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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Debby is expected to bring potential record-setting rains, catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge to the Big Bend coast of Florida before it moves slowly across the northern part of the state and stalls over the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina. The National Hurricane Center of Miami says Debby is located about 60 miles northwest of Cedar Key, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph. The storm is moving northeast at 10 mph. The hurricane center says Debby is expected to make landfall Monday morning. A tornado watch also was in effect for parts of Florida and Georgia on Monday.
BANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index has lost 12.4% in the latest bout of sell-offs that are jolting world markets. European markets opened lower and U.S. futures fell more than 2%. Oil prices also declined. The Nikkei’s decline was the worst since a 14.9% drop in October 1987 that was dubbed “Black Monday.” World stocks tumbled Friday on worries the U.S. economy could be cracking under the weight of high interest rates meant to tame inflation.
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The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah says it launched a drone attack on northern Israel that the Israeli military said wounded two Israeli troops and set off a fire. The violence on Monday came as fears of an all-out regional war mount following the killings last week of a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and Hamas’ top political leader in Iran.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The hospitality workers’ union UNITE HERE has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president. It’s a rejoinder to Republican Donald Trump’s effort to woo restaurant and hotel workers by promising to make their tips tax-free.
PARIS (AP) — Olympic triathletes plunged into the Seine River as the mixed relay event got underway after organizers said the bacteria levels in the long-polluted Paris waterway were at acceptable levels.
Visitors to the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks navigate a flooded street on Sunday, Aug 4, 2024 in Tarpon Springs, Fla., as Tropical Storm Debby stirs moisture offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
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- Few Americans trust the Secret Service after a gunman nearly killed Trump, an AP-NORC poll finds.
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- Justice Department sues TikTok, accusing the company of illegally collecting children’s data.
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- Firefighters continue battling massive wildfire in California ahead of thunderstorms, lightning.
- 1 child killed after wind gust sends bounce house airborne at baseball game.
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- Lots of American heroics Sunday at the Paris Games, the Phillies break a losing streak, while the White Sox continue theirs.
- IOC leader says ‘hate speech’ directed at Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting at Olympics is unacceptable.
- UK leader Starmer condemns attack on asylum-seeker hotel as far-right violence spreads.
- On this week’s AP Religion Roundup, an ongoing firestorm over the olympic opening cerenony, and Liberty University settles with Jerry Falwell Jr.
Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program, and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.
