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FILE - A sign on the border of Wyoming and Montana appears on the side of Belfry Highway, May 24, 2017, in Powell, Wyoming. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon, File)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Wyoming’s state primary

8:37 AM on Monday, August 17

Wyoming voters will choose nominees for an unusually high number of open-seat races in a state primary Tuesday

This photo combination shows Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, Oct. 10, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska, left, and Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, Feb. 8, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Bill Roth, Mariam Zuhaib/Anchorage Daily News via AP/AP, file)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Alaska’s state primary

8:11 AM on Monday, August 17

Alaska voters will narrow down a long list of contenders for a competitive U.S. Senate seat that’s expected to play a pivotal role in determining which party will hold a majority in the chamber next year

An American flag stands outside the office of California's 14th Congressional District in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, Monday, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Tallulah Brown Van Zee)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in California’s special congressional election

7:15 AM on Monday, August 17

Four months after Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell resigned amid sexual assault allegations that torpedoed his campaign for California governor, his former Bay Area constituents will pick a replacement Tuesday to serve out the rest of his term

U.S. Army's armored vehicles gather to cross a river at a training field in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea hopes for talks between US and North Korea after Trump downsizes military drills

6:44 AM on Monday, August 17

South Korea has expressed hopes for resumption of diplomacy between the U.S. and North Korea to ease animosities on the Korean Peninsula

Military personnel take part in a U.S.-sponsored multinational military exercise in Panama City, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

After killing hundreds in boat strikes, US military expands campaign on land in Latin America

3:03 AM on Monday, August 17

The Trump administration says it is seeking to expand its lethal campaign of bombing boats off Latin America’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts onto land

In this photo released by Myanmar President Office, Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing, right, shakes hands with Lower House Speaker Khin Yi upon his departure to Russia, at the Naypyitaw international airport Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Myanmar President Office via AP)

Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing heads to Russia to deepen strategic ties with Moscow

2:57 AM on Monday, August 17

The head of Myanmar’s military-backed government embarked on an official visit to Russia to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz smiles as she greets constituents at a National Night Out community event while campaigning for Florida's 20th congressional district, in Plantation, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

In Florida, Wasserman Schultz sparks a debate over what representation means in diverse districts

12:07 AM on Monday, August 17

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is running for reelection in a new Florida district after Republicans redrew the congressional map

President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One at Morristown Airport, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, in Morristown, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea

5:37 PM on Sunday, August 16

President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back annual joint military exercises with South Korea

Migrants gather on a hill as they attempt crossing from the border town of Fnideq to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. (AP Photo)

Moroccan security forces arrest nearly 300 migrants trying to reach Spain’s Ceuta

3:05 PM on Sunday, August 16

Moroccan security forces have arrested hundreds of migrants trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta by land and sea

Palestinians remove iron from the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes during the war with Hamas, repair and recycle it for construction, building tents or selling it, in Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Kushner has a rare meeting with Hamas' leader on the Gaza road map. A meeting with Netanyahu is next

1:39 PM on Sunday, August 16

U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner has held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief in Egypt in a push to make progress on the stalled Gaza ceasefire

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves to supporters during a presidential election campaign rally in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil's Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro return to their strongholds to kick off presidential campaigns

1:02 PM on Sunday, August 16

Brazil's presidential candidates have kicked off their campaigns ahead of what is expected to be tight election in October

FILE- Bou Meng, center, former S-21 prison survivor, leaves the courtroom after the verdict is announced for Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, file)

Bou Meng, a Cambodian artist and survivor of a Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85

8:59 AM on Sunday, August 16

Cambodian artist Bou Meng, one of only seven people known to have survived a notorious Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85

Rep. Kevin Kiley, I-Calif., a candidate for the California 6th District seat in the House of Representatives in the Nov. 3, election, appears at a campaign event in Citrus Heights, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Republicans won the redistricting competition. Don't tell that to this California congressman

7:42 AM on Sunday, August 16

The national redistricting competition between the parties means California's conservative voters are going through the same thing as Democratic voters in Republican strongholds

The Benjamin Franklin House is pictured in central London, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Ben Franklin chose America. Son William chose the crown. This civil war is a microcosm of revolution

7:38 AM on Sunday, August 16

Benjamin Franklin's son William was buried in London following his death in 1813, more than three decades after he was forced to leave America

Palestinians remove iron from the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes during the war with Hamas, repair and recycle it for construction, building tents or selling it, in Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Top US commander visits aircraft carrier, Gaza talks in Egypt and other Mideast news

3:53 AM on Sunday, August 16

The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East has visited the long-deployed USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea

A concrete roof cantilevers over the Miami Marine Stadium on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/David Fischer)

Miami to decide fate of stunning stadium where speedboats raced and Jimmy Buffett played

12:04 AM on Sunday, August 16

A piece of Miami architectural history has sat largely abandoned and covered in graffiti for more than three decades

FILE - The USS Gerald R. Ford departs from Souda Naval Base near Chania on the island of Crete, Greece, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis, File)

US pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran and the Western Hemisphere

8:37 AM on Saturday, August 15

President Donald Trump’s war against Iran is stretching the limits of the nation’s aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one of the key American warships

Today in History: August 17, Clinton admits to Lewinsky affair

11:32 AM on Monday, August 3

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