Heat Dome Shifts Into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
• 1 U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Reported at 187,000, Lowest Weekly Total Since 1969
• 2 Four Palestinians and Two Israelis Killed Near Nablus; Israel Orders West Bank Military Operation and New Settlement Steps